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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06
GRADE CROSSING EXPENSE

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir. I read with interest the editorial in
to-days Tribune i'm respect to Grade
Crossing Costs" and ii is a matter OF re-
greet perhaps that the United States Su-
preme Court does not seem to be in har-
mony with the views therein expressed.
From case in that court now before me
/ read as follows:
The claim of the reIator Iuyolves An as
sumption that when the railroad construct
ed its line of road. conforming to the re-
quirements of the law. as To all then exist
Ihs hlEhWay crossings, 1t had a constitu-
uonal right by virtue Of it's priority To al
ways afterWard operate its road uueDbar-
raised by being required to observe like
precautions with respect to highways that
might be thereafter laid out across the
railroad. except upon the condition that IL
should receive compensation not merely
Tor whatever OF its acquired property might
he taken for the other use but also for the
expense and burden OF conforming its own
conduct To the newly existing conditions
Of the state, not before applicable There
was no such exclusive or superior right ac-
quired by priority of charter or Of the con-
structiOn of this railroad highway
II cannot be supposed that when its fran
chises were granted to this reIator TO cor
Struct and operate this railroad il was con-
no more public highways should he laid
out. which should increase the number OF
places where the ordinary police reguIa-
lions would have To- be complied with by
the railroad company TO its Inconvenience
and expense on the contrary. It must have
been understood and contemplated
that new streets and roads would he and
must be laid out. and that many Of these
would necessarily cross existing railroad
lines. We cannot resist the conclusion that
so Jar es concerns the matter now under
consideration. the charter Of the reIatOr
was taken subject To the right of the state
to impose this duty whenever. by reason Of
the adjustment OF new highways. il
should become necessary, and hence the re-
latOr IS not entitled 10 compensation for
obedience 60 this requirement.
In the leading case ~ the New York e.
New England Railroad Company agt Bris-
tOl, reported in Isl L. :. 800 the United
states Supreme Court also held that II was
perfectly proper to impose upon a railroad
corporation the entire expense OF a change
of grade az a highway crossing.
a EDWARD WOODRUFF.
New York April >. 1910
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Gated 70 proper appreciation % the stage.
JOSEF Deisenriede who was the prompter
of the company which performed there
few weeks ago. published letter IN the
little paper. in which he said: II wish 20
notify the theatre public that / nave re
siSEed my place as prompter because J
was compelled by necessity to do SO For
Eve days my family and myself had to sub
sist on boiled potatoes and tea because oil
my small income. Oh. art is so jolly!
so YOU think worry kills more people
than wOrk?'
I'm sure Of it" replied the sarcastic set
enlist.
Because So many people find it easier
than work and devote their time 10 II
Washington Star.
In re light OF graft stories rem Pitts
burg and elsewhere. the stand which
deputy in the Italian house of parliament
took will be read with interest. The Pa
tris degli Italiani'' says that Giovanni
Bovia. member OF parliament and writer,
was recently approached by a French bank
cr. who wished Bovia 10 allow his name
TO ba used in connection with a matter OF
business. to give the scheme character.
The service. he insnuated. would he worth
round million to BOvia. who declined 1t.
however. without a moments hesitation.
There is no law" he wrote against my
complying with your request, but il would
70 n crime nevertheless. You who have
lived in Naples and others must know that
I live from hand to mouth. with my family.
by teaching and by writing, and that the
accumulation Of a million would be an i'm
possibility from that source Eut my work
makes me independent, and the million
would be suDerfuOus. You say that TO one
in Rome would know, thar all would be
kept secret; but would not ] know it, HOH
bankers may leave your consciences at the
foot Of the Alps and resume them again
OF your return. but 7 carry mine wherever
40. \ decent. honest man will never 90
anything which he must keep secret or COW
cred up
"Hartney Is a lucky fellow-rever both
erred by women who wish 70 ride in his
automobile
Why Is that?''
His license number begins " ith a tnir-
y cen. Buffalo Express.
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THE PENSION QUESTION.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir. I have read with a great deal OF
satisfaction William :. Canon's convincing
reply to the letter OF William .. Smith
on pensions
II is hard To understand how any one
vino makes any pretensiOr to Justice and
fair dealing can object 10 having living
Union veterans Of the civil War and
widows ana orphans or deceased ones we'll
cared for by the government that lives
because of their faithful service and great
sacrifice. Liberal pensions would not fully
repay the soldiers whose prowess and en-
durancc. with the help and blessing OF
divine Providence. saved the Union and
kept the dear old flag of tender. precious
memory from trailing ia the dust
Would II not he more 20 Uncle SANS
credit TO be "a hopeless bankrupt than 10
withhold "A just recompense from the men
who did not falter when needed In the
long. perilous struggle for the preservation
Of the Union? They who begrud=e these
men their Just dues would be otherwise. di
posed II they had had trial OF the hard
conditions that would surely have followed
81 the forces that fought under the Union
fiag had been crushed
= PATTERSON GNSTON
Iuroo,ville. Penn, April I. 1910
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PROBLEMS OF THE NATION
They'll Be Entrusted to the Tried
Party Correspondent Saws.

