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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-12
l[R. COBB'S ELECTION.

The election Of Senator Cobb as leader
is damaging to the Republican party
only because it is the victory of those
whose tactics are alternating the best
public sentiment from its support. IN
refusing TO choose Senator Human for
the post the managers of the party III
the Senate and elsewhere lost one OPP
pOrtunity to set it right with the peo-
pie. Only one opportunity, however,
for there will be others, and the party
will he judged in the coming campaign
not by the personality Of the Repub-
lican leader in the Senate but by the
attitude exhibited in the present ses-
sion toward the progressive policy Of
Governor Hughes and by the character
of its future leadership. If the Repub-
licans in the Legislature decline to clean
house, if they refuse TO pass legislation
putting the control Of parties in the
hands of party voters, if they continue
10 exhibit the reactionary spirit of the
"old guard and continue TO derive in
SEPARATION from 4 group that has all alon;,
been working in opposition to the Gov
ernor. the party will enter the campaign
under a heavy burden OF public dissatis-
faction
There il. however. hope that Mr.
Cobb's victory will not entail these con-
sequences. He has issued statement
pledging himself TO the support of pro-
gressive legislation and TO the uphold
ing of the hands of Governor Hughes
His record as n legislator is good, and
While he has not been conspicuous
supporter of the Governor it would not
be fair to rank him with the Governors
opponents. If he is alive 80 the respon-
sibilities of his position he can be of
great service 10 the party at this critical
juncture
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People and Social Incidents

daughter. Mrs. Henry c. Rowland Of N.v
York. arrived here to-day to keen so,,,
social engagements. They win be .nts,-
tanned OF luncheon next week bv that
cousin. Mrs. Sherman, wife OF the vic.
President. They We're accompanied tn n.
White House musical tonight by the aac.
rotary of the Treasury and Mrs. MAJ
Veagh. who are also their cousins
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dudley Rogers ar,
Miss Sybei Douglas arrived here to-day
from New York and will be the guests ovs-
Sunday Of Representative Hamilton Ffsh
and Mrs. Fish. Their hosts entertained In
formally at dinner for them tonight
Among the New York people invited N
Mrs. Tafts musical tonight were Mira
william r. Leeds and Mrs. Belmont Tir
fany. the house guests OF Miss Margaret
Cameron and Miss Catherine Cameron. NJ
and Mrs. z T. Stehli, who are hons,
guests OF the Minister from Switzerland
and Nine Ritter, and Prince and Princess
Lucinge- Faucisny, who are spending soma
days here.
Frederick Townsend Martin WIFI spend
several days here at the Shorehan. rYs fx
returning TO New York from a visit To
Palm Beach and other Southern resorts.
Mrs Charles r Train entertained a num-
Der OF guests at luncheon to-day on board
the Sylph.
A dinner and dance We're given on the
Mayfower tonight By several Of tho young
officers. and there was also a hop az Fort
Nyer. which was attended by a number o:
the younger members OF society.
Brigadier General and Mrs. Sharpe en-
tertained at dinner tonight.
The governor OF the Chevy Chase HIN,
| Club has arranged TO giva a ball at ths
club on April s. This viii be the f-st bail
given by the club IN years. The arrange
! ments are in the hands OF Clarence Moore
master OF the hounds. and Brigadisr Cen
/ erai Clarence r. Edwards. Of the executive
| committee There will be a cotiIlon WITH
appropriate favors.
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count Of which seems sufficiently 10
explain her course and TO vindicate her
faith. The Russian reply was simply
n denial of Persia boast of tranquility.
1t was pointed out on unimpeachaele
authority that Persia was in fact FAR
from tranquil, and that in many parts
Of the empire neither property nor life
was safe on the high roads.
The Incorporate utterances III Persia
and the undue eagerness of Perslans TO
get the Russian troops out of the coun-
try before their legitimate mission there
was completed had the effect therefore,
of annoying if not angering the Russian
government, of moving il to make more
careful inquiries into the actual state
of affairs in Persia and. as a result, of
causing IL pOstponement of the evacua-
ton which Russia intends to effect and
which she is DESTROYS of effecting at the
earliest practicable and prudent mo-
ment. What Russia naturally and prop
erly wishes to avoid. however, is the
necessity of re-entering Persia after she
has withdrawn The assurance that
there will be no need Of that is to be
given 10y sober acts. not by incorporate
words.
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GOOD SIGNS, SAYS DR.. BOVINE.
Indications Incline Him to Optimism
as Regards World Progress.
editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
or am sure quite agree with the III
tention OF DIR. Hall in his structures in
recent number of The Tribune on my re-
marks concerning the saints of old. l couid
not possibly be so absurd as to say that
all the saints of a hundred years ago were
drunkards and gamblers But that the
drinking customs of that time were far
worse than ours is beyond any question.
The church books of many of our old New
England churches contain many bills for
spirituous liquors used at installations OF
ministers, which show that the saints OF
that time were addicted to the free use or
these things
! have often heard my father tell how
the old minister used to come to a neigh
boring still house to have two large square
bottles filled with rum. and frequently he
was so far gone that he dared not disrnount
for fear of being unable to mount again.
Funerals were never conducted in that re-
gion without a liberal supply of liquors of
various kinds. These were the customs
among the saints of that time and place.
And to lotteries, as DR.. Hall admits,
TIE custom was general in the community.
and Union College did receive very sub
stantial aid from the lottery. Now this
This seems TO me to spell progress
And for the community at large, 1 think
the moral standard is far higher than 1t
was in the past. Social customs have I'M
proved An enthusiasm for humanity has
been developed beyond anything previously
known. No opium war would be possible
to-day The royal felon of the Congo was
compelled to give up his prey by the con-
demnation of the civilized world. Some
sense of obligation to humanity in dealing
with the backward races has been de-
veloped that promises much for the race
in the future. Education also has spread
throughout society, and religion is no
longer afraid of knowledge.
Even the criticism of present conditions
is encouraging. 1t shows that the moral
sense of the community is awake and I'M
able to rest content in the face of evils
that ought to be put away. The crimes in
the commercial world are only the old
business customs magnifed by the greater
scale on which they are carried on. To bet
ter these conditions is the task of to-day,
and to this task we are addressing our
selves.
These things are good signs, and we
need to consider them when we are tempt
ed to pessimism. While I do not think the
millennium has come, l do think that we
are making progress. We certainly must
not rest on our oars or leave things 70
drift. but we may still encourage ourselves
in moments of dependency by noting that
we are a long way beyond even our imine-
date ancestors.
BORDEN PARKER BOVINE.
Boston University, Boston, March 10, lSlo'
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"INTERFERENCE"

