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New-York tribune., 1910-09-08

election, the Republican plurality was
III 400. about 1000 below Mr.. Mead'S
plurality this year That reduction was
due TO local causes and viii hardly be
held 10 have foreshadowed the loss OF
the House Of Representatives by the Re
nuhlicanS. since the Republicans carried
the House in 1906 The falling off in the
Republican vote of 1910. due also largely
10 local causes. affords an equally unsat-
isfactory basis for predicting the loss 'I
the House of Representatives by the
party in power There was a good deal
of complaint about machine dictation in
the last Republican State convention,
and the nominee for Governor. Dr. John
A. Mead. was opposed by number oi
Republican newspapers His Demo-
cratic rival is quoted in The Associated
Press dispatches as attrinutng the sllght
Democratic gains and considerable Ike
publican losses shown this gear com
pared with 1908. to purely local causes.
He said that the reduction in the Re
publican plurality was rehuke 10 the
Republican machine in Vermont. rather
than evidence of any dissatisfaction with
Republican national policies, and addict.
"Frankness and fidelity to the truth com
''pel me to say that ! believe the tariff
had very little influence in the result.
In view of such an admission from the
one Democrat most qualified to Judge,
the suggestion of THE World that Yer
mont was trying TO rebuke mfr, Tafts
defence of an eXtortionate tariff, or was
giving popular mandate to reopen the
Panama transaction. whatever that
NAV he. seems forced and artificial.
The voters of Vermont We're appar-
entity not veXinC themselves very much
this year over national issues. They are
satisfied with the record of the Taft
administration. Their two Representa-
tives in Congress were reelected by 4
Joint plurality larger than that of DR.
Mead. and presumably about as large
as the average for a midterm year.
We do not think. therefore, that the
Vermont result can fairly he construed
as an indication of the purpose of tile
country 10 contide control of the House
of Representatives to 4 party which,
having no consistent or practical na-
tional programme. would be utterly at 4
loss to know what TO do with it.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08

most popular picture for many years was
that of Queen Alexandra. and that he Soid
more COPIES of it than all the rest OF tue
ROYALTIES combined OF late, however 'he
most saIable picture is the one cntitleo
."rbe RovaI children" 1t shows hlns
Georges six children standing on an IVY
flanked staircase. on the lower step are
Princes John. Henry and George, and Oh
the step above, with their hands resting On
the younger boys. are Prince Ainer''
Princess Mary and the Prince of Wales
"Is YOUR suburb wholesome?'
No old chap. 1t amt. Ny vile los, ner
voice as soon We moved out mere
and"-- -. .
whats the price of the lot next to
yours rs?'-Cleveland Leader.
The Labor Day parade would have
been larger by one man but for
woman who insisted on her rights. She is
the mother of two girls. who, like the
father. were enthusiastic cloak strikers, and
they were going to parade in celebration OF
the victory. Some one had to stay home
with the smaller children, because the
mother wanted to see the parade, and the
lot fell to the father. HE kicked a lot,
said the woman. telling the story to some
persons near the Washington Arch. where
they waited for the parade, but | MADE
him stay with the children. He had all
the fun of striking and could let me have
my fun for one day"
mo gentleman" says fashion author
ity, can consider marrying on less than
$4,000 a year" On second thought, TINS
authority would proba bly, have left the word
ON out of his statement.-Buhalo EX-
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
1 POLITICAL lERDICT,

