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New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
BLANKET BOND SALES.

From Controller Prendergasts analy-
sis of the city's finances it clearly ap-
pears that one of the most pressing
reforms needed TO secure accountability
and to prevent waste is the abolition Of
what has long been known as the. gen
Cral pot and the custom of selling the
Citys corporate stock under the blanket
designation of various municipal pur-
poses.' This custom was established in
the time of Controller Grout and has
been the open door to the use of the
proceeds of corporate stock for other
than the purposes for which the bonds
were sold, and even for purposes for
which the law does not allow the eX-
penditure of corporate stock proceeds.
Corporate stock should be sold only
for definite purposes, and the money Sc
cured should be considered a trust fund
70 be spent only for the designated bet
terments for which the city authorities
authorized the loan 1t should be posi-
bic for the Finance Department to de-
wise plan for specifying the purposes
for which corporate stock moneys are
needed. without going into such details as
10 make the plan too cumbersome for
practical use. If Controller Prendergast
can formulate some method by which
every bond buyer will know within rea-
sonable limits where his money is going,
and that it will not be transferred under
a blanket to some foreign object, we be
Iieve that the credit Of the city and its
future economical management will be
greatly promoted
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
4 THO-EDGED SWORD

tW0-edged sword will cut both WAYS,
and it may cut more toward the back
than toward the front. In some parts Of
the South the plans for negro disfran-
chjsement have developed many of tae
characteristics of this dangerous instrr-
iuent- Such a moral injustice as that
contemplated in laws governing the fran
cLisc which make color rather that fit
ness the chief qualification for voting
is bound TO react upon the classes they
are presumed 80 benefit No one can
cifer valid objections TO ii scheme which
makes education of vital importance in
determining fitness for the suffrage.
and property provision. impartiallv ap-
pied. Is reasonable if not entirely lust ::
b'lt when the slavery of ones grand
l'I. ent Is made qualification. without
The slightest regard for any other con
silerafions Of fitness AN injustice which
ought +" react upon lis authors is per
pcfrated.
From The point Of view of tho inter
s'ed onlooke", the situation IN parls Of
Georgia il interesting and hopeful Ac-
ocrdin@ To The Clinch County News, =
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
if it Is quoted correctly by "The Macon
telegraph.

Telegraph:
Such negroes as can register under the
new disfranchisement amendment to the
constitution are doing so and rapidly
and from the way things now appear the
registration law, which requires whites
10 register six months before the cleo
| ton, Is going to disfranchise far more
white people than the other will negroes
that is, whereas the great bulk of the
negroes were practically disfranchised
before the amendment was adopted, there
VIII be as many if not more negroes To
register this year than formerly and less
whites by far.
THE Macon Telegraph" tells us that
these reforms" were designed TO take
the ballot away from negroes so far us
possible, and their authors ''set out with
Il great fanfare of trumpets" to do this,
but the final result seems to be that the
Two laws operating this year will not cut
down the negro registration. but will cut
down the white vote. ''The sum total
"and upshot of it all is that they have
"disfranchised whites and not blacks"
The obvious means of preventing the
negro domination which has always
been the bugbear of the South is. of
course, to get what ''The Clinch County
News refers TO as the honest, hard
working, law-abding and even patrioti-
''cally inclined white men" to register. 1t
seems that these patriots are very much
like the dog in the manger-they don't
want TO vote themselves and they viii
not let the ColOred men vote either, if
they can help it. In this instance. how
ever, they took the wrong means OF pre-
venting what they looked upon as so
dire a calamity.
Sooner or later it will dawn upon even
the most pronounced opponents Of negro
suffrage that the right way is the best
way. Makeshift after makeShift has
been devised to let the most ignorant
white man cast his ballot and prevent
the most intelligent colored man from
exercising the same right. The spirit of
the national Constitution has been re
peatedly violated to this end. and the re-
suit has been unsatisfactory from every
point of view. An educational and prop
erty qualification would certainly place
the power in the hands of the Southern
whites, and further than that would fur
niSh inspiration TO the negro TO fit him
self for citizenship by gaining the neces-
sary intelligence and real estate. But
this is the very thing which many ilIog-
icaI white persons desire to prevent.
They cannot grasp the fundamental
have with them an intelligent property
owning rather than an ignorant shift
less colored constituency.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
A DEBT LIMIT QUESTION.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I note In Controller Prendergast's s
statement of the city's financial condition
which you publish this morning n declara-
ton that there is a met deficit of approx
imately $50, 100000 on account of uncollecti-
BILE taxes, and the outline OF plan ''for
the extinction of this deficiency" At the
same time, I see that he estimates the
city's borrowing margin at S5S764,207 with
out deducting this SS9,O0o.000 deficiency.
Should it not be deducted. and the borrow
ing margin estimated at S19,76A307? How
can the city officially declare that $39, 900
of revenue bonds issued against unpaid
taxes have no assets behind them, but must
be met from the funded debt, without
counting that sum as a debt and subtract
ing it from the borrowing margin?
New York, March Z, 1910. TAXPAYER.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
FIGHTING TIE Ely.

