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New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

the ,lse of the convention system by the
voters TO select candidates for public
office. That development of the repre-
sentative system" came much later. the
original theory being that candidates
would preSen- themselves on their own
initiative or after informal consultations
with their friends The convention was
a device Of the politicians of Jackson's
day to conserve party unity and insure
united support for party candidates. 1t
is entitled 10 no more historical or con-
stitutional respect than any similar de-
vice is and must stand or fall on its
practical results. If the party primary
is found TO offer a better method Of de-
termining the party viii and investing
candidates with the prestige Of regu-
larity. it will replace the convention.
Just as the convention replaced the free
toT-all system of nominations. But we
shall live just as much thereafter under
~'our historic representative institutions"
as we have always done and as the
Fathers Of the Constitution did, who
never saw q state political convention
at work and, therefore could not recog-
nize how Indispensable it was to the
perpetuation Of representative govern
ment."
The chief complaint made against the
convention system is that it is not rep
resentative enough, or. rather. that it is
so frequently misrepresentation. The
agents forget that they are agents and
want to do everything according 10 their
own Judgment and on their own reSpon-
sibility. The primary eliminates the
middleman and the possibility Of his
misrepresenting his principals. The de
cision Of the primary is final and not
subject Ito question. It can make no
error in registering the will of those who
participate in it. who are exactly the
same persons who are supposed to have
their VIII executed by delegated agents
in q convention. Nominees chosen di-
rectly are likely to be much more repre-
sentative than nominees chosen indi-
rectly. The primary is therefore-even
more than the conventional legitimate
agency of representative popular govern
ment.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22
SOLD FOR A MESS OF PorrAsE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir. There are few places on this eafko
which surpass IN beauty and rugged sr1l-
deur the mighty gorge where the She--zn-
doah-''Daughter Of the stars and Jhe
Potomac nningIe their waters N one com
mon food. and three sovereign s-atas-Si--
ginia. West Virginia and IaryIa16-co-'@
together TO worship at this most holy q
holes. Bur the temple has been rrofans1
and the spring has been pollu-ed- N1sr7
an angel might fear 70 tread Jha fool ms
rushed IN. On the face q rhs great CIT
which proclairns the end of Maryland, Avn
at whose base flows r1>e noble Potomac
there has been painted in gigantic lsItess
of blue and white the advertisement @
well known toilet powder
Far above the highest cragS the e2s4e
floats and drifts IN his sea Of air 70 JAs
end of vision the hills and mountains ara
covered with a haze Of blue. and rar oe-
meath is the song Of tbs Shenandoah 511
when one stands upon the heights s6ovs
Harper's Ferry the one dominating, com
manding object is the huge sign vhicn
covers the face OF the cliff
This is an outstanding example os tns
irreverence Of that sordtd greed which -
being permitted to dehls our holy places
in nature Under every green tree and ca
every high hill the sod OF this world has
set up his abornination Of desOlauon.
WhisLey. beer. toilet powder. baking pow
der, shoes, corsets and half hundred ncs-
trums have polluted with their hideous
vonait the fairest spots on the American
continent How long. o Lord. how Iorgi
c. s. MACARTNEE.
Natural Bridge. Va, Aug. IS. Isla
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

ments at their face value we have over
looked the fact We are not aware that
any one who is qualified to form an
opinion regarding the claims of the talr-
banks party comedies their soundness.
Until some such Endorsement is secured
the public is warranted in distrustlng the
most important part of Mr.. Hough's mar
ra tive.
As the utmost which DR.. Cook &C
complished in Alaska Is now believed to
have been the conquest Of a peak ten
miles from Mckinley, 1t is extremely
doubtful whether any one has yet set
foot on the top of the highest mountain
in North America. Perhaps 1t will prove
absolutely impregnable, yet 1t would be
q pity to entertain that view of the case
Just now. The Rusk party failed, its
leader declares, because Of lack Of pro-
visions. Why not begin the next cam
paign by depositing ample stores of food
along the route to be followed months
afterUard?
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22
4NOTRER SEA FORTRESS.

