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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-13
WANTS IL FOUGHT OUT.
tor IF The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: see that bill has been introduced
by Senator Bracket at Albany, along the
lines suggested by W. j. L. in your columns
OF January 90 providing for mock election
among women on the suffrage question
This Is in striking contrast to the direct
and staes1nanlike procedure OF Senator
Henry ". Hill, OF Buffalo, the new chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee, who az
each session of the Legislature for several
years has introduced an amendment TO the
constitution emitting women to vote
AS between the bill of Senator Bracket
and The amendment OF Senator Hill there
is no question that an honest and Just
Legislature would choose the latter course.
But the probabilities are that they will
choose neither course, for, in spite of the
excellent and very true statements Of Mr..
MacMahon in his letter on the ''Woman's
Referendum In your columns -llis morn
ing, it would advertise the suffrage cause
tremendously even 10 have a ma jority of
women vote against Il.
On the other hand, if the Legislature were
TO vote on Senator Hills amendment 1t
alone would be responsible for the result,
and that, II seems TO me. is what Senator
Brackets bill aims to avoid
Even if the Legislature decides 70 vote
against Mr.. Hills amendment let 1t at least
so record in the matter in statesr1anIike
fashion II. s. HOWARD.
Newburg. Feb 10. 1910.
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TOO SOON.

The Hon William j. Corners, chail-
man Of the Democratic State GUM
mittee, will be shocked beyond expires
sion TO find such representatives, OF pure
democracy in this part of the country
as Charles T. Murphy, Patrick L. M
Cabe and Mayor john n SaSue u
Poughkeepsie agreeing that the liihe
has come for his retirement from tle
great work of reorganiZing ana feSer
Grating the Democracy OF Ne" 1oIh'
Mr. Corners has been resting 1T RAIN
Beach. Fla. from the arduouS apoiS u
the last campaign-a campaign III
which. according to his own testimony,
he set the Democratic organization up
state once more on its feet, while some
of his most violent critics were engaged
In reducing the organization in Man
haitian and Brooklyn TO state or non
nutrition and decrepitude.
After the November election Mr.. Con
nerS was entirely satisfied that he alone
among the New York Democratic lead
ers had met the requirements OF the
situation. In his picturesque language.
he had delivered the goods while
Saratoga regenerators and the Tam
many near-stateSmen had made Il lot
of "hot air" pretensions but declared
no dividends. What has happened dur
ing "Fingey's1 absence TO discredit the
wonderful victories which he achieved
in upstate municipal contests: In No
vember he was the man of the hour Is
Lis we'll won reputation as a regcner-
ator to be destroyed through abhoTent
combinations among other leaders less
expert than he has shown himself 10
be and inexcusably envious of achieve
ments beyond their own powers: We
refuse 10 believe that the Put him off
at Buffalo" alarm clock has been wound
and is about TO strike.
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fective as any part of the Constitution
4 TERRIBLE PLIGHT.

Mr.. HetlIey made a revelaf on FRI
day which should win for go INTERIOR
ough company unlimited lblic SYM
pathy. The corporation CT which he is
the general manager gives orders for
new cars but cannot obtain them Not
only do the builders outrageously de-
lay delivery, but they relentlessly re-
fuse to enter into 4 contract providing
a penalty for failure 10 supply the
needed rolling stock within a specified
time. What mental agonies the officers
Of the marlborough company must be
compelled TO endure as they stand on
subway station platforms, contempiat"
the inadequacy of their service and then
consider their own helplessness. tie
must have heart of stone who can
think Of their misery without shedding
tears.
The most pitiful feature Of the situa-
ton is that the company is entirely at
the mercy of cruel monopoly. " neil
the federal government wishes TO make
additions TO the navy it invites dds
from firms or companies whose DUST
ness it is to construct WarShlps. Colh-
petition between rivals ena bles the gov
eminent both to secure reasonable terms
and to put the contractor under bonds
to finish the work by OF before par
ticular day But since in the Whole
hOundleSS universe there IS only q sin
Gle car builder, how can he be coerced!
Is there any possible escape from this
awful predicamentt
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rFrorn The Tribune Bureau.

