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New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
GETTING INPATIENT

otner Republican representatives who
sEood by NJ Cannon in The fight last
aarch 10 liberalize the House rules
follow Mr.. LonGworIh-s examine and
announce that they viii not favor a
denomination Of the Speaker The laf-
est Of the Speakers supporters 10 f.x-
press their conviction that he should
decline 10 Ice Z candidate for another
term are Mr.. Humphrey. Of Washington.
and Mr. Walter ]. Smith. of Iowa. bo-b
prominent III the present House oraali-
zation. Mr.. Smith was recognized as
one Of Mr.. Cannon's most efficient lien
teltants. He WIS Z member Of the Com
nittee on Rules appointed by the
Speaker IL the beginning Of the extra
session IL March. 1909. and was con-
taIued aS member Of the enlarged com
hEflee elected by the House III March.
1919 He stood on bis record as a regu-
lar in his campaign for denomination in
the 9th District of Iowa and won after
= lively contest lie has naturally felt
tiaat his chances Of reelection would
be improved if he could free himself
from any obligation. actual or implied.
:" contribute 70 the perpetuation Of sir.
Cannon leadership and tie restoration
81 the system of one-man rule WHICH
tie Speaker still considers esselltiaI ia
responsible party government in tie
House and 1o which az. candidate for
Iea"illlhailon he y still unalferably COM
lritied Mr.. Smith viii ps,bably he HIM
self candidate fer Speaker. Ruf az n
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cheney. No sufficient reason exists rs
yet for expecting that. belief TO be Sc
riously disturbed. for the charges against
the Illinois Central's employees nave not
been proved. and if they are proven
they may reflect an exceptional coiidi-
ton.
Still. when all the facts in this case
come out tiiey may prompt inquiries Oh
the part of the management of other
companies. Briefly, it is alleged that en-
pIoyes of the Illinois Centrni acted IN
coIlusion with contractors doing work
for the railroad. Bills for repairs and
supplies are said to have been padded,
the employees receiving money from the
concerns viii n were permitted to make
the overcharses. One million and hall
dollars are reported TO have been dl-
verted from the treasury of the railroad
in this way. and other frauds in other
accounts are limited at.
As to the possibility that other cor
porations may find similar conditions,
it may be said that business men have
constantly to guard against the cerrup-
ton of employees who have charge of
buying supplies by dealers in those sup
plies. The acceptance of gratuities is
lot confined to the domestic servant
who mikes household purchases. to the
steward who buys on a larger scale or
the coaehman who has to be cOnciliated
by the dealer with horses, carriages,
harness or feed to sell. The custom eX-
tends generally CT offering inducements
t. purchasing agents. Probably these
inducements Dc not often affect mate
rally the faithfulness Of the agent TO
his employer but the tendency is toward
colusion. Of which at its worst the al
legged offences against the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad are examples. Moreover
railroad employees were being bred a few
years ago in the unwhoiesOme knowl-
edge Of profits from ClandeStine and
laWless advantages bestowed. The Sc
Cret rebate set a bad standard of busi-
ness morality fer the purchasing agent
and the supervisors of repairs and new
construction They, too, might obtain
q secret rebate from the contractors
wFom they favored The get-rich-quick
spirit cannot be permitted to luXuriate
III some places and be totally excluded
from others. We hope the Illinois Cen
tral case Will prove to be an isolated
example of lax mana cement. for the
credit of American business administra
tion and because the cost of railroad
grating falls back on the public which
rayS the rates
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23

