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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-27
CIVIL WAR PENSIONERS.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: As your editorial declared in d re-
cent issue of The Tribune, it was "a wise
decision Of the pension committee of the
Grand Army of the Republic TO report ad-
versely on a proposal TO grant each Union
veteran Of the Civil War a-pension of at
least 81 a day for life. But, we ask,
did the committee show as much wisdom in
seeking to break down the limit Qn1arriase
before 1890 for securing pensions to SOL
diers' widows?
It is certainly very reasonable restric-
ton thai, women marrying veterans of the
Civil War later than 1890, or twenty-five
years after the close of that strife, should
be debarred from obtaining a pension
These did not share in the sacrifices and
sufferings of that great conflict; they took
the men for what they were and for what
they had, with no assurance Of pension,
and the proposed provision TO allow a pen
sion TO a widow if she has been the wife Of
a veteran for three years will only encour-
age young women to marry old soldiers by
the inducement that very soon, probably,
they will be the recipients OF pensions to
last all their days. perhaps for fifty years
This is not fair to the American people,
who have been and are very generous to
the soldiers. The resources Of nation, as
of an individual, have their limits. Many
enterprises needed for general advantage
are awaiting accomplishment; President
Taft has spoken against the pork barrel"
and the present laws on pensions should
stand unaltered by extensions Of conditions
and amounts, with the abolition Of private
pensions, until in the nature Of things Civil
War pensions melt away.
HENRY K SAITHSON.
New York Sept 26 1910.
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a7ur. U0RJD,S' REVOLUTION.

1.-THE WORLD'S 3 hE OLC L AON'
or,r neipbbor THE World" which for
reasons of its own sees red every time
tbe name of Theodore Roosevelt IS men
toned. is remarkably excited over the
fact that the colonel is going to be tenn
oorarv chairman OF the Republican
State Convention. 1t asks: DO the
..people of New York want the New
socialism Of Theodore Roosevelt or 90
"they want to maintain the Repuollc:
THAT is one of the issues before the
Saratoga convention.
Really. that outdoes Barnes! AT his
best the Albany boss, TO whose AID Ihe
World" rushes. never went so far as to
say that the election of the colonel as
temporary chairman meant Roosevelt
manic" ultimate dictatorship" "a ser
vile and degraded Supreme Court" an
overturned Constitution and lot OF
other things as dreadful or worse.
What a nightmare our neighbor must
have had!
Sensible people can see at Saratoga,
instead of an issue between New So
cialism" and the continuance Of the Re
public, only a party house cleaning
The issue to their minds is whether
group of discredited party bosses, the
sponsors Of Aids and his kind, who
have resisted cleaner politics and who
have lust been exposed IL an attempt to
deceive the public and play a confidence
game on President Taft, shall or shall
not continue in control of the Republican
party. The victory of the Progressives
at Saratoga will be just as much VIC
tory for President Taft and for Gov
ernor Hughes as it viii be q victory for
Colonel Roosevelt. Is President Taft
a New Socialist? Is Governor Hughes
aiming to bring about j ''servile id de
graded. Supreme Court? are tlsy- both
DESTROYS of destroying the Constitution?
Moreover, the victory at Saratoga will
be more a victory for public opinion
than for any one man or any group Of
men. The sentiment which t7ice forced
the nomination Of Governor Hughes
against the Will Of the bosses is now
sweeping the bosses themselves out Of
| power It is a victory for the public
! opinion which insists on a termination
Of the old corrupt relations between
politicians and the business interests.
1t is a triumph Of the kind of public
/ sentiment which 1.-The World itself did
much TO cIeate before it lost sight Of
everything but the personalities in
| volved The public which is supporting
! the Progressive movement at Saratoga
/ has not voted for New Socialism" or
revolution or smashing the Constitu-
ton. It has voted for political honesty
and decency, and the advancement Of
these is the only revolution we are
going 10 see.
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which promise practical results and 10
recommend the abandonment of those
which can make no adequate return for
the money spent ON them. That would
be n decided step in advance. since I'M
der the present system every project
reported as feasible stands on an equal
footing IN Congress with all other prof.
ects. without regard TO its fitting into
general plan Of development or the
ACCESSIBILITY Of delaying work on it I'M
til more important projects are out OF
the way.
II would also help greatly if when
an improvements general usefulness
were in doubt Congress should adopt
the rule Of aiding only those projects
TO which states or localities were also
willing 10 contribute. That is a test
which few log-rolling schemes could sur
yive. There have been notable IN
stances in which state and local ald
has been freely volunteered The State
OF PENNSYLVANIA and the city of Phlla-
delphia have appropriated literally TO
help deepen the channel of the Delaware
River. The city of Houston is now
preparing to pay 4 large share OF me
cost of charging its canal to tidewater-
Congress could properly help communl-
ties willing to help themselves. But II
obviously local improvements are askeu
for at federal expense they should De
treated with suspicion, and least Oh all
should Congress appropria- money. as
it did this year, for an Improvement
like that at Block Island, r. l., for
which the Rhode Island Legislature re-
fused to make an appropriation on the
ground that it could not be OF either
local or general benefit. There should
be closer cooperation between the ma
ton and the states in river and harbor
legislation. and states and localities
making suggestions to Congress should
be encouraged to demonstrate their taltn
by their works.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-27
THE 5'ALK OF THE DAY.