The vote taken st Minneapolis lay the
Ballinger-Pinchot investigating commit
Tee TO the effect that the Secretary of the
Interior should. in the opinion Of the
committee. be removed was clearly in
spired not 10y determination 10 do JUS
tice. but by desire 10 promote the
fortunes Of the Democratic party The
committee consists of twelve members.
eight Republicans and four Democrats
All of the Democrats and only four of
The Republicans were present at Mime
apolis. but two Of the Republicans with
drew from the meeting leaving present
four Democrats, one Republican who
WAS acting with the Democratic minor
ity ara Senator Nelson, the chairman of
the committee. Thus. there were only
xix Of committee Of twelve in ii
Tendance, not a quorum. and the action
taken WAS The action of Il minority and
may he reconSidered whenever the whol,
committee gets together.
In this snap action the Democratic.
minority Of tie investigating committee
Violated the established rule i'm Washing
ton not TO take advantage of the alb
obtain temporary control of = commit
tee. The Democrats evidently believed
that it would aid their party in the com
iII campaign if they could get it upon
He record that they had voted ia favor
- tie removal of Secretary Ballinger
and their zeal for partisan advantage
pyercame their regard for legislative Gus
toms Bu1 il may be doubted whether
this action in 81. Paul viii have the ef-
feet hoped for. even If it does not react
against the Democracy: for the people
VIII not fail Ia seq the motive that in
Spired it. and they viii feel that the
case before the committee should be de-
clled on the evidence and not with "a
> iew to political effect How little re
gard WaS paid la the evidence by the
five men who voted for Mr. Ballinscrs
removal is evident 10 any one who fol
lowed The inquiry; for Whateyer conclu-
sioll an unbiased person might arrive
81 from the testimony the one coDcIu-
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
OPPOSED TO JOHN V. coGGEY.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; A boom of rather haZy authorship
and uncertain proportions started re-
Gently to secure the Democratic Congress
sional nomination of the 18th District for
eX-Commissioner John V. Coggey.
The constitutional struggle before the
next Congress demands men who will be
able to cope with the situation. Viewing
Mr. Coggey in the light of past perform
ances. and judging from his record in the
Beard of Aldermen, i'll the Department of
Corrections and as the Tammany leader
OF the 18th Assembly District we do not
think that he is entitled to any considera-
ton for the office mentioned: especially as
the nomination--in this stronghold of the
Democratic party-is equal TO election.
The undersigned clubs of the 18th Con
sressional District wish to put themselves
or record as emphaticalIy opposed to Mr..
Coegeys candidacy.
THE fORkNlLLE CIVIC FORUM,
LINCOLN LITERARY SOCIETY.
WHITE SWAN SOCIAL CLUB
New York, Sept. 4. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
A PLEA FOR sUs.coNTRAcToRs.

TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: We have a lien law on the statute
books in this state which was intended "a
afford protection alike to contractors. ma
terial men and laborers in the building
trades This law has proved inadeuuate 10
accomplish the purpose intended Much of
the building construction. in this city mar
ticularly is done on borrowed capital and
yet speculative builders are not renufred
by law to devote the proceeds of loans or
funds coming To them directly from an
owner exclusively to the object intended
namely. the payment for labor and mate-
TialS entering into the construction of the
buildings
Inc general dissatisfaction among sub
contractors and material men with the
present law found recent expression In an
effort to remedy the situation by the
amendments contained In the so-called
Dana bill This bill designed to pro-
tect the sub-contractors, providing in eff
feet that before the owner or lender, as the
case might be. should make payment TO the
general contractor the latter should fur
nish a statement of the amounts due to
each of the sub-contractors, and the owner
might then hold out an amount sufficient
to see that all of these sub-contractors were
paid,
IT by amending the present lien law so
that il shall afford to the sub-contractors
and material men some measure of the pro-
lection to which they are entitled this will
necessarily, has been contended put an
end to all building operations in the city
of New York the only answer Is that we
should have no lien law. Building loans
facilitate building operations but II the
mortgage when placed upon the property
exceeds the value Of the land before the
beginning OF the building operation and
each item of material or labor as furnished
is covered with the mortgage there is likely
TO be no equity whatever in the property
To which a lien could attach and the in
nocsnt sub-contractor Is bound - be wiped
out on foreclosure
ROBERT W THOMPSON, j.
New York, Sept t. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
THE TALk OF THE DAY.

Nonkers proud of her tremendous per
centage of growth in the last decade and
of her nearly eighty thousand population,
is about to advertise herself to the world
The Chamber of Commerce of the Terrace
City has in preparation book telling in
picture and story the history and ad-
yantages of the town. Its title Is to be-
'Yonkers, Next to the Largest City IN
the United States
Violet never had such a streak of luck
He fell in love in Paris, proposed in Rome
and bought the ring in Naples
Pierrot-Did your luck end there?
VioIet-Oh. no! While We were al Monte
Carlo he won enough from papa for us TO
set married on.-Illustrated Bits.
Tile prison ship is not thing Of the
past" says n letter from Germany but the
one which ! have discovered has no re-
semblance to the Jersey of Revolutionary
times. where American patriots suffered
martyrdom. This one Is maintained by the
city of Luneberg. There are usually from
thirty 60 forty offenders of the minor class
confined there. At night they arc locked in
cells. and in the daytime they work under
oyerseers on the dikes. The ship looks like
one of our American canal boats, and the
interior while ii contains no fancy furni-
ture or decorative features is light and
wen ventilated and probably more COM
Portable than the habitations which the IN
mates call home"
do wc take our pleasures sadly
THAT depends on whether the home team
wins Washington Herald,
4 yender Of cheap picture who sells his
wares near charing Cross station. in Lon
don. told an American tourist that tho
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
4musementS.

