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New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
NOW IN COMPETITIVE CLASS
Governor Approves Resolutions
of Civil Service Commission.

Albany, Nov 4-CiOvernor White today
approved resolutions adopted by the stars
Civil Service Commission transferring from
the exempt 70 the competitive class tha
offices % clerk and assistant clerk ar each
state prison and two offices OF attorney in
the State Forest. Fish and Game Depart
ment
He also approved resolutions classifying
m the exempt class an additional position
o. superintendent Of forests in the Forest.
Fish and Game Department. and an addi-
uonai position of special deputy register iss
the office Of the Register OF New York
In a memorandum announcing his ap-
provaI Governor White says that ths
changes in the prison employees were rec
commended by Controller Williams. follow
ing reorganization Of the methods and
the establishment Of a. uniform accounting
system in all the prisons The Classifca-
uon OF the two attorneys in the Forest
Fish and Game Department. SAYS the Gov
ernor. is the result of Commissi1ner Aus
tins work in reorGauizing the department.
and in harmony with the policy OF tha
civil Service Commission. already applied -
the Attorney Generals Office and tha New
York City Public Service Commission. IN
placing IN the competitive class all at
torneys receiving salaries up 70 Ss0a0 Per
annUn.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05

an article in this country with the 70
of labor in the production of siiiii,','
article abroad to be "a curse 10 tlii'
country and especially to this ci.!
whose prosperity is measured by -
commerce" The industrial district VI
New York is by far the most impor'"i,'
in the United States in wages paiu'
capital invested and volume of produc
ton. Yet the Reform Club wants u
make every labOrer in industry hei'
compete on an equal footing with iapo'
abroad. so that domestic production MAY
be checked and the volume of the III
port trade through this port may pe
correspOndingiy increased. That Is the
old-fashioned Democracy of Hurd. MOT
risOn and Watterson. Most modern
Democratic tariff revisionists shy al 1t
nowadays as at q ghost from the grave
yard. We are glad 70 see there are SOME
free traders left who are not afraid u
speak out honestly for vast disrupuon
Of business and for Old World wages.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
THIN AND NDW

The death Of Hugh J. Grant. who was
twice Mayor and twice an unsuccessful
candidate for Mayor Of New York CITY
In the period before consolidation. re-
calls memories Of 4 regime in local poll
ties 10 which the voters Of to-day can
we'll look back with curiosity and amaze
ment. Mr.. Grant was in his time the
hest vote getter in Tsmmauv Hall. be-
cause. though accepting Tammany's sys-
TEN Of government. he stood in personal
character and reIGIre far above the ma
jority Of his co-workers under Kelly
and Croker. The business" motive in
politics AT that time was emphasized by
tbe fact thar the Democratic parfv di-
vided itself into two and often three or
four factions. eacn intent on eniovfng
the sp0ils Of office The County De-
m0cracy was the chief rival IF Tam
many Hall. and the Irving Hall De
mocracy was good type of the smaller
factions, which We're ever willing 10 bar
gain their support Of any local ticket
for Il share in tile nominations. Some
times in days Of stress like those Of
Henry Georges first campaign for the
maToraity the Democratic facti0nists
united out Of a sense Of self preservation
But usually there We're not enough
offices 10 90 around. and Tammany and
the County Democracy both entered into
q three-cornered campaign with the Re
publicans for The control OF the city.
II j. hard 10 realize now the littleness
aud narrOwness # those struggles for
what there WAS in n local election for
the professional politicians. Hardly any
BODY thought Of administering the city
government for the benefit OF the citi-
zens as citizens The motive and pur-
pose were the benefit Of the balls and
organiza tons ~ which the voters were
supposed to owe allegiance. Indepen-
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
THE JEGISL4TTPE