Time was, and not SO very long ago,
when serious proposal by the govern
ment to undertake the determination of
the house fly as Il deadly enemy of the
human race would have been regarded
with amaZement and derision. That in
sect had for ages been regarded as an
innocent if not. indeed a beneficent
creature. the only indictr~ent of which
was lis proclivity tor disturbing late
sleeperS and for annoying with its too
affectiOnate attentions the possessors of
hairless pates. AS for the possibility of
Kidding the world OF ii. even were that
desirable, it would have 'been dismissed
with invincible incredibly. as though
one had suggested the drying up of the
ocean. Those We're the days when we
made bricks in Egypt in bondage to
ignorance and superstition; before the
coming of Pasteur to set Is free
Now it is perfectly well known. how
ever, that the fly was we'll worthy to he
ranked among the deadly pla CUES which
scourged recalcitrant Pharaoh. and that
1t is in reality Il sjngularly noxiOus
creature, To whose black account pesti-
lence and death are 10 be abundantly
charged. 1t is the pertinaciouSi purveyor
of dozen or more diseases. including
conspicuously typhoid, diphtheria, chol-
era and-perhaps above all claa-"sum-
mer complaint cholera infaIhum and
the allied enteric ills of chidhnQd. The
mention Of cobra and kraft maates men
shudder, yet The fly probably causes
more deaths each year than all the ven
omous serpents Of the Indian jungle
fanlilarliy with itaS with VIE has
caused us TO regard II with tolerance,
but that regard in no degree dINsts II
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
THE NEW COURTS FUNCTIONS.

THE AEW COCRIS ) FCNCIIONS.
y new argument against the ad-
minstration railroad bill has made its
appearance in progressive" circles
/ This argument is that the Supreme
/ Court in recent cases-not those decided
yesterday. by the way-haS tended 10
confirm the complete authority of the
Interstate Commerce Commission in re
gard 10 certain questions, and to hold
that its rulings are not subject to re-
view 10y the courts, unless it can be
shown that the rulings result III the
taking of property without due process
Of law. The court has held that the
orders of the commission regarding the
distribution Of cars, for example, are
administrative orders and cannot prop
erly be brought before the courts n
respect of their reaSOnablenesS. Now.
50 runs the argument, this is a situation
diSpleaSing TO the conservatives. and
they see Il way out Of ii through the
creation Of an interstate commerce
court.
OF course care should he taken that
in The creation of the new court the
moi stripped Of its power and influence.
But rs We understand the administra-
tion measure. its spirit is to increase.
not 10 diminish. the functions of the
commissions: and the new court is not
to take away from the present body
It's authority to determine any question
which it now has power to determine.
The new court is TO promote not ap-
peals from the commission, but the
prompt adjudication of such appeals
1t is net 10 have more authority than
the courts now have over questions that
come before the commission but pre-
ciseIy the same authority If the
United States Supreme Court has de-
cided that the courts have no business
passing on administrative acts of the
commission, it is safe to say that it
viii also hold that the interstate com
merce court cannot review the commits
Sion's administrative acts.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
People and Social Incident,

