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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-04
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mi-Careme was made the Occasion ot a
considerable amount OF festivtty. Many
entertainments were given in homer OF the
day, among the most notable being the din
ner dance of Colonel John Jacob Aston the
calico ball ar Sherry's. Mrs. Lind;ry Hoff-
man Chapin's dance. and Mrs, Clarence III
MacElays dinner and musical.
Colonel AstorS party was In the nature
of house warming. aud was -h4 trst on
tertainment given in his reconstructed
house. which now includes his former home
and that of his mother, the late Mrs. WIZ
lam Aston. The house has been consldera-
bly, remodelled and, TO a great extent, re-
furnished.
The guests. numbering about one hundred
and nifty, were received by Colonel Asto~
and his sister. Mrs. Orme Wilson. I'm the
drawing room. which is on the no.tn side
of the house. and Is done in ivory ard gold
after the Louis Quinzc period. the O-,Us
being panelled in carved wood trescoas
axe set in the ceiling, FROM when b,,e
crystal lustces. Instead OF IL. ,,ln hal1x
connected by means of doorWcv a. To-
rnerly. there is now one large hall VIII.
great Srille OF natural finished oak. beaI,ti-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-04

THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION.
If Mir Rockefeller could live forever
he would doubtless wish Ia continue TO
give as he has done for many years, Il
large part az his incGme t" variety %
pbi!antnroplc purposes. The Rochelell2r
Foundation will have the element OF
perpetuity. and apparently its purpose Is
10 do with much OF the Rockefeller
fortune just what its owner would do
With it but for the obstacle OF mortal
ity The list of lis benefactionS printed
in The Tribune Yesterday shows how
various have been the causes to which he
has contributed. Education, of course
is his largest interest. and to that he
has made his greatest gifts: but he has
also given largely To churches and mis-
Sions. Ia medical research. 10 Juvenile
refornatorieS. 10 the city of Cleveland.
in The form of parks. and to the Young
Mems Christian Association. And after
ali these objects have been named more
than Sl3W0.o0 is set down as given 10
miscellaneous uses.
\ corporation with very broad powers
is necessary 10 exercise similar dlScre-
ton in contributing To any effort Tor
the benefit of humanity which seems
especially 10 need ard deserve assist
ance. Accordingly the new 'founda-
ton" in the breadth and tie1ibiiity Of
its constitution and in the freedom from
restrictions which its trustees are To Gu
JOY. will be a novelty III the field of in
ccrporated philanthropy. where the
General Education Board. the Carnegie
Foundation and the Sage Foundation.
the present largest organizations of this
sort. exist for the carrying out of mar
rover and more specific purposes.
The magnitude of the new foundation
invites comparison with its CREATOR
principal achievemen. in the business
world. for the one promises 10 he. dur
ing many years. at least. lis much with
out Il peer as the other long was. Mr..
Rockefeller has shown the same wisdom
III his benefactOns which has character
lied his commercial career. and in his
present plan for pcrpetuating the work
OF the later part OF his life he exhibits
bis characteristic talent for organization
and his creative imagination.
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THE T4Lh or THE DAY

In its issue OF February 90. the Tooth
anniversary of the execution of Andreas
Hofer, the Tyrolese hero. the ''WestIicher
Anzeiger" publishes Hofer's last letter
Written in the fortress at Mantua, where
he was shot. 1t is dated Five o'clock in
the morning, four hours before | will Jour
ney. with the help of all saints. to God ."
The letter shows him To have been pious
sentimental and uneducated. He asks his
wife Die SandWirthin'' not to mourn TOO
much. and adds: ''Adieu. cold world: SO
easily do | leave you that there is no
moisture in my eyes" The orthography IS
defective, and in every instance where the
word IS employed God is written with a
little e. The article says: Those who
helped to rear the heroic statue to his
memory on the Isel Berg did not remember
his lack Of learning, but the patriotic heart
that ceased TO beat only after the thir-
teenth shot had been fired by his execu-
TONERS
Dihbs-W Women are invading all kinds of
masculine occupations.
Gibbs There are no women rat Catchers
ytt,-BoEtan Transcript
\ woman writing 10 The Tribune SAYS:
-. IIopkinson Smith. In his address be-
fore the Aldine Association. defined the
Word gentleman Is one who is clean. hon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-04
FOR A GOLDEN FLOOD.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Jamesbie. in his letter published
in your issue of this morning. denies the
effect of overproduction of gold upon the
cost Of living. but admits that gold is
money, and money is commodity" and
goes on to say that because there is not
sufficient gold for the purpose of exchange
We are compelled to use other evidences of
value. i'll the shape of checks. bauknotes,
United States notes. etc"
It is. of course. the gold foundation upon
which the paper media are based which
engenders the credit by virtue of which
their use is tolerated.