ACADEMY OF :l3.-s:io-Stronsheafe
ALEAMRRA-2-S-Nau Vaudeville.
ANERIC -2-S-NaudeNille-
ASTcR- -S:l5-Seven Days.
EIASCo-2-IS- .15-The LILY
BRO OADWAY-S:IS-The summer " powers
CASINOS: :15-Jp and Down BroaoWsy-
CITY THEATRES -1a-Rright Eyes
-c-S-Naudevifie-
C0MEnY-S: l5-The Marriage OF Star-
CoNEY ISLANp-Brlghton Beach farh, Dream
land. Luna Park
CRITER ions S-2a-T'hs Commuters
pAI.N'S-S :3o-Haby Mine
EDEN NI-SEE-The World in Wax
EMPIRES .I5-Smith.
ffATETE-S-15-The Fortune Hunter
GARRTCK-S 2n-Lov@ among the Lions
GLOBES: :IE-Tisa Echo.
hETT-2 :1--S :fa-Nother-
HAMMERS $3.50 Vaudeville
HERALD SCUARE-S:f5-Tille's Nightmare
EPpOpRQNE1e@S International CUP
Ballet of Niagars-The Earthquake
HNTCKERBOCK KER-S-Io-ou- Miss Gibbs
IBERTY-S-i5-The Country Boy.
IYCETTM-s:IS-The Brass Bottle.
rYRIC-S-IS-Msdame "
NAZfNoNs' s'S-s s:IS-Niss PATSY.
NEW sNSTERD Ans S.15--Nadamc sherry
NEW YoRE-S-1S-The Arca6ians
EEPT- -BLIC-S S-E5-Bohby Burnt
wsT.f.ACK' SIS -15-Alias Jimmy Valentine
WEST ENDS .15-Thc Man from Home
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
FAST TENNIS AT NEWPORT
First Rounds in Singles and Doubles
for Women Played on Casino Courts.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune

[By Telegraph to The Trlbune-l
Newport 4. l., Sept. Two late season
tennis tournaments for the women OF the
summer colony here were begun on the
Newport Casino courts to-day. The best
players in the colony here are entered Is
we'll as some of the best women players IN
the country Prizes for both scratch singles
and doubles have been offered by the
Casino. Most of the matches played to-uay
were decided in straight sets, nut gocd
tennis playing was the order
In the first round of the singles Mrs.
William Pouch won over Miss Marion
Fenno IS 6-{. So. Mrs. William Ander-
son defeated Miss Eleanora Sears. . st
Miss Louise Hammond defeated Mrs. LorI'-
lard Spencer jr.. 6-l, 6-i In the doubles
the Misses Sears and Ferno defeated Mrs.
Pouch and Mrs. Spencer. Is. g, IS. and
Miss Hammond and Miss Wildey defeated
Mrs. Barger Wallach and Miss Edna Bar
ger, I'll g
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
by Telegraph to The Tribune J

