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New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

One Of the leaders in the Votes for
women" movement in New York became
enthusiastic at tea party a few days ago
over the report from Olympia, Wash, that
the first jury of women. drawn from a
venire of women only. had been praised
by Judge Giles. who said that they were
superior to any jury" that had ever sat
in his court And said a woman who
had expressed herself as opposed to woman
suffrage 1.-The Washington women showed
that although their eligibility for jury duty
is of only a few days standing, they had
already acquired the ways of men. for
every woman whose name had been drawn
asked to be excused"
Dublev-Of course every young man
thinks he'd be perfectly happy II he could
only have his own way.
Wise-Yes, and the older he grows the
happier he is TO think that he didn't have
1.-THE Catholic Standard ard Times.
Representatives Campbell. of Kansas. and
Mann. of Illinois, whose dialogue on the
subject of baths or no baths for members
of the lower house of Congress was widely
discussed, will receive from a Wall Street
man. if he does not change his mind about
parting with what he calls an "art treas
ure," a pict,Ye Of two long bearded men,
who are supposed to have this conversa-
ton:
And you rented that house?'
"Yes-why not?
"It hasn't got bathroom in it,
81 know. but I'm only going to stay a
year
tients has escaped and is hiding somewhere
in the city
ASYLUM Keeper-Not for month yet
Half the towns celebrating a football VIC
tory and the other half is paying up freak
election bets.-Judge
Chicago has ceased to look upon its SID, 600
a wear woman superintendent of schools a
an experiment a novelty. Mrs. Ella
EIagg Young, recently reelected unanimous
". is an institution 1.-The Chicago Trib-
une'' says adding: when an executive
laces administrative efficiency with COM
mon sense. human insight and broad, far
reaching sympathies, that executive be-
comes a pearl above price In any organ
ization."
Coster (who usually describes these things
as fresh laid eggs"l-E-lec-s eggs.
absolutely ROTTEN! 7 =
Punch.
owen Wister fears that the eik-the real
four footed kind. not the two-legged fra
ternty-will be extinct in five or six years
unless they have further protection. stop-
ping in Chicago a day or two ago, after n
visit TO the Rocky Mountains Mr.. Wister
said: AT present elk are in great danger
of <being wiped out by starvation Their
winter range becomes so covered with snow
that they have no feeding ground. / In
tend to start a movement at Washington IN
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
ST. ERkENWAUD,
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle
A church at Southend has been dedicated
to ST. ETkenwald-the only one OF its kind
in existence. Erkeuwaid, who was Rishop
OF London from Ga To 69s A. d.. was AT
one time very popular saint in his coun-
try. 1t was he who built the first stone
of ST. Paufs. He too IL was
who erected in the eastern portion of the
city the gate which gave the name 10
BishopsrAte. This prelate suffered from
had TO be carried about on a Hitter After
his death this litter was carefully nre-
served in Old ST, Paul's where he was
buried. and III course of time 'miraculous
virtues We're attributed 10 II. IL was held
TO be sovereign cure for fever. and fever
stricken pilgrims from all parts of the
country would flock To the shrine of 81
IrrkeuWaii - -
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
THE NEWS TR!S MORNING.