The Orion, which was launched 81 Ports
mouth, England. yesterday. ranks IS a bat
tleship. while the Lion, which preceded
her a few days, Is an armored cruiser.
The Orion is therefore assumed to be
the more powerful, By virtue chiefly Of
her heavier protective armor, although
she IS smaller and much slower than
the Lion and carries no heavier battery.
Nava1 experts may well differ over the
question which is the greater advantage
- a fighting ship, FIVE or six inches ad
dit1onal thickness Of plating or six or
eight knots additional speed Those who
prefer the armor viii regard the Orion
as Great Britains mighttest warship,
while those who incline toward the speed
viii pin their faith to the Lion.
The Orion Of course considerably sur
passes the original Dreadnought in all
respects save speed, in which the two
will probably be equal. There has been
an increase from 5000 to -, 500 tons
and from 12-inch to 13.6-inch guns Also
the Orion has coal capacity Of 1900
tons. which Is more than that of any
other ship in the British navy and
which viii Of course give her the great
est advantage Of an exceptionally wide
radius Of action Her torpedo equipment
is described as uniquely powerful Ger
tainly a torpedo weighing nearly q ton.
carrying go pounds Of guncotton and
dispatched the extraordinary distance
nf 1900 yards at q speed Of forty knots
* such a submarine destroyer IS ve
have not known before.
Comparison between the Orion and our
own new monsters, such as the Arkan-
sas and Wyoming is interesting and not
discouraging to the American navy. Our
ships are the larger, having $4,000 tons
displacement to the 0rions 22JO0, and
their arn1or IS probably little the
heavier Their estimated speed IS a half
knot less, but American ships have
habit of developing greater speed than
was estinated. end we shall not be sur
prtsed to find the Arkansas and the
Wyoming showing as much as the Orion
As TO the batteries, It is an open ques-
ton which is the more effective, the
American of twelve 1o-inch guns or the
british Of ten 13.5-inch guns. We may.
IF course. confidently reckon It as impos-
sible for the two ever to be pitted
against each other, and we may regard
without agitation any efforts elsewhere
to build possibly hostile ships which
IL
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22
o1,R sEIF-ENPosED HANDICAP.

1t would be interesting but difficult to
enumerate the repeated combinations of
the proposition which was made in these
columns wears ago and which has often
been renewed in them, that our back
wardness in trade with foreign coun-
tries. and especially with those Of Latin
America. is largely due to our own lack
Of enterprise. Of adaptation or of what
we may appropriately call mercantile
common sense. The latest South Ameri
can report of the Department Of Com
nerce and Labor makes known that Ar
gentina. Paraguay and Uruguay pur-
chase more than S2O,00O,O0O worth OF cot
ton goods a year, but get less than
$500 900 worth, or / 3 per cent, from the
United States.
Why? The United States is the great
est cotton producing and one Of the
greatest cotton-manufacturing countries
il the world The distance from the
Hudson TO the Plate is less than from
the British Channel to the Plate, and the
cost Of freight transportation is less.
Our cottons compete successfully with
those of Europe in other and more re
mote parts Of the globe. Why are we
reduced TO a negligible place III the
South American market? Chiefly. says
this official and expert report, because Of
the failure of American manufacturers
TO conform closely to the requirements
Of that market. That is precisely what
we have repeatedly said. and that is the
lesson which Americans seem inexplica-
bly, and discreditablv slow to learn. or
to apply.
The difference between European and
American commercial agents Is that the
former set out with empty and return
with full sample cases, while the latter
set out with them full and return with
them empty. The European goes to his
prospective patron and asks him what
kind Of goods he wants, and then goes
home and makes them for him. The
American goes to him and says, in effect:
Here. you poor. benighted Greaser, Here
are the sorts Of things which we su-
'pericr Americans use Now get move
con yourself, throw away your outland-
'ish duds and buy these And he
doesn't get IN order, and no wonder The
South American, like most other persons.
wants what he wants and not what
somebody else thinks he ought to want:
and the tradesman who recognizes that
fact and acts upon it will get and de
serves to get his patronage
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22
s.R rcHTRnsy on THE PRTu4PT.