candidate he viii frankly recognize the
benefits and permanency of the new
order
The list of former Cannon men who
have been defeated for denomination or
have announced their intention noi to
give him their votes again Is ominously
lencthening. He lost Messi's. Calderhead.
Miller. Scott and Reeder iii Kansas Nc
Kinlay aud McT.achlan in California.
Hull in Iowa and Garner In Pennsylva-
1ia-all defeated at the primaries on the
issue of ''Cannonism." Mr.. Bouteii, one
OF his closest friends. has lost renom-
ination i'm Illinois. and more than a
dozen other representatives who stood
behind him last March are not seeking
reelection Among those who have been
renominated the statements of Repre-
sentatives LonEworth. OF Iowa: Smith, OF
Iowa. and Humphrey. Of Washington
clearly reflect a widespread sentiment
adverse to the injection of the Speaker s
candidacy as Il disturbing Issue into this
years campaign II can do the party no
good in any Congress district. and in
many il will do great harm. Mr.. Cannon
ought 10 see that his course so far has
provoked facfionaIism unnecessarily and
* nuJtinc a burden on former supporters
which they ought not TO he expected TO
bear
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Thanks for your editorial IN to-day s
Tribune, why He Should Retire; but, to
one of my way of thinking, 1t is not falr
or just to Joseph G. Cannon.
The House of Representa- tives made the
rules and elected the old hero to enforce
them. If the rules or the Speaker is not
satisfactory to the members, 1t is up TO
them to change one or both. If the latter
no one objects if they make a square fight;
but why should he be asked 10 step down
and out that their interest may be pro-
NOTED?
Not a mothers son of them would OBJ
iect to Cannon if they could be elected or
reelected on their own merits. 1t is be-
cause they fear they cannot that they ask
him to help them by announcing that he
will not be a candidate for the next Speak
ership. I hope he will persist in his re-
fusal. They. not Mr.. Cannon. have brought
about the present situation by foolish leg
islation and by wearing out the peoples
patience: and It is proper, if they want
TO be reelected, that they go before the
electors on their own merits, as Mr.. Can
non purposes TO do. If that results in
Democratic House, so be IL. We are not
much better off now. We can stand Il
Democratic House. but we cannot stand
another Republican House of the type we
have lately had.
AN OLD LINE REPUBLICAN.
New York, Aug. q, 1910.
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that concern all Danes, will be kept per-
manertly in its natural state. Here Amer
leans of Danish descent visiting the oio
country will assemble every Fourth OF
July.
Jackson Your daughter plays on seven
instruments? Man, you're lucky.
Cirouche-I often think so-wheh toii-
slider the number of instruments there ai
Chicago News.
If a desire TO keep Informed on All tiie
dongs of ones home town is an indication
of civic pride, then the man who runs
downtown stand where the newspapers VI
many cities are on sale has an unusuai OPP
portunity to observe where this nome priue
is most pronounced. And the following III
cident the other day proves that II IS hoI
confined TO large cities A woman ap-
preached the stand. She glanced over the
newspapers from Chicago. Philadelphia ana
other big places, and then. with evident sur
prise asked Have you no Port JerNls
newspapers" Politely the man repied III
the negative. 1.-The idea, no Port JerVls
newspapers" pouted the loyal daughter as
size walked away disappointed.
E.va-How do you like that new rouge
Is it & fast color I.,
Fanny-Fine, II will even stand klssinS!
Illustrated Bits.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
WELL DISTRIBUTED GROWTH

The population figures SO far an
nounced by the Census Bureau bear out
the opinion. frequently expressed by The
Tribune that the balance between the
various sections Of the country estab-
lished under the enumeration of 1900
would not he greatly disturbed by the
results Of the enumeration Of 1910. Dis
patches from Washington say that the
census experts there are already con-
ylnced that the focus of population has
not moved from the neighborhood of
Columbus. Ind. where il established IL
self ten wears ago. The great Western
area has had lis first growth and is not
Increasing in population fast enough TO
overcome the second growth of the East.
So long as the United States remained
Il nation chiefly devoted TO agriculture
tie Western pull was irresistible.
Cheap lands not only attracted immigra
ton from abroad but drew away the
workers from Eastern farms. Manufact-
Urine industries had not developed suf-
hciently TO Offset that drain by giving
employment 10 a surplus home popula-
ten and to a large share Of the inflow
from Europe. But IN the last two dec
AIDES the West. outside the Rocky Noun
tain region, has medsurably filled up.
It's best agricultural lands are occupied
and the homeSeeker no longer finds
h"mesjeads awaiting him ON the bargain
counter. In the same period the manu-
factnring industries Of the East and of
The states this side of the Mississippi
River have expanded enormously. and
they and the mines now absorb much
more ~ the annual foreign Immigration
than q" the Western farm lands. The
hesi is growing hut IFS growth is no
longer phenomenal. 1t is adding 10 its
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
THE POLITICAL DOCTOR.
tor Of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In d period of unexampled high
wages and general prosperity the hue and
cry is for a change, and for what? Be
cause many political questions are un-
solved does not Indicate that they are un-
solvable. Haste makes waste" Why the
cost Of living is at its highest and why
it can better be lowered by a Democratic
Congress before the Republican doctor has
prescribed d remedy can proha bly, be an
swered only by referring the question TO
the Democratic party. They can solve
anything.
But the question is in what manner?
VIII the patient live through the opera
ton? The Democratic party has ever been
and is Il negative, cheap money, low wage
aggregation of critics OF what is and ad-
vocates of what is not, the quack doctor
OF economic problems. the builders of i'm
possible air castles and unworkable tIreor-
les Why they can discover the road 70
lower prices for living better than the Re
publican party, trained in the solution of
more difficult problems and experienced in
this. must be referred-to the Democratic
party
II the voters OF this country want fiction
instead of fact, promises instead of de
HNeFy Oh tue SoVuS' al Castles instead OF
useful ones, stones instead OF bread. per
haps the Democratic party can also ex-
plain why. The intelligent voter is going
to ask himself some of these questions and
his common sense is going ia answer him
He is the patient and has got To take the
medicine. The old experienced family doc
tor, Republican Vote is still at the old
stand ready To help him get on his feet
again. LINCOLN 6. CUMMINGS
Brookine, Mass, Aug. o. 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
NEW YORK FROM TIE SUBURBS.

