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New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
THE FIRST SYMPTOM.

The support for direct primaries de-
veloped in St Lawrence County is sig
nifcant. There has been no propa-
ganda there and there is no important
factionalism in the county which might
take hold of the issue for its own pur-
poses. The interest in direct primaries
in st. Lawrence is spontaneous. AS
semblyman Merritt, who comes from
that county and who is Speaker Wads-
worth's chief assistant in opposing
Governor Hughes, has all along declared
that he could find no sentiment for dl-
rect nominations in his district; yet III
his own home township Of Potsdam
direct nominations were beaten on Mon
day by only five votes. In the other
Assembly district of St Lawrence the
township of Gouverneur voted unanl-
mously in favor of Governor Hughes
plan.
Both Of these places are small ano
only parts of Assembly districts, yet the
appearance in them Of direct primary
sentiment is significant Mr.. Merritt
is strong and popular and his personal
influence is immense in his district Dut
II shows signs Of growing restless un-
der his opposition to the Governor. Thls
outbreak of direct primary sentiment in
an unexpected place is probably an in,
dication Of what may be expected else
where if the present special session does
not settle the question to the satlsfac-
ton Of the voters.
The incident recalls what happened
last wear. When the original Hinman-
Green bill had been beaten nothing was
done at once to rouse interest in direct
nominations Mr.. Hughes was to make
nc speeches in favor Of his bill until the
fall. No organization was in the field
supporting the reform. Yet when the
nominal ations for the Assembly came up
intense interest was exhibited by the
voters Of several counties, and regular
candidates and machines were over
turned by the force Of the sentiment for
the reform. What happened was most
unexpected. ST. Lawrence County indi-
Gates that the conditions of last summer
will be found more widespread when
legislative nominations come to be made
this year.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
THE NON-RECOGNITION OF DIR.
HADRIZ

Critics of the foreign policy of this
government, not always particularly
careful of their facts or logic, affect
much indignation at the declination Of
the President TO recognize Dr. Madriz as
the de lure and constitutional President
of Nicaragua, to the exclusion OF all
other claimants. 1t is true that some
other nations have thus recognized him,
hut we are inclined to think that before
the episode is ended their action in so
doing will be regarded as unfortunately
lacking the prudence and discretion
which have characterized the course OF
our State Department.
We are unable to perceive any con-
vincing reason why the United States
should be more royal than the King, y
or why it should not adopt q course
toward q Central American state which
all the Central American states have
practically suggested in their treaties
which were made at Washington IN De-
cenlber. 1907, the five states in question
agreed that no revolutionary or other
wise irregular government in any one OF
them should be recognized by the others
until it had been constitutlonally &C
cepted and ratified by the people of the
state concerned In declining to rec0g-
nize DR.. Madriz the United States Is
simply acting upon the spirit Of that
principle which was established by the
Central American states, including
Nicaragua itself.
Dr. MadriZ is the arbitrary successor
of a dictator whom the United States for
a considerable period before his abdica-
ton refused to deal with or to recog-
nize, and he assumed his place at a
time when another government had for
some time been proclaimed and was
being successfully maintained over a
large part of Nicaraguan territory, in
Guiding particularly those parts with
which the United States has its most
intimate relations. Under those circum-
stances it was certainly not incumbent
ton toward his predecessor, to give him
exclusive recognition and thus to make
itself an unlimited arbiter between the
contending factions. The part Of wis
dom and Of equity was to follow the
course suggested by the Central Ameri-
cans and TO refrain from recognizing
either or any government until its con-
stitutional validity was recognized by
the Nicaraguans themselves, at the
same time, Of course, recognizing in its
dc f0cto capacity any government which
it might find actually exercising effec-
tive authority and fulfilling govern
mental functions at any place at any
time
This government has been particularly
leLient and considerate toward DR..
Madriz and has given him abundant op-
portunity to secure for himself that con-
stitutional status in Nicaragua which
would entitle him to recognition under
the principles enunciated by the Central
Americans themselves. If he has not
succeeded In doing that it is not our
fault, and it is certainly not the duty of
our government to go in and do a work
for him which he cannot do for himself.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

