davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
POE AGAIN

There is something most wearisome
in the renewal of the silly chatter about
Edgar Allan Poe and the Hall OF Fame
for Great Americans. of which we nave
had a thousand times too much almost
ever since that institution was 1ounded.
1t has had its chief basis in MIN
Cling of fmiSapprehenSion and mlSrepfe-
sentation. things which of all IN the
world are most incongruous with ana
anita sOnistic to the sober judgment
which should control ihe selection OF
names for inscription in the Hail, ana
there seems even at this day to ne
some persistence of those evils.
Thus there has been talk of a con
spiracy' TO keep Poe out of the Hail
OF Fame. which never existed or WAS
even dreamed of There has been talk
about votes east against him, when, III
fact. not one was ever thus cast We
have never seen any reason to doubt
that Poe will eventually find place III
the Hall of Fame. and We shall not he
surprised if he does 50 at this year
election But we cannot for moment
concede that the majority Of q hundred
of the foremost scholars and publlcists
of America have irredeemably Stultlhed
themselves in eIecting the names of
Emerson and Lowell and Hawthorne
and Irving before that of Poe.
The whole trouble seems to have
arisen from the distorted and extrava-
CANT notion of few enthusiasts that
the Hall of Fame was founded primar-
lily as a monument 10 Poe and that his
name should have been inscribed i'll it
first of all letting the mere Washing
tons and EmerSons and Lincolns and
Grants and the rest rub along and
catch on as best they could, and that
because the name of Poe was not thus
made 10 lead all the rest the whole in
"'itution is a miserable failure and IS
probably dominated by q corrupt and
criminal conspiracy. The greatest pity
about it is that Poe himself is not here
to apply his mordant irony to the mis-
guided zeal of his woTshippers
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
1T CALLS FOR THE KNIFE.

Mr.. Otto I. Barnard is right when ae
saws. regarding the situation of the he
publican PARTY in this state: Nv hen Il
patient has a cancerous gro"th ihes
.call a surgeon and have it cut OUT.
believe that a surgical operation Is
necessary in this case. and the sooner
1.-The better" The disease. IL treated
promptly and boldly. may he removed
and the patient restored 10 health. Any
thing short of radical treatment may be
dangerous.
The Aids inquiry cannot Safei! pc
confined to a judicial investigation OF the
charge at issue if in the process kindred
matters are discovered in which there IS
q legitimate public interest. 1t will not
de 10 say that the rules of evidence pre-
clude looking into this or that case
Of corruption of which a glimpse is at-
forded in the present hearing If the
questions cannot be taken UP as part OF
the present inquiry the opportunity viii
exist TO do so later, and The public Will
insist upon holding those responsible
who. having had ii brought 10 their at
tention. for example. that the bridge
companies spent corruption funds In Al
bany several years in succession, care
fully draw the curtains. The party cam
not enter the coming campaign under the
imputation OF having sheltered corrup-
ton that lay in plain sight Of its mem
herS in the Legislature. Moreover, the
honest members of the Senate and As
sembly cannot afford 10 have the sus-
picion which such q general charge
arouseS fall upon them. 1t Will be dan
gerous 10 the party TO deal With this
situate in any but q vigorous and
thorough fashion.
The Aids ma tier, Furthermore. is only
part of general situation. When the
place of Republican leader of the Senate
was 10 be filled. The Tribune opposed
the selection of Senator Aids on the
ground that the Republican majority in
the Senate needed reorganization, the re-
tirement of members of the old regime
into the background and the bringing
forward Of those in sympathy with the
spirit of the party today In q similar
way and for a similar reason The Trib-
une believes that the party in the state
needs q reorganization. We should like
to see the retirement of those who have
made the blunders Of the past, who have
been resisting an awakened public opin-
ion and who have been unable 10 com
prehend and appreciate the present state
of the public conscience. Those who
have been supporting Governor Hughes
and who enjoy the peoples confidence
should assume the leadership. 1t is pre-
posterous that a party which has given
10 the state the administration of Gov
er1or Hughes should be weak before
the people. The weakness of the Re
publican party in this state is the Repub
lican organization. The people have
been electing Republican candidates 10
Office largely III spite of it-even nomi-
mating them sometimes i'll spite of it
and it is not likely that they will con-
Time To do so indefinitely
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
THE FOTNDLyEG.