The importance Of returning a Repuh-
lican Legislature this year is unusually
great In the first place the Legislature
about 10 be elected viii doubt less redis-
/ trict the state in accordance with the
new census. and q Democratic majority
would probably leave the Republican
voters of this city entirely, or almost en-
tirely. Unrepresented in Congress, besides
so gerrymandering the Republican sec
tions of the state as TO reduce for ten
years the Republican representation ~
Washington. Republicans who, in a
pique at their party for one reason or
another. vote the Democratic ticket this
year take the risk of wrongfully iniuring
II not for this one year but for d whole
decade. Furthermore. the coming LegiS-
lature will elect a United States Senator
But aside from these considerations, Il
Grady controlled Legislature would he a
reproach 10 the state In recent wears
there has been steady progress toward
better things politically, especially toward
higher standards of public life. s it to
end in a Senate of which Grady will be
the leader and FraWley, the Sullivans
Cullen and McManus chairmen of All the
leading committees: A Tammany orgy in
the Legislature would be one Of the
gTavest consequences of a Democratic
victory, and if the Democratic ticket is
successful there would he no escape from
it. Who will stop it? Certainly not Mr..
Dix. whose Saratoga league chose Grady
as its spokesman and who has not
the courage to say a word against the
Aids supporters on the ticket with him.
Grady has returned to public life aftor
his last farewell i'll the belief that the
next Senate will be Democratic and ne
will be its leader. In his ambition he
viii have the support of Murphy. and if
the Democratic ticket IS successful lie
viii not he disappointed
Moreover. on their own merits the Re
publican legislative candidates deserve
to he elected. Year after wear the Tam
many members at Albany are scandal,
and the only decent representation the
city has is from the few Republican
Senators and Assemblymen who are sent
10 Albany. They are the men who fight
grabs and graft, who vote for bills in the
public interest and who steadily look
after the city's welfare. Several Repuo-
lican Senators and Assemblymen Of
proved usefulness as legislators, men who
have won the cOmmendation of the Citi-
zens Union-which maintains an agent
at Albany to keep track of the work Of
the LegiSlature-are candidates for 1e-
election and thoroughly deserve TO be re
elected The city could i'll spare the
services at Albany of such useful mem
bers as Senators Agnew, Brough, New
comb and Travis and Assemblyman
Dana. Murray, Bates. Higgins and Ward.
We mention a few of the most conspicFi-
ously useful Republicans in order 10
give some idea of what the Legislature
would he like with these men dropped
out and faithful followers of Grady and
the Sullivans occupying their places.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
THE RICHER REALMS.
itor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: There is a region Of richest country
and paying streaks which remains largely
unexplored and unknown to-day. Mayor
Gaynor facing death. saw that temporal
honOrs and things looked insignificant
thereafter. Unexplored (often despised) by
the average man. the rich regions of NOR
ality and Christianity (of paramount i'm
port TO humanity are neglected for the
poorer lands
The force and power. latent in every man.
which conquers continents. navigates the
air. penetrates the bowels Of the earth ar
ticulates the ether-if this dynamic human
energy could he applied to the most i'm
portant things instead. the world would he
moral and Christian politics even regen-
erated) in a generation.
Mr.. GaynOr (and hosts OF others) has dis
covered at the crucial moment, as the hu-
man saze becomes focused Alright. what
is really worth willie: that men are living
and dying. struggling for secondary instead
Of primary things; and. in the sIoughs of
the badlands, are leaving unexplored a bet
ter country. LINCOLN c. CUMMINGS.
BroOkline. Mass. Oct. q. 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
PROFANITY.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Owing to the extensive use of pro-
fame and blasphemous language having be
come SO common seemingly among people
in all walks of life. many people have been
trying 10 solve the problem why this should
he in our advanced stage of civilization.
Some time ago I noticed an explanation
coming from Professor Thomas r. L.Ouns-
burg, which is as follows:
Profanity is a brain test: the habit is
in consequence subject to the general laws
governing intensitiveness- To a very great
extent the practice of swearing IS specially
characteristic Of rude and imperfect civ
ilization. With the advance of culture pro-
family declines II declines not go much
because men become peculiarly sensitive to
its viciousness. but they do to its ineffec-
tiveness. Exceptions are too uumer-
Gus to lay down any positive rule. still, it
is safe to say in general that a mans in
tellectual development is largely deter
mined by the extent Of his indulgence In
profanity"
as to profanity being a brain test and
among those who allow themselves TO fall
as to it's diminishing with modern culture
and education.
At no time in our history were the oppor-
tunities greater for education and culture
than now. on the other hand. there is no
period of civilization when the use of pro
fame and had language has existed 10 any
greater extent than at the present time.
1t has permeated among the parents. even
in their own homes. and the children can
not avoid learning it.
What is needed to rid the country of pro
fame language is 10 start in our schools
and colleges an education in clean speech,
which is fast being driven out by bias
phemy, and the laws made to protect us
against basphemy and other forms of low
language should he vigorously enforced.
GEORGE WRIGHT.
Halifax. y. s. oct. 81. 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05