Not only has the production Of gold in
creased beyond the limits of the stand
ardized value placed upon it as a substitute
for commodities but the same overproduc-
ton is being boarded in the vaults of the
great central banks ard public treasures
and serves as a basis for the granting Of
credits over and above its own intrinsic
value.
That prosperity reigns is undeniable but
scratch its surface and it will be found
that while having real being which to a
great degree is the natural result Of gen
uine ecopomlc betterment it has also to
an appreciable extent an artificial exist
eiiCe' proceeding from the dVaiIaDllty OF
credit provided by the abundance of gold.
Let borrowings on credit be reduced. thus
forcing the accumulated hoard of gold from
its hiding place to circulate freely as a
medium of exchange for commodities and
the necessaries Of life, and not as a tails
man TO produce artificial wealth, which can
only be squandered in extravaganza and
luxury and what would be the result?
Why. the merchant and producer would
lie compelled 70 dispose more freely Of their
commodities in order to obtain the Iegiti-
mate Wherewithal to carry on their BUSH
ness. with the consequence that they would
have to accept lower prices, and the cost of
living would be brought to level more IN
accordance with the healthfuI operation Of
economic law T. F. G.
New York Feb. 2S 1910
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strumentalitieS of 4 state must he multi
fed. if adopted, by Il construction put
upon the limitations of federal power
before such an amendment WAS ap-
proved 10y the people? Ii may he pos
s;bie IL argue that the pending amend
ment was not drawn with the purpose Of
clothing the general government with
power Ia tax incomes derived from in
teIcSt on state. county and municlpal
bonds or income received as salary by Il
state officer. But it seems eHtrayagant
10 say that If the amendment Is held to
permit the government TO lax incomes
from whatever source derived, ii can
not become effective after ratification
because Of the veto of :! judicial opinion
delivered long before the enlarged grant
Of power was made.
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People and Social lncfdenfs
AT THE WHITE HOoor-
rt--o,, The Tribune Bureau.1

ErC
,s,rcb 2-Austria-Hunga gary
yin 60 the minimum rates of the Payne
tariff law. President Taft issued u procl"-
nation extending that privilege today
Tepresentatives Kennedy ahd SrnlIh
asked the President 10 find a place for r. >
Houston. who has represented the govern
rnant in the cases before the Spanish Treaty
C,lairne Commission. soon 20 he abolished
Arnon, the White House callers we're the
Secretary OF State. the Secretary Of Com
nerce and Labor, the Secretary Of the In
terror. Senator Lorimer, who accompanied
ex- Governor Yates of Illinois; Senator'S
Burrows. Crane and Stephenson: I;epresen-
tatives Smith, of iowa Monkey, Bennett,
Diekema, SABBATH, FoeIker, Ellis, Hughes, %
New Jersey; Hawley, Allen. Keifer. Cassi-
dy, Ansberry and Kennedy. ex-Representa-
tive b. c. Dawes and Gist Blair.
The President, assisted by Mrs Tafts
sister Mrs Thomas X. Laughlin. enter
tanned at dinner this evening in honor OF
the Speaker Of the House. this beihS in ac-
ordance with the precedent set by President
Roosevelt. In addition TO the Speaker and
Miss Cannon, the guests were Senator Gal
linger. Senator Money. Senator end Mrs
Scott, Senator and Mrs. Dick, Senator and
Mrs Crane. Senator Brandegee. Senator
and Mrs. Brown, Senator and Mrs. Pdyn-
ter. Senator and Mrs. Stephenson, Senator
and Mrs. Hughes, Senator and Mr. Gordon,
Representative Livingston, Representative
TaWney, Representative and Mrs. CruIn-
packer, Representative and Mrs. Mann,
Representative and Mrs. Clark, representa-
tive and Mrs. Smith, Representative and
Mrs. Oimsted. Representative ErOwnIov-,
Representative Walter ]. Smith Representa-
tive Goldfogle. Representative ard Mrs.
Joseph FL. Gaines. Representative James,
Representative Thomas, Represeu-a give Nc
Kinley. Representative and Mrs. Hayes,
Representative Cox. Miss Julia 2. Maths
Colonel J. c. Hemphill, Job e Hedges, w
K James, Captain Butt and Lieutenant Os-
terhaus. The table decorations consisted
of golden spur jonquiIs and n2idenha.r
ferns.
The President and Mrs. Taft have as
house guests, in addition TO Mrs. Laughlin.