1t is highly amusing to see the virtu-
Gus indignation expressed by some of the
members of the Legisla tnre and other
politicians over federal interference"
with affairs at Albany The same states
men who for years We're perfectly con-
tent blindly 10 follow the orders of Sena-
tor Platt. whether in accord with or in
defiance of the moral sense Of the com
munity. suddenly discover an important
principle of American liberties involved
when Mr.. Platt's successor, Senator
Root. sees fit to advise them on an i'm
pOrtant political matter in accordance
with the manifest trend of popular sen
timent
While members of the Legislature.
with airs of injured innocence. point To
orders from Mr.. Plat as a reason for the
disposition Of bridge bill so satisfac-
tory that no thought of bribery can occur
in connection with il. they deem it neces-
sary 10 prove their rectitude by deli
ance to public spirited suggestions from
Washington with respect to general
party policy. These men of tender con
science are the same men who for years
sat under the dominat ton of Governor
Odell and dared scarcely to pass reso-
luton without license from the Coy
ernOr's room. They were content. at the
dictation of Governor Higgins. TO take a
young man f tWentYeight, after only
two years Of modest service in the As
sembly, and MAKE him Speaker. when no
one of them would ever have dreamed
OF doing ii bur for executive iDterfer-
ence." These are the gentlemen who now
complain whenever Governor Hughes
gives public expression TO his views on
politica questions. Their wonderful self
respect and devotion to independence re
call the story Of federal oficeholder
Of Incorporate habits in Western New
York whose term expired under Presi
dent Hayes His friends informed him
that the President would reappoint him
If he would pledge himself To stop drink
ing. But this slave 10 alcohol Scorned
the suggestion. saying that he would not
surrender his Independent manhood for
any Office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-12