To The Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The party of Democracy has ever
been. and consistently maintained its pres
tge as. party oC criticism or what is
without demonstrating or showing con-
structively what should be.
DR.. Woodrow Wuson-always interesting
and sometimes prOphetic-ia his recent
remarks leads one 10 hope yet for the
political millennium. His forecast that the
Democratic party If il take advantage
of the present opportunity, without sell
fshness. with patriotic enthusiasm. q.
will win. not mere party success. but
glory" is optimistic in the extreme: and
it may lie remarked that if il does. it will
he the first time in its history IL has done
so.
Great and constructive as the growth o.
the Republican party has been. the coun-
try's growth has been greater and its proc
lens correSpondingly momentous and In
creasing. That its policies of rational ma
tional control need quickening and expan-
sion to keep step with this growth is but
healthy sign and need cause no alarm
among Democrats-nor raise false hopes
The Republican party. great in its personnel
constructiveness and execution. will arise.
as i'm the past. crowned with rich expert
ence and moderation. to its larger oppOr-
tunities as the cOnserver Of individual and
corporate rights and evolution
The People of the United States are
prone to judge the future by the results
Of the past and know that mot failure
but low aim is crime" The problems of
the nation have arisen and are upon us
prosperity problems. progression problems
and the safe and sane voters of this
country arc trained veterans and know the
sallacy Of swapping horses when crossing
the stream"
The people OF the United States have ever
depended upon themselves" and it Is not
necessary for the Democratic party TO be
urged To challenge the people 10 do so
IT is indeed a wise and opportune sugges-
ton 10 urge upon the Democratic party
"a revival Of popular politics and of re-
sponsthie leadership" This is self-evident-
ly case Of must, and not of may
LINCOLN G. CUMMINGS.
Pinehurst. \. c.. April I. 1910
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wish the states representatives against
ir9egula7ity. fraud and intimidation.
Most OF those laws were repealed in
1924. when the Democratic party had
possession % The executive ana both
branches % Congress. Subsequent he
publican Congresses Jailed la re-enact
them, thinking 81 wiser 10 leave The gen
eral conduct Of elections 10 the states
BIZ Recently when 4 federal corTun!
practices law was framed Congress for
hade corporations. whether state or fed
eral. 10 make money contributions in
connection with elections nj which PreSi-
DENTAL and Nice4'residential electors or
Representatives ia Congress were to be
voted Tor or elections al which leCislas-
ores were 10 bee chosen. which should
subsequently ha called upon 10 elect
United States Senators.
II seems plain that II = distinction is
10 be maintained between state elections
pure and simple and stale elections at
fected with q federal interest The second
class must include not only elections for
the House Of Representatives. hut also
4 '
Dental electors and for members OF the
two branches of the state legislatures.
In granting negroes the riChi 10 vote for
Representatives IN Congress while denY-
ing them the right 10 vote for members
81 the state Legislature the Maryland
nu!lifcationiSts have also overlooked the
provision OF the federal Constitution de
lied 90 vote FOR members of the lower
fedora house. section Of Article II of
the Constitution says: The House OF
Representatives shall De composed Of
members chosen every second year 10y
the people q the several states. and
ELECTORS i'm each state shall have the
qualifications requisite FOR electors Of
'the mos1 numerous branch 81 tine state
Legislature. II negroes cannot vote for
members Of 1.-The most numerous branch"
81 the Maryland Legislature they clearly
cannot vote for Representatives In Con
cresS.