CONGRESS. Lodge spoke In
support of tariff revision schedule by
schedule An urgent deficiency Dill
CARRYING 100000 was passed Icy botn
houses.
FoREIGN.-The British elections have
resulted in & net gain OF two seats 1or
the Liberals Four men, were
killed as a result OF the police raid on
6 burglars headquarters in London
Forty Jewish families VIII be eX-
relied from Moscow on January IA
p A. AIf,erti former Minister Of Justice
sn Denmark who confessed TO the en-
feezzlement of S23plel0. was sentenced
st Berlin to eight years penal serrftuoe.
The editions Of five daily news
papers were conhscated at St Peters
burg and the editors Will be prosecuted
for lese majestic for publishing a speech
made in the Doums- - A courier ar
irving at Tangier told of the robbery or
$1,000 at a postal station at f'ez- -
The oath 6isavowing modernism re-
ouired OF theological professors by the
Vatican has caused schism in the
faculty at the University Of Munich
a dispatch from Washington SAYS
the city of Guerrero is still in the hands
of the Mexican rebels.
poMESTIC-The Senate committee g
which investigated the election Of Sena-
tor lorirler of Illinois, cleared him of
sny connection with alleged bribery.
The conference of the American
Society for Judicial Settlement Of In
fernaIional Disputes closed with din
,aer. at which President-Taft was the
principal speaker. - The revenue
cutter Gresham, towing the disabled
schooner y. f. Aver and carrying the
crews of two wrecked schooners, reached
Prorincetown. Mass: she left almost i'm
inediately and picked up the dereiect
AGSCA-
chuSettS Bay. Decision was re-
served at Kingston. y. Y. by Justice
Belts on an application to continue the
temporary Injunction restraining the
State Prison Commission from award
ing the contract for the new stat prison
ut WinRdale, N Y. The Rev. Henry
A Sargent, a former Episcopalian. was
ordained a sub-Geacon of the Roman
Catholic Church. ct Boston.
CITY-Stocks were strong. - This
Cunard liner Mauretania sailed promptly
on time on her return 20 Liverpool in
the effort TO make the round trip in
twelve days. - A national conference
here decided against the proposition TO
change the name Of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church. A force of work
men. at the instance of Park CommiS-
sioner Stover tore down part Of the
fruit stand at the Brooklyn Bridge stairs,
= matter that has been in litigation for
q long time DR.. Henry van Dyke
told the students of Princeton that his
resignation was due neither to i'll health
nor the Brick Church. The ad-
rninistrator OF the L. j. Coolidge estate
was removed by the Surrogate on
charges that he had wasted nearly all Of
the property. Governor elect Dix
discussed several OF the Offices which he
has to fill. - ". r. Holt, an English
newspaper man, saw America" in
thtrtv-efg1t hours and sailed for home
THE WEATHER-Indic for to-
Day Fair The temperature yesterday:
Highest. q degrees. at p. m., lowest
u. at q m.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
People and Social Incfde7fs
AT THE. WHITE HOUSE.
fE.ro,r, The Tribune Bureau.