A German statistician has calculated that
in the case of proposals of marriage Sc per
cent of the suitors press the hand Of their
beloved, a per cent conclude their speech
with an embrace, per cent kiss the hair,
per cent kiss the hand, 2 per cent fall
on their knees and 20 per cent swallow ner-
vousIy before they declare their passion.
Ten per cent open and close their mouths
without being able to utter a single word
and 2 per cent make their proposals while
standing on one foot With regard to the
women, on the other hand, 60 per cent sink
HELPLESS into the lovers arms, for whose
proposal they have been waiting, 20 per
cent blush and hide their faces. l per cent
syyoon away, per cent are genuinely
amazed. IA per cent gaze silently into the
suitor's eyes and 1 per cent runs away TO
tell a girl friend.
Little Willie-say. pa what is philoso-
pa PHILOSOPHER, my son, is man who
can pretend TO have a light heart when he
has a light Observation-Disclosures News.
1.-THE Favorite Daughters OF the King OF
Siam is the picture which few tourists
who visit Bangkok fail to bring away from
that city II has been burned into por-
celain ware, and as a whole and in sec
tons has been used TO decorate all sorts OF
articles, useful and ornamental. The pict-
ure shows seven girls. all about fourteen
years old, ali wearing white shirtwaists.
black knickerbockers and white shoes and
stockings, and all with their long black
hair loose upon their backs. They are
grouped about an easel in drawing room
furnished in modern European style, look
ing exceedingly conscious of their gar
ments On the postal cards which bear
this picture the title is. "Siamese Royal
Beauties"
why do you wish you were a MANI"
"Oh. because"
you might at least think up mans
reason. "-Washington Herald.
Defending the old missionary hymn
From Greenlands Icy Mountains" which
is under attack by some critics because of
its personifications of nature" CORE
spondent OF The Churchman" asks: IF
appeals 70 nature 10 worship God are i'm
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THE ROCHESTER SEWAGE CASE.

THE ROCHESTER, SEWAGE CASE.
The question of the disposition Of the
sewage of the city Of Rochester, which
has been under discussion for some time
and to which We have repeatedly re
ferred. appears at last to have been set
fled in a satisfactory manner. The
original plan was simply to pour the
sewage into the Genesee River, or into
lake Ontario. When this was disap-
proyed it was planned to give the
sewage some nominal treatment, which
would, however, permit it TO contaninate
the lake almost as much as though II
were entirely crude. An effective cam
naign was waged against this scheme
with the result that at last plan mas
been adopted which will SO treat, screen
or otherwise purify the sewage as 10
leave only an inoffensive residue TO De
discharged into the lake, and to TINS
nlan the state Commissioner OF Health
has given his conditional approval, SO
that the work may now proceed.
This result is gratifying for variety
of reasons. One is, obviously, that II
prevents a gross pollution Of the Genesee
River and Of Lake Ontario, and another
is that it sets a valuable practical pfec-
edent for the protection Of even so vast
q body of water as that lake from con-
tamination. OF comparable Importance
is the establishment Of the authority OF
the health officers of the state over sucn
matters. and also of the principle that
the sewage disposal works must not
only be constructed but also must be
continually maintained in a manner
satisfactory to those officers. This last
noint should be particularly noted. Com
missioner Porter's permit for TIE con-
struction of the plant prescribes the
General tyne and effect of the works,
and significantly adds that they shall at
all times be subject to supervision by
the health Office, that needed improve
ments NAV at any time be ordered, that
the permit may bC not only C+itied Dut
actually revoked at any time when the
Health Commissioner deems it necessary
and that the granting Of this permit
does not constitute a precedent for the
granting of any others.
At least as effective conditions Tor
the discharge of drainage into potable
waters as those of the present case
should be prescribed. We should not
expect, of course an imperative insist
ence upon immediate modification OF all
existing sewage systems TO meet the re-
ouirements now made in this case. But
certainly it would be proper to insist
upon similar conditions IN all cases OF
new construction, leaving existing sys-
tens to be reformed gradually, as op-
portunity may be afforded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-27
A CHECK TO DEMAGOGUES.