BY Telegraph to The Ir1oune-I
Newport Sept THE chief social event
here tomorrow Will be the wedding OF Mss
Irene Sherman. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Watts Sherman, and Lawrence l.
Gillespie, of New York. Newport began to
MI up to-day with guests for the Cere-
nony, which promises to be one OF the pref
tiest home weddings ever witnessed here.
Miss Sherman is to wear . bridal gown
Of ivory satin. princess effect. and covered
with AIeucon lace. while her veil OF the
same lace. is that which was worn by her
mother at her wedding. reception viii
follow the wedding, and late in the after
noon the bride and bridegroom VIII start
for the Pacific Coast, where they are 70
spend their honeymoon
Mrs. William StoTFs Wells gave dinner
this evening AT her slInr7eT home III honor
OF the wedding party
MIR. and Mrs Charles PierPeRt r Gil
bert and son started to-day for the @hits
Mountains for the benefit of Mrs. Gilbert's
health.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Redmond are IN New
York.
Miss O. WfnanS of New Haven wl,o has
been the guest OF the Misses Hutton has
returned 10 her home
Miss Ethel Zahriskie went to New IerS
tn-day She will sall on Saturday fCT En-
rope to spend two months with relatives in
Paris.
Miss Marion Fenno. of Boston. is a guest
OF Mr. and Mrs r Lothrep Ames-
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph l. WIdener VIII re-
turn TO philadelphia tomorrow
Alfred g. Vanderbilt has decided to show
his horses at the BrOcktOn fair next month
Harry B. Kane. of Narragansett Pier.
gave a stag luncheon a. the Newport
CIanbake Club this afternoon.
Mrs John r. DrexeI gave q dinner this
evening
Mr and Mrs J. Stewart Barney, OF New
York. are here for short visit. as are
Mr.. and Mrs George H PelI. of New York
Mr.. and Mrs William GOadby Loew have
closed their season and returned 10 New
York
Edmund J. Curley, jr.. OF New York. Is
guest of George 3. De Forest, and w T.
Washington of New York is visiting Mrs.
James p Kernochan- Both were regis
tered AZ the Casino to-day as were M
and Mrs y c. Dickson, Of Philadelphia.
and Miss Marion Fenno, of Boston.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
PREsERVATIVES THAT HARM
A Suggestion for Throwing Light on a
Subject Too Little Understood.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I was Interested in reading in a
recent issue Of The Tribune an editorial
with the caption Health and Money.
There IS no question but that health is OF
more Importance than money, as health Is
an essential factor in obtaining wealth.
There is and has been d great deal of
matter written condemning the use of So
called chemical preservatiyes in food. All
of the artificial food preservatives, how
ever, are chemicals. Sugar. salt, alcohol
vinegar. mustard, spices, saltpetre smoke,
borax and boric acid are all classed as
chemicals in the United States Pharma-
copPia, and all of them are used on ac-
count of their antiseptic properties. The
ancient preservatives, however. change the
favor and frequently the texture and df-
gestibility of food.
Salt, which is one of the most ancient
preservatlves, according to the BEST au-
thor!tes is an astringent. IT withdraws
the meat juices, which contain much of the
albumeU. It ShVinks the volume of meat
by wit t'Gr.i wing the meat juices. II hard
ems " Il 3scle ffbres, thereby rendering
meat gr1-r we'd with salt more difficult to
digest ana less nutritious on account OF
the meat juices being withdrawn. Salt
cured hams, bacon dried beef. fish. etc,
are inedibie until much of the salt has
been removed, either by soaking in water
or parboiling. This process further lessons
the nutritious value of meats. etc. pre-
served with salt. Salt is of a drying
nature, If one partakes of salty food the
system cries for moisture. When salt
meats are partaken OF and the system is
deprived Of vegetables and fruits scurvy is
produced. The ingestion Of more salt than
the system absolutely requires must be ex-
creted through the kidneys, which ma
teriany overtaxes these organs. Irrespec
tive of the we'll known deleterious effect of
salt on the human system there is abso-
lUtely no restriction placed upon the guam
tity used on and in foodstuffs.
There is no scientific evidence to prove
that modern preservatives are Injurious to
health when used in the quantities neces-
sary to preserve food.
AS it is absolutely essentia! to preserve
food in some manner from one harvest to
another so as to provide provender for
ninety-six million people, it IS to be hoped
that the modern methods OF preserving
food that IS not Theoretically sealed or en-
bslmed in a pickle made of sugar. salt and
saltpetre will be thoroughly and scientifi-
cally investigated, and when the question of
the deleterious effect of food preservatives
on the human system is referred to the
referee board, which consists of the most
eminent scientists in the United States (or
one might say, in the world, and they,
after making scientific experiments over an
extended term, conclude that a substance
is not injurious. all laws. rules and regula-
tions should be governed by the referee
board s conclusions II. l.. HARRIS
New York Sept. !, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
PRIZES FOR GEORGE WATSON.
Captures Twenty-seven Ribbons and
S1.Ol5 at Newport Horse SHOW.
TRv Telegraph to The Tribune