Pract ically The distinction made lay the
Annapolis Calhounites j. "a Intellectual
one. II does not properly divide state
from federal elections. But even if it
did. such n division would not help the
diSfranchisemcut scheme The Fifteenth
Amendment 10 the federal Constitution
covers all elections held under the au-
thority OF stale. u SAYS that the right
'of citizens Of the United STATES To- vote
shall NOT he denied cor abridged 10y the
Il nited States or by any state an account
Of race. color or previous condition Of
"servitude" Discrimination on these
grounds in inadmis>ihle whether the cleo
tion in question is local. municipal. state
o. national
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TRE LNDIANA PL4rEoRN-

The platform adopted yesterday 10y
tie Indiana Republican State Conyeu-
ton viii probably h" construed Icy the
Observation-Disclosures press as rebuke
10 the President. Because the Repuhli-
cans of Indiana declined to indorse the
Payne tariff law AZ "A successful fulfil
ment OF the paTTy'S pledges in the cam
paign Of 1905 ii will be argued that
they have taken issue with the acknowl-
edged leader OF the party. who has
expressed at least qualified approval
81 the revision recently made II will
pe said that am "inSurgeut'' stale Of the
Middle West has broken with Republic
canism since il refuses 30 approve q
tariff law PASSED 10y q Republican Con
g~ess and signed 10y Republican EN-
ccutivc.
The clash of opinion Indicated is.
however more apparent than real
There il no iIrc-onciiable conflict be.
tween the President. representing the
great majority of the Republican
VOTERS. who agree with lim that the
Payne law deserved support because it
was step in The right direction and
the Indiana Republicans who hold that
thc Payne law was too short and dis
appointing a step forward 10 Zoe entitled
even 10 peIfuHct"ry praise The differ
"ilcc Is not 80 much in idea AZ i'm EN-
l.hasis The President aud most mod
crate and progressive Republicans have
Ie"n diSpoSed 10 consider the Payne
law ~ am advantageous readiuStment
e The tariff situation Mr. Taft has fire.
Gucntiy said that il id not accompIish
all which should have been accom-
pl~bod in The WAY # "a downward r-a-
vision. Yet he accepted II as The hest
which could Ice obtained under the cir
cllnSiance~ and as an earnest Of q more
Intelligent and acceptable revision 10 be
undertaken ~ soon rs the data needed
T. guide Congress IN carrying out the
theory - the Republican platform Of
1908 'oUlc Zee secured. The Indiana Re
rnhlicar>. undoubtedly representing a
formidable body of opinion in the Mid
die West. are loath to make allowances
ior the obSiructionS put last year in lie
way II 80 i"uai revision and dwell ra-
ai"tfuily and impaiieuuy on the omis-
sons and Shorir0mIu-s of the l.sr.
Tari1 reiSia1icH d.. however onlE 4
leans 10 an 'ld. aud illc end .n view =,
one Ga which Republicans are ~ubstan-
tally united 70 levy duties which shall
measure the difference in cost Of pro
duction nore and abroad. allowing Il
reasonable margin of profit 10 the do
nest. producer is The reasonable NIL
icy 81 the Republican parry. The All
mihiSiratioh. OBJ" Indiana Republican.
AID The mass AZ the party everywhere
are at one "n HAT poli"s and fhey are
also "a one in demanding the establish
n"nt Of federal commission through
"hirh thc diferc1fisl u "osl can be im
Iau'7iiy a-orrained. The Payne laR
IS % Soc statute looh. u ha. work 81
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.fgigSCIgcnfS.

-cApEMg or MUSIC Sis-The Travelling
salesman.
tIuAArsp 2-S-Vnui.-ig.
ASrOB-2 Is .I5--Sc,.n nsvt
BFIsASt'o- 2-Is N.s5-Jas- WIZ
'sllol "a. Is - The Lotrcrr MAJ.
ASiNO-. SIS -f5---Ile gliroVlat, Soldier
CaElO&I H. NSuGc.-iIlp.
COMEDY > is 80 Etan- World.
CRITERION = .2e-The Bachelors Bair
fA1.Y - . Is .SO- The sKafriv-irE.
nMPTRC-e is .I.5-MlGa Channel
ff'fE l3NI-E-2-S -N audeNiHs
81 Tg.TN : It's ~. -"hp Fortune I-unter
e. Als;oTec--2 : i;-1-sc Tempest.
f. AftlSl rs = .2o-'rry Cil Jis 'CulCnt Leave
,-a.oBc- e.is-s l5-1te Cild Tow
fAM NIeR~r--'s s-.-S Is aldaVlil..
iRl-E AID - AVE e.ia-s .i5-rnc Tsnse .
fFfl'nJuROAlE- s. --.r %, Japan. inside
f'.r Earth ths T2allyf Tr fev-cig.
al DSON- . .3U-S .},l-A Lucky star
IRVING PLAT -l5.-Ilel Nore ifsrnCicr
ENT'-f1 I.-s ROCK T-fe - Tltr Dollar Prinoees
fVCFT-W Sls- i'ulars ~ aocict,
lyric. . S. THE City.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN as IS
MANiNE EIIIOTTs THEATRE .l5-s 30
The Passing 20 tls Third Floor Back
NATIONAL ACADEMY oF DESlcN-lo o. C.