The action of the railroad employees
union in supporting the railroads in
their campaign for higher freight rates
was to be expected. A community of
interest between the roads and their
men has been perceived on both sides.
The railroads look with unusual favor
upon the employees demand for higher
wages, and the employees see that the
best hope for increases in wages lies in
larger earnings. The opinion of the
unions, however, upon the question be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion is of little weight. The employees
cannot pretend to any expert knowledge
as to whether or not present rates are
sufficiently remunerative. The question
is a difficult and technical one.
The declaration of the unions is doubt
less intended to have effect in political
circles favorable to the railroads. What
ever effect it has cannot be regretted by
those who desire to see the railroads
treated fairly and not made the game of
demagogues and professional railroad
baiters The alignment of the employees
on the side of the railroads will tend to
counterbalance the political Importance
of the aggrieved shippers and other hos
tile elements on the opposite side. The
question of rates should not be treated
as q political question. The action of
the unions will be check upon any
tendency that may exist to drag it into
politics. AS the situation is left there
appear to be votes both ways.
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cHEERFULNEsS AND CHOLERA.
lrom The London C.hroniele.

From The London Chronicle.
A cheerful disposition is held by some
doctors TO be the best protection against
cholera. When this disease first visited
Paris. in 1882. notice was issued advising
the inhabitants ito avoid. as far as pos
sible, all occasions OF melancholy and all
painful emotions. and 10 seek plenty OF dis
fractions and amusements. Those with a
bright and happy temperament are not like
~ to be stricken down" This advice was
largely followed. and even when cholera
was claiming over thousand weekly vic
tins, the theatres and cafes were thronged.
The epidemic was in some quarters treated
as a huge joke. and plays and songs were
written around IL. Rochefort. the father
OF the brilliant journalist OF to-day. wrote
a play, lie Cholera Morbus." which proved
a big success, and another production on
the same lines, 'Paris-nalade, also had a
long run
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-27

proper. what of the glad 'Benedlcite' w.
the Lords works waters. SUM- A.o 'I-
winds. winter and summer iiloui, '' az.
and hills seas and foods, fowls ai''
tie are called to bless the Loro
THE JOY OF A PIPE
I like to fill my pipe and pun =, +,,ey, roIl
The clouds of smoke and Watca 'i-
Then vanishes from life the grui,
And love and peace fill up my SJ HiGb
Then. as the rings of smoke cur HioN'
And others after them | blow
I feel that only friends are nlSh'
l quite forget that I've a zoe
Nv life in that sweet hour OF eve,
is iust one round of joy and DhsS'
No thought of sorrow comes 10 Shte'N'
What joys l lack never miss
There in the smoke about my hedu'
But smiling faces come ana 60
By none an angry word is said'
I make a friend OF every foe.
seem to puff away all hate.
Ard burn to ashes envys Spleen,
But simple thoughts of love prates
o soothing power of nicotine!
Then life takes on rosy nue.,
[ give a smile for every blow; t
And I'm Contented through ana through
I've made Il friend of every Zoe.
Detroit Free Press
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-27
MOTOR CARS FOR coURTlNe.