In an address last Thursday TO con
venticn Of grange organizations al Silver
lake. near Rochester. President. Jacob
q Schur1nan Of Cornell Unfversit7
criticised the direct primary system Of
romina tons IS q departure from sound
principles Of representative government
Popular government, he said. had never
succeeded where legislation and admins
tration were IN the hands Of the people
themselves, and he then argued, b. anal
ogv. that party government must also
fatf If Q direct choice Of nominees We're
10 h substituted for the indirect agency
Of the convention. The convention. he
insisted, was in harmony With the rep
resent8tive system. while the primary
r1as inconsistent with it and step tow
srd political confusion and chaos.
The whole force Of Mr.. Schurman's
argument. 50 far as IL applies to the
primary, lies in an ambiguous use of the
term representative government" The
substitution Of the primary for the CON
vention could not IN the least affect the
general character of our governmental
system. II the primary were intro
duced We should still have representa-
tive government-exec legislative
and Judicial officers elected by the peo-
lie. and serving as their agents. The
only difference would be that in select
ing party candidates for those Offices
the voters Of each party would register
their preferences ar the polls instead of
meeting IN caUcuses or conventions and
oelegatinc spolIesmen 10 90 to another
convention and report those prefer
ences. Whether the one method or the
oJher is employed is only matter Of
habit or convenience and can have no
hearing On the question whether or not
We shall maintain or abandon the pIin-
ciple of representative popular govern
fner2t.
The trainers Of the Constitution OF the
United States and Of cur state constitu-
tons understood the essentials of the
representative system. They esta blished
executive, legislative and judicial de-
paTtments ana required the election by
the people IF agents 10 discharge execu-
tive. legislative and judicial duties
They constructed checks and balances
- keep one set Of agents from infring-
lug On the functions Of the other sets
int they never dreamed Of prescribing
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22
,rnSenlentS.
aA-S-e-Na auceN lie.

GT-HANERA-2-e-Va Vaudeyllle.
RICaN-2-S-Seuoevitie
Days .,
1spOs 1.-THE Summer NiooVers
CASINoAs .l5-Cp and Down Broadway.
CITY TEEATRC-s:l5-The Girl from hectors : 5
cnNEy ISLANp-Brighton Beach PARK A'sai'i
land Luna Psrk
CRITERION. .29--ThA Ccull1ufers
FIFTH ATENL LF-2-S-Na au1eNiAe.
GsE--Y-s:l5-The Fortune Hunter
GsPRICK-S. .20-Jove Among the L'c's
Cl.oBF-S:IS-The Echo
II. u.CKTTT-olS-The Marriage cf e star
- s,.-rp cT-T-T\-. .IS-Tauoevtlle
EERAID SoU ARE-S:l5-T1lie's Nightmare
TUDSoN@S:I@The SPend-hr-ft
ysPDTN DE PARIS-S:15-Follies OF lsao
TNTCE FFRGC NER-s:15-The Arcadiens
] vCF1-N-s:Is-The Brass Bottle
ryRIC-s:I5-The Cheater.
-TTT s:l5-Girlies.
FFPT-RIIC-s -i5-Bohhy Burnt.
wAII.ACK SIS :1S-Alias jimmy sls-L.r.s-
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22
THE ASCENT OF NKINLEY.

Professor II. G. Parker, who has unsuc-
cessfully tried TO scale Mount Mckinley,
djscredits the claim Of tom" Hough, Of
Fairbanks, 70 have had better luck
The value Of this verdict may In some
minds be impaired by suspicion
that the Columbia University mountain
climber is a prejudiced witness. But
entirely aside from Professor Parker's
opinion there is reason for regarding
the Fairbanks story with skepticism.
Since nobody knows tom Hough and
his associates we'll enough to vouch for
their truthfuIness. it is incumbent on
them TO present evidence which will
satisfy those who know something Of
the difficulties of mountain climbing in
general and especially of those encoun-
tered in campaign on Mount Mckinley.
II any recognized authority in these
matters has accepted Mr.. Hough's state
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

We are glad to see that one or the
members of the commission on whose
recommendation the recent reorganiza-
tion of the inferior criminal courts was
made is concerned lest by any ace
the probation officers Of those courts
should fall a prey to the spoilsmen IN
stead Of being selected by civil service
examination II is unfortunate, how
ever, that Mr.. Francis did not arouse
himself to the danger while the comm1s-
sion Of which he was a member was
formulating its report, instead of weakly
acquiescing IN its carefully planned
scheme TO withdraw them from compe-
tition. The bill as originally drawn on
behalf Of the commission specifically ex-
empted the probation officers. This
aroused such protests that the Senate
committee having the bill in charge
promised to expunge that provision, but
the spoilsnenS managed to have 1t merely
modified so as to define the positions as
confidential" in the hope that the Court
of Appeals. in the face of demonstrated
practicability of competition in this and
other states, would hold th1S denHllioH
to deprive the state and municipal civil
service commissions of discretion IN the
matter. If Mr.. Francis had boldly sup
ported the opposition to this spoilsmen's
trick which went through the Legislat-
ure with the prestige of his commits
sion's approval, the placing of the proba-
ton work in competent trained hands
would not now be dependent on legal
hair splitting.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