Fish for some days. but win return sor
York Tomorrow
Representative Hamilton Fish ana
Fish will have as weekend guests ~. 1''
Mrs. William Dudley and Miss sis,,, :. al
las. who viii arrive mere on Frisa,.
and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish viii arri,., a.
March IS for a short visit to Mr.. Fs.s 's's
his daughter. and a dinner win be - -
their honor the night after their ar-,..-s I
Mrs William T. Leeds. OF New vc-,
rived here this afternoon for a vee.,.' 9
to the Misses Cameron. She win a.. '''';
for Paris. Mrs Belmont TIFFANY. !, !,
York, IS now the guest OF her sistsrs Nss
Misses Cameron .
Mrs. John r. Henderson entertai,.s
night the members of her dancing = ,
which met all winter in the ballroom, - an
new house. and invited a number - -.
tiOnal guests. Among them were the So
ish Minister and Mime. de Issgar.-..
Mrs. A. c. Barney. Miss Cwendol,-, II :,
den. Miss Fish. Baron and Baroness -. -
schen Won ind zu Liebenstein. v,...
and ViscOUntess 'Azy and others. p,,,.
ing more than a hundred.
Mrs. ]. Hopkins Smith. formerlv D..
Morton. and a favorite mere sociari,, - -
her father was Secretary OF the Ns-..
spending some days in town
Mr. and Mrs. Robert RooseveJr -.
tained at dinner tonight for their a.
ter. Miss Olga Roosevelt. In the
were Miss Beatrice Sterling. Of Ne,, ~.
Miss Mary McCauley. Miss Maria. yrs'
Miss Laura Merriam. Miss GLADYS RI
ley, Lieutenant Palmer Lieutenap- O.
haus. Lieutenant Bristol Lieutenant p
cliff. Mr.. Gulick and Franklin Els.
Rear Admiral and Mrs NIaso. =
tanned guests at dinner tonight. as IA IL
and Mrs. Franklin Ellis
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,
From The Tribune Bureau.l

From The Tribune Bureau.
Washington. March THE Nice-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Sherman Will return here
early tomorrow morning from short visit
TO their home in Utica
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs
Ballinger were the guests of Senator and
Mrs. Piles at the New Nationar tonight,
and were afterward entertained at supper
at the New Willard. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Hollyday were also guests.
The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
MacVeagh We're the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John Clark, of Chicago, at dinner tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark have an apartment in
Wendell Mansion for the season.
Miss Gwendolyn Burden was the guest OF
Miss Elkins at luncheon to-day. when q
number of young people We're invited 10
meet her. Miss Burden has been the guest
of Representative Hamilton Fish and Miss
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to an article on the Do
ninican Republic printed in your paper of
the 2sth ultimo 1 must make the following
remarks:
Ffrstly-The assertion that the Secretary
of Finance and Commerce of the Domini-
can Republic refused to give information
asked for by our Senate regarding a finan-
cial matter is wrong one Not long ago,
as the result Of some questions put by one
of the Senators, a committee made up of
Senators Lovaton and Dicoudray was ap-
pointed TO request certain information from
the said Secretary, who replied that. in
accordance with the Dominican constitu-
ton, he could not satisfy the committee in
the way chosen. but, Notwithstanding this
he felt pleased to supply the information
unofticially, which he did. The data in
question appear in our Official Gazette OF
July "a. 1869.
Secondly-That it is preposterous to say
that Sefor Federico Veasquez, Secretary
of Finance and Commerce. usurped the
functions of the Secretaryshfp of Public
Works while 1 had this fortfoIio in charge.
also that we were almost going to have a
duel. Any judgment made In connection
with my resignation must be groundIess. as
have not given the reasons for the same
1hlTuly-Ihat II Is without foundation 10
affirm that the Dominican government has
abandoned public works on which $4,000
mas already been spent; and in reference TO
the $4,000 per three miles of railroad. I am
at a loss To know to which road they refer.
The Dominican government has been en-
gagged directly in the construction of two
lnes-one in the north part of the island.
which is now running. the contractor of
which was Senior Horacio Vasquez. and the
other one in the east, which was in charge
of Senior Pedro Marin, as its director and
administrator. in accordance with A con-
tract between him and the government.
Ihe work on this last line has been given
up by one Of the parties and if the undue
expenditure of $4,000 refers to this particu-
lar railroad the case would deserve a care
ful investigation by the proper party.
JUAN y. ALFONSEcA
New York. March 4, 1910. Consul General
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
MCDOWELL CLUB FELLOWSHIP
One in Dramatic Composition Estaf
hShed at Harvard.
EBv TeIegraph % The Tribunel J

tt'N Ie4eSrap6 20 Iae lFlouiiet
Cambridge. Mass, March The hs
ward University Corporation has acees'..
an offer from the student fund coHrini,..'
OF the Mcdowell Club. OF New YORK Cin
10 establish fellowship in dramatic eo.,
position for l9I0-II. The candidate =
the Fellowship must be student n o.
matte composition. but il is not neeesS~.,
that he should know the history OF -
drama, although this is desirable
Zach applicant must file with ProIesss,
George u. Baker dramatic manuse'1s
before August 1 and also the reasons
has for desiring the fellowship. When =.
hest manuscript has been selected oy -,
fessor Baker the name OF its author
be forwarded 10 the New York ciu' :.
approval Any Harvard or Radclihe
dent is eligible for the fellowship
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08