That founding, high prices, is having
hard time Of it, and its lot appears 10
be growing less and less enviable every
day. When it was found on the coun-
tiy's doorstep, left there, it now seems,
without warning, there WAS tendency
On the part Of some to defend its ex-
istence and insist that it was not at all
q bad thing TO take into the family; but
such has been the outcry against It that
those who at first were almost inclined
TO give it welcome, now join in the
general denunciation- When, however,
1t comes TO accounting for its existence,
each points an accusing finger at the
other. The first accusation, naturally,
WAS directed at the trusts. Every one
suspected that they might be fattening
on the growing leanness of the public and
the public pocketbook, and some even
suggested that stick of legal dynamite
ought to be tossed in among them TO clear
The atmosphere. We learn from the best
possible authority. however-the trusts
themselves-that they are innocent vic
tins Of the conditions they are forced TO
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE EMPLOYERS LIABILITY.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The killing of 414 employees in re-
cent mine disasters naturally awakens a
greater interest in the question of how
best to modify, If not revolutionize, the
now seemingly outgrown employers liza
bility law the rule of the fellow servant
and the rule of contributory negligence.
as well as to abrogate the assumption of
risk rule.
This old system is both inhuman and
Uasteful, and we had best follow the eX-
ample Of England and Europe and make
every line OF industry in a measure care
for his own victims.
CONGRESSMAN SABBATH has introduced a
bill at Washington which defines the
amount of compensation to be paid by the
employer in case of injury or death, basing
IL on the amount of the earning power of
the victim, and provides for its payment
In the form Of an annuity Surely this Is
a step ahead of the old way. where, OF the
millions paid by employers to protect
themselves against lawsuits, only 20 cents
on the dollar reaches the man injured
When in Germany | found by their sys-
tenn fully 7S1s per cent of the money col
lected from the employers reached the
family of tho wage Garner for whom it
WIS intended. Surely this idea of an
insurable risk of d rghtful and just com
pensaton as an incident of the industry
itself is far ahead of our present system
here. The industry should boar the loss of
Industrial accident, and tho question of
right and wrong should be eliminated, thus
avoiding all legal cntanglements, friction
and waste and insuring prompt payment To
tho injured person. At least 80 per cent of
these accidents arc due to the fault of
neither employer nor employe, but result
from the hazard of the industry itself
Nearly twelve thousand men sacrifice their
lives and limbs annually in our coal mine
industry, and surely it Is as much the duty
of those who rule the mining interests
10 care for this human wreckaee as to
keep account OF tho wear and tear of ma
chinery.
Belgium has had for moro than nifty
years general system of miners insur-
snce which. If not actually. is for all in
tents and purposes compulsory on mine
oFners The tdea so prevalent In Eng
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FCREIGN.-Many Socialist mass meet
lnes were held in Germany to protest
against the suffrage bill; q large num-
bor Of persons were wounded m COIL
sicns with the policc. Premier As
ouitf. according TO d rumor from Lon
don. has yielded TO the Extremists ana
NationaIists by agreeing to introduce
The veto bill before the budget such j
course. il Is believed, may bring on
general election soon == Six vessels
are Fastening to rescue the elghty-elght
persons ca board the steamer Lima.
which was wrecked in Huamblin Passage,
in the Strait Of Magellan. == Presl-
dent Nadriz and other members OF the
Nicaracuan government are reported 10
he seriously alarmed over tho advance
of General Fhamorro toward the capital
there are reports that the government
forces are trying TO surround the insur-
gents near Mata aga pa --- 4 GlSpatch
from NaldiYia. Chill said that DR.. Fred
e1ick 4 Cook and Mrs. Cook had been
found there and that they sailed north
Pllnta Arenas described a long series of
accidents 70 The PouTquoi Pas, which
carried Tie Charcot Antarctic expedition
DOMESTIC President Taft returned
TO Washington from this city == The
annual report OF the United States Civil
Service Commission WAS made public AT
Washington: Il showed notable improve
ments III the administration Of the ser
vice. == REPRESENTATIVE Perkins, OF
Rochester. went to d hospital in Wash
ington for rest ana medical observation.
Governor Hughes who returned
TO Albany refused TO comment on his
Jrip 10 this city. -= Fairer truancY
laws were recommended IN the report Of
the State Commission Of Prisons. made
public al Albany. - Director William
J. Holland, OF the Carnegie Institute,
I'ittsburg, received from the King Of
80. of gf
the Crown Of Italy for his services 70
science. -- Rear Admiral George W.
Melville. in an interview in Philadelphia
regarding the refusal TO give Commander
PeaTy the rank Of rear admiral, declared
. that the explorer was tho victim of naval
n iealOUSieS. -- Louis Paulhan made
the last TWO Of d series Of flights in New
Orleans before thirty thousand persons.
CITY.-LeaGers in the business and
financial world in interviews expressed
approval Of President Taft's Lincoln
Day dinner speech. -= Deputy Police
COMMISSIONS BUsher made a raid and
took Ton policemen to be identified IN
connection with a new case Of alleged
clubbing. == II was announced that
President Taft favored Deputy Police
Commissioner RUgher Tor Surveyor of
the Pert OF New York = The object
- = new sugar investigation will be TO
learn i frauds have been practised III
The matter Of draw backs in duties also.
= Andrew Carnegie wrote Il letter 20
Mayor Gaynor commanding his stand on
The personal property tax. =-, County
President GTiscUm denied that there was
aEE desire on the part Of Senator De
jew, Speaker MadsWorth or Chairman
Woodruff TO hush UP the Aids inyestiga-
tcT. == The Campania had to ram
the ice pack in her dock twelve times
before she could get warped into her
dock with the aid OF six tugs
THE WEATHER-Indicatic for to-
day: Far The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 81 degrees; lowest, %.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
1,llusemenfs.