u.,;rs,or Dec 1.-THE President was
r,ucb 1ratified to-day to learn OF the intro
suction of a bill in the house whicn VIII
90 far toward stopping the manufacture Oh
rhosnhor,s matches as IL Is the hrst OF
bia legislative Recommendations TO De act
ed on.
Dr David Starr Jordan and DR.. r,hwaFu
II Prince had another conference with the
President discussing the Newfoundiahd
fisheries regulations
Ir,riour department matters were dis
.rsssd at 4 special meeting Of the Cabinet
this afternoon.
President Taft telegraphed to Mrs. Johh
u Merrill chairman Of the American Ma
+io,aI Ped Cross in San Francisco. AS
pres;den+ of the National Red Cross ex-
nress tba hope that your efforts TO raise
q fund nv the sale of the Red Cross Chrise-
mas GOALS NAV be successful. ! understand
fron, Iudee MORROW. of the national centrai
cor,,r,i.tee that Nine Tetrazzfni ia coop
.r,.;,c With you Please convey TO heF
I'D all IF vo,1r associates In this effort my
thanks"
c..o- Warmer Representatives Town
.a,a cr,i+b NJ Iowa and Prince. and Cen
oral p Nettleton called the President
attention tn the bill reported by the House
poneion Committee which would cause an
increase in the pension appropriation Dill Oh
a,nroxin,stelv 500 eO0. Mr.. Taft SAID ne
h.d not had time to take the question up,
but would do so soon
The name of Charles Cottr1ii, or Ioieoo'
q negro. for collector of customs at Homo
l,,u. was included in the list or honiinS-
tions sent to the Senate
Senator Terrell and Representatives
Adamson, Rodenberg and Lee taiheo 10
the President about the action OF GernialS
in irnnosing an export duty on potash M
Taft intiu1ated that he hoped for sdtiS-
factory adjustment OF the question
Representative Burleson urged the ap-
pointment Of Charles ogden. OF san All
tonic TO q Circuit judgeship and the pro-
motion of Colonel William cary Ni"h0 ~
the rank of brigadier general
The President was invited nS oono'"i
BURTON and Representatives Douglass, Den-
YER and AshbrooiS and Secretary I-ioyo
Of the national corn show 10 atleho 'Ao
n,.,r which is 70 be held In Cincinnati on
February 3. Mr.. Taft will give an answer
later.
President Taft will attend the Southern
Society relief ball. to be given IN TINS CITY
on January 23, having accepted the invita-
ton Of Senator Swanson.
Senator Bacon introduced J. r. Gray
editor of 'The Atlanta Journal, VINO loio
the President that his promotion OF JUSTICE
White and appointment of Judge LaiiaT
had won for him host OF friends ana ad-
mirers in the South
Among the White House callers were
Senators Fletcher. Clarke, OF Arkansas
Taliaferro. Purcell. Sutherland, Lodge,
Warner. Stephenson, Piles and Dixon and
REPRESENTATIVES. Andrus, Howard, Wheeler,
parsons. Mann. Hill, Tilson. Burleson'
Cameron. Adamson, Smith, OF Michlgan'
O1cott- Sparkn1an, Stafford and Aiken.
The President delivered an address TINS
aveninp ar the dinner of the American So
cietv for the Judicial Settlement OF inter-
national Disputes.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
BELATED.

In reporting favorably an amend
rnent to the federal Constitution provid-
ing for the election of Senators by direct
vote the subcommittee OF the Senate
judiciary Committee seems TO have
scted Oh the principle of unlocking the
Goor after the horse has been stolen.
Until the states had discovered way
Of circumventing the constitutional ar
rangemeni by which Senators were 10 lie
chosen by the legislatures on their
ewn responsibility the Senate stood fast
against the popular method of choice as
an invasion both of its privileges and Of
the guarantees Of the Constitution. Now
that Senators are being nominated and
elected by the direct choice of the voters
snd legislatures of one party are elect
inc Senators of another party designated
ST the polls. the upper branch of the
national legislature is beginning 10 give
p friendly. If belsted. attention To the
suggestion that the direct method de-
serves formal constitutional sanction.
The House Of Representatives has
rs ssed four resolutions submitting an
amendment authorizing the popular elec-
fion of Senators. Such action WAS taken
on Iuiy 31- 1894: Nav H. 1895 !:
April Is. 1900. and February 13. 1892
Rut the Senate refused in each case
'o concur in the House resolution.
Al that time the issue was one of
rracrical importance. But IL ceased
10 be Of urgent interest when the
states began 10 introduce the system If
primary nominations for the Senate,
which nominations were held TO be
morally binding on legislators belonging
10 the party conducting the primary.
Agitation in behalf Of the direct method
simost died away after Oregon under
fcok the experiment of designating SeDa-
fors in regular election. the designa-
fion controlling the choice of the Legis-
lature. no matter whether that body hap
pened to lie politically in harmony or
not with the nominee approved 10y the
voters.
& constitutional amendment requiring
all the states Ia choose Senators by
direct vote would probably be ratified.
II euhn,i,fed. for gssout fwo-fhirds of the
states have ALREADY Indicated iii one
war or another their readiness 10 drop
she indirect systeni. Yet The submission
Of such ar amendment is scarcely neces-
sary. inasn,uch as the result at which
1. aims can he accomplished without
federal action. and has. in fact, already
been largely accomplished There is no
more need how of formal alteration
cY the terms OF the Constitution In re-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

