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senator BuTton's protest against the
massage ~ the river and harbor appro-
r-iation bin as it has been reported "a
the Senate is entitled 10 serious consid-
Grafton. NJ Burton was for many years
the chairman Of the Rivers and Harbols
Committee Of tie House OF Representa-
tives. At the head Of that committee he
exercised 4 unique influence. lie won
the absolute confidence Of his colleagues
Ivy pursuing inflexibly a policy of jus
tice 10 all and favors 10 none. He mas
tered the details Of all projects pre-
sented and when he passed Judgment on
;le merit or deinerit uf an authorize
ton. contract or appropriation the House
sustained him. His committee vas never
reversed.
The Ohio Senator is now chairman of
the National Waterways Commission.
His competency as an expert i'm river and
harhor legislation cannot he questioned.
II he protests. therefore, that the Senate
bill is drawn IN accordance with the anti
quated principle OF a geographical distri-
button of benefits rather than with the
sound principle Of dealing with projects
on their merits alone. his criticism ought
TO carry weight Senator Burton IS
frank enough 10 name projects aided in
the bill which he considers impractical
be and improbable. He asserts that
stricter rules should be followed in appro-
priating for an Improvement and that
money should not he spent until definite
proof is at hand that the development
will pay as an investment. He is espe-
cially severe on the policy Of keeping
alive by dribhling allowances projects
which might better be abandoned as
without real promise.
The defect Of the system Of river and
harDor legislation which the two houses
are now only gradually outgrowing was
that appropriations were looked upon too
much As Eratuitles 10 be shared among
the states and sections In order to keep
the balance even much work was au-
thorized which had no justification. II
is time to shake of the traditions Of that
system entirely and to look at river and
hsrbor enterprises AS investments made
with an eye 10 national rather than
local benefit. If they help the country as
a whole they are worthy; if their pri-
mary purpose is 10 put government
money into local circulation. they are a
survival Of roaring Kishlminetas" days
and ought to he barred out under stat
ute Of limitations
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THE NEWS TINS MORNING.

CONGRESS The river and
hsrbor hin was under consideration. most
Of the time being occupied by Mr.. Bur-
ton with A speech in opposition. =-
House: bin giving Major General
Daniel = Sickles the rank and pay Of
retired lieutenant general was defeated
FOREIGN.-Theodor Roosevelt spent
p busy day in Vienna. where he was re-
ceived by Emperor Francis Joseph AMI
WAS the guest az Count Won Aehrenthal
~ dinner. Three missions. two
English and one Norwegian. have bean
burned at Chang-Sha. and the rioting
/. caused 10y the corner in rice ana the
anti-fereiRn agitation is apparently still
unchecked: al foreigners are reported
safe = A cyclone struck the aero
plane field near Mourmelon. killing three
and injurinE three Norkmen. blowing
down Henry Fa~man's workshops and
~reci<ing nine machines. -= Mr. Bal
-Four announced that he favored free
q wheat imports within the empire ---
EiRht mon were killed and seven are
missing I'm ? landslide following a blast
which buried railway construction camp
81 the province Of quebec. -= No deaths
have been reported I'm the earth shocks
in costa RiCa: half Of san Jose's inhah-
tsnts are said t. have left their homes.
DOMESTIC President Taft viii soon
b. send 10 Congress 2 statement showing
what has been accomplished in rehshil
i4IfnE Inc customs service -- J 10
woman suffrage convention in Washing
ton adopted 2 resolution repudiating re-
sponsibility for the Missing of President
Taft -- Fra nix Y fiOffS'ot. president
of the Pressed steel Car COMPANY. aD-
lloaled before Governor Hughes at Al
bany 10 iRnt against cXtradition from
This state under the warrant issued bv
Governor stuart Of PENNSYLVANIA. ---
II was said al Albany that state road
contracts and campaign contributions
Veg, likely IN BE- invest isatod I'm tho pro-
posed general corruption inouiry
Representative Euceno y. Foss ~ Mas
sachusctt- spoke ~ Rochester i'm the in
forest ~ James <. liavcns, the Demo-
cratic nominee in tho 53d New York Con-
grees Disirict. -- The jury 20 Try
To- n. = IiHda for the alleged murder
81 colonel Thomas IT, SwOpe was COM
iete@ ~ Kansas CitE: Or. HEd" called
creh iui-nr bs- name and declared ne vas
SATISFIED 10 would have fair trial
CTTN Stocks v-ore irre gular ~ sr1ns y
uei ,harCoe -- Manor Ga, nor issued
IN order 80 the police prescribing the
r7o'hod 81 enforcing The excise Ia N-
John 2. Sherwood TUNED states
evidence ~ ths trial of bona III I. Persch
- Thc United States steel Copper
ffan announced frr establishment Of an
"er1rloverS liabiiit,. plan for employees
sn5ured or killed while - orr. -
1r@truCfiorz were received from Wash
ineton for thorough housecleaniuz in
This port of c'iston1s employees implicated
81 the sug7- fraud cases - Hcarings
an nfn eJhva contracts we're announced
iN f1r publfe Service Commission. ---=
a thici pUrsued hv p mob i'm Brooklyn.
shot himself 80 try 80 escape 2 return
10 sing Sing. - fiei6 Marshal Lord
KItcherer arrived in town
TBB WEATHER. Indications for to-
GAY: Shovere The telopera ture Yester-
Sas Highest. - degrees. lowest. ~.
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of peace. Upon these we need not dwell
Ia detail They involve avoidance of the
losses and horrors If war ard preserra-
tion Of the advantages Of peace. Their"
j. M nation which would he directly
profited hv \ war With some other ma
ton. There is not one which would not
he benefited hy maintenance of the
peace These imdisrutable facts are
worthy of being borne in mind ny
an who arc disquieted by anticipa;icnS
- war. and IL win be profitable to dwell
Upon them instead of giving so much
heed 50 sensational AMI usually fantas-
&c predictions IL impending conflict.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
THE uy4WAEESED DEMOCRACY