y,-astinptnn Feb. 12-The Austrian Am
baseador and Baroness HengelmdIler have
,seued invitations for a dinner to be given
"Wednesday in honor of Mrs Cornelius Van
derbIIt. who Is the guest OF Representa-
ti,.e and Mrs. Nicholas LOngworth
The MARQUIS of ViIlalobar will take his
formal leave of the state Department the
last of this month, preparatory 10 return
ing to Spain for q new diplomatic post He
,,resented his credentials here on July q
or last wear. His successor viii arrive at
all early date.
The Colombian Minister, VINO presented
his credentials to the President near the
end of last month"; has brought his family
70 Washington, and they are making taeiF
home at the Shoreham. Senior Don Roberto
Macdonald has been appointed first sec
re+arv and Senior Don Juan Antonio Riano
second secretary The latter IS a Son-lh-
law of Minister and Sedora de Boroa'
and Sefor Don Carlos Borda, attache, Is
their son. Sonora de Riauo has joined her
parents and her husband at the ohorehdIh.
/. l.. Caftanzoglu, LII. D, recently ap-
pointed first secretary Of the Greek LeSa-
ton, has come to Washington to assume MS
duties. and is at the New Willard
The Austrian Ambassador and baroness
Hengelmuller and their daughter, baroness
villa Hengelrniiller, will leave washington
on February 20 or q for New York pre-
naratorv 20 sailing on March for Europe
They will be absent from this country
some months.
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THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

F0RE1GE.-A chaotic situation con-
finues in English politics; the Liberal
press continues to urge drastic meas
.Iree and the attitude Of the irish FAC
ftons and the Unionists causes anxiety
g. ..Roll,e'' the organ of the Engllsn
speaking Catholics i'll the capital OF
Ttsl<- publishes an article on Mr.. falr-
banks III which. after highly praisinS
the former Eice-President, It strongly
attacks the attitude OF the MethodlSts
toward the Catholic Church. - MI.
Roosevelt has set April 10 as the oats
when he viii deliver his lecture pSIoLe
tI1e Sorbonne- Premier CanaleJas
IF Spain said that unless the negoua-
lions with the Vatican were succeSsfuI
Spain would carry out her plans regard
lnss Of the Papai desire. -- kalSun'
Governor Of Djebala province and for
nerly 9 brieand chief, was reported 10
have been killed by poison - no
news Of other survivors Of the wreck OF
Yl,a General C'hanzy was received, anc
apparently only one man escaped -
The British army made successful
trial Of q huge fish shaped craft built in
The balloon factory at Peterborough,
England.
DONFSTIC-It was announced IN
Washington that Japan, British India,
Alden and Malta will soon be placed on
the minimum tariff list 60 Speaker
Joseph q. Cannon was the principal
speaker at q Lincoln Day dinner IN
rirrsb1Irg. John @. Paxton teSu-
fed in the Swope investigation, at KAN
Ras CITY. that strychnine had been found
by Chicago experts IN the stomach OF
Miss Margaret Swope, Z niece OF Colonei
Svoue. =-= It was said at Albany that
the Aflds-Conger investigation was likely
to widen into q general investigation or
tba alleged bridge noodle" fund. --
Thomas H Dodge the inventor Of the
cylinder printing press, died at Boston.
.- TWO freight steamers were in col
iiSion off Stratford Shoal Light in Long
Island Sound. &C. President JACOB
r.o11d Scburrnap spoke in favor Of an
Income tax before the Phi Beta Club, at
e. Buffalo. - Booker T. Washington in
speech at Springfield, Ill, paid a trib-
ute To Lincoln.
CITY.-President Taft. al the Republi
can Club, defended the new tariff law
= and said the Republican party had kept
its promises to the country --
conference Of leaders, including Presi-
dent Taft. Governor Hughes and Senator
Depew was ileid at Mr. GriscomS house
and party matters were discussed. -=
The betrothal Of Eleanor Robson and
August Belmont was announced, ana
they are TO be married next month. -=
Mayor tfaynor became the actual head or
the Police Department. -- 4 receiver
was appointed for the S14,000.000 Central
Foundry Company Of New Jersey. -
SluSh covered the city and crippled traf-
fr a chase by citizens and detec-
tives ended after eight blocks had been
traversed AMI the alleged burglar, TN
uble To run further. collapsed. --
Nearly two thousand graduates from all
parts Of the country met III celebration
II Alumni Day, at Columbia
THE wEATHER-Ind for to-
FAY: Fair The temperature yesterday
Highest 81 degrees; lowest, Is.
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NATIONAL SANITARY DRAINAGE.