THIS newspaper as olcned and pub
Ifszed by The Tribune association, G
He1c York corporation: offce ard prin-
cip0l place OF business. Tribune Build
inc 10. 154 Nassau street, Ne1c York;
Ogden Mills. president: Ogden u. Reid,
eecretGrg; james II. Barrett, treasurer.
The address Of the officers is the Office
e this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

stronger. the result of the curtailment
policy being shown in a heavy decline III
the stock of the metal held by leadlng
producers and selling agencies.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

Several conductors employed by
Western railroad co1pany have been
dismissed for returning unpunched tick
cts to the train agent, with whom the
profit from repeated sales were divided
With such certainty is that sort Of fraud
detected that those who practise 1t show
2, singular blindness and disregard Of
se1f-interest, to say nothing about tbs
Eighth Commandment.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22
Tndep TO Advertisements.
A-f,nJ51crIg Grit,nt1e.

MONDAY, AUGUST 90. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

Detroit's remarkable growth in popu-
lation is ascribed to the automobile.
From the first that city has been one OF
the great centres of automobile manu-
facture in this country
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

The season being nearly over, Coney
Island may view the present activity OF
the police there with some equaninity.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

The seasons drowning accidents are
about I'D to the average. but how little
notice is taken of them Bathing Is de
cidedly an antiquated sport, and its
dangers seem tame compared with those
of the air and the road
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

Colonel Marchand. he of Fashoda, ap-
parently cannot come to the fore with
out causing lots of trouble. Halley's
comet is really not due until SEPTEMBER
he informs us. So we may have to go
through it all again. including that tall
Of unknown potentiality.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

A drinking and smoking centenar1an
Of New Jersey "reformed'' on his one
hundredth birthday. He lived only three
years longer Other centenartans will
take warning.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-22

Shall we take more interest in aero
races five years from now than we take
in auto races to-day? It IS doubtful.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-13
Net Not Not

81 wanted to 90 East to testify IN
the Morgan investigation because
Rlount would not take my testimony
here. As was getting on the steamer
Mr.. Cooke said to me: If you can buy
Mr.. Bishops interest in Brewer 4 Co,
| will 90 in with you On my arrival
in San Francisco things did not look
bright. so | waited until ! got further
news before making a proposition to
Mr.. Bishop. This came when | reached
Toledo. so | made an offer by wire and
received a reply that he would sell at
par mot reserving December dividend.
Nv offer was for him to take the dlVl-
dend and | felt good over has dispatch.
When I got back to San Francisco ne
requested me to draw up the agreement
and in doing so | wrote 1t as /, under,
stood his dispatch, but he objected and
showed me his copy, which read par
net, reserving DIVIDEND The operator
received the dispatch as par not. me
deal was nearly called off when he told
me to take it all. That was another
evidence of the friendship which MI
Pisbop had for me-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-13
CONSEQUENCES OF THE COMMA.

In his court King Charles was standing
on his head golden crown
And his roval brow was wrlnkled III a
most portentous frown
Fifty courtiers entered walking on then
hands were jewels bright
Set in rings of gold and silver what 8
rare and splendid sight
Four and twenty noble ladies proud ant
fair and ten feet long
Were their trains that flowed behlnt
them borne by pages stout ane
strong
In bower of fragrant roses the musi
clans now compete
Blowing trumpets with their noses they
inhale the fragrance sweet
See the Queen how sad and fearful az
the King cuts off her head
One bright trees of hair at parting ant
she wishes she was dead.
The Scrapbook.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-13
IN FOR 1T.

Elsie Ferguson, the theatrical star, re
lates that one day she passed the house
of an actor friend and found his imp of
a small boy sitting on the front steps
weeping bitterly. OF course she stopped
TO find out what was the matter. Eve
we got a squalling new baby in the
house, an dads on the road and he
don t know nothin' about it > At the
end his voice was howl of'woe. "But,
she protested bewilderedly, 'tthat
is nothing to cry about. Dad will soon
be home. and think how surprised he Il
be. - The small hoy stopned CRYING
long enough to transfx her with an in
dignant glare. ''You don t under
stand,' he said bitterly. dad Away.
blames me for every single thing that
happens while he S away"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-13
CAME IN HANDY,

On Lord Dufferin s estate, near Bel
fast, there once stood historic ruin, a
castle which had been a stronghold of
the O'Neils. One day Lord Dufferin
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-13

was. leaving not trace BENNY aeaWberss
sent for Dan, and inquired. ~ lordl
the castles'' "The castle. M! xsr
That old thing' Sure, Pui'''
to build the wall wild. ~
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-13

cure as to the preservation of the great
historic building. When he returned to
Ireland he fastened to visit the castle
1t was gone. He rubbed his eyes and
looked again. Yes, gone it certainly
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-13

visited it with his steward. Dan Multi
gan, and drew a line with his stick
round it. telling Mulligan that he was
to build protecting wall on that line.
A nd then he went to India, feeling Sc
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-13
Retiring from Business.

