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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15
FOUR AND A HALF DECADES AGO
Correspondent Recalls Effect of Assas-
sination of Lincoln.
r. the EDITOR ~ Tho Tribura

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir Without an exception. perhaps. the
ssddest day in the history Of our country
was April 10. 1859 when. like a thunder
bolt from out Of clear sky. was flashed
over the wires Of the civilized world the
news Of President Lncoln's death a. tho
hands Of an assassin. Although on the
eve Of returning peace. no event of the war.
including the loss Of a battle. ever carried
such CONSERVATION into the camps Of the
Union armies as did the announcement tf
Liucoln's death. 7 remember that when the
final news was understood that evening n
downpOur Of rain came upon us in Louisl-
ana from overshadovirE black clouds. as IL
the very heavens Joined with the loyal peo-
pie of the country in weeping and wailinS
over the calamity which had befaIIen this
nation in the closing DAYS Of the war
Victor and vanquished. who had come
up out Of a great struggle and who had
received his benediction Of peace and good
WILL" were alike mourners when the assas
SINS bullet did its deadly work.
II was as though there was one dead in
every house. The mourners went about the
street uncontrolled; men forgot their love
for gold and their lust for power: states
men CROPPED about like blind men for some
nag
he loved should have become his avenCer.
and caught the foot of the assassin in its
loyal folds and hurled him away 20 certain
death later. That flas. kept securely IN a
glass case, IL held sacred in the treasure
house of the nation.
or all tho officers Of the Union troops
stationed az Terre Bonnie. La. at the time.
only two are living to-day. Lieutenant
frank McAuiffe. now OF the Public Char
tiles Department OF this city. and the writer
Wherever human rights are the subject
or contention. wherever civilization throbs
arc pulsates. wherever virtue and sincerity.
are cherished and respected. wherever til
Stars and Stripes float respondent under
Gods unfdding blue OF the heavens. a bea-
con OF hope and a promise of deliyerance
10 the oppressed and enslavcd of every land .
Wherever struggling soul IS fighting IT'S
way up through the darkness and into the.
light the resplendeut name of Lincoln is
Known and EOnOred. Clunons speak t.
banners wave it, human hearts treasure r
u Will live respondent throughout deathlsss
centuries. GEORGE II. LOUD.
New York Aprii Il. 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15

Rarely has an American Governor
stopped 80 a. shameless q notification
II Justice ~ that just committed 10y
Governor Malcolm ". Patterson NJ Ten
nessee The Supreme Court Of that
state had hardly delivered an opinion
confirming the sentence nf Colonel Dun
can Cooper 10 twenty years imprison-
mont for the killing ~ former Senator
Edward W Carmack when Mr. PatteT-
son issued q pardon 90 Cooper. The in
decent haste with which the Governor
used his power 10 free p personal and
political friend was i'm itself an affrOnt
10 the courts and that affront was az
cravatel 10y the assertion. coming from
an official 50 openly associated with the
Cpoperx and their fortunes. that they
were both convicted contrary 20 law
and evidence
There was no serious dispute over the
fartS IN the Co0per-C armack case. Mr..
Carmark. a. editor 81 The Tenne>-
seean.' had criticised Colonel Cooper
Governor PaffcrSon's chief campaign
manager iu a tone Of raillery which the
latter deeply resented. The criticism
N ~ HDl lIiH-lIRlA~. iiifi VII u ltNAtiH -
prisslS except in kind. But Colonel
Cooper took IL into his head that nj
"h0nor" had been offended. and warned
Mr.. Carmach 10 deSist on pain OF being
subjected 10 the penalties 81 private jus
iioe. The editor did not dcsist. and.
lueptmg Colonel Cooper and the latier'S
Son in the street boa Nashville. was shot
o. aeaih Ih- iury which heard thc
evidence gave ilc defendants the benefit
az Tie fact that Mr. Carnack WAS armed
a. the iame ar the encounter. but l.
soud na' avoid rhc conclusion that The
CogpoTs were tlp aggresSOrs ana aA-
c,ujpa Goa their vielim an extra legal
H-i..eancc They could not. consistently
with ;leir original appeal 10 the ven
dofia ~ Il mode 81 settling personal DIFF
fcrenccS. escape responsibility for Mr.
Carmacs, dcaia. VI having taken thc
law into their OWE hands they were
l,aih. a. such practitioners Of private
Justice generally are 10 make the rcpa-
ratios which they clearly owed 10 SO
,ieiv
Ecvr,Hor Paiterson.- Intimate a>~oria-
tious Nth aIr Foopcrs disqualified him
q aot as iudgc II the evidence ana
mace aIy interference on his paIt with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15
nor 4 NOTETrY.