dent voting was difficult, because the
ballot WAS neither official nor secret, and
party feeling ran SO high that most citi-
zens put party success above the real
advantage OF the community ConsOli-
dation and the spread of intelligence
and independent thinking have changed
all that The Democratic party, as
sailed by public opinion. has had 10 drop
such nonsense as maintaining two or
three rival local organizations. all sup
porting the same state and national
tickets. and has had to fight to show a
bare majority when united It has lost
the mayOralty twice since consolidation
and has saved it twice only because Of
a division in the ranks Of its opponents.
In the days OF Mayor Grants political
prominence the voters had not vet
walked up 10 the idea that the city
should be governed primarily for their
heneht. The political middleman WIS
intrenched in power and his right TO
exact any commission which he sought
Ia collect for his services was 700 seldom
disputed. Now the middleman is being
elhowed out and the standard is being
raised of government for the people as
well as by the people Mr.. Grant was
far better than the system which he
served and deserves credit for having
risen in his personal ideals above the
level of his political associations But if
is more to the credit of the public here
that in the short space Of ten or fifteen
years ii has reached point from which
il can look back on the pre-consollda-
ton regime as a kindergarten era in
POLITICS
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
n B1useBlefats.
AcADEsIY
my or MUsIC-s.l5-If l Were

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-s:l5-n We're
ALHAMBRA-2-s-vau6eviue
AMERICA -s-S-Vaudez,iIie
AsroR-2-2o-s-2o- -2o-The Girl in the Taxi.
2-2o-s -S0-The Concert
BIJoI--2:I5-s:l5-T Other Fellow.
BROADWAY-2:15- :I5-Jndy- Forgps
GASlN0-2. .l5-S: :l5-EIe Came from Milwaukee,.
CIRcLE-2 lis 1.-THE shepherd King
COLONIAL 2-s-van6ev,lle
COMEDY -2:30-s:s0-TheC cub
SRITERlON-2;l5s-2 -2,l-The Commuters
DAILY 50: :3O-S .30-Baby Mine
EMPIRE-e:I5- :l5-Smifh
GAIF-TY -2:I5-S -15-C5et Rich Quick Walling-
GARDEN-2:la-s:I5 s:I5-The Rosary.
tsARRIcb~2- 81 lI5,l - s,o i5ms -2o--Izafiies-
hACkET-T'-2 2.15-S .20-Mother.
HAMMERSTE,IN'S s 2-s:l5-V Vaudeville.
HERALD SOFA RE 2:15-s -I5-TiIlie's Night
HTPPODROME- 2-s-The International Cup
Ballet Of Niagara-The Earthquake.
HUDSON-2:20 5 .2o-The Deserters-
IRVING PLACE Boccacio-s. -F1achs-
ais Erzieher
JOE WEBER S-2:I5-s:15-Alrla. Where Do
You Live
KNTcKERBocKER- :l5-The Scarlet PIN
LIBERTY .I-,-T'he Country Boy.
IYCEU UM-2:15- 20 Electricity.
LYRTt--2:Is,-s .15-Madame Trouhadour.
MANHATTAN OPERA HOTSE-2:15-s:f5-
Hans the Flute Player.
MAXINE ELLIOTT s. .3o-s .3o-The Gam
MENDELsSoHN HAII-2:so-'Cello Recital.
NAZIM0NA' -s:3o-The Little Damozei
NEN AMSTERDAM - 2:I5 - s:i5 - Madame
NEW DECENTRALIZATION Blue Bird.
NV 4ORh-.-S-l5--The Dollar Princess
Ri-i,I- 2, BI.lc-2-l 2-l5-s;i5-R Rehecca Of sunnybrook
ST NIcHoLAs RINK-Ioe skating.
WALLACE 'S-2-15-s: :15-Aiias Jimmy Valen-
WEST END-2:15-s. .I5-The Merry widow.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
'UESTIONS FOR 4 HrPPUCHRTTE