Berlin correspondence Pan Mall Gazette
Motor cars have almost entirely taken
the place OF the old hiOned fOlr-wheelsrS
in the streets OF Berlin. and the latest m
PRODUCTION OF special motor cars 1or
lovers bids fair 10 take the town by Storm
They are rendered conspicuous by the gold
en- color OF the car. and are not oIly
tastefully htted Up with looking glasses, bu1
two decorated vases hang in front OncS
or twice a day the chauffeur purchases
beautiful punches OF flowers 10 insert III
these vases.
Berlin has so enTaptured the men and rsalds
ems engaged in counting that these lovers
motor cars are scarcely ever disenSaSsC-
So popular have they become, IN 1acr.
that many OF the older motor cars are now
being ntted I'D with flower vases. so rnae
they. too. may be utilized for the purpcs5
OF counting.
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SUGGESTED PRIMARY PLANK.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Twenty years of struggle, under the
leadership Of a few earnest men. secured
the present primary law of New York
State
Three years Of political turmoil has
failed to enact a proposed direct primary
law" because the people Of this state are
not prepared TO abandon party conventions,
regarding them, notwithstanding abuses,
as safeguards in our representative system
of government.
The essential point in the controversy is
the restoration Of the control of the party
to its individual members. What plan Will
do it best?
respectfully suggest to both the
bosses and the ''reformers" in the Sara
toga convention the adoption in the Re-
publican state platform OF the spirit and
substance of the following:
Whereas. Political parties are necessary
TO enable groups OF cilzens TO enectlveiy
advocate, promote. legislate and maintain
certain principles essential IN a government
Whereas. IL is vital TO the highest inter
ests of the state that each party shall be
controlled by the individual voters OF each
partisan organization; therefore. be II
Resolved, That we emphasize the home
rule doctrine" by declaring for the local
election district as the standard unit or
political power, with q direct election dis
trict primary of duly registered partisan
voters, who shall annually choose. by Sc
cret ballot, an election district leader TO
represent such district In an Assembly
district committee, said committee 10 be
empowered TO select. by open record dec
laration. delegates TO all party conventions
and committees. local. state and national.
as may be provided by law.
Under this plan each election district
leader can easily be instructed by vote or
petition TO vote for any policy or candidate
desired.
The recall" for these leaders might be
provided 10 punish disobedience through a
three-fifths' vote.
This local district plan gives the essen
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THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOPFIGN.-Four cases Of cholera, one
Of them fatal have occurred in Rome
and Two more have been admltteo a.
Naples: twenty-eight cases ana eleven
deaths have been reported from hun
gary IN the last TWO days. =" A cor
oner's jury found Or HaWiey n IIP Il.,.lI
guilty Of the murder Of his wife, VINO
was known on the stage as Belle Ii
more. death was said 10 be due 10 hyo-
s-ci71a nOisOnirg. Mahieu and Lori
dan. the French aeronauts, abandoned
The Paris Brussels flights, their blplanes
falling: neither the pilots nor their pas
=engers were hurt. - DDGbJS are eA-
messed OF the recovery of George Cha-
vez. the aeronaut who was injured IN
landing after a flight across the Alps.
President Taft and the
members Of the Cabinet met at the
White House for a session TO last three
davs. Supreme Court appointments being
the first subject considered. - Inc
old guard forces in the Republican
State Committee meeting at saratoga
Springs reaffirmed the choice Of Vice
President Sherman as temporary CHAIR
man Of the state convention. which as
sem HES to-day. State Representa-
tive Charles A White was the first wit
ness in the Lorimer hearing at Chicago;
he retold his former story Of receiving
81 900 IN brides 1t was charged
ing in Chicago that Western railroads
stin practised Relating, covering up the
evidence in their damage accounts. -=
The trial Of Governor Haskell of Okla
homa in the Nuskogee town lots cases
began at McAleSter. 80 The funeral
Of General Charles r. Brayton was held
at Providence. - 1t was definitely
announced at Boston that the war be
tween the United Shoe Machinery Com
pany and the Thomas g. Plant Com
pany had been settled. - a conductor
of a streetcar at Beverly, Mass, was
Knocked from the running board by an
. automobile and killed; the occupants OF
the machine escaped.
CITr-Stocks were strong -
Mayor Gaylor MADE public a letter TO
John A Dix, chairman Of the Democratic
State Committee, in which he said he
was not 3 candidate for the nomination
for Governor. 80 The Interborough
offered the Steinway tube to the city
Tree Of cost as an Involvement for the
granting Of certain franchises. -
Mrs. William c. Stewart, second wife OF
The father Of Mrs. William B. Leeds
with her daughter by her first husband
was 1Orclbly elected from her home, il
Montclair as result OF court proceed
1ngs by Mrs. Leeds. - 1t was learned
that Charles G. Aoller had been quietly
married on August %. - Housewives
IN Mount Vernon got their supply OF
water from sprinkling carts and those in
DObbs Ferry and Hastings from milk
cans but the Mount Vernon situation, Il
was said, would be relieved by taking
water from New York. - A court
Of inquiry at West Point heard the evil
oence OF many cadets regarding the ''si-
lenCe" pat on Captain Longan. and Il
was said that thirty cadets might bt
punished severely. - A young WON
an, stricken with amnesia special form
OF aphasia, lost her power Of speech
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for TO.
day: Cloudy. The temperature yester-
DAY: Highest, SO degrees, at 3 p. m;
lowest, 90, at 6:45 a. m
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TO have happened. But at the same time
if would have been poor practice Tor
either side to have claimed. as q basis
of negotiation. less than IT did. We are
inclined to think that the mature Judg-
ment all around, therefore, will be. and.
indeed. largely already is. that while
neither got all it asked each got about
rs much as it expected and as much as
4 lnenr,-nd
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of the summer.
Mrs. CharIAs III Marshall is lying IN a
hospital at Nnich as a result OF being
injured when she was knocked down oy an
automobile on emerging from the Royal
Opera at Munich. which she had been at
tending In company with Lady Paset' VIE
of Sir Ralph Paget, the British Minister IN
Bavaria, and a daughter Of Minnie. Lazy
Paget, whose mother was Mrs. Paran Ste
vens, Of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Orrne Wilson are due 70
arrive in New York from Europe on Octo-
Der Is
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles de Loosely Oelrfchs
have arrived in town from Newport
One of the first large private dances Of
the coming season will be given by Mrs
II. Van Rensselaer, Kennedy for her de5u-
tante daughter. Miss Marian Van Rensse-
laer Kennedy. on December Is. at Sherry's-
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic GaIiatfn will re-
turn TO town on Friday from East Hamp-
ton. Long Island. where they spent the
summer. They will be at the St Regis for
the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs Winthrop Cowdin have
sailed from England for New York and are
due here within the next few days.
William Jay schteffelin returned to town
from Bar Harbor yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs Grenville Kane have gone
to Tuxedo, where they will spend the fall
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft have sailed
from England for New York and are due
to arrive here on the Celtic at the end OF
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen H. Olin have taken
an apartment at the Ritz-Carlton. 47th
street and Madison avenue, for the winter.
Mrs. Paul Tuckerman and Miss Dorothy
Tuckerman have gone to Hot Springs, Va,
for q short stay. They will return to Tux
edo to spend the late fall
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aem.31crIEGrinu1rs.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER %, 1910.