of its detestable characteristics ana It's
destructive potentiality.
The determination of this pest Is no
doubt a formidable undertaking, Dut Its
difficulty Is no greater than It's need.
Experience, indeed, gives much en-
couragement for the enterprise. Inc
mosquito has not, it is true, been exter-
minated. The campaign against II is
vet too new for such n result. But Ii
degrees of progress toward that end has
been made which few years ago would
have seemed incredible. and the sanitary
results of it are gratifying beyond all
expectation. If malaria could be ban
ished from Port Said and yellow fever
from Cuba, and Panama, 1t would GER
tainly not seem utopian TO plan a great
abatement of the plague of flies, If not
entire extinction of that death-bearing
nuisance.
The systematic campaign which is to
be started this spring by the Department
of Agriculture deserves encOura cement
and cooperation. 1t is to be conducted
in rural regions chiefly, where the need
is perhaps even greater than elsewhere
and where the difficulties are perhaps
greatest. In cities the health boards
ought to undertake similar campaigns
with energy and persistence. If this -
done, and if all people treat the fly as
those should who have regard for either
cleanliness or health. the approximate
determination of the Daneful little Great
ure will not be remote. We have prac-
tcally exterminated, through selfishness
and greed or through sheer wantonness,
so many innocent and beautiful Great
ures that we surely should be ready to
do the same with creatures which are
devoid of even a single redeeming trait
TO recommend them to mercy or tolera-
ti0n.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
POWER tADER THE NEW cEysrs.


The enumeration of 1910. on which
representation III Congress and in the
Electoral College for the ensuing decade
VIII be based. is to be taken next month.
ana speculation is already active as 10 its
lo!lilcdI consequences. The Utica
Pres" reflected popular but i'll founded
judgment when it said the other day
Under amy basis lof apporiionmentl
that may be adopted the West and the
south are practically certain TO make
gains. as they nave increased in popu-
'faiion 10 a larger extent than have
''Other sections. The terms West.
and South" as used by The Press are
not perhaps precise, but the general no
lion seems to be that the Southern
States as a whole and the three parts Gf
The Nest-thc Middle West. the trans
Missouri region ANA the Far West-are
likely To have q relatively larger share
of power under the next apporiionment
u tbe House Of Representatives and in
the Electoral College
There IS 40 foundation for the idea
ui3t the East is being outstripped i'm
growth by The other sections of lie
Union. Tie states which in The last fwo
decades have lhade Ihe greatest relative
gains III population do nor belong 10 any
one section. but are widely scattered.
Thus betFceH 1880 and 1860 Illinois and
Texas each gained fvc seals in tie
House. minnesota. New jersey and Penn
syivHnla each four and Nebraska ANA
New York each three. New Jersey.
New. YORK and Pennsylvania together
gained eleven votes in Congress and in
iile Electoral College while in the Mil
de Mrsl including Ohio. Iudiana. I'M
Bois, h lsconsin and Michigan, there was
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
GRADYS RETIREMENT


tFun Tue schenectady UniOn
The announcement OF Senator rbo,a.
frShcis Grady that he will retire ar tSs
END OF the Legislative session has meds ei
us us I'e ap9earance Tor 1910 and Is taken just
as SERIOUSLY as on the several precedtnpc
occasions OF its deliverance fNO'uiiis
ca mere was a memorable time when the
senator retired, not of hts own Voii,;n.'e
but 10 insure the personal com ,or,s ioil;
q certain distinguished statesman Who u.e.
theh chief executive OF this state and in
a thorn F''Su hltlselt
@ but the cat came back" stronger and
more more aslie than ever. So the latest STATE
mn. mn, 'nat the Senator is To divorce himself
iloIh me state payroll Is taken with ~
large slice of suspicion WIN d
What what would the Senate be witbout
49, Sy whom would Tammany re-
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
THE CABINET.
fFrom Tine Tribune Bureau

lFrorr Tine Tribune Bureau
Washington. March THE Secretary of
War and Mrs. Dickinson returned here to-
night from New Haven, TO which city
they went on Saturday TO visit their son.
]. NJ. Dickinson. jr.
The Secretary OF the Interior and Mrs.
Ballinger will give a dinner on Friday night
in honor OF the Vice-President and Mrs.
sherman
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
DECIDE IN FAVOR OF ROBERTS.
Presbyterian Stated Clerk VIII 81.
Hold TreaSurership.

