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New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

There's q fine fat plum, not TO speak Of
some fame, waiting for a good architect
in Cuba The Department Of Public Works
OF the little island republic announces that
it is prepared to receive designs for the
new White House. in Havana up 70 April
Is next. 4 prize Of $4,000 is offered for
the best design and $3.50 for the next best
Architects of all nations are invited to COM
pete.
Has the doctor large practice?"
so large that when people have nothing
the matter with them he tells them So
Louisville CoIrier-JournaL
After directing a campaign Of three
months against typhoid fever in Chicago.
at the request Of the health authorities OF
that city DR.. Lumsden. of the Marine Hos
pital Service. has returned to bis official
duties. DR.. Evans, Chicago's Health Com
missioner, speaks in high praise OF DR..
Lumsden's work. and says Of the results:
THE rate for the year so far has been
1O8 in 10000 people; for 1909 It was 125.
Never before in the history Of an Ameri-
can municipality has the rate gone below
II in 100000 Still II is not so good as IL
ought TO be and there are many factors
which cause typhoid fever unnecessarily
THE Cross of the Legion is wonderful
thing for health
..--here's nothing like it TO encourage long
promenades in the park. ."-Fliegende Blat-
ter.
Ex-Assemblyman Ezra P. Prentice. II he
could find time to read a few OF the
sketches of his life printed since his cleo
ton to the craftsmanship Of the Republican
State Committee. might be puzzled about
lust who he is and where he's al" An
upstate paper calls him John D. Prentice
and any number Of others have described
him as the son-in-law of John d. Rookie
feIer, confusing him with another New
York lawyer, E. Parmalee Prentice.
What's a dilemma" asked one small
'iWeu," replied the other. its something
like this II your father says he'll punish
you If you don't let your mother cut your
hair. that's dilemma w ashlngton Star
The LongfeIlow home, In Portland. Me.
seems to be a popular place Of interest for
visitors 10 the north country. THE Lewis
ton Journal says that up to October l
the register shows that Ss79 entered the
house this year. making grand total since
the opening. in 1901 of 72eS7 paid adrnis-
sions.
Lady OF the House-No, my good man,
not to-day. l only give 10 the deserving
poor.
Canvasser-whO do you call the deserv-
ing poorf
Lady OF the House-Those who don't ask
for anything. g.-Illustrated Bits.
The Daughters of the Contederacy arc
trying to raise money 10 erect a monument
10 the Confederates buried In the National
Cemetery at Arlington. They report about
$4,000 on hand and have decided 90 place on
sale in the South little seals somewhat
Ike the Red Cross stamps sold at Christ
mas. Commending the pro1ec:. The Balti-
more sur" says: On each Memorial Day
the Confederate organizations OF Washing
ten erect at Arlington the Southern cross
in flowers and strew blossoms over federal
and Confederate graves alike Out of this
custom has grown the conviction that there
should be placed among the many monu-
ments 10 distinguished federals q memorial
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
REGISTER!

Tomorrow will be the first Of the four
davs for registration. The others being
October. II. October - and October Il.
Every person entitled to vote should get
his name on the election books with the
least possible delay The Importance Of
the election next month is obvious. Just
rs the issue turned a year ago on oust-
ing TammAny Hall from power in the
cfty government and making the mu-
ni-:pal administration serve the inter
ests of the public instead of the inter
ests Of the politicians, the election this
year turns on the issue Of bettering the
state government and continuing and
extending the admirable reforms accom-
plished by Governor Hughes.
The Republican party has shown its
approval Of Governor Hughes's efforts
by sweeping aside the old guard
bosses who Obstructed him ar every
point. II has decided to clean house
thoroughly. to give the voters control
within the party and TO rid itself Of the
reactionary and mercenary leaders who
maintained their hold by exchanging
legislation desired by corporations for
compensation in the shape of cam
paign funds" The Republican party
has given evidence of its purpose TO
live up TO higher standards in politics.
It is opposed by a party which has
shown no repentance whatever for its
share in maintaining the corrupt alli-
ance between business and politics at
Albany and which is controlled by the
head of the plundering organization
whose grip on the city was broken last
fall. Having lost the city, Mr.. Murphy
is now seeking to capture and exploit
the state Every resident here who
helped 10 win last years notable victory
for honest and efficient local admins
tration ought TO feel an equal interest
in protecting the state from the depre-
dations Of Tammany Hall. 1t would be
a calamity if its activities. happily
checked here. should be allowed to ex-
tend all over the state
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
THE cITYs EXPENSES.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In thu, interests OF good civic gov
ernment and the betterment Of many seri-
Gus conditions In our crowded districts,
would ask for further information as 10
the proposed cutting down Of the city
budget for 1911 OF about 10 per cent In thir-
tv-four departnents or activities or the
city
In a recent editorial you refer TO the cut
in these estimates made with more than
usual care and under pressure to De eco
nornical" and say that said cut must be
much greater. probably 20 per cent"
We note no reduction Is made In pay
ment of interest on the city debt: also that
the administration ignores the fact that
there are ample new sources Of revenue
available Why Is this so. and why are the
wealthy interests OF the city cared for and
its social and imperative needs so ignored?
Al the budget exhibition meeting has
been arranged to protest against this pro-
nosed h.trayaI OF the city's needs. and at
that time we trust the heads OF city de-
partments viii frankly explain to US what
their n,an of action Is and how the neyr
sources of revenue may DO made available
nov, In this time OF sore need
JOSIAH c. PUMPEIL.Y.
New York Oct 4 lTe
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
ELnnLLHG FOR DEAR LIFE.