Colonel Henphin and Job Z. Hedges
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A T.ISh TO BE AVOIDED.

The significant and undoubtedly well
meant suggestion is made 10y writer III
La Lucha." OF Havana, that as the
present conflict in Nicaragua seems 10 DE
degeneratinG into Il war of Drl&anda5e
and determination. and as the outcome
of il is likely to be not the election IL
Il constitutional President but the seat
Ing of an arbitrary Dictator the United
States should interfere between the con-
tending factions there, as it did III CUBA,
and as it also did with moral influence
in Pana ma, and should Senu Mr.. Magoon
to repeat the work which be so success
fully performed in the two other coun-
tries by restoring peace. organizing an
efficient provisional government and Sc
curing the eSta blishment of stable ana
satisfactory native government through
an honest and constitutional election.
Well meant and complimentary TO the
United States as the scheme IS. and sup
ported as it is said to be by many II
the best people Of Nicaragua, we cam
not concede its prOp1ety, unless under
q stronger compulsion than has yet APP
peared. The analogies of Cuba and
a.
yincing. because of the radical differ
ence between our relations with those
countries and our relations with Nicara
@lla Both Cuba and Panama. by virtue
Of their own national constitutions, are
limited protectofateS Of the United
States, in whose affairs, according To
their own fundamental law. this country |
has right in certain contingencies 10 |
intervene But that is not the case with |
Nicara qua Its constitution contains no |
provision for our intervention. 1t is not |
4 protect0rate of the United States. but |
an entirely independent country, with |
whose domestic affairs we have no more |
right to meddle than it has with ours.
That right exists. of course in certain |
contingencies as when the citizens Of |
one country are unlawfully oppressed |
in the other. But generally there is |
nc such right
Moreover. even should Il majority pf |
the people Of Nicaragua signify their |
GeSire for American intervention, We !
should he very reluctant To see our gov
eminent undertake the task. In itself, |
for obvious REASONS. the settlement sof |
affairs i'll Nicaragua would be an exceed |
ingly delicate and difficult task, far more i
so than any which ever confronted rs !
IN Cuba or Panama. and such as 10 /
subject us 10 grave danger Of mourning |
the suspicion ana III viii Of a large |
part OF that country and of other coun-
tries. There would be SET. also. prece-
dent which would have to be regarded !
J,
i'll Nicaragla. we might ~ |
called upon 10 act in any or all Of half /
Il dozen other states when i'll similar |
ways they got into similar difficulties.
To act as the common peacemaker. guar
dian. receiver and bailiff of p number |
OF its neighbors would be an undertaking |
from which The United States might we'll t
wish IL be preserved
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BETTER PAY FOR FEDERAL
JUDGES


Congress. although it has literally in
creased salaries in the executive and
legislative departments within the last
four years, has been Ioath 10 vote a
larger compensation for tie judiciary
We are glad 10 see that a new effort
will he made 10 put the salaries Of the
federal Judges more on q level with
those enjoyed 10y representatives of the
two other departments Of the govern
Inent. Representative Moon. OF Penn
sylvuuia. has introduced i bill re-em-
lDodying most Of the provisions Of the
Judiciary salary scheme which failed II
the last Congress. According 10 this
plan. the salary Of the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court is 10 be increased
from $f2.J00 10 $4,000. The salaries of
the associate justices from $4,000 to
S1-.J00 and the salaries of the federal
circuit and district Judges from 5000
and SGH11. respectively. 10 $4,000 and
$4,000
That Increase is moCeSt. When il is
remembered that the President of the
United States receives $TI.HnD. Il com
pcnsation of less than one-fourth that
sum does not appear excessive for the
head Of the judiciary department.
whose post is one of the highest dig
rity under the government and whose
duties compare in Importance with
those Of any other federal officer The
Vice President and the Speaker Of the
House receive $4,000 apiece. and Rep
rcSenratiyeS and Senators $3.50. but
those officials perform only one years
service every TWO years. while the JUS
ices sit the yea" round. going on cir
cult duty while the Supreme Court is
f.. recess.
T4e federal circuit and district
Judges are n0toriously undergrad. Their
salaries We're increased by 81 600 years
ago but the volume of work put Oh the
courts has greatly expanded in that
period, and the scope of the functions
discharged a. these judges is steadily
widening. Congress cUnfeSscs the in
adequacy of their present compensation
whenever ii creates new court or "A
commission with judicial OF Sem-judi-
cial duties. The Payne tariff law pro
yiied for a court of customs appeals ana
allowed - the judges 10 toe named for
thai: court salaries Of $1,000. \ pro-
test WAS subsequently made against
giving Judges in n special court Of thai
SORT salaries 60 -: per cent greater
tlIan those Of the federal circuit Judges.
whose iabprs We're far more general in
character ard far more Onerous Con
greSs compromised by voting The Judges
OF The neW court temporary allowances
Of s. .oHp. but 80 far The tribunal re
mains unorganized, aud the provisions
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OPPOSED TO LEE STATUE
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The object of the Lee statue is 10
honor his cause. This implies that he was
right. Ii he was right, We Unionists were
wrong.