tlv IcIsgTapF %
Newport. Sept. 1.-George Watson en-
tries from the FIorham Stud tarm' al
Madison. n. j.. in the Newport horse SHOW
which closed yesterday. captured besides
twenty-seven ribbons S1,0l5 in money prizes
While Alfred G. Vauderbilt's entries from
Oakland Farm obtained a total of thirty
three ribbons in the different classes, MI
Vanderbilt figured only second IN the
money winnings, obtaining &15. This is
according to the figures compiled by the
executive committee OF the show to-day
Julian Morriss horses, which started IN
the jumping classes, came in for tnIrd
Mace in the money, with d total OF SIuo-
!TIe I2ierbai,o Far,nS won $3.50; w y. Nc
Gibbon. Sis: Mrs J. Is. Mckay. $1S5 Leh--
man Strauss. Mrs. Adolph Ladenourg and
several other exhibitors obtained ffonl go
tH sos each as their share of the winnings
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FOREIGN.-The International Court
Of Arbitration handed down its award
ir the Newfoundland fisheries case at
The Hague. giving TO Great Britain the
right to make reasonable regulations for
the industry without the consent OF the
United States. and defining the three
mile limit as beyond a line drawn from
headlanG TO headland- - Weymann.
the American aeronaut, was compelled
by fog and rain TO abandon his attempt
20 fy from Paris to Puy de Dome,
distance Of 217 miles: he lost his bear
Ings when within thirteen miles Of his
destination - Delegates TO the Eu-
ctaristic Congress were entertained by
the provincial government at Montreal
- Lieutenant Helm, Of the 21St Mas
say Regiment of Germany, was arrested
ri Portsmouth on the charge Of being
epv and remanded to Winchester Jan
fof, a week a hurricane caused
damage TO buildings in San Juan. P. r.
tore down trolley and electric light wires
and checked railway traffic. =
Floods threaten the cities of Osaka and
kobe. and have caused heavy damage
in the northern provinces of Hondo-
OMESTIC-President Taft arrived
in Beverly from his Minnesota, trip
Ex-PreSident Roosevelt spent the
fav in Milwaukee, he inspected the
citv's schools, attended two luncheons
and q dinner and addressed two audi
.nceS at night == James j. Hill, Sec
rotary Wilson. Senator Beveridge, w ".
Finley and John B. White spoke AT the
conservation congress al st Paul; an
enthusiastic reception WAS given Clifford
Pinchot Condemnation OF the
course of Secretary Ballinger and
declaration that he should ne longer he
retained in his present office are con-
14ined in a resolution adopted at Mime
spOlis by Eve members IF the congress
committee which has been investigating
the RaIIinser- -Pinchot controversy. n dis
rutc arose over whether this vote was
binding on the committee
CFTY--Stocks were inactive at uniIn-
rportant price changes =- a case OF
smallpox in the steerage caused the de-
tention Of q steamer from Europe IN
quarantine Edward T. Rosen-
hqinaer. held criminalIy responsible by
coroner-s jury for killing Grace Hough
while motoring. was committed to Jail
without bail. =- The legislative graft
hunting committee began its hearings
with an inquiry into the alleged rela-
tiouS of the Street Railway Association
~ the state with lawmakers at Albany.
- General denial followed the effort
of 4 fruit vender to connect Commits
Sioner Slower with an alleged attempt 10
extort 81 600 for the renewal Of a per
nit -= II was estimated that sixty
thousand children would be placed on
part time when the schools reOpened.
-= The first scheduled train through
the new East River tunnels left the
Pennsylvania station for Long Island
points at 3.f1 A m -- So many rep
resentatives Of railroads and shippers
attended the opening Of the freight rate
inquiry Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission that larger quarters had
~ be obtained
THE wEATHER.-Indicat for to-
day: Fair The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 81 degrees; lowest. "a.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
THE rERH0AT RESrLy.

Without Wishing TO dampen the jubi
liant spirits Of those who contend that
the campaign in Vermont was made on
national ISSUES and that Il decreased Re
publican majority heraldS IA Democratic
wear" we feel obliged Ia dissent from
some of the conclusions on which that
jubilation has been based Vermont :
September vote in Presidential year
has been n pretty accurate barometer
If sentiment throughout the country \
relatively large plurality for the head
OF the state ticket has presaged Repub-
Iican success in the nation. and n rel:i-
lively small plurality has given warning
of Republican defeat. But in the mid
term elections the Republican voters Of
the state have not felt impelled 10 make
y record for moral effect on ether states.
They have not considered themselves on
dress parade. and Republican pluralities
have been uniformly smaller than in
Presidential years. and have reflected N
their fluctuations the pressure IF purely
local issues
Thus, in 1906, at the last midterm
New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
THE cHURCHMEN AT HALIFAX
Conference Closes with Services at
Cathedral-The Speakers.

Haitian. Sept. At the Anglican NtV'' CII "
r,o,orass TODAY PRAYER Book Adaptation
and ..The Ministry of Healing were dis
o,,reod The Rev. LYMAN p. Powell. OF
N,r,baunton. Mass. an advocate OF the
emmanuel movement. opened the discus
sion ON the latter subject and Sir Dyce
I,,,o,,,,,or+t, of ST Rartholomev's Hospital,
London, contributed a paper
second section OF the congress dealt
r-itb THE Church and the Man" The
sneakers included Bishop Taylor Smith, OF
london: the Rev. William Wilkinson, the
..Iyau Street Missioner" and Canon Rob
irson of London. The conference closed
Will, services at All Saints Cathedral and
St Paul'S Church