The Patterson machine in Tennessee
has selected Senator Robert /. Taylor
an experr with the fiddle. TO soothe the
savage breasts Of the Independent
Democrats. who would have nothing 70
do with Patterson It seems late in the
game 70 swap candidates for Governor.
but Patterson's cause was desperate and
there was no other way out. His tune
ful substitute will try 10 charm away
all bitter memories Of Pattersonism
with the aid OF catguJ and rosin- He
has some memories OF his own which be
doubtless desires TO be dispossessed Of,
for when he refused 10 90 on the stump
last summer for the Patterson judiciary
ticket the administration newspapers
winged a few poisoned arrows in his di-
rectiOn. He was never a statesman,
and will soon be out Of a job" said The
Nashville American" now defunct. and
another prominent Patterson organ re-
marked that the Senator's specially in
politics was skulking and hiding behind
the log
Now, however. ne is the savior Of the
parrv 10 the Pattersonites. in whose
ranks are included all the anxious office
holders who fear that the election Of the
Republican and Independent candidate
for Governor will sever their connection
with the state payroll. Our Bob" will
fiddle for their lives and indirectly for
MS own. for a Democratic Overturn this
year will make Il difficult for him 10 De
reelected TO the Senate in 1912. He
decided that the prohibition issue must
be lodged in the new Democratic plat
form. because there was no way Of get
ting an agreement IN the convention
either for or against the statewide law.
He Will depend on melody rather than
argument; for in his position jig or 4
hornpipe will go further than a defence
OF Pattersonism and its works. Can ha
show himself another Pied Piper? Can
he win back the disaffected Democrats
by a policy Of songs without words?
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
E0P PRLsoNERS FAlrLLIEs

The proposal which was made at the
International. Prison Congress the other
day concerning the support Of prison
ers- families was not altogether novel.
-houch We are not sure that il had pre-
viouslv been put forward IL precisely
r1ar form or through mat agency. II
does not appear that the principle n il
was auucsed. though its technical form
was criticised. but II is nor unlikely that
outside of that congress II VIII he ad-
yersely regarded 10y many who still
cling 10 some II the old notions of the
purpose and functions Of penal institu-
tions To those who take the more en-
7 tlltened views which are more and
more prevailing IL all civilized coun-
tries The proposal contains much that
VII commend IL
The old theory was that a prison
was a purely punitive institution. IN
which convicts were TO suffer confine-
neur privations and hardships. Il not
actual r0rUUres. for the eXpiatiOn OF
their faults. regardless Uf the loss Of
cost 10 me community or the effect
uuou e lers. The better theory is that
prisons are meant not 80 purely for the
punishment Of malefactors as for the
welfare Of the community. in the protec-
tiou 0f II from criminal activities. and
also. 10 some extent, the restoration TO
II Of persons VINO have fallen into evil
WAYS but who have proved susceptible
II reform In brief. il is the community
and not the criminal that is 10 be
chiefly regarded.
Now. the argument Of those who ad-
vOcate this reform is simple and direct.
The state impris0ns 4 man not for his
hur for SIS own sake Therefore instead q
of maintaining him III idleness at its
own cost il should make him work al
some profitable employment so as 70 he
self-suDporring. But IN many cases the
prisoner has q family which has been
dependent upon him for support and
which during his Incarceration is desti-
tute and dependent upon charity. If
the family is innocent Of participation
ia his crime il is not good morals that
ir should suffer for his misdeeds by be-
ing deprived of his support. Neither is
II for the good Of the community that
lLt lalhLe nADu4N et lIauA'-AANeN- AAc
average abie-bOdied prisoner is Of course
caItable Of earning much more than .
necessary for his own maintenance, and
tlse proposal therefore Is that the sur
rlus or a part OF il should be given for
tl- support Of his family.
There may be some valid objections
a. Tire plan. and there may be some diff
fculties involved IN so administering Z
rs 10 avoid abuses. That il has strongly
attractive features is not 10 be ques-
TONED. The sufferings Of prisoners
FAMILIES, entirely innocent Of wrong
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
WINTER QUARTERS.