One of the questions which Lieutenant
Filchner will seek to answer if he makes
an expedition TO the Southern Hemisphere
next year is whether Antarctica conslSts
of two vast islands, separated by broao
river or strait. In the glacierlike par
rfer" which debouches into Ross sea
Scott and Shackleton found partial con-
firmation of the theory--a theory strong
~ advocated by Sir Clements Markham
formerly president of the Royal Geo
graphical Society of Great Britain The
desirability of ascertaining the truth Will
not be questioned therefore. but the best
way to get at the facts would seem TO be
to follow the clew from it's visible end
No one can say whether the passage eX-
tends over to the Atlantic Ocean nor
where search for its other possible out
let should begin.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
from The Tribune Bureau. 7

Washington, March 1.-THE British AM
bassador and Mrs Bryce were informally
entertained at dinner tonight by the Brit
ish military attache and the Hon. Mrs.
Bernard James.
Countess Won Bernstorff. who accompa-
MED the Ambassador to New York to-day,
will sail from this country, accompanied By
her daughter. Countess Luise Alexandra
Won Bernstorff. In April. and will spend the
summer abroad.
Countess Moltke will reioin her husband
the Minister from Denmark, after a two
weeks visit 10 her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathaniel Thayer, of Boston
The Russian naval attache and Nine.
Vassilieff entertained small dinner party
tonight.
Senior Jacinto Villegas, recently appointed
first secretary of the Argentine Legation,
will arrive here from Europe in a few days
TO act as charge d affaires In the absence
of the minister. who will be away for sew
eral months. Senior Portela will attend the
Pan-American conference in BuenOs Ayres.
Senior Don Julio ". Baz. formerly Mexi-
can second secretary. but recently pro-
NOTED to be first secretary in London, has
gone TO New York preparatory to sailing
for his new post.
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from The Tribune Bureau.l

tfrOm The Tribune bofthi-j
Washington. March 11.-Generai Nelson
a. Miles and Colonel NJ T.. Urel Of WASH
ington. introduced TO the President a COM
rlittee representing the New York Coun-
ell of the Spanish War Veterans. head
ed by Charles III. Stephens. past COM
mander. The committee laid before Mr..
Taft resolutions adopted by the council IN
dorsing the move to raise the wreck OF the
battleship Maine in Havana Harbor. Mrs
Bernard Wall. of New York, pinned RIB
bon on the Presidents coat making him a
member of the association organized to erect
a memorial to the Maine dead. The Presi-
dent told the delegation that he was heart
lily in favor OF raising the Maine.
President Taft has accepted an Invitation
TO address the graduates and review the
military parade at Ohio University. Ada,
Ohio. on June 8.
Representative Pearre urged the appoint
ment OF Judge Morris. of the Supreme Court
Of the District OF Columbia, to the newly
created judgeship I'm Maryland, asked that
DR. Robert A. Ravenscroft be continued as
Surveyor of Customs at Baltimore n ii as
sured the President that the charges against
Collector Stone, of Baltimore. were uniustI-
fed.
The Attorney General was the only alb
sentee from the Cabinet meeting.
The Presidents callers included the Vice
President. Senators Curtis, Lodge. Gamble
and Crawford: Representatives Burke and
Mckinley. and Frank B. Kellogg
President and Mrs. Taft were hosts TO a
large company at a musical this evening.
The programme, which included twelve
numbers. was rendered by Yolande Nero.
pianist. and Carl J6ru, tenor, assisted by
Max Liebling at the piano.
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4 72b,YSementS.
ASADEary