1sTodav | retired from c. Brewer Co.
Ltd. - said Mr. Jones on Thursday, and
on the 18th | will retire from Onomea
and Hawaiian Agricultural Co. and on
the 10Th | will withdraw from Waikiki
and Honomu. My son-in-law, A. Cart
lev. succeeds me in the directorate OF
Brewer & Co. and may do so in the plan
tations, that leaves me with Oahu Col
lege and the Hawaiian Board, and IN
going to hold on to them. Two years
hence, if we both live, Mrs. Jones and
| will celebrate our golden wedding.
Lots may happen before that time, but
am looking forward to that anniver-
sarv wi h a great deal of joy
Nobody can say that Mr.. Jones IS
other than, to quote Mark Twain, IS sew
entv-two years young He IS as &C
tive as many men are at half his age
and the picture of health and happi-
ness.
And why shouldn t he? With capl-
1al of one hundred thousand dollars IN
1883 he has seen the company grow un-
Ill its assets on January lst, 1910, were
S3.3lS.757.13, and in the twenty seven
wears of its existence as a corporation
he has shared in the $S.l13,23s net pro
fits that have been divided among the
stock holders. Again | say that with all
of this. and life and health why should
n t he be happy!
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-04-25
PIision b Light March
en- Cayey,
sNuestro activo reporter
en- aquella poblacian
ha caido prisionero en-
las redes del dos nino.
Ha sido muy concurrida la
kermese que para allegar re-
curses para la reparacion de
la iglesia, SO abri0 eljueves.
De nuestro reporter. =


Abril .24.-El inspector de
escuelas de este distrito, asis.
tira segdn nos han informado,
a los juegos atleticos que Sc
celebraran en- San Juan, a
fines del corriente, Llevara
'consigo la banda escolar que
dirige el professor Vazquez
Muiioz.
--Ha estado muy eoncurri-
da la Kernoese que para alle'
gar recursos para la obra de
reparaci6n de la iglesia fu6
alberta Ell jueves.
-Otra noticia. Light March,
el simpatico jove1l que tantas
veces nos ha regalado con sus
bien meditadas cr6nicas caye-
yanas en- este mismo .diario,
piensa ,abandonar el campo
del celibato, subyugado por la
suprema autoridad de una en-.
cantadora hija de Eva..- IRIS.
tGn SiIva. D., --
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-04-25
juicio -poF asesinato
en- Guayama,
Ell acusado es Jose Vaz.
quez. autor del horrendo
crimen ocurrido en- Patti
81 fiscal caliae6 el hecbo Dc
asesilato en- primer grado.

Do duestro correspoasal especial.
Abril 10. A las 9 de la
mahana di6 principle otro Jul
clio por asesinato. Ell fiscal
califica el hecho de asesinato
en- primer grado. Sc trata del
horrendo crimen ocurrido en-
Patillas ALA por los prime.
ros dfas del mes de Enero, de
este aho, y que 1elatamos a
nuestro lectores.
Ell acusado Jose Ve]azquez,
autor del hecho, es un hom.
bre alto, de color blanco. ojos
azules pelo y barba algo ca.
nosa, representa- algunos cua.
reuta ahos, viste bien y no pa.
rece estar intranquilo.
Le representa- ell Lcdo. Ger.
voni, ,quien lucha tenazmente
por destruI Ia prueba del Fis.
caf que es tremenda.
Son las cuatro de la tarde
y no ha terminado Ell juicfo;
nos vemos obligados a cerrar
estas notas prometiendonos
terminarlas mas tarde con ell
resultado del mismo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-04-25
L0 MEJ0R.

La joyeria Tinaud tiene Ell
mejor surtido de. objetos de
arte y novedad para regalos,
y esta constantemente recibien
do los tltimos modelos, 81 Vd.
desea oomprar un objeto de
verdadero gusto yea nuestro
surtido, en- efectos de plata de
ley, metal blanco, plateado y
cristal tallado LEJ1T1Mo tiene
uninmenso surtido, esta casa
solo vende articulos BUENos
todos garantizados. Especia-
lidades para regalos de bo
das.