Caliph III and his estimable mother
v-addled back 10 their winter quarters iE
the Central Park Zoo yesterday. The
season Of the fauna OF the tropics has
ended. but the real season OF polar bear.
YAK and our only infant walrus begins
Their day is coming, Of frosty nights
and misty mornings ushering In the
winter delights Of free snow and Ice in
unlimited quantities. II is the day IF
visitors few and far between, but lovers
all. like themselves. Of the Winter King
and his works. Nothing amid the end
less attractions Of a ZOO is so interest
ing as q polar bears honest Indignation
at a keeper who chops away the ac-
cumulating chunks of ice and frozen
snow in his cage. or his growled protest
against such misdirected energy. such
waste Il good material
Up IN Tie Bronx silver King. the
giant newcomer. will begin 10 discover.
that life is worth living still. He will
learn 10 respect and love the hostile
bipeds, his Jailers, VINO know how tc
make him happy by furnishing him be-
hind his bars with a climate worthy of
his native haunts. de will stretch his
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
LIFE AND FICTION.

With all his regard for the imperative
tradition of the happy ending, the ro-
mancer is outdone time and again by
life when ii decides to smile upon some
dweller IN this vale of tears. To prove
our contention, if proof be needed, there
is the case OF the amateur horticulturist
who has just dug up "A pot Of gold. most
romantic Of all the material ingredients
Of folklore and fiction She just simply
happened upon il while making a flower
bed IN her garden, TO point the moral,
this spot Of treasure trove is situated in
Indiana, the hothouse OF our novelists.
Now, fiction in its straining after ef-
fects by contrast would have attached
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FDRETGN-The Tribune's correspond
ent in London says that Engllsh poll
rIciaus await the tactical battle between
HIessrs. Asquith and Balfour, which viii
follow the expected failure OF the pollt-
ical conference. - The Tribune 9
correspondent IN London describes
town planning exhibition IN the Royal
Academy now being held IN cOnecuon
with the international town planning con-
ference. France Is prepared 70
recognize me Portuguese Republic after
friendly consultations with Great Britain
and Russia according 70 the Tribunes 8
correspondent III Paris - L was re-
ported from Lisbon that the capital was
Quiet and that tranquility prevailed
throughout Portugal - Il was re
ported IN ConsUsn1inOple thar the Turk
ish forces which were sent out 10 collect
q rms from the Druses in Northwestern
Syria had killed no fewer than eight
hundred OF the latter. q revolution IN
Albania was reported in Paris.
DOMESTIC C-Ex-President Roosevelt
visited Rome and Atlanta, Ga, receiv-
ing an enthusiastic greeting II both
cities - Speaker Wadsworth. speak
ing al The Livingston County Republican
Convention. al Genese0. US = loya- sup
port Tor the state ticket. - The SenR-
Iorial Investigation into the election Of
United States Senator William LOrlmer,
O. Illinois. adjourned II Chicago, 10 meet
II the call Of the chairman IN Washing
ton - ATcD HOESET- TIE aNl2LOT. ere
aued q new American record for sus-
tanned aeropIane flight. by flying 1'A
miles. from Springfield Ill, 10 ST. Louis.
John Dietz. who had defied the au-
thOritIes for more than q week, finally
surrendered after a pitched hEht at his
cabin near Cameron Dam. Wis
The House Of Bishops OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church. in convention al Gin
cimuari decided the open pulpit cues
non in the negative =- one man was
killed and three others were injured one
seriously IN an automobile collision near
Palmer. Mass one man was
killed in ( collision Oh the Lackawanna
Railroad near Wave-iy. y 7
CITY Stocks were dull ana irregular.
IJr W T. ArliLz officially reported
Mayor Gayuor out Of danger and The
way was paved for the prosecution OF
Gallagher. his sssaiIanI. - The
speaking rip Of Henry L Sttmson, the
Republican candidate fOr Governor, was
arranged 10 include every county II the
state. - L was reported that Con-
rroIler Prenderca-v would ask for the
resignation OF General Austen, Receiver
OF Taxes. for failure 10 cooperate IN
carrying ont the new tax collecting sys-
TEN. - no trace was found Of the
five conviCts VINO escaped from Sing
Sing. although fifty men We're engaged
II the hunt for them. = John a DIX
rlauned 70 conduct q literary campaign.
THE WEATEE Indications for 10
do--- Partly cloudy. The temperature
z-e-re-6a-- Highest. % degrees. low
est 81
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
THE SELECTION OF JUSTICES.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: It is surprising that newspaper
like The Tribune continues 70 advocate the
appofntuent OF justices of the Court OF
AppeaIs and of the Supreme Court by party
conventions, when the constitution Of the
state requires that they shall "be chosen
bv the electors Appointment by joint or
several action OF the party conventions
robs electors OF the right Of choice and
usurps the appointing power that really be-
longs to the Governor.
II appointments and denial OF the Tisnr
of choice are TO continue, II may be well 10
restore 70 the Governor the power OF ap-
r,ointrnent Of all judges Of the Supreme
Court and Court of Appeals, with the ad-
vice and consent Of the Senate. Such ap-
rointruent would be much better than the
system YOU advocate OF appointment by
convention.
There are some great questions OF consti-
tutional law that should not be controlled
bv conventions perpetuat:ng judseships
Legal decisions often get in nut or are
adverse TO sound principles Of constitutional
government There should be opportunity
for change The system or lack of system
Of appointment by convention must soon or
late result in the degradation of the judi
ciary.
For instance, assent TO the proposition
that lawful property and business can be
DESTROYED or rendered valueless by the
mere expression of opinion, and without
that trial by jury assured by the bill OF
rights is against the fundamental prfnci-
pIes Of equality IN our system Mere opin-
ion. voiced by newspapers and conventions,
is taking the place of constitutional law
and the -you-please system IS coming
into use The tendency is exceedingly dan
qerous HENRY c. MAINE
Rochester. Oct 5. 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
rBy TeIegraph % TIE TFiouns.l