lssApEMY OF MusIc-2-s:15-The Merry
-slf Widow.
s.sToR-2:15-s:I5- seven Days
5OU-s:i5-s-eo-Ta,e Lottery Man.
FRO .l3-The Jolly Bache-
foLoNIAL-e-s-vau& sviie-
coMEDT-c:30-s: Se-A Mans World
aE1TER1oN-2:l5--s:e o-1 he Bachelors Baby.
bALY's-2:so-s:3 o-The Inferior Sex.
EMPIRE 5-s:I.-Nis,-Chanuel.
ETY-2:l5-s:I5-rhe Forum Hunter.
eaRDEN-::l3-s:lS- The Rivals
- Leave BEHIND Him.
s:l5-The old Town.
IIAcKETr-2:3c -s:15-The Turning Point.
HERALD SoUARE-2t3- l,'-rhe Yankee
HIPPoDRoME-e-s-A Trip 10 Japan: In
- side the Earth: the Ballet q, Jewels
IRVING PLACE-.2- Wilhelm tell-s:l5-The
Tyrolean. Der goEehandler.
LIBERTY: l5-s-rhe Arcadians
fYcEUM-2:15-s:S0M Mrs Dot.
aEYRIC-e :l5-s:l5-rhe city.
MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE c-Rigoletto-
MAMIE EI.IJoTTs THEATRE-2:3o-s 80
The Passing OF the Third Floor Back.
MENb dI56S OF A d1s q9Is
werther and FIRST ACT Of Cnppelia-s-'ier-
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-Io to G
NEW AMSTTcRDAa-2:15- :15-Mssians Y.
NESy TIlEATRE-2-Twelfth Night-s:3o-The
NEW MISUNDERSTANDING Eyes.
sTUYVESA NT-2: is :l5-The' Lily.
w;ALIACK'kS-e:15--s:1 5-Alias Jimmy VAL
entine.
NEST END--e:15-S:l5-Lew Dockstsder's
M:nstrels
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cannot pass muster at the Pension Of
fee. Long indulgence has made leg
islation of this sort almost privileged,
and the Senator or Representative who
objects TO il is considered TO have com
mitted virtual breach of courtesy. Mr..
Root did not try TO obstruct the passage
OF Wednesdays omnibus" act. when
carried an appropriation Of only few
thousands or tens of thousands: but
he refused to be bound by Il sense of
comfy to the policy and findings Of the
Senate Pensions Committee sufficiently
10 subscribe 10 its extension, at the cost
CT many millions, of the privileges or
the dependent pension act to widows
who. being fully aware of its limita-
uons. have married veterans since the
date of its passage.
The Tribune has fully discussed the
merits and demerits of the proposed
widows pension law and is firmly of
the opinion that no proper obliga ton
exists 10 extend relief to the dependent
widow whose marriage to Il veteran oc-
CURED from twenty-five 10 f0rty-five
years after the close of the service to
the country given by her husband.
There is no need To repeat here the ar
guments, based either on equity or on
economy. against this bill. 1t is refresh
Ing. however. 10 feel that one Of the
leading members Of the Senates much
advertised retrenchment committee can
be counted on to expose the extrava-
gance contemplated and 10 call the Sen
2teS attention to one of the great op-
portunities for economy within its own
domain which its Committee on Pensions
has entirely overlooked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-12
IGLiFIING THE PARKS

Inc APT phrase revived by DR. Eliot
comes seasOnably to mind in connection
with current dispute over the proprie-
torship Or the occupation of certain
hoardingS which are used for advertis-
Ing purposes i'll a conspicuous place adj
Jacent TO Central Park With the com
parative merits or dement's of the
respective claimants we have nothing to
do. But 1t does seem fitting to raise the
question Of the right of either of them
or of anybody thus deliberately to mar
and TO disfigure places which have been
arranged and adorned at great expense
for the specific sake Of scenic beauty.
The park is intended TO be a place of
beauty as well as of rest. refreshmeot
and recreation. Advertising signs are not
permitted i'll il. whether on hoardings
or, as of old. on the rocks. But the ave
nue> or parkWays which immediately
surround it are logically and essentially
scenic part Of the park. They are be-
fore the eye upon entering or leaving the
park. and indeed 10 large extent when
III the park. Many of what should be
the most attractive prospects are those
from within looking outward with the
niassed architecture of the city as n
background TO lawns and shrubberv.
But what impression does il cause TO
look across the lOveliest expanse OF
artistic landscape gardening to back
ground of hideOuS pOlychrOme proclama-
lions of beer or corsets or Salomc
dances: Indeed. who likes TO run the
gantlet of such visual assault and bat
terry as the price Of entering and of
leaving the park:
We were unde~ the impression that
there was once upon Il time Il law or m
ordinance prohibiting the display OF ad-
vertising hoardings or posters on the
streets directly bounding the park. or
within certain distance of the park
walls. If there is not now such n pro
hibitiOn, the urgent desira5ility of max
ing one should be apparent If there is
one, Il ought to be intleXibly enforced.
There are places enough along the
Great White Way for all the spectacu-
lar atrocities. vulgarities and indecen-
cies of which the most sordid and in
ventive of penny-catche are capable
without setting the city'S chief beauty
spot and pleasure ground in frame Of
such abOmina tons
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4 UEASTRE THAT WILL HELP.