.aThe Lancet admits that difficulties in
connection with aero travelling are rapidly
being surmounted, but 1t points out that
even were they all disposed Of trip through
the air would still involve a good deal OF
nerve. 1.-The giddy height will have to be
faced, the sudden swoop down or rise up
ward, with it's disagreeable effects for
great many people, will have to De reck-
oned with" says this British medical au-
thority ''Seasickness is terror to many
people, and the chances are that air sick
ness will be worse. Most persons, again,
have experienced the unpleasant feeling in
q lift when it commences its descent, or III
a swing when, like the pendulum, It swings
back. Not a few persons refuse to stand
close to the edge of a cliff or to trust them
selves to look down into vast chasm i'm
mediately beneath their feet owing to vague
feelings Of giddiness. fears Of falling aris-
ing out of a sense of a jeopardized equili-
brium-"
How do you know they're mdrried?
Cant you see? He's making her bait
her own fish hooks. detroit Free Press
The cat will come back-as the old adage
says-even If she has to use Uncle Sam 5
mail service to get home. This was proved
not long ago IN the case OF a valuable OLD
tabby belonging to The Tribunes mailing
room. Every newspaper mailing room IN
the world has cat-has TO have. in fact
Ito keep the rats which swarm about the
paste barrel in check On a recent Sunday
morning, when the early mail for Boston
was being made up. The Tribune's puss
crawled into one of the great canvas bags.
Pouch and cat were thrown on a wagon
and then on q mail car at the Grand Cen
trail When pussy woke UP she was In
Boston Some kind hearted railroader over
thero took care Of her for tho day, and at
night returned her TO tho sack and shipped
her hack ts Park Rev. She Is now On the
job again policing the basement.
New Thoughtst-Why. what's tho mat
ter?
Old Thoughtist-Tve got a toothache.
New Thoughtist-Dont you know If you
had faith you wouldn't nave that tooth
ache?
Old Thoughtist-Don't you know that If
you had this toothache you wouldn't have
any fairh?-Cleveland Leader.
Nimbie wits and a glib tongue frequently
save erring "coppers on trial before the
Deputy Commissioner at Headquarters.
Some of the ''defences" put up by offend
ers are more ingenious than convincing.
Not long ago giant patrolman., accused
of being about q quarter OF a mile off his
beat evolved this excuse: "You see, 1t
was like this, your honor: was patrol
ding my post. when I thought I heard
man up the street yelling 'V1rei F1rer I
ran in ths direction 81 the sound. and,
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
THE SOCIALIST "AFTER MEET
TNGS."

INGS."
There is no occasion for surprise at
the termination of Mr.. Alexander Ir-
vines connection with the Church of the
Ascension and the ending Of the famous
''after meetings conducted by him as
forum for socialists. Surprise should be
felt that the end did not come sooner.
As part of a Sunday service the meet
ings were in the public mind a freak,
almost as much of a freak as Ferris
wheel or a loop-the-loop would be IN
church No doubt their purpose was sin
cere. but to the public the holding OF
them wore the aspect of straining for
sensation in the vulgar way that some
churches employ. and while that lmpres-
sion existed the vestry of the church
rightly felt that the church itself might
be hurt by their continuance
AS for the meetings themselves, it is
difficult TO see how any practical benefit
came from them either to the church or
to socialism. They aroused for the most
part amused and cynical comment from
the public The socialists who attended
them did so, it is to be feared, chiefly be-
cause Of feeling that Mr.. 1rvineS after
meetings" were in the limelight. And
surely those meetings could not in them
selves have enabled the church better to
reach the poor Of the parish.
If the idea was to afford in the church
a common meeting ground for two an
tagonistic groups with hostile modes of
thought that idea was sentimental and
impracticable. How futile il was is shown
now that the break comes. Was Mr.. Ir-
vine supposed TO carry on the reconcllia-
ton? He is the first to cry out against
the individualist vestrymen as NAM
mon" Were the socialists who were in the
habit of contributing to the discussions
in the after meetings" supposed TO have
been made a little more tolerant by con-
tact with the other side under the be-
nevolent auspices of the Church Of the
Ascension? They can find nothing too
bitter to say of their late host and of the
church in general As for the individual
ISIS who dominate the church. they
emerge from the recent contact with a
feeling we dare say, that the war be-
tween socialism and society as at pres
enl organized is a very real thing.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
ADVICE TO THE PERSIANs.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In an article recently published in
the papers Dr. Erich Schmidt, the principal
of Berlin University, is quoted as referring
to 'cXenophon's advice to the young. Ride
shoot and tell the truth "
This is not generally given as Henophon
advice to the young, but the quotation con-
cerning the education of the Perslans l. e.
they instruct their sons in three Things
only-to ride, to use the bow and to speak
the truths SO often attributed to Keno
phon, even by educated men, that 1t seems
worth while to give the correct reference
The passage In question is from Herodo-
tus's History, Book 1, 1876, and there is not.
T think. any similar passage in Xenophon.
A SUBSCRIBER.
westhampton Beach, n. Y, June 25, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
OF DOUBTFUL WISDOM.