I QUESTIONS FOR 4 HUPPUCHRTTF.
7 believe in the necessity for down
ward and honest revision Of the tariff
and that has always been my view
/ John A. Dix at Carnegie Hall.
Did you hold that view when vo,1r
Standard Wall Paper Company asked
/ Congress TO raise the wallpaper tariff
from - per cent to - and IL per cent?
/ 7 believe that such a revision can be
| made with slight disturbance Of busi-
ness. and to the great relief of the con-
Sumer. who is, after all. the aVera ge man
throughout the entire countrv-John A.
/ Dix at Carnegie Hall.
Did your company. through Mr. Hup-
pUch. your present campaign manager,
make false statements when it urged
that bankruptcy stared the wallpaper
business in the face if the present tariff
rates not merely We're not retained but
were not actually raised?
I believe such a revision can he made
and should he made. in such manner as
not 70 destroy. or even much disturb
any large industry throughout the cOun-
try, and 81 as to take into account at
all times the rights of the American
workingman.-John A. Dix at Carnegie
Hall
Was your company, through Mr.. Hup
puch. trying to deceive Congress when it
asked higher duties to meet the needs Of
American workingmen. pointing out that
the wages paid machine printers in
England are - shilIings, or So per
week. as against an average of SD %
per week for the same class Of help IN
this country. and il is fair to assume
that the wages Of the other Iaboring
help are in proportion?
I am on record in a letter to the WAYS
and Means Committee as asking for
reduction of the tariff on lumber Of 10
Per cent 4 year for ten wears. by which
time lumber would be free / am on
record in d letter 10 the Ways and Means
Committee as asking for a reduction Of
the tariff on paper of % per cent a
year for five years. by which time paper
would be en- the free Iist.-JOhn A Dix,
IN Staten Island.
DO YOU think that this helated state
ment just at the end of the campaign
which, when explained, was that rela
tive. with YOUR approval. wrote suggest
inc the gradual reduction of the tariff
on paper ana lumber. the raw materials
Of Wallpaper-reIieves you from respon-
sibility for tbe petition of your company
at the same time for increased duties on
the finished wallpaper. which. if your
relatives suggestion had been adopted,
could have been manufactured more
cheaply than before:
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
THE NEWS THIS MORNTNG

FOREIGN--The Spanish Senate. by a
vote Of l49 10 5S. passed the paddock
bill, but the Premier showed a con
ciliatory attitude toward the Vatican:
the government has decided to suppress
a labor demonstration in Barcelona
- Many lives We're believed lost in
the destruction by fire of the Manitoba,
Insane Asylum AT Brandon #= Nine
teen cases of cholera and six deaths We're
reported from Italy. = Willows. the
Welsh aeronaut. started to fly To Paris in
a machine of his own construction. -
1t WAS reported from san Salvador that
General Nalladares had inSulted the
United States Consular Agent George
Schmuck. and that the gunbOat Prince
ton had her guns trained ready for ac-
zion, on the Governors residence AT
Amapala. occupied by the HonduTan in
surgent chief - An imperial decree
issued ia Peking ordered the convoca-
ton of Parliament ~ 1913. == Prince
= Francis Hatzfeldt- Wildenburg. who mar
Nc a daughter Of The late c. P. Hunt
bgton. died in London.
DOMESTIC -F-x- President Roosevelt
spoke ~ Des Noines and Davenport
Iowa. IN behalf of Charles erik. "a Pro
sressINe Republican candidate for Con
gress- == Henri /. Stimsou continued
his campaign tour in the Hudson Valley,
Speaking At CaIskill and Poughkeepsie.
y 7 John A Dix figured IN an
automobile accident while going from
Albany TO Troy. being badly shaken uD.
= Eighteen inches OF snow were re-
ported IN the CaIskill Mountains and al
Bingha mtou. y. Y. == II was reported
al Baltimore that the aeroplanes dam
aged in the recent storm would be re-
paired in tine 10 resume the programme
of the aviation meet Monday - The
hearing at Chicago of witnesses in the
so-caled Bathtub Trust inquiry was
practically finished. further testimony
VIII be heard IN the East Arthur
4 DUnphy WAS arrested IN Philadelphia
on charges growing out Of complaints
of conspiracy 70 defraud by New York
banks
CTTY-Stocks declined after early
strength - After Justice O'Gorrnan
had reduced the charge against him from
murder in the first degree to man
slaughter IN the second degre. Edward
7 RosenheImer was acquitted bv the
jury Of criminal responsi bility for the
killing OF Grace Hough by his automo-
BILE -- Theodore Roosevelt addressed
third letter TO Judge Baldwin. amDli-
1Ylng his previous statements. - In
spite OF the Mayors efforts striking ex-
press drivers and helpers voted 10 stav
cuf until the companies recognized the
union = LLOYD c. Griscom. Dresi-
cent Of the Republican County Commit
zee. estimated that Dixs plurality in
the county would be less than 40 000
THE wEATHER-In for TO-
DAY, Fair The temperature Yesterday.
highest, 46 degrees; lowest. 80
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
CHINESE WIN DEMAND
Imperial Decree Convokes Par
Lament in 1918.