Spect to the choice of Senators than
there is of an alteration Of The constitu-
tional provisions for the choice of Presi-
dent and Vice-President through the
agency of the Electoral College Theo-
retically the President and NicePresi-
state electoral colleges. but for all prac-
teal purposes those colleges have be
come fuacfus offcio. The President ano
Nice-President are really elected by the
direct action of the voters. Senators
can also be elected by direct vote when
ever the people of the various states de
eide 10 relieve the legislatures of Il
power which they now exercise only by
popular Slifferance
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
WESTERN MEAT PRICES
Stock Grower Pleads for Concessions
tn Lower Cost of Production.

To the Editor of The Tribune. :
Sir. sbaye read Secretary wilson
statement regarding the conditions ." -"
Western ranges and also your eo''''i''
comments thereon.
The present hostile attitude to"ai F"
stoekmen In the arid states wouio oe
modified If the people of the East rish'''
understood how we are really the mea'
growers of the nation and how their WEI
fare is best served by assisting us 10 faiso
chean beef and mutton i'm the enormous
quantities that We do, rather than hihdei
Ing us.
Almost all OF the fat stock marketed p9
the corn growers of the Middle west coiies
primarily from us. The great hVes'oe"
markets at South Omaha, Kansas City, 81
Louis and Chicago are merely points W
exchange, where the tralnloads OF 'hi''
cattle and sheep reared on the grass dioiio
of the Western ranges are sofa to 'i'o
crowds of small farmers from the gram
growing states, to be fattehed ioi '
butchers block. These farmers cannot a.
ford to give over to stock growing only the
land that they have bought for from sio"
to 5000 an acre.
Whenever the nation must look 70 tne
Mississippi and Missouri Valley states u
grow its meat poor men Will cease 10 eat
it. In Europe the laborer has no meat oi'
his table The German peasant even
makes his soup out OF soaked preao- Inc
value of the land upon which livestock 10
grown there puts meat to price "heie
only the aristocrat can afford IT,
The present decline in meat prices Is due
10 a natural cause. No grass grew on tiie
ranges. and it was imperative that the
stock be put on the market. we were
pnched by the losses of the previous
winter and confronted with another COM
ing on while we were destitute OF 1eed oii
the South Omaha market 6o.Oeo sheep oay
came TO be looked upon as the eApecteu
thing. The runs of cattle We're OF the
same astonishing numbers. Only the I'M
mense corn crop in the Middle west saved
us from bankruptcy. The farmers were
hungry for feeders, and kept the market
steady in spite of the receipts until the
last week in October, when prices broke
and the market became demoralized.
This depletion of the Western ranges
bodies no good to the future OF meat prices
We have been obliged to market our best
breeding stock, cows and ewes of the best
ages, such as we never sold before. 1t
will be years before we can recover in
numbers the losses that this year has
brought to us.
Appeal was made to Washington to al
low us to put our stock in the forest re-
serves, that We might save ourselves from
extinction. But they could not act on the
application until the patient was dead"
The grass is allowed to grow uncut and
unpastured in the reserves. 1t would be
both economy and safety to have 1t grazed.
This growth Of tall, dry grass formed a
fire trap, and as consequence we have had
the worst fires on record and an appalling
loss of human life. The latter was some
thing unheard Of in Western forests until
the policy of the Forestry Bureau made it
possible. WESTERN SUBSCRIBER.
Lost Cabin, Wyo., Dec. 10, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