A question Of heredity which has
so far puzzled some of the deepest stu
dents of the problem is involved In the
recent announcement from Baton Rouge
La. that the State Board of Health is
determined to put a stop TO the importa-
ton of New York babies for distribution
in that state, because of the danger to
the community from accepting infants of
whose ancestry nothing is known. The
health officers of the state are not among
those who believe that almost any ten
dency in child may be eradicated by
proper training, and the superintendent
Of the state insane asylum says:
The deposit of these helpless little
creatures, coming possibly from tainted
progenitors, in our midst is simply
ton, more detectives, idiots, imbeciles
and alcoholics. and tends to demoraliza-
tion and heartaches in homes where the
babies are located
If the danger is as great as the
Louisiana authorities appear to believe,
the state is entirely justified in the stand
it has taken, just as surely as this
country is justified in keeping from its
shores those who are not both reason
ably bright and reasonably healthy; but
it is to be hoped that the situation is not
SO grave as the superintendent Of the
insane asylum supposes. It seems pos
sible that Southern conservatism, aptly
characterized in the remark of a
Georgian clergyman that the children Of
the newcomer there might hope to be
accepted in the best set if they proved
themselves deserving of the honor, has
stood so straight that it leans backward
Many Of New Yorks uncared-for chill
dren, transplanted to other states under
favorable conditions have not only been
a credit to their foster parents, but have
served their fellow men with more than
ordinary success. We believe that the
records Of the societies responsible for
the placing Of these children contain am
pie evidence to prove at least that what
ever danger exists is greatly exaggerated,
and that to deprive childless homes Of the
children which have in so many instances
been warmly welcomed by prospective
foster parents is not only entirely un-
necessary but contrary to the best inter
ests of both the childless adults and the
parentless infants. The need of the work
thus being done is SO great that Louis
iana's verdict should not be accepted
without better evidence to back 1t up
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
rBy Telegraph 70 The tribune ]


Lenox. June 27-Mrs. Hamilton Mex
Twombly is a guest of her daughter, Mrs
william A NJ Burden, at Deepdene.
Mrs. Guy Murchie, of Boston, and Miss
L. 3. Trowbridge, of Few York, are visiting
Oscar Iasigi at CIovercroft, IN Stockbrtdgs.
Mayor and Mrs. Fitzgerald Of Boston.
ACCOMMODATING a party OF Boston officials.
arrived at Red Lion Inn tonight.
Miss Kate Cary who has been in WASH
fngtou. has returned TO New York.
Mr.. and Mrs Harris Fahnestoch vera
hosts at dinner tonight at Bel Air villa.
Miss Charlotte Barnes will Join her par
ents. Captain and Mrs John 8 Barnes, 0n
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs Peyton j. Van Rensselaer,
have gone to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Berry and Mr.. and
Mrs. Carroll Berry. who were weekend
guests of Mrs. John Sloane, returned 10
New York to-day.
Mrs. John Sloane has gone to New YORK.
She will be a guest of Mr. and Mrs WIZ
lam GriswoId at Greenwich, Conn
Senator w Murray Crane arrived in DaI-
ton from Washington tonight
Mrs. Charles Carroll Jackson has issued
cards for luncheon at the club cottage on
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Antoinette w. Martin entertained az
bridge at the Curtis Hotel tonight
Mrs. H A Lamb. Miss Aimee Lamb and
Thomas Lamb have gone to Boston
Mrs. Samuel Hill and ]. y. B. Hill have
returned to Washington The Hill villa
will not be opened this summer
Mr. and Mrs David c. Halsted. Miss
Julia w Coles. of Glen Cove, Long Island,
and Miss Carpenter, Of Plainfeld. y. J.,
are motoring in the Berkshires-
Miss Helen A Bangs, daughter OF Dr.
and Mrs l. Bolton Bangs, of New YORK,
who will be married tomorrow at her faith
er's country place. Manatuck Farm, in
Stockbridge, to John Nevin Sayre, Har-
ward divinity student, gave a, large dinner
tonight at Manatuck Farm for the brides
maids, best man and ushers at the wedding
and the young people Of Stockoridge-
Mrs. C. c. Lee, Of Washington, TO-DAY
leased the Tanner villa, in Stockbrtdge
Road. Mrs Lee has been Joined here BY
her daughter. Miss Lee
Miss Mabel Hance. who has been guest
of Mrs. Charles L. Lamont and Mrs James
r Jesup. has returned to New York.
At the Maplewood. in Pittsfeld. are Mrs.
J. c. H Tupper, w T. TUpper, Miss Cecilia
Tupper and Mrs. Walter Shriver, OF New
York and Mr.. and Mrs John F MorreIl'
of Beverly. n. J.
The marriage Of Miss Theodore L Pom
eroy and Philip Weston will take place N
ST. Stephens Episcopal Church, IN Ptttsfeld.
on Thursday evening at 8 80 O'Clock Miss
Pomeroy's maid of honor will be her sister.
Miss Eleanor Pomeroy. Her bridesmaids
are to be Miss Jessie Pomeroy Bishop, "
Chicago: Miss Carmen z. NJ. MARITIME. OF
New York; Miss Eleanor McCarter, Of
Newark, and Miss Harriet Mcclure, OF
Chicago. Donald NJ. Weston, Of Callfor-
MIA, will act as best man. and the ushers
will be H. Kendall Wassen, of Indianapolis;
Charles D. Rafferty,, of Pittsburg; Harold
Vedder of New York; Charles K Crane, q
Dalton, and Charles H. Wilson and Brenton
c. Pomeroy, of Pittsfeld. Mr.. and Mrs Hen
~ w Bishop have issued invitations for
dinner on Wednesday evening compliment"
ary to Miss Po1neroy and Mr.. Weston
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
INEIC4TED.