NV MsTT5IDAM-s IS .15-Nsdarne y
wv ThEATlds-2 Sister Beatrice and Don
WV ToRE 2.I5-s.Is-A sl,,larb
.ri-YVTsS AIT rs ~ The Lily
wall-ACh s.. . .i@-Al's Sunny Nslcn-
wERcR's .2Is-Si5-ras LADY .ron Lobster
~-I,sT END o.t.-s.is- Heauca.-e.
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TIE MElNEST or GAMBLERS.


The Department of Justices crusade
against bucket shops will command the
approval Of all elements of society ex-
ccpt those which make a practice of
law-hreaking. The bucket shop operators
are among the most rayenouS of sure
thing" gamblers. They conduct a fraud
ulent imitation Of brokerage. recording
purchases and sales of stocks or COM
mOditieS which go no further than the
bucket shop ledger. They are merely
bookmakerS accepting bets on market
fluctuations. But unlike most book
makers. they do not always balance one
bettor's MONEY against another's. They
often play .heiy own funds against the
customers. and the customer finds HIM
self employing aS a broker Il hostile
SPECTATOR who gains when he loses
The dice are loaded against the bucket
shop lamb. If he and his fellows win
TOO heavily the shop is likely TO fail and
their paper assets are made uncOl-
lectible
II il said that many of the patrons
Of the bucket shops raided in this and
other cities were women. who were led
10 believe that they were making bona
fdC stock investments. This pretence Of
taking and filling orders has given the
operators OF this form Of gambling an
assurance which ordinary gamblers
have lacked ana made them 50 much
the more inSidious and dangerous. In
spite OF state laws and federal laws
they have gone ahead plucking their
victims. while the owners of gambling
houses have been driven ont of business
and the racetrack bookmakers hay,
been harasSed lay restrictions practi-
cally fatal 10 their industry. The De
paTmcnt OF Justice has done a publ:,.
service in striking 81 one of the most
destructive forms of public gambling
cxtant. because II is intrcnched behind
business forms and is conducted 10y men
devoid even Of the average gamblers
sense of obligation to his calling and
his patrons. The bucket shop man J.
tie parah of gamblers. His nefauou,
activities should Dee completely abolished
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06

CONSRE SS-Seuate. Mr.. Hevburn
consumed most Of the session in dis
Guessing the adm Illustration interstate
commerce bill -= Hous.. The naval
appropriation bin remained under con-
SideratiOn
FOREIGN.-Mr Roosevelt's refusal 10
meet the Pope and his decision TO can
''el the reception arranged for tn Amer
lcans in Rome. owing TO the Rev Mr.
Triples statement after his meeting
with the eN-Hresideut. have caused q
great stl IN both Italy and in European
capitals. == The House Of Commons
Carried by q good majority Premier As
GUith's proposal Ia limit the discussion
of the veto resolutions regarding the
House al Lords -= The Socialist Fed
Grafton 81 Trades Unions in Germany.
Rh ich has three hundred Thousand mem
oars. has rejected the proposals Of the
Master Builders Union. and great
strike seems imminent == Nine pei
~ons were killed and twenty We're injured
fn panic among q crowd leaving IN"
bulirng al ZacateCas. Mexico. =
Mount Etuas activity Increased and
stream 81 lava menaces the village u
CisteTna Regina. == Tho transandin,.
railway tunnel linking the republics 81
'hih and Argentina. was formally
opened. -== Raw rubber reached a rec
ord price oi lbs "A a pound in London.
DOMESTIC.-Tho Indiana State Re
publican Convention adopted q platform
making no mention Of the Payne Aldrich
tariff law. the Roosevelt policies and the
administration Of President Taft were
Endorsed. == Emil Seidel Social Demo-
. cratic candidate. was elected Mayor II
Milwaukee. Tho Hinman-tf~ecn
Hill FOR direct primaries WAS strongly
supported in = hearing ~ Albany. -=
n WAS learned al Albany that the FL
lance Committee Of the Senate had In
flFRrpSc formation A measure Trot-il-
irg Tor general Investigation of legis-
J. tive corruption. = Bertram g
Spencer. clerk. was accused 81 the
murder of Miss Martha n Blackstone Al
Springfield. Mass. =-= n was eStima tee
that about four Thousand worllmen were
Sole in New England on account Of
strikes iu various places -= Several
business blocks were destroyed BY fire
in Holland. \. J
CITY Stocks were strong on light
trading. Tv-D taXicab concerns
we're virtually merged, IN preparation foI
greater combination = Andrew
carnegie returned TO town. weak and i'm
after his Western Journey.
n oman WAS held MP by hiCEWayman
MIDDAY ia The Bronx and robbed. the
-hegeo thief being caught after an ex-
citing chase. -- The Union Bank OF
brooklyn closed its doors on account q
Impaired capital. caused by slow assets
ard olo had loans. -- Delegates from
nlany colleges attended tho convention
~ the intercollegiate Civic League
George J. Gould testified ia the
government suit r. dissolve the Union
Pacific merger -= Further advances
90 meat prices caused q riot on the East
side. where several kosher butcher shons
were attacked.