Peking. Nov. An official decree was
issued to-day, announcing that an imperial
parliament. the first in the history of
China. would he COnvoked in 1918
This is a concession on the part OF the
throne to the demands of the recently cor
stituted serate and delegations of the pro-
vincial assemblies. which recently memo
rialized the government urging the early
constitution of a general representative
legislative body.
The programme fixed by the late En-
press Dowager provided for the assembling
Of an imperial parliament In 1915 Until
recently the throne had refused 70 enter
tain petitions praying that the date be ad-
vanced Recently the Grand Council was
ordered to consider the matter and last
Monday Prince Yu Lang. one Of the Grand
Councillors. announced in the senate that
the entire ration was agreed on the neces-
sity of the early establishment of a gen
era1 parliament.
To-day's decree set forth that the par
lament would be convened in three years.
The police went from house 10 house. in
forming the occupants Of the edict- Pres
emily the dragon banner and paper lanterns
appeared above every door. Beyond this
there was no public demonstration.
The Importance OF the thrones COnces-
sion is appreciated when II IS recalled that
the provincial assemblies, the first step
toward modern and popular government in
China. are still in their infancy and that
the senate. the first general body approach
ing anything like popular representation.
met for the first time on October 5 last
AS constituted. the senate did not promise
important popular legislation, as one-half
of it's two hundred members were appoint
ed by the throne Nevertheless. IL took a
stand in favor of an imperial parliament
at an early date
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
nv TelssrsDh - T7b@ Tribun.

fBy Telegraph - TIE Tribune
Newport. Nov 4.-Mr. and Mrs. T. SRA,
Safe. who have been au,omobilinE through
the Berkshirss. have returned 20 their hons
here.
Mrs. Richard Gar1hruI will close her sea.
son the latter part Of next week and Mrs.
Slater viii start for Washington tomorrow
for the winter
Mrs. Pembroke Jones. whose health has
greatly improved. viii start. together with
her family for Lenox Tomorrow
Mrs. J. 7. Mason has returned from n
visit In New York
Mrs. Elisha Dyer still continues 70 show
Improvement. and her friends and physi-
clans feel greatly encouraged
MI and Mrs. ?. o. D-HautevfIle are ex-
pected tomorrow 70 make an inspection ~
their estate. They have been abroad fo=
the last twO years
Mrs. William ~ g. BuIlard is The guest
OF Mrs Elisha DYER
II is understood that Mrs Barzer Wal
ZACH viii forsake her horses for the auto
mobile before she returns % Newport next
summer.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
BTY AND N-RPHY

If those who say that Dix would not
he a Murphy Governor would point to a
single act of his in opposition 10 Muir
ply the state might listen to their ad-
v0cacy. But where is the single in
stance of opposition: His whole politi-
cal record is one of subservency and
usefulness His political record is brief,
hut what there is of it Is all Murphy.
He was first heard of when he was
nominated for Lieutenant Governor two
years ago in a convention dominated By
Murphy and Corners. He next appears
III political life as one of the organizers
Of the Democratic League. whose Osten-
SibIe purpose was 10 reha bilitate the
Democratic party and rid ii Of its dis
credited bosses. but whose real aim was
To eliminate COnners who stood in the
way Of AIurpby's ambition to he the sole
and undiSputed master of the Demo
cratic party. Mwphy's Mount Clemens
correspondence shows this sham reform
organization TO have been in regular
communication with him. Ia have been
under the control Of his agents and TO
have been acting in his interests Not
nn@er did Party Reformer DIX or his
league lift to rid the party of Nurphy's
mercenary management
When Corners WAS ousted Murphy
made Dix his state chairman. In that
capacity has he ever Indicated the
slightest opposition to his creator? On
the contrary. all his efforts have been
devoted 10 smoothing the way to Muir
phys undisputed mastery. The soreness
that was left by Murphys thugs at
Buffalo and in Carnegie Hall Mr.. Dix
addressed himself 70 healing, and 50 we'll
did he do his part that he harmonized
the whole Democratic party Of the state
into Murphys hands Could any one
expect his serviceability to Murphy in
public office to he any different from
his serviceability TO Murphy in his party
office?
New-York tribune., 1910-11-05

THE CONTEST IN NEW JERSEY.
The closing days of the political cam
paign in New Jersey make it sufficiently
clear that there is no convincing reason
why any Republican should bolt his
partys ticket ON purely personal
grounds Mr.. Lewis appeal tothe electors
il certainly as strong as that of his Oh
ponent. Both are men of high character.
OF dignity and of culture That is uni
yersally conceded. 1t might seem narrow
TO urge Mr.. Lewiss superiority on the
ground Of his being a native and life
long resident Of the state but at least
II X legitimate to argue that his many
years of highly efficient and irreproach-
able public service in various important
offices have given him a practical famil-
iarity with the business of the state
which his opponent cannot be said 20
possess Granting their personal equality
IN other respects. that one consideration
should give Mr.. Lewis winning ad-
vantage
There is certainly 30 disadvantage for
Mr. Lewis III comparison Of the re-
spectiye policies of the two candidates.