New York may ne provincial. but how
can It help IT, when its local Happenings
are national evcntsc-AlilwauEee journal
The DUO de Montpensier declares that
New York IS Eayer than his native FF4is-
Perhaps in time good PariSianS VIII cone
to New York when they die--HocAeseet
Post Express
New Yo-k subway passengers now hA.S
fans. chewing gum and zee water ara -. a
looking forward 10 the time wEen thO'
VIII have seats Minneapolis JoL.; n,l
Every time d Southeruer goes TO New
York and beats up and down broAa~.@AS.
a couple of weeks he is impressed W.,
the idea that there must De SoInettdns -
these rumors OF a neIaUous attempt 49, -
break the solid South. Louisville Cou-
-ier-JoUrnal.
There viii be no prizehshtlng IN ~ ~
York City. In stopping . recent near H5. 5,;s
THERE Acting Mayer Mitchell expresses .s..
determination to enforce the law pTolh'11l
ing them. PrizehShIng Is dead. ana - -
pUgllist mas become an acL0r--ScF@I'0~
Truth.
The assumption that every New 4erAs.
- likely TO be rreSted FOR minor o-tsHSo,
at some time o. other points the Wlsdo,
of putting the whole population ~ c c@.
catalogue. We do not eXERct 70 see ny
ton OF any sQueaulShneSS on the pa =
the tagged or cardcd. ANY one VIII stSss~
that il is pieaSanter, when arrested - -
rverSpeeGtug IN motor ear or on lne tft,9
White Way. TO hand Out ones card an an
promise tO Cogu" To court later on SUI.
mons tms king timely note OF the ciINui
sIancel. than 10 is To be marched 20 "a -
lice station. there 10 languish on So.
heavily until ulornlnS.-BCston AdSefusS-'
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
RAILROAD GRAFT.

1t has so long been the custom TO con-
trast the administra ton of municipal
corporations with that of business cor
pOratiOns, 10 the disadvantage of the
former. that ii causes some surprise when
;;n officer Of the Illinois Central Rail
road Company says regarding the graft
charges against employees Of that COM
pany:
The mass Of evidence we have OH
tanned is so great that it demonstrates
that political graft in its palmiest con-
ditions pales into insignificance beside
the hoodWinIing of railroad executives
by designing underiings. / predict that
other roads viii wake up, and that their
awakening will produce more than one
surprise.
Political graft in its palmiest days
insignificant compared 10 the graft in Il
r;iilroad company, together with the in
timation thai the condition is not con
fined 10 that one company! This Is IL
startling suggestion 10 Il public that is
accustomed To believing in business eff
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