The Hon William z. Hepburn. Of
iowa. must be feeling pretty well
pleased with himself these days. He is
Z prophet who found a scant and un-
willing audience, but who has now been
fully vindicated. He was the one con-
spicuous Republican leader in the House
of Representatives who, though chair
man Of an important committee. had the
courage and candor 10 condemn the
Recommendation Of power in the
hands Of the Speaker and TO plead for
2 return 70 a system allowing the House
q larger measure Of government
His logic was unanswerable but the
House was not TO be affected at that
time by mere logic.
on March ,. 1909. Mr. Hepburn re-
tired 10 private life. He could not par
ticiDate as q Representative in the par
tally successful fight Of the extra ses-
sicn 10 revise the rules or in the revo-
luticn Of the second session by which
fbe power II the Speakership was finally
broken But he can iatter himself that
ils had the clearness Of vision 10 see
what was coming and TO ally himself
with cause then unpopular, but bound
10 win IN the near future In remark
able speech in the House Of Representa-
tves on February is, 1903, Mr.. Hep
burn condensed within brief compass
ali the material arguments against the
system Of one-man rule, and he closed
with this prediction:
Every cay Of agitation VIII make more
and more friends. All. no; not more
friends. because they are friends al
ready. b,.t the. agitation viii challenge
the attention of TIE people; and when
the attention of the American people is
centralized upon this great question,
the.l rhere Will he action. ana then there
will be- no difficulty Ia taking from the
Sneaker OF this House the immense po-
liticai power that he now has.
What seemed difficult and far off then
has now been realized. The Iowa states
man was & true prophet; but the de-
Tenders and beneficiaries of the Speak
er's. absolutism 10 whom he appealed
had not sagacity enough to recognize
his prophetic quality. They turned a
aa>f ear to his logic but tie country
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
Crawford, N J., June q.
The GUlLDHALL SPEECH

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me, as an American citizen,
born in Dublin when my parents were on
trip to the old country, to reply to that
loyal British subject, II. t Harrison, who
applauds Mr.. Roosevelt's Guildhall speecn-
That utterance of Mr.. Roosevelt not only
indorses British rule in Egypt. but also the
manner Of its acquisition and retention; tho
annexation OF the Transvaal; the Irish Act
Of Union in 1S0o which Mr.. Gladstone de-
clared was obtained by force and fraud
and the coercion act" which has been
continued in force from 1S00 to 1910 IN Ire
land. The manner in which he upholds V1o-
lence when deemed necessary would imply
an Endorsement OF all the horrors IN Wex-
ford in 1898. MICHAEL CORCORAN.
Brooklyn, June "a, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28

tive regulation exists, 1t is wholly
pratuitous to assume that choice which
promotes efficiency of government and
General prosperity was brought about In
despotic ways. Mexico, in our opinion,
is as much entitled to congratulations
upon the result Of Sundays elections as
il President Diaz upon this unique DEM
onstration of the esteem and affec-
ton In which he is held by the people
whom he has served so long and well.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
CONTENT TO WORK EVERY DAY.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Why this howl about being deprived
Of three days vacation, enabling the labor
ing masses to vew the finest? nave
been working seven days per week every
week in the year for the last fifteen years
and, if I live, am likely to go on working
the same way, for all the aid or influence
we may expect from the churches regard
ing Sunday labor. Do you ever hear
howl from us-the railroad men? If we
don't like our job we can quit.
A J. JOHNSON.
Iryington. N. Y, June "A, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
by Telegraph TO The Tribune.I