AcADEMY. OF MUs1c-2-S-Iam'ns OF 'he
nuAsEBR RA-e-s-Naudeyille.
sSTpT-S.15-Seven Days.
rsl-T ASt>O--S .a0-.Iust a Vic
1sTJng-- S-@n-Thc lottery Man.
1sPte ADM AY-S i.,-The dolly SaSncloIs
tsaS1Nsn--S.l .l.-Tlc Chocolate Soidler-
eoI saNT -2-S-NandeNilIe-
.,SNI5DY-s::o-A Mans World
CRTTERION-S-2o-Fh fo"Vle'o' -
nATyfS-S .20-The Inferior sex
20 l-z.o1R+ 75-Nid-Channel.
,-,5ST-yT AA-F-NI7 I7F-2-S-NaudeNile
71-T,y-s I5-Thc Fortune Hunter
N.95,1f,E<-S-T S-T5-Your Humble servant.
rsToTsE-S: :I.,-The Old Town
~ AK T-T,7--S :I.-None So Blind
nh,rSfFRSTEJN-S- .l5-S:1J-NaUoeNilIe-
s4TS4e a. N SslT-A AgF-S .15-Thc Yankee Girl:
@--IP69Tr> Tr>0NsF--2-S-A Trip To Japan ihsloe
III ne Earth the Ballet OF Jewels,
5Ir-DSaN-S IA Lucky star ~.,...-,
1pTT<C 1pI,ACE-s-15-Die Fcerster CllILs' ~ =
,ZSTTK t-s KkFRToCKER-s-The Dollar Princess
TTRFRTg-s-The Arcsoians.
IyCFI-M-S-l5-Mrs Dot
LYRICS I5-The City. 2 ,,o,-,.+.
MANI5sT-AT OPERA lIol SE-N- I rse a. i'7I ~ ,
MaSrSE TTLToTT,S THEATRE-S;3o-Ihe e
Passing OF the Third Floor Back
>-T-&,eT-T SS0TfN lIALI-$-ConcerI . ,.
NFTRoPeIITAN OPERA HOUSE,
,-r,,S ANlsTTRnAN-S -S:I5-Madame y
%I-NN TIIEA ATRE-s-The Nitcn:
S,f-w ~-oT,E-S-l5-Th Young Turk
Ssx-..NN l.,-Thz Travelling salesman
STRIVES ANT-S-I -IJ-The llly- ,..
WALL At-r[- ->-> -I.,-Alias jimmy
v-I-TTsE'S- s;I5-Where There's VIII.
WEST END-S:I5-St. Elmo
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
THE INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNT

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Under the head of Seeing Things"
Thomas has letter In your issue OF the
18th that deserves serious attention
According to this writer, last years re-
duced trade balance was not big enough TO
offset our foreign debts. and SO We had to
export gold and securities to square the
deficit. These debts he estimates as fol-
lows: Foreign freights. $t00000.00G TO
S50o.O0e, 000; tourists expenses. 100000
600 TO s20o.GoO,oOO immigrants hoards.
S100,00o-000: interest dues. 100000. 600
How long. says Thomas has this
real but unknown financial balance been
against US, and how long has the purchase
of our securities by foreigners alone stood
between us and financial Disaster"
As an answer to the above, l should say
that this financial balance has been
against us for many years back; and 1t is
even larger than is here estimated. In
letter to Tho Tribune of November %. 1909.
l placed these debts at $3.50, 00o, ,0oU item
lied as follows: Immigrants boards, S3O0,-
100000; interest dues. $3O0.00O 900: tourist
expenses and foreign frcights. $3.50 oO0. O00.
How long can We keep this up and avert
future panies by borrowing abroad? And
what is the remedy?
My remedy for the trouble Will doubtless
seem as unorthodox my diagnosis. Here
it is: CD Stop migratory Immigration
CD Put heavy head tax on American
tourists and a heavy tax on the income of
absentee millionaires (ma1a and female,
tS) Revise the tariff upward. and very
much upward, on diamonds, jewelry. works
OF art, etc.
think this remedy will be more effective
than any scheme of central bank with as
set currency as an annex W. III. ALLEN
Brooklyn. Feb. IL 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
ENDOWED CIVIC RESEARCH.

An interesting step in the work Of
improving municipal administration
through skilled study and research is
announced in the city of Hobollen,
where Mrs Robert Livingston Stevens
has given i'll memory Of her late husband
a fund yielding an income of $1,000
year for this purpose, which is To be
administered by the New York Bureau
of Municipal Research. The Board Of
Trade of the same city is also raising
fund to provide for its cooperation in
the work and the Mayor expresses an
active sympathy with it and gives as
surance Of the hearty cooperation OF
the city government. Mrs Stevens's de-
sire is 10 increase the number of
mothers and fathers who will take an
interest in HobOken's city government,
80 that schools shall be progressively
better, streets cleaner, recreation more
"enjoyable and health rates and civic
deals progressively higher while the
allied activities Of the Board of Trade
and the city government will tend
toward economical administration of the
city's funds and provision for urban
growth.
We do not know that Hobokcn needs
such service either more or less than
the average American city, but We are
quite sure that if its need is merely an
average one il is very great. In our
complex social organism the work of
municipal administration is one of tho
most important and the most difficult
which have to be performed Tor the com
mon good. Hitherto it has been de-
yeloped much as most of our cities have
been built, in hit-Ur-miss fashion, and
without 1.-THE of the scientific thought
and application which are given 10 the
organization and conduct of relatively
Insignificant corporations Of other kinds
To provide upon a permanent basis for
the careful study of municipal problems
and processes and for expert super
vision or scrutiny of their actual ad-
ministration is public benefaction as
great and practical as II is novel and
the city Of HoboLen is to be congratu
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
RIRING RADIL II.

According tu The Journal Of the
American Medical Association" an inSti-
tuition which is 10 be both phila anthropic
and commercial is about to be opened in
London. 1t is 10 be known as d radium
bank. and its function will be the lend
ing nf small amounts of radium for
short periods of time. As fully fifty
milligrams. valued at about $1,000,
are required for any of the uses 10
which physicians would put this costly
substance. few of them can afford TO
purchase it. Even hospitals, as rule,
must regard the price as prohibitive, If,
however, radiJm could be hired for a
short time when needed, it would prob
ably render d more extensive service
than is now practicable.
After the English radium bank goes
into operation the world will discover
whether the patronage received and the
interest charged promise 10 make the
investment pay. If the business proves
fairly remunerative when it has been
conducted for year or two, imitation
will probably follow spontaneously. If,
on the other hand. the enterprise should
make a discouraging pecuniary return,
and vet its benefits to suffering human
ity should become obvious, some bency0-
lent American might be inspired to en-
dow u radium bank outright. The man
ayers would then be obliged only to OBJ
tain a stock OF the precious element to
be loaned and adopt proper regulations
TO secure its return after free use of
it. The British venture deserves TO be
watched closely.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

blame the people of North Carolina ior
attempting thus TO block off litlgauon
which has annoyed them In the pas'
and which will continue to annoy theih
IL the holders of dubious North Caroiiiia
securities can find foreign countries
complaisant enough to accept, sltts oi
bonds and then try 10 make collections
upon them through the Supreme Court.
In our own country state comfy seems
now strong enough TO discourage "i''
further raids of this sort.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