NATIONAL SANITARY DRAINAGE.
From several points Of view, if not,
indeed, from all from which it can le9it-
imateIy be regarded. the movement for
a national system Of sanitary drainage
Is to be commended. The question Of
the proper disposal OF what is mis-
named waste matter is second only to
that OF, the production or acquisition Of
useful matter, and has thus been recog-
niZed from the earliest ages Of human
civilization, as the codes of Moses and
Hammurabi significantly testify. 1t
grows in Importance with the growth
Of population, and especially with that
concentration Of population in great
cities which is a marked feature OF the
present time in this ana other lands,
ana also with the progress of the race
in regard for health and life and IN
economical conservation of the re-
sources Of the globe
Probably the first thought of the
eminent sanitarians who last week
called upon the President to enlist
his sympathy with the movement, and
who acted upon his suggestion in or
ganiZing u national association for the
promotion of the end in view, was that
of protection Of human health. Thai is,
iii fact, the supreme reason for improv-
ing our methods of sewage DISPOSAL.
and the yearly death roll and infirmity
roll from typhoid fever painfully en-
phasize its convincing force Another
reason which should an5eai to this ma
ton at this time with exceptional force
is the need OF coAEar~ation of our
natural resources, Of IanS and water as
well rs % other things. 1t is wicked
profiigacy 10 cuntalninate the water of
streams sd as To make 1t umusable for
domestic and industrial purposes. lust
because men are too lazy OF shiftless
TO make other disposition of sewage,
and at the same time greatly to depre-
ciDte the value of the land along the
streams.
1t is wastofui, too, 10 throw away as
waste matter enormous quantities OF
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From The Tribune Bureau


Washington, Feb. 12-Assistant Secce-
tarv NJ +be Navy and Mrs Beekman Win
throp have as a house guest over. sun
dav Professor Theodore Lyman, OF Har-
Yard University, for whom they Will enter
tain informally at luncheon tomorrow
Mrs Irrton. wife OF Justice Lurton' or
+be Supreme Court was the guest OF honor
at a luncheon to-day. with Mrs IhorliaS
Fl Anderson as hostess. Other guests were
Sonora dc Cruz, Mrs Maurice FRANCIS
Fean. Mrs. J. P. Dolliver. Mrs. benjamin
y shively, Mrs Ashley NJ. Gould Mrs
Frank Q. Lowden. Mrs James X Mann
Mrs. y. p. Wheeler, Mrs. Rudolph hau1f-
mann. Mrs. John Read Shannon, Mrs. Ben
iaufn r Minor, Mrs. Grandin, Mrs Nc
DopneU. Miss Ida Thompson, Mrs. Hutch-
iason and Mrs. Hamilton
The Secretary OF the Interior and Mrs
BalInger were the guests for whom Repre-
sentative and Mrs. John ". Weeks enter
tanned at dinner tonight.
Mrs C;raene Stewart was entertained AZ
luncheon to-day by Mrs Perry = Ftea- IL
Mrs. Stewart is the sister OF Mrs tfSol g
Pullman, of Chicago, and IS spendlhg Iil7
winter at the New Willard.
Senior Antonio de Vargas. chamberlain 10
the King OF Spain, IS IN Washington d
the guest OF the Spanish Minister zap
tain Paget, of the British army ana inc
son of Lady Paget. has also been ihs guest
of the Marquis OF Nillalooar-
Miss MARY d. Spires, who has been
chosen nv Mrs. Taft to succeed Miss Blech
ae social secretary, viii assun-9 her new
duties inst after Easter She is now at her
bon,e in CuIpeper, Va Miss Blech's mar
rIae~l 70 Lieutenant Wainwright will take
Mace soon after Easter.
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rHF WE'D OF PLAyGROENDS.