THE TyAWABENED DEMOCRACY.
VIII nothing induce Mr. Osbornes
Saratoga league Of Democrats To break
It's oppressive silence? The state is ring
ing with political discussion and stiil
nothing is heard from a body that was
70 reform the party of Murphy and Con
nprs. There is the question of a thorough
investigation into legislative graft, now
happily settled. 10 all appearances. The
press Of the state has been full Of II.
The Governor has made speeches about
the need of such an inqui-v and has sent
n message TO the Legislature about it.
Senator Root has allowed his sympathy
with those who were urging such an i'll
q,iirv 10 become known. Leading Repub-
Iicsns all over the state have interested
themselves i'm bringing II about. Public
sentiment has been Overwhelmingly en-
listed in its support.
And yet AIR Osborne's league has not
So much as lifted its hard or its voice
To aid in this cause OF political better
ment. The puriicat ton Of the Democratic
party. as well as the publication Of the
Republican party, will be easier when
this inquiry is over and the truth is all
known, hut the Democratic League has
contributed nothing TO the sentiment for
it. Where is the leagues leadership:
How is il helping the cause Of cleaner
politics? Why did il sit dumb as an oys-
ter when the fate of the most hopeful
opportunity for putting an end forever
-, a aF,,I ipc
of trust Icy parties and their representa-
tives in office hung in the balance:
But why twit the league on futility
So often shown? How much have Demo-
Gratis inside or outside of the league con
tributed TO this letting of the light of
day into ancient wrongs and scandals?
What Democratic voice has been raised
comparable with that of Mr. Hughes in
the fight against corruption. against the
traffic in governmental favors. against
the shameful alliance between the selfish
interests and unworthy politicians?
What group of Democrats has done for
this cause what the Governor. Senator
Root. the Hughes Republicans in the
Legislature and the Hughes Republican
leaders like Mr.. Griscom and Mr.. Ban
nard have done? True, the Democrats
had not official positions of correspond
ing authority. but the opportunity Of
public service is free 10 all. and any
mans voice that spoke with the author
fly Of character and intellect would have
been welcome in this fight for cleaner
government and purer politics.
Why did the whole Democratic party,
like the Saratoga league. stand apart as
il it had no sympathy with the move
ment? Is there discernible within that
party any such resurrection of conscience
as has taken place within the Republican
party: Is there any tendency in The
Democratic party Ike the tendency in
the Republican party which has given
TO Mr.. Hughes and his group Of support
/ tiers their dominating position: When it
4 is all over and an angry electorate has
seen the worst. which will he its instru-
ment OF refOrm-the Republican party,
animated 10y the spirit of Mr. Hughes,
or the Democratic party, in its moral
! lethargy?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
MORE ST4TE REGEL4TLON.