But the personality of Lee does not come
Into the question. The only question is.
Shall government tolerate right in its
very seat, a constant outspeaking of a prin-
ciple that is Numerically opposed to its
fundamental law and to its peace and good
order?
This secession uniform in the Capitol is
a mockery, for it IS placed there by a
wrong spirit. As the law stands at this
hour, the custodian OF the Capitol is COM
PEELED to receive there representations Of
local sentiment. y Confederate post in
Dallas, Tex, has just objected to a por-
trait of Lincoln in the public schools: that
post may send to Washington a statue of
WigfaI
Public sentiment in Georgia has tolerated
a monument to Wirz; that sentiment NAV
send his statue to confront that of Lew
Wallace, who sentenced him to be hanged
Baltimore has completed a statue tn
Semmes, and that local sentiment NAV
send 1t 10 confront that OF WINSTON. who
licked Semnes in the only naval battle he
ever fought.
II MISSISSIPPI sent Davis. it might con-
front that of Lincoln, and then there should
be carved upon the plinth of the latter
with malice toward none, with charity for
all" and upon the plinth of the former ire
ferrlng to the assassinationL If 'twere ~
DE done tWere better 'twere well done"
Next to Washington, the builder. Lee. the
would-be destroyer,
verify hodgepodge of incongruities that
would be laughing stock to the world and
10 history! Are not commerce and cow
aTdice destroying You Yankees?
WILLIAM HEMSTREET
Late Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, 18th Mis-
souri, Infantry.
Brooklyn Feb 2S 1910
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THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS The postal say
Ings bank bill was under consideration
and a recess was taken until li:5e
O'Clock to-day. SO as to continue the
legislative day in accordance with ne
agreement to vote before adjournment
House: The pnStoffce approprid-
ton bill was considered
FOREIGN -Twenty-three men were
killed and many injured the result OF
O magazine explosion in the main shat;
of the TresdW@N mine. near Juneau.
Alaska. -- The British Premier said
the budget would De brought before She.
House Of Commons after the Veto Teso-
buttons had been passed -= EX-Nice
President Fairbanks mad a long private
visit with King Edward in Buckingham
Palace London. There was
stormy session in the Belgian Chamber
# Deputies over the legacies Of the late
King Leopold. London voted tie
freedom Of the city to eN-Pcesident
Roosevelt and will entertain him at the
Guildhall.- =@ J. PierponJ Morgan
reached Rome from Naples. == a
dispatch from BlU-fieldS Nicaragua. the
headquarters Of General Estrada. the IA
sargent leader. says the rebel forces
have been pgg2tically suppressed by t9e
MaGriz armies. = General Bernardo
lse-es. C9ovcf-sor Of Nuevo- Leon. -
signed lis post from Paris. where iii il
row living and the resignation was ac
cepted.
MESTIC.-President TAFT issued 4
proclamation granting minimum tariff
l8tes 10 Austria Hungary. == Score
Jaly Knox announced the names Of the
delegates from the United States to the
Fan-AmCrican Conference at Buenos
Ayes. Henry White heading tbs list
---- Speaker Cannon WAS the guest of
hnnor at dinner At the White House
-- The city councils at PHILADELPHIA
ard
rration IL the carmen's strike. and
general walkout at midnight tonight
seemed inevitable. == Senator Aids
was. on the stand al DAY 81 the bribery
Investigation at Albany. en- .la ticsell%
contradiCtjng the story OF Senator Con
ger and Hiram C Moe. --= It was an
nounced at Albany that bills would soon
be introduced which would practically
give q new CHARTER to New York City
CTTY.-F-arly strength in stocks, fol
lowed by declines. == john u. RcclIe-
teller, f.. il was announced. would head
the Rockefeller Foundation and would
devote himself 20 its work of phian-
tlrepy =- i. Augustus Heinze was
Indicted again Tor violation OF the fed
erai banking Law - An elevator in
e rlowntow9 office building fell several
stories to the cellar injuring six of its
nine occupants. - The federal grand
Jury drew no Z lbrcSentlnent holding tie
American Sugar Refining Company to
be IN contempt Of court. -- The re
port that Colonel Roosevelt would be
come trustee of the Equitable Life As
surance Society. succeeding Grover
Cleveland, was revived. == Another
indicted meat director pleaded not guilty
in Jersey City. - The charges against
Captain Morris and Inspector Hogan for
failure TO suppress an alleged gambling
house were dismissed by Commissioner
Baker.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-
Gay: Fair The temperature yesterday:
Highest AZ degrees: lowest. 80.