The movement for the establishment
Of public Fairgrounds in this and other
cities, for the promotion of which leg
fslation Is now pending at Albany, had
lis origin In the realization Of q press
Ing need which had arisen out Of the
Inevitable conditions Of urban life, and
which becomes more pressing as a city
Increases In size. It goes without say
Ing that children need Fairgrounds, not
Blone for their pleasure, though that Is
bv no means q negligible consideration,
but also and still more for their health
OF body and mind In rural eommuni-
fies there are. Of course, plenty Of spaces
available for the purpose, and in cities
of moderate size there are generally
some lots or blocks which have not yet
been built upon and which lie open as
commons; or il is easy for children TO
get into the outskirts where there are
open fields.
In a large city, however, these facili-
ties for bealthful sport vanish. There
are no open lots To get into the coun-
TRY daily. or except on infrequent coca
sions. is Impossible because Of distance
foot ward at the back Of the house %
play il, for the average house is n
many familied tenement covering praC
fically the whole area of the lot. There
are parks but they are too far away
from many TO be convenient or even
possible for frequent use, and in any
ease they are parks and not the play
grounds which are required. The net
result is. therefore. that children are
either entirely deprived Of privileges
and facilities for play. which is depl0r-
able and disastrous, or are compelled
10 seek them in the streets. which is
IL any case unsatisfactory anu in most
clS4S dangerous 10 the children and
iaconvenient and offensive 10 the gen
eral public
The memorable logic of conditions de-
Inands, therefore. the esta blishment Of
public Fairgrounds to meet q legitimate
and imperative need which can be met
in no other way. 1t is, OF cou1 sc. sound
public policy for the state or the munic-
ipaliiy 10 meet such needs on an AIDE
quafc scale. II is one of the essential
functions Of government 10 do that.
Thus Individual householderS cannot
provide themselves with drainage syS-
TENS and water supplies, and therefore
fhc city provides Them for AL in com
nloii 1t is one Of the penalties which
individuals must pay for the adyan-
ages and privileges CT city life, tat
they must fore@o some of the non
essential privileges Of rural life, o.
hose which II j. impossible 10 repro
I1lce Ia the city II is similarly one
- lie vriees which the city, as whole.
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material which is, in fact. valuable and
easily 10 be utilized for industrial pur-
poses. We seem to have vet to learn III
this country what has been to de-
gree learned elsewhere-that there are
few things indeed which are properly
TO be considered useless. and that the
bulk of so-called waste matter Is really
useful and valuable. That this is true
of sewage no well Informed and
thoughtful observer will DENY. The
practical and profitable use TO which the
sewage of many large cities in various
countries has been put is abundant indi-
cation of it. To pour sewage into rivers
IS simply to waste two things which
would he exceedingly valuable if they
were kept apart
From enc point of view the question
of sanitary disposal of sewage NAV ap-
pear like Il local or municipal one, Or
at least to belong to the individual
state. But the fact is that many Of the
streams which arc polluted with urban
drainage are the property of several
states. New York and New jersey are
both interested in the Hudson River,
and New Jersey and Pennsylvania in
the Delaware. AS for the Ohio and
Mississippi. each directly concerns
many states. Cooperation among he
states in the enforcement of a uniform
Policy would be a satisfactory solution
of the problem. If it could be secured.
but such cooperation has in more than
one case been found impossible to at
tain. Perhaps the formation of ma
tionai association will facilitate it and
make it practicable in this case.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
10! A CONSPIRACY.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: AS 1 came struggling out OF SUD-
WAY rush hour crowd last evening woman
in front of me thus freed her mind Wheh
she had freed her body: Well" she sald'
catching her breath for good start, the
men oppose woman's voting because, they
saw. II will have such coarsening effect
upon her to be brought into the necessary
contact with all kinds of men at the polling
rIacas and the effect will be to destroy
that refinement which makes women so su-
perior and so attractive to men. mat
what they say, but l never heard one say
women shouldn't ride in the streetcars' on
the ground, over the ground or under Ana
just see what that rush hour crowd Is
Why. If anything like that should be at
tempted at the polls they'd call out the
police reserves and the militia, and even
the regular army, to stop IT. I've DeeH
crowded In with d rush hour moo FOR SIN
years. every day in the year except sun
DAYS and holidays, and if I thought women
would be subjected to such necessary con-
tact with men at the polls I would devote
all my spare time and cash 70 prevent
women from voting AS ii is, am glad to
say that I shall do all I can, as nave
been doing for six years, 10 give them the
right of suffrage"
I had nothing to offer III rebuttal OF SUCH
testimony and I went my way IN silence.
That argument in favor Of woman suffrage
is unanswerable. Maybe the transportation
people are In league with the suffragettes.
What? ". j. L.
New York Feb. Il, 1910.
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more. all leading up to one which, II Mr.
WI had answered would have divuised a
state secret of his government But Ar-
WI parried. "Mr. Hartman ne said'
"you have asked me six questions 1 nave
answered them all. ! will ask you Only o"e
question. I am told you control h1'y 'ood-
sand miles of railroad How did you get
- and how do Won keep it?" Mr.. WI and
NJ Hartman both kept their secrets.
MY ambition is to writs history Of the
world. There is no task more dlH1cult, l
"Gh. | done 4Ee u. My ambition Is to
concoct new anecdote.' '-WaShington
JTeraid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-13

Most of the new Canadian regiments
arc to be stationed near the American
border, but we are not bit afraid. On
the contrary, it will be pleasant for
Americans to have them there, and We
trust it is no reflection upon Our Lady
of the Shows TO assume that such Ioca-
ton will be pleasanter for the troops
than encampments at the other side Of
the Dominion!
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ANOTHER YOUNGEST VETERAN,