II might be imagined that the French
practice of keeping station clocks ten
minutes ahead Of those Of the outside
world would give the railroad pponIn
every opportunity 10 get their trains
of on time. hut IL seems that this is
not 50. The public, with almost human
intelligence. soon learns that the start
j. not made for ten minutes after the
advertised time Of departure, and ms n
result the agony OF separating for q da-
or perhaps even FOR week must bn
concentrated into the moments between
the conductors call Of cen voiture" and
the actual starting of the train.
In France Il is so generally under
stood that all trains. except the fast
expresses. VIII be late that 90 inGuire
IN train So-and-so IS ON time is 10 betrav
lamentable ignorance Of conditions. If
not actually 10 prove foreign nativity.
No doubt it Is IN the hope Of savin.
some OF the time lost at every station
That state railways are planning Ia post.
among the various other pruhibitorv
signs. one conveying the Information
that ''it is strictly forbidden % exchange
KISSES upon the platforms or I'm the wait
ing rooms or upon the steps Of the car
"riaEcs of the state railways" and per
SONS discovered kissing will be liable tn
prosecution Thus du we find the most
cherished traditions ~ n people pre-
suned - lead the world in sentiment
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Chinese tongs arc on the Vsrpsth 81 So
In New York city. Now lee tho New 10 -
officials hammer the t0ngs.-Si. L'D
Times
Tho New York man who rad oeen
inmate OF Bellevue Hospital and Wno ~.
mitted suicide after writiuE on 2 papTS,,ls
statement thar he preferred "heI ~ 80 an
Nus II taking some chances - pr ,,,st
never come back. We will not knVNS 1890
how the two places COmpare-t'oc-
Union and Advertiser.
The New Theatre. established N "a.
York IN the interest OF the literary - a.
has done n graceful and well desc, ,s-,sss
IN prescnting a gold medal o. W. s.i,rs--
the greatest OF Shakespcari1n SOl''
Philadelphia Record
\ New York pastor. prcach'ns - - NE
downfall Of ex-senator Aids. n l''C ,.,sht
suggestion that the evils OF gratui1 Th3
90 be taught i'm the sunday Sclipu. ,r,{av
idea was long ago anticipated iL.,ts are
schools Where the Ten COmmahu...' TfoSaic
taught \ rigid adherence % " A.
law would quickly eliminate tne
Rochester Democrat and ChroniCio
The misguided people OF New t ~, isrz-
eggs with white shells. but ere or Ess lust
est wholesale egg men o. GotnauI .,,,,itie3
toll the senate investigating -. nrovn-
that the EOstOnans who pref. Sro0n-
SHIELDED eggs are right, and that W. longer
she'll egg has a richer yoiNs 100 New
and is better Tor cooking. ....,,,lsns
York win admit some day that R,stOa
known something besides oeah'@
Globe.
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Arrhony = Drezel. r.. who IS IA ra--,
Miss Marjorie Gould on Tuesday IN z.
Bartholomew Church. will give his a.
well bachelor dinner this evening a, psl.
monioD's. Among his guests viii ~ s.,
brother. Armstrong Drexsl; his sister,
fance. viscount Maidstone. George n. n
Griffith. william Rhineiandsr stewart. r
Craig Biddle. John Fell. Julius ". Nogs.
and Kinsdon and Jay Gould
Roger M. Minfon also gives his farsvsf
bachelor dinner this evening az Dsluo,-
fco's. He IL 20 marry Miss Anita Ingersor
daughter OF Mrs Robert Taylor Varrur,
on April q. AZ the house o. Mr.. AM N-s
G. Stanton Floyd-Jonss. in West 71ia strss,.
william EEacNeiH Rodewsld gave IN.
ner last night al his house, IN West 81
street. for his daughter. Miss Eleanor Ho--
man RodewsGd. and her hanrf. GeraH
Noncriefrs Itvingston. After the dinns-
Mr.. RodewaId took his guests t9 the Id
erty Theatre. IN the party were Mr Liv-
ingstOn's fazher. Crawford Livingston. M,
sister. Mss Abby Livingston. Miss RODE
vrald's sister. Miss LeOntine R0dewaid: Mr.
and Mrs. Stuart Duncan. Miss Marion stoi-
dard. Miss Angelica Brown. Mss Chario..s
x. Harding Miss Doris ". Bisssll. Mss
Rosina Otis. Lieutenant Pendiet0 R0bsr.
VI. Fowler, r.. Edward r. Bacon and En-.
met Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Csk1eigh Thorns have gous
to their country place az NilbrOok. y y.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Douglas sloane
are booked 70 sail for EurOps to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William z. Shepherd WI
spend the summer at Bar HaTbor
Mr. and Mrs. Grand Foster viii return
from Europe next month, and shortly after
their arrival here will go u Lenox for ths
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Ledyard stevens Rave ar.
rived in town from Old Point Comfort
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jurisdiction OF the Methodist Bishop OF
Zurich" After stating briefly the tenets
OF the Church the writer says; In Ameri-
ca. which owes the Methodist Church much
for its development. the sect mas always
been greatly favored by Roosevelt. lie re-
peatedly declared IN speeches that at the
time OF the Revolution. when the Anglican
Church neglected the colonies. the Metho-
dists revived the religious spirit. He FOL
lowed with much interest the development
OF the Methodist movement in Rome. The
writer further calls especial attention 10
the Methodist Home for Girls, IN Rome
which has as It's director a granddaughter
OF Garibaldi.
when p man looks indignant an says
he's discouraged remarked Uncle Eoen;
ownin' 10 10 hisse'f dat he's gittin' lazy. -
Washington Star.
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MR.. TAFT WILL OBSERVE HANS
Pittsburg Boxholder viii Mark Seat
With Gold Plate.