nv telegraph 20 The Tribune
,-sy~no-f Ocr S.-Mrs- Frederick Nelson
f. the guest Of her sOu-in-law and daUga-
Ter Mr.. and Mrs. E-gfnald c. Vanderhils.
at Sandy Point Farm
Arthur 3. Emmcns has returned from
New York
Mics Roberta willard is a guest Of Mss
A1,ce Drexel. daughter of Mr. and Mrs
John p Drexel
Mrs. Amos Tuck French has gone to
Tuxedo for a snort stay
Mr.. and Mrs. Z Livingston Ludlow Hsvs
decided to close their season on Tuesday.
Roland King, who has been visiting n
New York. has returned
stuyvesant Leroy, VINO Is suffering from
typhoid fever. IS s-iU reported as beizg
very III Mrs. Pembroke Jones. Reginald C.
Vanderbilt and Miss Edna Barger were re-
ported to-day as greatly improved n
health
Mrs. French Vanderbilt. who has been
guest OF Miss NJ s Ames at North East01.
Mass. has re4urned to her home here
Mrs. Robert Sedgwick has returned 70
New YorF.
James GriswOId Wentz. Marsden J. Ps--y
and George Il. Benjamin have returned
from New York
Mrs. Henry winthrop Gray VIII close h>-
season on Tuesday and return TO View
York
Mrs. Edward : Berwind gave a dinner
this evening az The Elms-
Mr.. and Mrs. Afarsden J. Perry have. as
usual. planned to spend a greater portion
OF the winter here
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
AMERICAN CHURCH IN MUNICH.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings issue OF The
Tribune read an earnest appeal for funds
TO build an English church at Munich
While all travellers are much indeoteo
to the Church of England for maintaining
services for English speaking people IN ali
parts of the world yet II would seem TO me
that we. from the United States, VINO are
Episcopalians. ought specially TO assist our
churches in Europe. which are usually de-
pendent for support on the generosity OF
travellers.
It might appear from this appeal that
there were no other Episcopal churcn IN
Munich. I beg leave. therefore, TO say that
there is an American Episcopal Church IN
Munich now in charge OF the Rev. Henry
r wadleigh. formerly OF the staff Of Grace
Church. New York City
r s. NICHOLS
St Johns Rectory. Newark. " J., Oct 9.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

doing. have long been notorious, ana III
a multitude OF cases magistrates nave
felt reluctance to commit criminals anu
misdemeanants because OF the haru-
ships which would thus inevitably De
inflicted upon their families WIN
some such provision as that which TINS
proposal eontemplates, the administra-
ton of justice in the infiiction of suit
able penalties might really be facih-
tated and the prosperity Of the com
muuity promoted.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