Our cenial multiplication Contem-
porBry The Philadelphia RecorT'
seems disturbed because We called at
teBtion TO its surprising Inconsistency
in welcoming rs democratic" the fol
lowing orthodox projectionist declara-
tion Of the Indiana Republican conven-
tion. We believe in a protective tariff
inca sured by the difference between
the cost If production here and
abroad" The Record" admits that we
correctly quoted its main comment on
the Indiana tariff plank. which was ~
follows:
The move The Indiana Republican tariff
plank Is looked ~ tho worse II IS seen -
be 4 Democratic convention could have
adopted II without hesitation. for while
tho words tariff for revenue only" do
not appear in il the thing itself is there.
We were unable to see how 2 dcclara-
ton in favor az tariff duties 10 lee lail
expressly for tho purpose Of equalizins
tie cost OF production here and abroad
could he tortured into = declaration in
favor Of tariff duties 10 he laid for rev
enue only in utter disregard of any pos
sihle differences in cost or wages. But
The Record" now says that If we had
examined some Of the qualifying state
mcntS in its article we should not have
been able 20 resist the force Of its con
c'usion that the Indiana declaration was
thoroughly anti-protectinniSt and there
fore Democratic Our Philadelphia
friends ingenious method of reading
tariff for revenue only into the Indi-
ana platform was this:
The declaration Of the Hoosicr Repub-
hCans IN favor or protective tariff.
measured by the difference between
the cost Of production here and abroad"
OF course means little because il j. q
Wei hackneycd form of words But
what j. calculated 10 make the president
and other champions Of the Payne
A'drich law SIT up and take notice is
that this declaration is Immediately fol-
lowed by the words. Less than this is
unjust To American laborerS. more -
unjust 10 American consumers Why,
that's Eat burglary, Who ever heard of
a Republican convention manifesting
any solicitude for the consumer before
The Record charges us with dodg-
ing that unanSwcrable argument. Who
ever heard. il asks. Of "A Republican con
ycniion mlnifesting enough "Solicitude
Tor jhe consumer" 10 lay down the rule
that projection should DE limited 10
covering the difference ia cost of pro-
dJcti0u here and abroad; Well any
body who takes the trouble 90 read .h.
Republican national platforms Of Tia.
the last haif century viii find that in
their interpretations 81 the protective
rollcy they have laid unyarying stress
un ihe necessity - "nseinng by tariff
Guiics "a lower foreign cost of produc-
ton. TO preserve the higher American
wage scale has been The primary pur-
pose 81 the protective system. aud q
tarIG which measured the difference 10
wage. 3nd fixed charge VAS considered
adequately protective. W quote. for "a
ample, tie national platforms VI 1872
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15
YHE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS Senate. An amendment
% the interstate commerce bill eNempiine
carrier ~ water from the operation OF
the fFea sure WAS adopted == House:
\ resolution was adopted requesting the
President 10 send 10 Congress any facts
81 his possession which would make In
advisable an investigation ~ the Sugar
Trust unless i'm his Judgment such action
might bc Incompatible with the public
Interests
FOREIGN The Tribuue's correspon-
dent fn London. In a "a bic dispatch. saws
Air. AsgUith carried his House Of Lords
NU1o resolutions IN The House of Com
mons By large maiorifies. =[ EN-
President Roosevelt and his son. ker-
init spent about twelve hours ia Venice.
principally sightseeing. and left there for
Vienna I'm the afternoon. -- Waldorf
AStor. son - William Waldorf Astor,
nfprod prs - ically an unlimited sum 70
fhn National Association for the Proven
tiop Of Consumption in London 20 tight
Tuberculosis - 4 series OF earth
uualles in Costa Rica did damage To the
extent 81 more than $1,000 GOO. but no
Joss OF life Was reported. -= Chinese
rioters destroyed Tho Wesleyan Inland
Mission ~ rhanSsha. capital OF Human,
hu1 mo p,se Was Killed.
DOM ESTft~. president Taft spoke at
the Woman Suffrage convention In
Washington and WIS Kissed by some OF
tho delegates. who resented = portion OF
his remarks. -- The state Senate
sdopted q resolution for = broad inres-
sipation OF legislative corruption. ==
Tho win Of Professor Alexander Agassiz
was filed for probate ~ Newport r I:
H2ryard University was generously re-
-77erl1hefed --- oh. my word. eK-
claimed Lord Kitchener, in Chicago. when
no WIS asked II he had reso Colonel
Rooseveit's cairo speech. then he
changed the subject. ---= a plan ~ the
defence IA tn cases of the indicted
Pittsburg ,ogucilmen and bankers ~
take advantage ~ the statute Of limita-
lions Nss revealed in Pittsburg
CITY -Stecks closed irregular after
early strength ---- Mark Twain. SUI
ferine from angina pecferis. returned
from Bermuda and went 10 his home ~
Reddius Conn. -- The United States
steel corporation announced an increase
in pay for pos. 600 men. who viii receive
81 600 600 = wear moro. Assistant
District Attorney EOrrao. Of Brooklyn,
made 2 violent verbal attack on MagiS-
frsfe HNlan. -= surveyor flarkson re-
ceived instructions 10 surrender hts Office
10 his deputy on Monday.
TIE WEATHER Indications for to-
6sv Pair and warmer. The temperature
yesterday. Highest. SIS degree. lo" 20
-. 40
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15