Captain Scott certainly has an ex-
cellent chance of realizing his ambition
to reach the South Pole before the
Americans do. His route, after a land
ing has been made on the Antarctic
continent, is shorter than theirs, and the
character OF the region he intends to
traverse is now well known. Besides,
he is acquainted with n part of it from
personal experience. Captain Bartlett,
who is expected to take the Roosevelt
south. probably has no superior in the
world as a navigator, is a man of tried
daring and has an intimate acquaintance
with the Esquimau methods of sledgng
Still, he Is unfamiliar with the use and
care of Siberian ponies, which have
proved superior to dogs In hauling loads,
probably never saw an ice automobile
and I'd one can tell him anything about
the obstacles TO be encountered between
Coats Land and the pole because nobody
has been there. The two explorers can
hardly be said to have equal prospects
Of success, but luck may intervene to
alter the outlook
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

The scene of DIR. Charcots latest Ant
arctic exploration begins at a point al
most due south of Cape Horn and ex-
tends westward about half way to New
Zealand: He visited the first part Of it
12O miles of coast line hitherto unchart-
ed. When his whole story is published
it will doubtless contain other informa-
ton of value, as his company included
specialists in oceanography. biology and
meteorology. Besides. as he intended to
use motor sleds, he may be able to shed
new light on the utility Of those We
hiCIes
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

land and here that the condition Of pow
er,v must be made not only disagreeable
but q disgrace does not control. for scien-
ttnc organized philanthropy has taken It's
n1ece Now is our opportunity for a far
larger. truer service for humanity than We
had before and we cannot afford to be
recreant to our trust
JOSIAH C. PUMPELLY.
Nav York Feb IL, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
SOLIPSISM BY A SOlIPSIST.

From The Charleston News and Courier
The New-York Tribune now saws that n
employed the term "solpsist" rather in
the philosophical sense" but what does
Tho Tribune know about philosophy? Not
long ago 1t spoke of millinery as being a.
department OF sociology. We shall insist
upon II, however, that The Tribune was
entirely right when it spoke of The Hous-
ton POST ''sOlpsist.'' That's exactly
what 1t Is. an eeotist, without the slightest
regard for the rights OF others and without
any regard likewise for the welfare of the
grand old Democratic party. OF which We
now appear to be one of the sole survivors
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

It seems rather homogeneous that the
most serious objection to the addition OF
o. statue of Robert r. Lee to the collec-
tion Of worthless In the Capitol rotunda
should have come from a Senator, Mr.
Hepburn, of Idaho, who was too young
to participate in the Civil War and who
represents a state which was not ad-
mitted into the Union until 1890. more
than twenty five years after Lees sur
render at AppomattoX.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
STORAGE AND SCARCITY.

From The Portland Oregoniau
WIZ anybody tell how preservation OF
perishable foods beyond their season by
cold storage. canning or other methods can
be cause OF high prices: one would think
the consequence would be- just the reverse.
without such preservation food would he
Ec8rcer still.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
inc. What else do the states DO now

In the new direct primaries bill the
membership of the state committee Is to
be enlarged to $50. Now, for the sake of
q compromise, all that is necessary will
be to call it a nominating convention
when It meets to make nominations. and
oysrv one may be happy Thus the sa-
cred convention might be retained"
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
Nfln-nnrk dribnne.
MONDAY. FEBRUARY Il. 1910

This newspaper rs otcnod dnf pup
7isbeg bu The Tribune association,
Ne,r York corporation: office and pFil-
tipaI place Of business, tribune bH1o-
sno. No. 154 Nassau street, Acl0 YORK.;
OGDEN Mails. president Ogden H. Re'd,
secretary: James II. Barrett, treasurer
The address Of fbe officers as the once
% this nefcSpdpeT.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
THERE is MORE JOY,r ETC.

From The Houston Post.
The old De Almond district in Missouri
gave the largest Democratic majority il
idu gwen III twenty years. The year Of
Jupllee has come! Return. We ransOmed
sinners. homef
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

lated upon being the recipient Of such
provision We shall hope, because Of
actual results. to be able TO add that
It's example is to be cmulated by other
municipalities.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
A STRONG SUSPICION.

From The Bin5hamton Republican
some one states that no one can write
srou Flsy until he Is FORTY This gives
rise 10 ths suspicion that most plsyvrizhts
are young men
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

Bryan's latest paramount issue seems
rather parochial, now that so many
states have already settled the liquor
question to their own satisfaction.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

Mulai 1iaig seems inclined 10 merit
the title of Muish fafig which has al
ready been given to him because of his
unwilIngness TO recognize the inevitable.
If after his recent experience with
Spain he provolces active complications
with France lie may find his decadent
realm AIgerisnized.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-14

State to Watch a Trust, SAYS a head