1t has all been plain sailing thus far
for Mayor Gaynor's proposal, now be-
fore the Legislature in the form Of &
bill, for the abolition of the taxes on
personality. Not a voice has been raised
in opposition. If there is to be any
opposition on the part of real estate in
terests it has been reserved for presenta-
ton to the Legislature. In that body,
1t may be said, the chances of this re-
form are better now than they ever
We're before, because since the abolition
OF direct state taxes the upstate section
has no interest in the taxable property
in this city.
1t is to be hoped that the bill will
pass, for the tax on personally not only
IS a farce but has proved one of the
most important factors in producing Il
nIuddle In the finances of this city. AS
Controller PrenderSast's recent state
ment showed. there is Il deficit of $780,,
100000 in the collection of personal
taxes, and the debt which that has Gre
ated will have to be gradually funded.
IL the reform of the city's finances,
then, the abolition of personal taxes is
an important step. If, with this tax
out of the way, the city should begin to
collect its taxes at the beginning In
stead of near the end of the year and
should proceed promptly for the col
lection of taxes in arrears, there is no
reason why the present practice of bor-
rowing on revenue bond issues should
not be wiped out, with a great result
ant saving in interest charges and Il
great advantage to the city's credit. We
referred recently to the promptness of
Poughkeepsie in collecting It's taxes. New
York. with its S39,OO0Oo0 of uncollect-
IDLE taxes Oh the books and about as
many millions more Of collectible taxes,
Is at the other end of the scale of
municipal housekeeping.
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A SUGGESTION.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: think one of the best things MI.
Rockefeller could do with part of his great
wealth would be to build and endow some
homes for aged and respectable old people
In a great city like New York we have
many good old people who have been noble
Christians all their lives, but by some mis-
fortune which they could not help they lose
their positions. all their friends leave them
and in a short time they are In want
Then the roorhouse or almshouse is the
only place they can go.
A plain. comfortable home for those peo-
pie after they pass sixty-five or more,
when they are disabled and can do no more
work. would be a splendid Christian act
Indeed we need such homes In all the
large cities. and such a thing would be a
blessing to thousands
JOHN HENRY SMITH.
New York, March 10. 1910
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GIFT FOR CHILDREN's HOME.
Brooklyn Aid Society Gets S15O,000
from William II. HERMAN.

William H. Herman. brother OF Mrs
caroline HERMAN Polhenus. who died
three years ago. has given the Brooklyn
Chidren'S Aid Society $l50000 in cash for
tne maintenance ana improvement OF the
HERMAN Home IN Rockland County. Mr..
HERMAN IS living in Rome. Italy. or
the new gift $4,000 is 10 be invested and
the annual income applied TO maintenance.
The rest OF the money may be spent on
new buildings. or as the society sees nj. 50
long as the funds are applied 10 the home
Five years ago Mrs. Polhemus gave S9eN
for the establishment OF the home. ard
shortly before her death she contributes
$1,000 more. In making this gift Mr.. HERR
man is carrying out the wishes % N~
Polhemus.
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GERMANS NOT SEEKING POLE.
Lieutenant Filchner Defines Objects Of
the Expedition.

Berlin, March 1L-Iieutenant F1lchnsr.
who will head the German Antarctic exps-
dition. said to-day that the German expe-
dition would not be ready 10 start before
ISL He had thought OF suggesting 70 the
promoters OF the American Antarctic expe-
ditton that the Americans and Germans
might use a common base near Weddell
Sea, and had been surprised by the init
nations made abroad that he was Jump
ing the claims OF the American and Brit
ism Antarctic expeditions by his plans o.
exploration He added that he was con-
tent TO leave the South Pole 70 The Ameri-
can and British seekers, his object being 70
determine that the Antarctic continent was
divided into two islands by a frozen strai;
connecting WeddeH Sea and Ross Sea He
INTENDS 10 cross the lower western side OF
the continent. while the American and
British pole seekers will advance over the
nigh side plateaus.