It will be encouraging ana
TO have the whole city budget reouceu uy
10 per cent without impairing the efiicl-
encv of administration. and 1t seems
probable that it can be done But II
would not be we'll TO insist too rlsldly
71non a uniform horizontal reduction
in all denartments. In some it may be
impossible to make 10 per cent reouC-
ton. while in others it may be quite
practicable to make 10 or 20 per cent
The true rule is to make all the reduc-
ton that can be made consistent with
efficient administration, whether II be /
or 10 or 80 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

to the hundreds of Confederates who rest
In unknown graves"
EIsie-Etbers marriage was dreadfully
unromantic! ,~-,.s =
Ida-Yes; even the man she i,ia' Tss,.n.l WIS
the one she was engaseu
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

From, the number o. "A Man d. 1-e
rhapsodies extant the visitor rom N1is
might not unnaturally infer tnat II "'S
2 most exceptional If not an uhpreo
dented thing for the Democrats OF We"
York. New Jersey and other states 10
nominate for office men o. intelligence
and decency.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
Ielp-1prk Gribnl1e.
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1910.

This newspaper is Oioned and pub
Eshea by The Tribune association,
Ne,c York corporation: office and pT7in-
ciDqE 8Iace Of b. siResS. Tribune Build
enc No. I54 Nassau street. NeSC York;
Ogden Mills. president; ogden H. Reid,
secretGr7,: james H. Barrett, treasurer.
The address of the officers IS the Office
OF this ne1CspCper.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

The Queen Mother Anleile Ana-e oi- this morn
Te"f6 i1g for the purpose of doing some S'i0p
ntHis55g"Cabie tH5 Gable dispatch from Gibraltar
Even revolutions are poWeriess u 81
due +be master passion Of the renia'e
breast.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

Mr.. Ormsby McHarg, lately divorced
from the federal service and now
lawyer in this city, has been telling
strange stories in Washington, &C
cordfng to a dispatch TO The Evening
Sun" He is reported as saying in one
sentence, there is not a business man
"of influence in New York who is not
opposed to Mr.. Roosevelt and his
ticket and in the next. at must not
be forgotten that the Roosevelt senti-
"ment lin the conventionl had come
mainly from the city, which is con-
"trolled by Tammany." Mr. McHarg
should ask Mayor Gaynor whether or
not Tammany controls the city. But if
every business man of influence here is
opposed to Mr.. Roosevelt and the state
ticket. It seems strange that that oppo-
sition was not manifested more effec-
lively before the convention met. How
could there have been any overpower-
ing Roosevelt sentiment in New York
with every business man of influence
pulling the other way? Mr.. McHarg
seems to have derived his knowledge of
New York politics from reading Colonel
Abe" Gruber's Saratoga speech. We
are glad to note that Colonel Gruber
shot" somebody, after all
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

A missionary remarks that scholars
not military chfeftains, are now the true
leaders of China Quite true; but Wnen'
since the days of Kublai Khan, has
China been under military leadership?
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
PeopIe and Social incidents

at the springs greatly benefited her and m.
is r-7uch improved in health.
Mrs. L1ewas Cass Ledya-d and her dauxa-
ter. Miss Mural Morris. have returned "a
town from Newport Miss Morris WI -
married 20 Pennington Moore early next
month
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

Another wedding Of the We C,o,,r+
OF Miss Annah Dillon f--pieS c.+,,--
Pierre de viei-Castel. OF Faii9' = +ba
day next. at the country I,,,-- r,,,1av
BRIDES mother. Mrs sidney - few
al Hampstead. Long Islahu- IN - ,res-
relatives and intimate irleii19 --t11 rave
eh' sa,+. this being in large meas
no 49, - tbe fact that the majority U
'll uIe -. ,,,.tr,ate friends are already mar
ne me- .o,,s-a1 of them to foreigners =
+. I'll he erected on the lawn LOI
I,Aa mar r-esstr- breakfast which follows tne
cerenOny.