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est co,,rteors to women, kind to Children
rcsnectful to old age, considerate to .'o
poor and sympathetic toward the o""O
dog Could he not have done equaiiy '
by quoting the definition recently pupii'iioa
In The Tribune which was. If L refhe''i
correctly 'Gentleman--a man VINO Is p'
but not vain has courage without bra s"No
and is innately consderate of the 1eehiie'
of others'?''
SERIOUSNESS OF NONSENSh-
a little nonsense now and then
Is much to be desired.
And by the very wiSest men
Is frequently admired.
But this esteem. alas, dotn move
Some folks, i'll prose ana rhSlIe'
10 seek superior wit TO prove
With nonsense all the time
It creeps into the speeches long
Designed to win applause
Sometime it makes an effort strong
To break into our laws.
Though nonsense well employed may cure
Humanity's distress.
An overdose is almost sure
Washington Star
A Wall Street broker had occasion d le"
days ago to take from a safe deposit vault
q family document which was wrapped in
a piece of a New York paper of November
%, 1890 The fragment contained the report
Of the stock values for that day, winch the
broker cut out, pasted on a board ana
placed over the ticker in his office Wrlting
under the printed matter: "See what Few
years have done for stocks. Among ihe
quotations were Canadian Pacific, a.
Chesapeake 81 Ohio, IS: Chicago Buriing-
ton &, Quincy. St; Consolidated Gas, 9I12;
Missouri Pacific, 60: National Lead Trust,
1917. Northern Pacific 2212; Southern Pa
cific, 2s12, and Union Pacific. 5o4a.
Touch one hair of that lady's head ara
YOU will answer with your life" said the
hero. striking q perfectly defenceiess attl-
tude -.
''Geer' Kissed the villain, and new set
Of puffs would only cost 81. Why go TO eX-
tremes ?"-CIeveland Leader
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cor1inely made, with all the guarantees
of party regularity" AnG 10! Scai'ei'
WAS the farmer settled in his snu7
berth when it was ascertained i'll tne
most convincing way that his pract'".
knowledge of agriculture YVES almost I'LL
Possibly he would know the difiereli'e
between rutabagaS and redtop IL ho
saw them side by side when the WIN
was southerly. But his confessed lSho'
rance of the simplest and most elemeniai!
nrincipIes of practical farming was 50
complete that those who had appoihteu
him were stricken with dismay ana
forthwith began to consider what posi-
BILE vays and means there were OF get
ting rid of him without aggrievinS his
noitical hackers, while from the oppose
tion and the general public wave Oh
laughter swept over the county at their
unhappy plight
The situation was ludicrous, but it also
had its serious side, and 1t conveys an
important lesson to the taxpayers WHO
foot the bills and TO ali citizens who are
interested in good government ana Ell
ficient administration. If it were merely
the county freeholders who suffered from
the grotesque inefIiciency of their APP
Dointee the case would be subject Ior
laughter only but it appears in diner
ent light when we remember that 1t Is
the taxpayers money which is thus being
and that it is the public ser
vice which is thus being committed 10
incompetents For this unhappy ap-
pontment is an example or many WHICH
are being made not for merit or nthesS
CT capacity for public service but SIM
ply for the payment Of political dep's
and the strengthening of the polltlcai
machine. In such circumstances 1t IS
ret surprising that an Overwhelming
Popular sentiment is arising in favor or
the amended reapplication OF the ClVh
Service law
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[Fron The Tribune Bureau


Washington. March 3.-The Ambassador
from Austria-Hungary returned to Wash
ington this evening from short visit in
New York He was accompanied by the
counsellor Of the embassy, Baron Ambrozy
The Minister from Sweden and Nine
Lagercrantz entertained at dinner tonight
the French Ambassador and Nine. Jusse-
rand. Senator Du Pont, Mrs. L. L. Letter.
Mrs Norman Williams, Mrs. Bayard the
Assistant Secretary Of War and Mrs Oil
yer, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas T. Gaff, Mr.. and
Mrs. Page, Francis Crowninshield, and Mr..
kkengren Swedish secretary.
The Minister from Denmark and Countess
Moltke went TO Boston to-day for a visit
of some length