This newspaper as OICned and pub
Esbed by The Tribune Association, q
Neir York corporation; office and prin-
ci2a. place Of business, Tribune BHltd-
fnq. 10. 154 Nassau street, Aelo YORK;
Ogden Hills. president; ogden III. Reid
secretary; James II. Barrett, treasurer.
The address Of the officers is the Office
OF this newspaper.
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne whitney WIN
vent abroad early in August, returned 10
New York yesterday on board the kalseriH
Auguste Victoria. They spent the greater
mart OF their time while abroad at ther
shooting lodge in Yorkshire.
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From The Richmond Planet.
Colored folks should continue 70 p-actSs
economy and. above all. train their chLG-e1
In politenSsS. We can win tbs way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-27

nv and Mrs j. Stevens U1ulan nave
zone 70 Hot Springs, Va, to remain few
weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-27

Mrs. 7 west Roosevelt has returned from
F,,,rope. where she spent the greater par
of the summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-27

For a fine sense Of the fitness Of
things commend to us the genius who
selected a man named Suffer TO be a
dummy director!
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"The Brooklyn Eagle says it was
Presidential lightning finding the range
for 1912 that burned Mayor GaynOr's
barn. Presidential lightning so far in
advance is a dangerous thing, and not
only to the barns Of public men.