Philadelphia. March THE Preshy's'''
OF Philadelphia. at a special meeting hs
to-day. decided 10 take no action on y
overture of the Presbytery OF BlairsV1A,.
which seeks 10 have the treasurership :
the Presbyterian General Assembly held =
some other person than the stated cen
of the general assembly
The Rev. Dr.. William II. Roberts. "
stated clerk. is also treasurer, and thes
in favor of the BlairSville overture oells'
that one man should not hold both ofnes.
The Philadelphia Presbytery Is one Of "
largest in the Church
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
DR.. MALCOLM M'suRNEY ENGAGE
tBy Telegraph 10 The Trihunel

- - - ,F is
1.enoN. March - The eagasei'e--
announced in Stockbridge of MSS n.
Dorothy Moran, daughter of AueNe' 80
pau Moran. of Ne. 40 East sd street H
York. and Dv. Malcolm McBurney' - 90
DR. and Mrs. Charles McBurney. o -
York and Stockbridgs. DR.. Ae-1,,rs
was graduated last June from the -. -
OF Physicians and Surgeons. New go
and has passed an examination ioi ,sss
years course in the Presbyterian =
pital, in New York He Is meh' a
the Harvard and University CLUBS a+ 's,,,,
the Stockbridge Golf and Tennis .ss,f
He was a member Of the HsrvsFa ~
club az Cambridge. won the stoeSoarsSs
solf cum two wears. and for several go
vas golf CHAMPION OF Berkshire coanN'
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
BILL TO HONOR ROOSEVELT

Albany. March "A joint committee OF
ten Senators and twenty Assemblymen to
represent the Legislature at the ceremonies
in New York City 10 be held in honor Of
the return of exPresident Theodore Roose-
welt is provided for in a joint resolution
introduced by AsSemblyman r. I'll. Clarke
of Brooklyn, tonight The resolution,
which appropriates s2.o0o for expenses. was
referred to the Ways and Means Com
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT

TBy Telegraph 70 The Tri5uue-l
Newport. March "A report Is currsl.
here that Colonel John Jacob Astor VI
open Beechwood this summer and viii spell
a part OF the season here.
Ex-CommOdore and Mrs. Lewis Cas- Le-'
yard were Newport visitors to-day
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Livingston Beeckuia-
who spent the week end with Mr., and NI'
Louis L. Lorillard, have gone 10 Washns'
ton.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
THE TAIN OF THE DAY.

This narrowing cat story comes from
Cornville. Me. via The Bangor News:
"In order that her kittens may grow up
well trained. Maggie, an old cat owned by
Mrs. Della Annabe. feeds the kittens one
at a time, keeping the others back until
their turn. The cat has three kittens. A
few days ago the mother brought a mouse
into the house. The three kittens came
running to her. but she had decided which
kitten she would give the mouse to, and
kept the other kittens away by cutting
them. The same day she brought in an
other mouse and she gave it to one of the
other kittens. The next day she caught an
other mouse and gave it TO the third kitten
When the mother had caught the fourth
she stood before the kittens and ate it her
SELF
'You women would rather talk than lis
ten"
Not always"
when, for eXample?'
when a man is about to propose
Judge.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
MR.. sTRAus GOES TO CAIRO.

Constantinople. March Oscar s Straus,
the American Ambassador To Turkey. and
Mrs. Straus sailed to-day for Cairo on the
American gunboat Scorpion. Mr.. and AIRS.
Straus will meet former President Roose-
Welt. and will then make a six weeks
cruise In the Mediterranean before return
ing here
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08
FESTIVAL NOT A FAREWELL.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The statement contained IN our last
press notice that the German artists festi-
val is intended partly as a farewell to
Andreas Dippel is due TO the misunder-
standing of a translator. The object of the
festival is purely one of charity. Mr.. Dippel
has merely consented to supervise the artis-
tic arrangement. @. S. NIERECK.
Chairman Press Committee.
New York March I 14ln-
New-York tribune., 1910-03-08

Labor leaders in Philadelphia are now
talking about forcing a statewide
strike In Pennsylvania in order to bring
the Philadelphia Traction Company to
terms, Could folly and illogicallty go
further? Because the Philadelphia Trac-
ton Company directors cannot agree on
terms Of employment with the men in
their service. shall the people of Harris
burg and Pittsburg be compelled to do
without transit facilities and to see an
embargo laid on all the ordinary opera-
tlons Of trade and industry? What have
Harrisburg, Pittsburg and the other
cities of the state to do with a labor
complication local to Philadelphia? II
would be just as sensible and justifiable
to order a strike in the New York sub
way because Z traction company in San
Francisco refused to arbitrate with it's
men.