,,,a.o returns are. of course. not yet
available. but there are before US tlie
figures for the first o92 divisions out OF
the 6TO or more than 43 per cent OF Tue
whole. In them only 2.6329 1868 VOTES
were cast. against 2.S39.9S2 last January,
:, less of 2O7O O19. This is said TO nave
been due largely to the fact thal TIC
election was held under the old regls'ra-
ton. Perhaps that is SO, and II IL Is we
may regard il as less unsatisfactory
than an explanation on the OASIS ol
popular Indifference and apathy Never
theIess, ii adds to the unsatisfactorii'ess
Of the whole outcome and to the uncer-
taintv Of the result of possible third
election next year.
1t NAV be. however. that these yer!
circumstances will result in moving the
rival leaders to seek another CONFERENCE
in which the constitutional issues may
he settled calmly and reasonably. IN
deed. there may be hint of inclinatloil
to such a course in recent Speech oi
Mr.. David Lioyd-George. made Whei
more than third of the new House nad
been elected and it was obvious that the
government would not have the majority
for which it had hoped. He declared
that If the government should secure an
adequate majority in the House II wou'o
dispose of the question Of the House oI
Lords without another appeal TO the
country. and that if the Lords then-
selves made better proposals for the SET
tlement Of the dispute than the govern
ment itself there was no reason why IL
should not accept them. 1t would not
be strained or far-fetched to interpret
that as meaning that the mere repetl-
ton of last winters majority would not
he adequate. and that the government
would no in a receptive mood for COM
promises with the Opposition.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

obtsip new land for a preserve for the ami
mails. A man can drive to the huntlhs
grounds in an autcrnibile and within a few
minutes. walk from the place where he
leaves the machine he can find a drove OK
Ill, THAT isn't snort. A real hunter wants
more of the chase than that.
why did you kill your parrot .ao po'A
bird meant nothing by its profanlt!
II could stand its profanity, put J.. 70,
N initiate the lawn mower last summer
Washington Herald.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

would be il 1t was using it te turn the
wheels Of mills. According to these de-
cisions. it should be possible to bar ef-
fectiyely any menace to this precious
possession of the state by any private
corpora ton
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Christmas holidays will take a Iaroa
tinsent of society out of town on ,r,,.
day and Friday next. Country -
Long Island. in westchester Cou,., '''
the Hudson Valley at Mount t-, NiV''s,
at Lenox will he opened for Tho anu
and Tuxedo. Lakewood and oth.- 'S,''' s,.s''ss
s "'i' De en- fete. Christmas house
pa't's are In order. and all who ca, -
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
3yfm1Qork dribu,tf.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER is. 1910.

This newspaper IS orned and puO-
ifsHed bg The Tribune Association
Nea, Tork corporation: Office dnd p'fh-
cipol place OF business. Tribune B"'td-
Sno. No 154 Nassau stTeef, Ae~ 1"h, /,
Oc6er Mills. president; Ogden IL Reta,
secrcfor-y: James ~. Barrett. treasurer
The address Of the officers IS the once
Of this ne'rspGpcr-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
THE CABINET.

From The Tribune Rureau-1
WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-THE Secretary o.
tho Navy IS recovering from the attack OIL
,tomaine poisoning which caused his ao-
sence from the Cabinet dinner
The Secretary OF the Interior and MIS-
Ra11ipeer entertained informally at dinner
Tonight.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
AND CONSIDERABLY BIGGER.

From The San Francisco Chronicle
Americans smoked and drank a great deal
more last year than ever before. Without
necessarily indofsing smoking and drinkins
1t may be noted that the fact indicates the
country Was prosperous.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

II Is agreeable to learn that a, plank
of the new Liberal policy IN Great brlt-
ain will be "a full and cordial under
standing with the United States, for
that is simply an assurance that the pol
lev of the last few years Will be main
tanned If the relations between the two
countries could be materially more
o,rdia, than they now are it would be
Interesting to know in what respect.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
ONE PROBABLE RESI-, IT

From The Buffalo Express
With some Of the noises in the CITY stou,ed
In conformity tn the order of the New York
Polhre Commissioned. there will he suffcient
quiet for the rest of the noises to be heard
more distinctly
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