PittsOurE. April 15.-Nr. Tar wants = 'ii
where h. can best see the flying Dutch
man." hans Wagner. play fri ths ssrns -
tween the Chicago cubs and tNs Fitts01rs
Pirates on May . which Che President has
promised % attend After careful surrey
baseball engineers have decided that Box
20. directly over the Pit-sbr~E playsrs
bench, about midway between tbs Plate an1
frst base. IS the hes, vs1tszs point for AZ
angie OF Wagnsr
This choice seat bad been so-1 p -
season 20 prominent Business mar. but r
has given 70 up in Differences ~ - F1e''
dent. He has dons 81 with tNs agreement
that after the Presidential game ths b't
VIII be marked with n silver o. gid rlNs
TO set forth thu fact that 30 did on that
memorable dav. May .. fore. h0id rs
mighty and distin s.fishsd figure Of TIRE t3sa
President % the Uritsd ssstss"
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The question. therefore. is not whether
n thing proposed means q revolution. nut
whether IL means the kind of revolution
which the people of the kingdom want
ard which will be for Their weltafe.
Despite the apathy which was reported 4
few weeks ago rs widely existent, it
seems likely. from the intense interest
which WIS manifested NJ -. STEPHENS
on Thursday night. that the people~of The
Kingdom arc and will continue fully
awake 10 tho real purpcrt Of the 'pend-
ing carI,rairu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
MARROW STREETS AS A SAVING

from The Chicago RecOrd-Herald
The board OF local improvements issued
q statement giving reasons for IesseninE
the width OF rOd0Wdys Of various streets
Nhen paving coutfaC tors We're also paving
promoters u was To the hest interest 81
the promoters To have as wide n roadway
rs possible. In several new tracts which
nave been plotted twcuty-siN foot rOadways
have been laid. ny reducing the roadway
eight feet about forty-seveu hundred yards
OF paving are saved In each mile.
COMMISSIONS Of Public Works Hanberx
announced that the work OF his DEPART
ment should he supervised by commits
SION. While his ideas are Vet uniformed in
the matter. he believes the commission
should consist 81 a commissioner Of public
works "a chairman and tbs heads OF the
various departments as membera
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

IBy Telegraph % The Tribuns1
Newport. April 15-Ex-COmu0dors and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt arrived t0-nishs
for a stay at their cottage here.
Mrs Louis L. LOrillard. who has been
experimenting the closing OF her Newport
house. will return 20 New York tomorrow
owing to Nathaniel Thsyers health -
and his family may net spend the sumner
here this year.
Lispenard Stewart and Dudley O. Gautier
returned to New York to-day. They hars
been inspecting White Lodss. which M
Stewart will open next month.
Ex-Coumodors and Mrs Eibridye !.
Gerry are to arrive for the summer IN June
Miss NJ Phinney. OF Washington. arrived
this afternoon for the season.
The summer homes Of Colonel Asto-.
Mrs. z. n. G. Slater, William CANINE. ard
r. I. Gammeu are being opened for tas
sumner.
Mrs. Hermann Oeirichs and scn are g-iss,5
at the Nuencbinser King cottage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
MARK TWAIN FEELS BETTER
Humorist Already Benefits from Brac-
ing Country Air.