BY Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Newport. Aug. Duke Francis Joseph
of Bavaria who has been the guest OF Mrs.
Ogden GoeIet. closed his Newport VISIT
to-day. Congressman and Mrs Nicholas
Lonzworth, who have also been Mrs GOe-
let's guests. left here to-day fo- Oyster
Bay to visit ex-Presidert and Mrs. Theo-
dOre Roosevelt
There was another crowd present at the
Casino to-day for the national tennis
tournament Among those present wers
Nine Fritz Schef and her husband. John
Fox. il. They were met by Mrs. Reginald
Brooks and as soon as the principal match
was over departed IN their automobile
They. .notored from Boston this morning
Registered at the Casino to-day were Dr..
and Mrs Graham Bacon, OF New York,
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh D Auchin-
Gloss: Philip o. Mills. Phoenix Ingraham OF
New York who IS visiting Oliver Gould
Jennings: H C.. Morgan. Of New York:
M. and Mrs. Preston Gibson, OF Wash
ingron. guests of Mr. and Mrs James 3.
HaEgin: Count AIdrovandi, OF Bologna. c.
G. WinsIow. OF Boston. guest OF Frederick
H Prince: NJ. and Mrs Cornelius Lee,
Samuel Chew. Of philadelphia, and Fred
erick Winthrop
Tennis Iuncheons were very popular TO-
day Mrs Barger Walach. formerly wcm-
an champion tennis player. was hostess OF
one Of the largest AZ Barger's Lodge Mrs
Edward J. BerWind also entertained az
luncheon at her summer home The ElHls--
Mrs Clarence v. Dolan and Mrs. Georgs
: Scott were dinner entertainers last even
ing. while the largest dinner OF the evening
was given bv Mr. and Mrs. Frederick r. n
Prince OF Boston. at their summer home
The dinner was followed BY dancing
To celebrate the eighth birthday OF Miss
F-ff Wfdener. their daughter Mr. and MIS-
JoseDh z Widener gave a large party az
their summer home this afternoon
A round Of entertainments is being
pIanned in honor OF Rear Admiral SIDNEY
4 staunton and the officers Of the arnored
cruiser squadron, which is due this week
Roger X TVetmore has returned from =
trip abroad
Mr.. and Mrs Reginald c Vanderbiis
have as their guests Mr. and Mrs- Cor
uelius Lee. of Tuxedo
Frederick Winthrop. Of Hamilton Mass,
Is the guest Of Mr. and MS r. L Agasstz-
Mr.. and Mrs z. NJ. Binney. OF Boston:
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln Smith. OF Black
Rock. and Mr. and Mrs A. r. Bell o.
New York are guests az the AIuenCEingsr
King cottage
George II. Benjamin has gone 70 Nsv
York for a short visit.
Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, Who has been naA~
ing a short Newport visit. departed TO-
day for Rye Beach. 1Ie-. where NJ ThsF
is stay wing for his health
Commodore Arthur CUrtiss James Re"
turned 10 New York on the flagship Alohs-
Alfred C. Vanderbilt is expected 5acz
from abroad soon
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
People and S0cfdl lncfdenfs

; Twombly, at Newport. has returned To
Deepdene.
Miss Charlotte Barnes is visiting Ms
James A Burden. in the Adirondacks.
J. Sanford Barnes has gone to Scotland
for the autumn shooting.
Mrs. James o. Carpenter and family Mrs
Joseph z. Hamilton. Mrs. c. D. Roberts
OF Brooklyn and Mr. and Mrs. George v
Chandler. OF Cleveland, are ar the Maple
wood. Pittsfeld.
Miss Ellen Buckner, who has been a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander s. sedz-
wick in Stockbridge. has gone to CfIouces-
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. z. Z. Perkins. Mss Ha-ries
e. Perkins. Mr and Mrs. John ". Bur-
rows. John s. MCGOWAN and Mr and Mrs
Julia d. Fancher, OF New York. who ara
making the ideal motor tour. have arrived
at the Hotel Wendell P1ttsield.
r Augustus Schemerhoru arrived to-day
at Pine Croft Farm
Mrs. W 3. Gflett and Miss X 8 Gil
lett. of Mount Vernon, y. y. are at Green
ock Inn, Lee
Colonel and Mrs. Samuel Bowen. who
have been at the Hotel AspinwaIl have re-
turned 70 New York
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ satterheld. Miss Fish,
MIS- CnarleS AiIilSIFcitS. Aiio tsi1s9ee tIiddEs
and Isabel Armstrong, 2lr. and Mrs. r. "
somer, of New York. and Dr.. De Witt h
Sherman, Of Buffalo. are at the Hotel As
pinwan
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Narton and Z C.
seamans arrived at the Curtis Hotel to-
day
Mrs Samuel rockingham IS a. Bsver-
y, Mass
Dr. Henry @ Haven has returned from
Nantucket.
A Oldin satter and Mrs. 2 Y Pierce.
VINO have been staying At the Curtis Hotel
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
LEy Telegraph to The

BY Telegraph to The TTibunel
I.enox. Aug 22-Alexander 5 Webb. IT.
Mrs. John Z. Alexandre's brother. who Is
at Spring Lawn, has authorized the state
1r,ent that because of Mr.. Alexandre's death
the invitations for the wedding of Miss
Helen L. Alexandra and Bayard C. hop
pin would be recalled. The marriage viii
take place at Spring Lawn in the week
beginning September and Will be pr1-
vate. the only guests being immediate rela-
tives of Miss Alexandr and Mr. ~oppln-
Probably the ceremony will be performed
on September 10. the original cate for the
wedding,
CAPTAIN and Mrs. John 5. Barnes and
Miss Cornelia Barnes are making a motor
trip through the White Mountains
Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane VIII
return from Bar Harbor on Wednesday
Mrs. William A. NJ. Burden. who has been
with her mother, Mrs. Hamilton Mex
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
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New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
TIE SPIDER 4ND TIE