We now see where Wall Street gets
a constant supply Of lambs for its end
less shearing. Where else but in the
Legislature? Not every legislator who
had an account with Ellingwood &
Cunningham. G.. T. Rogers special part
ner. has yet been heard from, but n
number of them have seized the OppOr-
tunity to tell how much and how regu-
larry they lost. Let in on good things
Why. the legislator gets let in just as
the most innocent lamb does. The stock
that is going 10 he a "soarer" drops 20
or 80 points as soon as the legislator
takes his tip and buys a few hundred
shares.
Has the public forgotten how a re-
cent stock brokers' failure revealed even
the late Senator McCarren in a most
lamblike aspect on the wrong side Of
tie market 10 tho extent of more than
S1O0.oO0. and on n Brooklyn traction
stock at that? The late Senator McCar-
rcn was typical Of Specializing legisla-
tors. They are always on the wrong
side Of the market. One Of Messrs. FL
llii-Netl ~ AuliillIl- lldlll CuStbllfAS
would lie glad To give a check for
10000 10 the person who would make
good his losses i'm the Street. Another
rehearses loss after loss. Never once
did he hit il right. II will he impossible
20 convict such lambs as these of being
guilty insiders with manipulatcrs Of
stocks and legislation.
But this disclosure Of all these legis-
lative lambs adds new point 10 the de-
mand for a reform of Wall Street.
Something must he done to protect the
nnoccnts at Albany and other capitals
from the insidious temptations Of the
Stock Exchange. If the brokers con
tinuc 10 recruit their lambs in the Leg
iSlature. and shear them to the extent
of S20cO0 to 100000 apiece. trading in
stocks will have To be made high
treason.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15
UTSINTERPRETED.