ReddinE. Conn. April 15.-SamueI l. Glenn
ems Mark Twain. who arrived at his coun-
try home here last evening, fatigued from
his long journey from Bermuda and very
III. passed 2 comfortable night, and 10 was
stated at the house this morning that he
seemed much brighter and that his general
condition was encouraging
Dr. r. H. Halsey, Of New York. who ac-
con1panted Mr.. Clemens here yesterday. re-
Tained with him overnight and returned 70
New York this morning. The brscirg air
Of the country. 70 IS stated. has had bene-
fetal effect upon Mr. CIemens's respiratory
organs since his arrival here and much Of
the distress that accompanied his breath
Ing during the ocean voyage from Bermuda
10 New York and sfter his arrival in New
York has disappeared.
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MORE HONOR FOR Or. jacob

Invitations have been issued by the board
of directors Of the Hospital for Deforrities
and Joint Diseases. NO. 1919 Madison ave
nue.. for a dinner IN hosor OF the senior
consultant Of the hospital. DR.. Abraham
jacob. 20 be given at the Waldorf on
Wednesday evening. April %. At O'Clock.
Edward Lauterbach viii act as POSTMASTER
and among the Speakers VIII be r. NJ
Cattle. chairman: Or. Joseph II. BRYANT.
the Rev. stephen s. Wise. Borough Presi-
dent McAneny and Adolph Lewisohn.
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THE CABINET.
From The Trbnne Bureau

ItrOrn ne lripune bureau
Washington, April 15.-For the second
time this week the Secretary OF the Treas
ury and Mrs. MacVeaEh entertained a
large dinner company. their party earlier
in the week being in honor OF the Speaker
and Miss Cannon. Their guests tonight
were the Postmaster General. Senator and
Mrs. E1kins. Senator Kean, Senator and
Mrs. Dcpew. Senator and Mrs. Crane. Sen
ator and Mrs. Guggenheim. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne MacVeash, Colonel and Mrs.
Charles l. McCawiey. Mr. and Mrs. Larz
Anderson. Mrs. Writ Dexter. Mrs. Stanley
Mccormick. Mrs. Norman Williams. Mrs.
Cecil Davis. Miss Elizabeth Kean. Miss
MacVeagh. the Director Of the Mint. Brig.
adler General Edwards. Benjamin 5. cable
and Samuel Weldon.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
TFron me tribune Bureau. ]


Washington. April 15-YOuss0uf Zls
Pacha. the special Turkish envoy who came
% this country 70 inform the President OF
the ascension to the throne Of Mehemed ".
and who was recently appointed Ambassas
dor 70 the United States, expects TO start
for this country this spring. He speaks NJ
English. and is almost entire stranger
20 the customs OF this country. except for
his brief visit in November.
The Minister from Bolivia and his daugh-
ter. Seforita Caldercn. left here to-day for
New York, where they will make a short
visit. after which the latter will go 70
Waterbury, Conn. as the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Pliney LnIey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
IS THE C41TpIJGy TILE,

In the last monthly bulletin of the
New York State Department of Health
n rather remarkable statement is made
by MIR. Walter +. Wilcox. consulting
tatistiCian. He says that no influence
"of the special campaign against tuber-
''culoSiS can he traced in the figures"
While it may possibly he true as he
asserts. that the death rate from other
causes i'm this state shows substantially
the same changes as that from this one
disease. the record for tuberculosis GER
tainly reveals r slow but gratifying i'm
provement
On another page of the same bulletin
In which Mr.. Willcoxs paper is printed
are found instructive data for the last
ten years. It thus appears that the
deaths for 1909 13.94Sl exceed the aver
age for 19ol-05 10y trifie less than
zoe. The mortality last wear. however.
was 20 lower than in 1906. 1873 lower
than i'm 1907 and as lower than i'm 1908
As the population has inCreas ed 81 per
cent or more in the last ten years. there
has obviously been a distinct gain even
in that short period Apother Compari-
sen rcinforces this rgument-namely.
that while the average number of deaths
from pulmonary consumption for the
five years ended with 1899 was 2644
larger than that for 2 similar period two
decades before. tho percentage Of deaths
L. population diminished i'm the mean
time from 1915 To 1n1.
That the progress made in the last
twenty years has not been rapid must
he conceded. but To- deny its reality Is
unfortunate from many points of view.
Without realizing il. perhaps. Mr.. Will
cox seems 10 deprive those who have
directed the fight against consumption
Of the credit which is their due and To
Giscountenance the further use Of what
physicians who have made a special
study Of tho subject consider the most
effective methods If suppressing the dis
CgSp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
RUSH TO EUROPE BEGINS.

According 90 the advance passenger lists
or the steamship companies more than
twenty-four hundred CABIN passengers viii
leave port to-day for Great Britain and
the Continent ON ten steamships. and at
least four hundred passengers are expected
TO sail for the West Indies on seven steam
ships. The exodus to-day Is the beginning
or the spring rush TO Europe. The saloon
ana second cabin lists OF all the big liners
show an unusual increase over the book
lnss since the beginning % the year.