THE WEATHER.-IndIcat for to-
day. Showers. The temperature yester-
day. Highest, q degrees. lowest -.
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
fFrom The Tribuno F,rea,,. !

From The Tribune Bureau.
Washington. April 5.-The Vice President
and Mrs. Sherman viii return 70 Washing
ton tomorrow from New York and will en-
terrain informally at dinner tomorrow
night. Their nieces. the Misses De Ions.
who have been visiting them. will return
70 Utica on Saturday.
Colonel and Mrs. Henry MAY. who have
lived abroad with their daughters. Miss
isabel May and Miss Cecilia May. for the
last two years. and recently returned to the
capital. gave a dance at the Country Club
tonight for Miss Cecilia MAY She has
not been formally presented 10 society be-
cause Of her residence in Europe. and
her parents made this the occasion Of in
Producing her To their friends Among
the dancers were Baroness Elizabeth
ROsen. Countess LIiSe Alexandra Won Bern
storf. Miss Harriet Anderson, Miss hath
crime Anderson. the Misses Guide. Miss
Laura Merriam. Miss Alice Whiting Miss
SOphy Johnston. Miss Gladys Hfncklev
Miss katherine Brown. Miss Mary Lodge
Mckee, Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Sinclair cam
erOn, Mr.. and Mrs Philip Hichborn Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Sherman Miles Count
Cziraky and Baron Hyde. of the Austrian
I'm bassy; Prince KOudachen Mr. Krou-
pensky. Mr.. de Thai and Ny Obuorskv
of the Russian Embassy. Alfred Mitchell
Innes, y. Rustem Bey Commander Retz-
mann. Baron Hardenbroek Mr. Skvbak
and number Of the Younger diplomats.
with some OF the younger married people
and the debUtantes OF the season Among
the guests from out OF town were the
Misses Citing, Henry May Citing. John
Phillips Hin. John Dangerfield. Dr. Thomas
$. Sherrer. Mr.. HOffer and Mr.. Whit~idre
of Baltimore
Captain and Mrs. Warren Beach enter
tanned at CiDGsr tonight
Mime. DeJn.ng Jarves. of Dinaud France
has come to Washington with her mother
Mrs John T. Jackson. who went To New
York To meet her. and will remain here for
some time TO visit Mrs. Jackson and the
latter's youngsr daughter Nine Fken
gren, wife az the swedish Secretary.
Mr. and Mrs, Larz Anderson riH go TO
Boston on Thursday and return here on
April L.
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LIE DrNvY NrSLCLAN.

And now the dummy musician has
been discovered, II might have been
thought that this contradiction in terms
would be the last that would have TO be
added TO the gallery or things that are
not what they seem. but the Controller
au6 the Park Commissioner have found
him in the banistands Of the parks. To
the eye he is Il musician. He sits behind
big horn. with musical score spread
IN front of him. He has the ample eX-
terror which gives promise Of much noise.
When the band begins TO play he fills
out his cheeks stupendously with air.
like the best OF them. and his countv-
nance becomes generously imbued by his
eyertions. In the intervals between num-
bers on the programme he descends
heavily from the stand and returns. wip-
ing his lips. in time 10 settle himself for
the next draft upon the vast recesSes OF
his anatomy. 1t is hard To detect, there
fore. the difference between him and q
musician
The difference is this. that out OF that
yawuing horn Of brass no sound comes 70
swell the concord for which the city is
PAYING No breath is poured forth from
the pulled cheeks. and the sweat upon
them is the sweat Of prctence while the
wiping of the lips already noted shows
how little faith can be placed even in the
surest signs.
Another difference is that while the
city pays a full musicians pay for his
services in the bandstand the bandmas-
ter keeps for himself half of the wages
of the man whose duty is only to look
Ike musician. Every one will laugh at
the dummy musician. with his great dis
tended cheeks behind silent brazen
horn, except the dummy director" From
him may be expected n fellow feeling