The immature preferences of the STU
dents of a mid-Western university IN
matters theatrical are of no Importance
whatever to lovers of the drama or 20
the drama itself. We are beginning to
take youth and it's pronouncements Win
preposterous gravity. At the most, the
opinion expressed by the youngsters can
be taken as a reflection upon the teach
ing of the dramatic literature depart
1nent of the university In question.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

In all solemnity we urge the Congress
of the United States, duly assembled, TO
pause before abolishing the Congress
sional bathtubs. The issue is too great
to be decided hastily. Cleanliness is ad
mitted to be next to godliness. With
Democratic House. a great proportion of
the public has lost hope OF any godli
ness In Congress. Therefore, would it be
well now to dash all hope Of that sec
ondary quality which, though secondary.
is so desirable? And merely in the in
terest of economy, too? Every instinct
rises in protest at this false-too, too
false-economy.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

It looks as if we might commute to
and from Brooklyn on the ice this sea-
son. as we did in 1888, the year of the
great blizzard.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

1t is encouraging to know that New
Yorks foreign commerce is increasing
both relatively and absolutely. and that
its percentage of that of the whole coun-
try was 4S.45 last year, against 4S.ll
ten years ago. 1t is to be hoped that the
increase will continue until this port re-
gains it former proud status, with more
than one-half of all the foreign trade of
the nation passing through it. That de-
sire does not mean that the trade of
the nation should be dwarfed and re-
stricted to less than twice what New
York can handle, but rather that New
York should expand it's facilities and its
abilities so as to handle more than half
of the commerce Of the nation, no mat
ter how great its total volume may be.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

Two more distant earthquakes have
heen recorded by Western sesmo-
graph. Another instance of coal sllde
down the cellar Of an adjacent engine
room?
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

fucciuis ; opera Madama Butterfly has
eeen selected by the committee OF manage
ment of the Society for Italian immigrants
tor the special performance to be given for
the neneht OF the society on January H.
Mfs- i-criiiard Spencer is chairman OF tha
c'n"li'tee' MISS Doana secretary and WN-
'''i" n' Rowland. treasurer among the otnes
,ie,,'oerS oeing Mrs W. Il. Osgood Field.
MrS Cadwala6er Jones and Mrs ]. HopA
kIns Smith
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

Frederick Townsend Martin gave 4
luncheon yesterday at Sherry's in honor %
Lord Deeies and Colonel p. y Kenna. V
e. and Mrs. kenna. who sailed later in the
AFTERNOON with Lord Decies for England
on the Mauretania. Among the othe-
guests were Miss Vivien Gould, Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony j. Drexel jr.. and Miss Con-
stance Warren.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

MIS- John X DreSei win give reception
this afternoon at her home. In East s.d
street. fer Mrs. Ballington Booth.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

Mrs. William Church Osborn gives a lars.
dinner-dance on Thursday evening az tha
Madison avenue home Of her sister, Miss
Grace Dodge. for her debutante daughter,
Miss Aileen Osborn and on the same night
Mrs. Artenlas Holmes has a dinner-dancs
for Miss Hilda Holmes at No. ASS Madison
avenue
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

General and Mrs Howard Carroll have
taken possession of their new house as
Fifth avenue and eith street. for the win
ter They had been at the Hotel Gothars
since returning to town.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

Among the dances Of the week IS that
which Mrs. Lindley Hoffman Chaplin has
arranged TO give on Friday evening next
at her house in West 18th street for Miss
Katharine Cha pin, who came out last year.
It will be preceded by a dinner. Mrs.
Chaplin will give another dinner dance on
Wednesday week for her younger daush-
ter. Miss Cornelia Chaplin. who will not
make her debut until twelve months hence
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

Here In town hospitalities on Christmas
Day, at any rate. viii be confined to near
relatives and very intimate friends. and
there win be a virtual suspension OF for
NAL entertainments from Friday. vheu
several dances take place. until Tuesday,
when the ball will resume its rolling