THE SPIDER AND THE Fly.
The fly is doomed all enlightened
mankind is seeking its life It may have
performed quite well the work of sCav-
enging which our ancestors did not know
enough 10 do for themselves. but we of
tie present generation. with our means
of sanitation. do not require its services,
whose price is infection.
But what Of the spider? Do we not
owe it handsome apology for the OBJ
lequy heaped upon it by benighted ear
iier generations, which we have unthink-
iagly kept alive 10 the present hour? =?
In the days when the flies were clean
ing house for mankind and carrying
TO 1t diseases innumerable the spider
vas huSily keeping down their numbers
in the interest of the public health. Yet.
such is the ingratitude of ignorance. it
was the spider that was ba anished from
the habitations of man, while the fly was
allowed 10 remain. Our grandmothers
Tot only feared the spider, they hated it
for its cruelty, and our grandfathers,
I.reiudiced at second hand by feminine
Influences. as men often are even 10
this day. invented the proyerbiaI wisdom
Of the spider. its parIor, and its inno-
cent victim. the fly MisTadgment is the
fate of all benefactors of the race who
are ahead of their time.
That proverb Will lave to he eX-
plunged Its injustice is too fragrant in
this era of fypaper, 'fytraps and screens.
II will be the first act of tardy justice
toward a long misunderstood teacher of
sanitation. The only early tribute TO its
virtues, the story of the spider that
saved the fugitive princes life by weav-
ing q web across the entrance of the
cave. must be expanded into a hero tale,
and published in sumptuous form, with
colored illustrations, for the nursery. in
accordance with whose requirements our
arts and daily life are being ordered
ever more circumspectly. Little Miss
Mufet, too. must appear in q new vev-
sion, in which her fear of the spider
VIII be changed into trustfuI friend
ship. and if wicked flies threaten
her curds and whey, so much the better
for the moral. Only, let Us remember
that we need q substitute for the mis-
representative spider-and-fy proverb at
once
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
GOOD NEWS FROM BRUSSELS
Victor D. Brenner Reports American
Exhibits Unframed

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Since my arrival last week from
Europe | have read several reports eX-
pressing anxiety about the American ART
exhibit as having suffered loss in the re-
cent fire at the Brussels exposition HaV-
ing charge myself of the American exhibit
there. I beg to state that the Paials deS
Cfnquantinaire. in which all the fine arts
are exhibited, is about fifteen minutes
walk from where the fire occurred
American sculptors are represented IN
the Brussels exposition with I00 WorkS'
of which Mrs c. 2. Ball has one, John
Flanagan thirteen, James T. Fraser SIX
teen, DR. R. T. Mckenzie eight, II. A. Nc
Neil four, Jeanett Scudder twelve, A 4.
Weinman sixteen, Victor u. Brenner eighty.
We occupy almost an entire wall space
very well exposed, and the quality OF the
work attracted much attention, and was
well commented upon at the international
Congress of Nunismatists and Art MEDAL
lists held June 26-29 inclusive
Several of our sculptors have had IN
quiries for copies of their work from va
riouS museums.
VICTOR D. BRENNER-
New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
The RECORD AND TIE OUTLOOK.

From The Rochester Democrat and ChroIli-
Gle
The recollection of any citizen VIII BRING
before him q record lizzie short or mar
IouS IN what has been accomplished ny ths
Republican party II TINS SCe>s ,--~ pa
lie good in the last four years IJn airec1
nominations the only exception or any e.
count everything that Governor rtu--eS
has recommended has been enacted. oeSioeS
a number Of other measures OF wisdom alld
utility II is only ON direct ucWlnaLlolS
that there is now a lack Of harmony BolA
the benefits and tine psrilS OF that system
have. We are convinced. been OVerSJal9o'
but its adoption IN at least the smaller 20
litical units Of the state Is inGubiJably an
imminent prooa hiIiJv under Rspuc!lcdH
auspices. on the other hand, what hope =
there Of any workable legislation TOY pI5.
mary reform from the Democratic parry :
None whatever while TamU2uy Hail ~
lists.