Our neighbOr The New York World"
attributes To Tho Tribunes Washing
ton correspondent sinister discovery
with respect to the Mccall campaign
publicity bill which had its origin only
in an innocent typographical slip. In
the first part of dispatch from Wash
ington which we published on Wedncs-
day this acknowledgment yesterday
by The World made: 1T is prac-
'tically assured that there will he
amendments added 10 the bill for the
purpose W defeating IL in the Senate"
But ii was obvious that the writer's in
tention WAS 10 say: 1T i practically as
"sured that there will be no amendments
added" etc. The sentence which fol
lowed indicated that purpose clearly.
Ii said
The last time legislation of this char
acter was before the House il was
amended by the addition of provision
that the representation Of the Southern
states should hr reduced I'm proportion
as they had DISTINGUISHED the negroes.
bot II is promised that this time 10
amendment Of that or a similar Charac-
ter VIII he adopted
re rlhilne regrets having been
quoted rs unintcntional authority for
the prediction that the Republicans in
Congress will not support the Mccall
Hill in good faith IT meant 10 give the
contrary assurance The President has
strongly recommended the passage Of a
publicity hill providing for the public in
speCtion of expenditures made by com
mttees mana CinC elections i'm which
Presidential and Nice-Presidential cleo
tors and Representatives I'm Congress
are voted for. or in which members Of
state legislature are elected who are
subsequently 10 help 10 choose a United
States Senator. The Republican party Is
pledged to honest elections and the full
est safeguards against corruption. It
would not he true 10 IFS traditions II II
neglected In improve every opportunity
I 10 eliminate fraud. bribery. and eytrav-
agant and Illicit expenditure from cleo
lions for either state or federal officers
If The World" had devoted a small
part Of the astuteneSs which II employed
. ia rea coming from n false premise TO
ascertaining the obvious intention of the
sentence on which II commented. il
might have savel itself the trouble and
expense Of putting a foolish article I'm
type
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15

tie ashes were divided into nine parts
and distributed among the nine sec'S
Ct his disciples in India. No DOUBT tue
Archaeological Department of the lnuiah
government will he encouraged to prose
cute its researches further in hope oil
finding the remaining portions. These
achievements also confirm the asser''oi
which has been made since the Noi'n
Pole was reached-that the filling UP Oh
all the blank spaces on the map OF Tue
world would by no means put an end 10
research and discovery. Beneath the
surface Of the earth lie even greater
wonders than those which are upon ~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15
TIE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
from The Tribune Bureau