From The Kennebec Journal.
The youngest man In his company and
the youngest man in his regiment is the
record of A. 8. Field, OF Bangor. Me-. who
was member or Company ] 18th Maine
close OF the war. Mr.. Field enlisted i'm
Bangor when he was SchOolboy, fifteen
years of age, and served out his enlistment
without receiving q scratch. but lost an
arm III a fall OFT an icehouse twenty-five
years later.
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STANDS BY THE REGIME

TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: wish to indorse heartily what Won
publish this morning written by Mrs pam
Wright under tho head OF From, one of
the Ants
/ should like 10 sign my name in letters
a foot high as being totally opposed to all
the toolery called woman suffrage. How
can any lady want to be identified with
class behaving as they have in London?
The whole subject Is hateful 10 me, and
my nose is elevated as l read of the ridic-
ulous dongs Of the suf1ragettes. H NIB,
Brooklyn, Feb. Il, 1910.
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KING GUSTAV SLEEPS WE'LL.
Physicians Say General Condition Is
Good.

Stockholm. Feb. l@.-This bulletin was
issued by the physicians In attendance upon
King Gustaf, who is recovering from an
operation for appendicitis. this morning
The King has slept calmly tor nearly
seven hours. His majesty stih feels some
what faigued. but his general coha''ioh
Is good"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-13

The Central Federated Union seems
to be trying to fulfil the anticipations
which were expressed when the Danbury
liticaI agitation would he undertaken
against the action of the courts. But
it would scarcely be possible to annu1 a
Supreme Court decision by act of Con-
gress after the fashion Of the qnnuI-
ment of the Taft Vale decision by the
House of Commons
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"A HUMAN EXECUTIVE"
rom The Boston Herald.

LINfN Inc buslUH ItuI lFtIs - n
The unconventionality OF the PreS,Ssn cs-
his life as an Official and as 80 Es
comes more evident as the days 80 Ire
i walking about the streets. tnspsc.,.nsss As
shops dropping In 10 call on 81 a va
their hotels or apartments. ana - ,ttor %
riety OF ways indicating MS ~ - ~ secd
feIIew ship which Re needs 70 hesyE,n tns
il he is TO do his Official t2s sas iTudtgr,sntt
touch % sympathy and meow Gays sno
means OF combining justice ana n thi5
Virilitv and clemency. COnunu5IlNS ~ keep
poficv OF mixing With the peeg3.ss..s tAs
si1,a and take OF sI-pranGlaaja, ..ss arr
Where personal and nattonai Mith ~
.ItcnsSed will strengthen hiin lives n
people who like their repsss. fnveA'
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Congress is behind with It's routine
work. It has accomplished little or
nothing in December, January and the
first half OF February. There are states
men, like Mr.. Perkins. Of Rochester, who
say that Congress trembles at the very
thought Of facing the dangers and dis
comforts of q Washington summer. Yet
the two houses go on wasting time in
winter and spring and paying for the
waste by lingering at the capital until
the middle of July or the first Of
August.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-13
ACADEMY HoNoRs NJ. lsPINE.

Paris. Feb. Is.-The Academy Of Nora'
and Political Sciences. ia recognition OF ''lo
energy and devotion shown by NJ bePlhe'
Project OF Paris. during the floods mere 'l1'S
conferred on him the Audinret-Fasq'A
prize. the highest in It's gift. NJ Lepihe' S\-
hausted by his Iabors. IS now eoil'H'N -
his home with an attack Of Influenza
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VATICAN ON EARTHQUAKES
Its Account of How 81. 100000 WIS
Spent in Sicily Put Into English.

Rome. Feb. I2,-The vatican has p"
ushed an interesting Illustrated accoan' y
the earthquake disaster In Sicily. sho"ias
how The RELIEF funds amounting 20 neasc
e. ~, NO we're collected and disoursed =
the Holy See ,-.,
The publication has been Translated h
English By Abbot GaSquet, VINO =
here in tho revision OF the NulSato-
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HUGHES-AND THE SAME CUT.

From The Syracuse Herald.
Bennett for Governor? Well, the upstat.
Republicans would like TO have a look at
him first, II he doesn't mind. They don't
require whiskers like those OF Governor
Hughes. hut they do insist upon principies
OF practically the same cut.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-13

must pay for the privilege of being 4
city, that it shall furnish to its lhhaoi-
tants the necessary things which us
very conditions and status as a Guy
forbids them to furnish indiyiduaiI!
for themselves