CBy Telegraph TO The Tribunal
Newport, June "a lawn party has been
planned by Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss at
her summer estate, HammersTnith Farm,
for Friday afternoon. Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt has planned her first dinner Of the
season at Beaulieu for Saturday evening.
Registered at the Casino to-day were Mrs
William Grosvenor, Pennington Pearson,
Oliver Hartman, w. H Appleton. W. Bar
clay Parsons, Miss Lucy Brown and FL
bridge T. Gerry.
Dr. David L. Haight, of New York Is q
guest of Captain Lloyd Phenix his
steam yacht Intrepid.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
Neiu1i1urk Gribntre.
TUESDAY. JUNE 2s, 1910.

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The address Of the officers is the Office
UT this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
ELECTRICITY ON GRAND TRUNK.

bTOm xn0 A0nneDoC JoU1uo4.
There II Z general desire ON the part OK
the timber land owners Of Maine that the
divisions through the woodland territories
In this connection II u interesting 70 note
that the Grand Trunk Is contemplating tho
use OF powerful electric locomotives to
haul the trains OF its new line from Mon
treal to St John through the virgin FOR.
ests of New Brunswick. The source OF
ed, will bs the great water power at GRAND
Falls or gas-generated electricity Uade at
the great coal deposits OF Grand Lake.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
HOME MISSIONARY NEEDED.

From The Philadelphia Press
Colonel Bryan over in Scotland is getting
off some very eloquent talks in behalf Of
universal peace Colonel Bryan's PARTY in
Pennsylvania is greatly in need of some
thing of that kind just this blessed minute
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
IF HANDS HAD BEEN KEPT OFF

From The Buffalo Commercial.
Hands off, cries Mr. Barnes. of Albany:
II the state machine had kept its hands on on
the Iegislature. the Hinman- Green bill
would have been law months ago.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
REAL ELASTIC CURRENCY

From The Rochester Post-Express' .,
The man who cut up five bills anu such
them together so as to make sA.,'I,sss SIX nn an
a perveTted idea OF what consutulss 20 a
s,astio currency that he has been sen,. ~ - su
penitsntiary for three years to give ~.
opportuuity 20 revise bis vtewA
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
NEW YORK SOCIETY,"

Mr.. and Mrs Harry Payne whitney "ho
are now at their country place on Long
Island, will go to Newport at the end Oh
the week, to remain until the international
polo matches at the Meadow Brook CIuo'
on Long Island, at the end of August They
expect to go abroad in September for an
indefinite stay.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
WHISkEY AND FEUpS.

From The Trenton State Gazette.
Kentucky is about to inaugurate cam.
paign of advertising. 1t has been noted
for centuries for the production Of q csr-
tain article that talk2
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28
A POLITE MoB's SLIGHT ERROR

From The Washington Herald
Once more the lynchers got the wrong
man in Florida They did the handsome
thing. however; they apolosized 10 the
widow for having hanged her husband py
mistake.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28

heard and applied it with results which
made the second session Of the 61st
Congress memorable.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28

Only six days remain before the city
makes the experiment Of a sane Fourth.
Doesn't the public believe in 1t enough
to support it with its pocketbook?
Making a success Of the new plan Is
"up to" the people.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28

The admission Of Arizona and New
Mexico to statehood will enlarge IN the
nick of time the list of names available
for armored cruisers and battleships
That list is almost exhausted and the
Navy Department has been forced to
appropriate the state names originally
borne by certain monitors and reassign
them to the newest battleships. Nevada
and Oklahoma are the only states whose
names are still available.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28

Mrs. Ogden Goelet. who has been ABROAD
for several months, sailed from Liverpooi
for New York on Friday, and is due In New
York at the end of the week Shortly after
her arrival here she will go to Newport for
the season.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-28

Mr.. and Mrs Charles Dana Gibson have
gone to Dark Harbor, Me-, for the summer