Washington. April 1.-THE French milf
tary attach6 and Countess de Chambrun
entertained number OF guests at dinner
tonight in compliment 70 the sister OF the
countess. Mrs. Buckner WallinEford
Mime. Yung Kwai. wife OF the first secre-
tary Of the Chinese Legation. was hostess
at tea this afternoon, where the choicest
product of the Flowery Kingdom was dis
titled for her visitors and dispensed by
the daughters OF the Minister from China
and Nine. Chang. Mime. Chang assisted
Nine Yung Kwai. as did also Mrs. Henry
X. Chang. wife Of the honorary secretary
and son OF the minister
Nine Chermont. wife OF the Brazilian
first secretary. who is still in Brazil. where
he went to accompany the body OF the late
ambassador. will return 20 Washington to-
morrow from Atlantic City. where she has
spent several weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs Ianzdou Geer will figure FIJI the te',
role OF the performance Of "Micnka. "a
re given this evening and Tomorrow afsr.
noon and evening at the Wa,dorf-Astors
for the benefit Of the Big Brothers socisy
and the West Side Juvenile Club. She wi-
he supported biz Mrs. Lawrence B. RAM
Herbert Adams. J. Van Beur-n Mitchell
and. Theodore Steinway. Others I'M the cast
Will be Miss Eleanor Townsend, bliss IN
KiseeI. Miss Kathryn MOTLEY. Miss Bea;rfs,
Flag. Miss Frances Burr. Miss Run
Davis. Miss Emily zoe. Miss Leonie Alex.
andre. Miss Laura Webb. Miss Lisa stf.
man and Miss Dorothy Hurry. Among n,
patTsonesses are Mrs. William Douglas
sloane. Mrs. George r. Wilson, Mrs A
IanBear Norrie Mrs Arthur Curtiss James
Mrs. Robert ". De Forest, Mrs z. J. BsF.
wind. Mrs Paul Morton and Mrs. william
Curtis Dem6rest At the performancs %.
morrow evening many members - squad.
ron A will attend in uniform. There vas /.
dress. rehearsal at the Waldorf last nigh
The Duke and Duchess Of Manchester W.
return totowu from Mexico on sunday srl
will be at, the Plaza for short time.
Dinners. we're given last night by m
William Douglas Sloane at her house.
West sd street. and BY Mr. willard {
Brown at'her house. in Park avenue.
Mrs. Henry @. Trevor gave a Lnchsn
yesterday at her house. I'm East I'd stree,
for her sister. Mrs g.. Bower Ismay.
william NracNeiu RodewaId viii si~s
dinner this evening for his daughter. MS
ment 70 Gerald NOncrieffe Livingston has
lust been announced. Miss Rodewald e g.
granddaughter OF the late Rev. Or. Chars
Z. Hoffman and grandniecs Of the lsa
Dean Hoffman OF the General The0lOga
Seminary. She made her debut a year sga
Mr.. Livingston makes his home IN s. Pau-
Miss Marjorie Gould and AshOHy J.
prexeI. IT.. who are TO be married on Tues
DAY IN St Bartholomew Church. took Oh:
a marriage license yesterday az the Cu
Hail.
/ Captain and Mrs. Philip n. Lydig VII
leave town to-day for ROsiyn. Long Isla1-
where they VIII spend the summer.
Sir George and Lady Cooper have arrive.
in town and are at the Plaza. Nr. an
Mrs. George Grant Mason have returrsi
from the South and are at the Plaza ais
Lady Cooper is sister o. the late JAMES
/ Henry Smith. and IIr Mason IS a nephew
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Goad5y Loew have r.
turned 20 town from Lakewood.
Mr.. and Mrs. James ". Barclay isa7i
town to-day for Atlantic City 20 spend tss
week end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15
WORE RELICS OF GAJT4W4

About year ago announcement was
made Of the discovery of apparently
well authenticated relics Of eau
tama Buddha near Peshawar. consisting
Of nothing less than an incincratcd frag-
ment Of his body. News now comes IF
another almost precisely similar find -
Mirpore Khas, near Haidarabad. in
Scinde. \ series of mounds was SuS-
pccted Of marking the ruins of q Bud
dhist monastery, and in the largest IF
Them careful excavations were made i'm
expectation Of unearthing a shrine. The
result was successful and interesting be-
yond all anticipation.
The remains Of large and splendid
Stupa were first discovered. ana in the
centre Of them well TWENTY-FIVE deem
and ten feet across. \ brick slab in
this well gave access 10 chamber con
tanning a heavy stone casI,ct. I'm which
was crystal vase incased In silver.
Within the vase was n silver casket
wrapped IN gold leaf. ana within that. in
turn, was a tiny cylinder of gold and
a quantity of peculiar brownish d1st
which. under microscopic examination.
proved to be the ashes of an incinerateI
human body There were no records or
inscriptions visible, but within the stun,
were several terra Gotta images OF the
Buddha. indicating Enthusiastically the
character of the shrine
This and the former discovery noar
Pcshawar may be pretty safely regarded
a. confirmation "f liieun Tsangs state.
wout centuries ago that upon the death
Of Cautama his body was cremated and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15

experimental purposes. and 20 taKe an ae-
tive pa-- in the intercollegiate airship con
vention IN be held in June under the au-
spices 81 the University Of pennsylvania
aero club.
Il notice that she no longer wears the
suffragette button. .t.,..- so-. Le-
We'll she's been having vioietS SEN seF
every dav OF late. "-Washington herdio-
AT THE JEFFERSON DINNER.
Behold.
As of old.
Writ on the fold.
The mystic letters. three
Wv. J. b."
And hear the gun
OF Is to
Booming in from distant lands
Where the Matchless Leader STANDS.
Harki how. 20 his silver horn,
footing TO his hosts forlorn:
See them rallying TO his call
As though he'd never run at all
Is there nothing else to run?
shades OF Thomas JeffersOni
". J. HAMPTON.
Mrs. Chugwater-Josiah, what is an auto
Mr. t'huVwater-It's the story of a man
life written as he thinks II ought 20 he
Couldn't YOU tell that from the WoTd .lseIL
Chicago Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15
4 THoRoTGH yNoUIRT.


The resolution for an investigation Of
legislative graft leaves nothing 10 I've de
sired. II could hardly be eouched in
broader terms. The committee 10 be
appointed under ii is specifically in
structed TO follow the trails OF currup-
ton that were revealed i'm the Aids in
qui1y and I'm Superintendent Hotchkiss's
examination into the fire insurance com
panies' legislative expenditure Z. 1t will
also have authority TO investigate any
specific charges. duly verified. which
may be submitted and ANY other mat
tiers or things pertaining TO the Legis-
''lature or the departments of the state.
evidence of which may come 10 the
knowledge Of the said committee,
(which may disclose corrupt practices;
and again. more broadly still, II Will
have authority TO investigate any mat
tiers which in the judgment Of the said
committee warrant Investigation II
would he impossible to confer broader
authority than that
II had been suggested that the Gov
ernor should appoint some Of the mem
hers OF the investigating committee
The resolution just adopted 10y the Sen
ate does not provide for this. and we
see no reason why II should he neces-
sary. OF course. the makeup Of the
committee viii be important. hut the
same considerations which caused the
passage Of n resolution for an inquiry
into graft will lead 10 the naming Of
committee deserving Of confidence and
will compel it 10 conduct the inquiry in
such manner rs 10 satisfy public
opiniOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15
RTTCHTNG HIS WAGON TO THE
STIR

1
The significance Of Mr.. John Temple
Graves appearance nj the jefferson
Day dinner in Washington with mes
sage 60 the assembled Democrats from
the higher interests" OF the Indepen-
dence League lay in the fact itself. not
I'm the conditions ~ the peace protocol
which he announced. His words. I'VE are
ready Ia accept the Democratic party
THAT j. not half Bryan. half Belmont.
half Hearst. half Ryan: if these terms
are not acceptable tho Independence
League must stand outside and wait
for a better day" are charming rho
torically. hut they mean precisely Moth
Ing. The Democratic party is half
Bryan and half Belmont half Hearst
aud half Ryan whenever the higher in
terests" in the Independence League de-
clare II TO he that sort Of hybrid. and
II is not whenever the same authority
SAYS II is not. for the purposes of the
peace protocol.
II j. apparent that Mr. Hearst has
lost faith i'm his assertion that the
Democratic party Is decadcHt and about
~ tfaN' Al''Ail 'lAt uNths 1 Nv NlfuhtSilld II
IT the higher interests" on the con
trsry. declares it 10 be now "a time Of
1 hope for Democratic success" and ac-
cordingly Mr.. Hearst is proceeding "a
I hitch his wagon 10 the star. The recrlI-
4 descence Of both Hearst ana Bryan IT
one banquet shows the perilS that beset
the party now that fortune seems half
inclined o. smile upon st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-15
HE CABINET.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.I

IFrom The Tribune Bureau.1
Washington. April 1E-The Secretary Of
Agriculture and his daughter. Miss Flora
Wilson. entertained a number OF guests
at dinner tonight. The Marine Band or
cEestra furnished the music and accompa-
MED Miss Wilson. who sang several bal
lads which are favorites OF her father.
Among the guests were the Secretary OF the
Interior and Mrs. BalIinger, Major General
and Mrs. Gillespie. Senator Warren. Major
and Mrs. Porter. John Barrett. Preston
Gibson, Mrs. J. J. Brown and Miss Brown,
OF Denver; Coleman DraytOn. Countess
Leary and Miss Brassford. all OF New York.