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New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
VTRPHY'S SAFE" TICKET.

Realizing that the Tammany orgy AT
Albany has not exactly commended that
organization and fits chiefs TO the public
Mister" Murphy has nominated TINS
wear a safe" ticket-"One that the hgh'
brovvs can't knock" No SulHvans, with
the taint Of gambling and red lights for
NurDhv this year: the entertaining Har-
burger instead. OF course. any conces-
sion from Murphy is a thing for which
the voters should be grateful. But
should their gratitude be so profound as
10 induce them to swallow Ereedily
Nurphv's safe" ticket? The manufact-
ure Of safe" tickets as window dressing
for the Tammany establishment is one OF
Murphy's "specialties." John A. Dix was
an emineutly respectable isurehead, ana
the Democratic state ticket a safe one
Thanks to the Dix respectability and the
red herring of RoOseveltism, Murphy
grabbed the state administration.
Murphy now is relying on this safe
county ticket in an "Off year" TO bring
back to Tammany the Sheriff's Office and
O. re-eleCt the Murphy AssemDlymen' VINO
are not so safe" Lest this stand out
too clearly, Tammany and its friends
will use other red herrings in this cam
paign. such as attacks on reform and
fusion and the sincerity Of the fusion
lists. Murphy argues that sufficient
body of voters was fooled that way
last year and the trick should work
again. 1t may-if the voters can forget
Murphy at the Capitol, bulldozing legls-
lators in an effort to elect an "Organiza-
tion" Senator. or Murphy at Delmonico 5
debating over the telephone appoint
ments and ordering legislation Of the
Tammany brand. Murphy rule has been
disgraceful reality. Acceptance Of
Murphy's safe" ticket will only
strengthen and extend the scope Of Muir
phyism.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
be expected Of him that he charges so
much for his services.
JOHN II. HARLAN.


John NJ. Harlan, who died yesterday,
almost fulfilled his ambition to serve
longer ms justice Of the United States
Supreme Court than any predecessor IN
that office. He was commissioned on
November % 1877, and lacked only SIX
weeks Of completing a service Of thirty
four years. Two other justices had
longer records-John Marshall one of
thirty-four years and five months and
stephen ]. Field one Of thirty-four years
and six months. II is noteworthy that
four overlapping terms Of justices Of this
court cover exactly n century OF its OK
istence Joseph Story, appointed in ISL
sat on the bench with Roger B. Taney-
Taney's term overlapped Fields and
Harlan was appointed nearly twenty
years before Field retired. Now that
Justice Harlan is gone the court Will
have a majority of members whose com
missions date from President Taft's ad-
ministration. The senior justice both in
rank and in length OF service. Chief JUS
tice White. has only a little over seven
teen years Of service to his credit.
Justice Harlan early took a command
ing position on the bench. He was a
man Of great vigor Of mind, pronounced
in his opinions and independent enough
70 assert his views whenever necessary
against the overruling votes of his col
leagues. He was in a measure disputa-
tious and wrote dissenting opinions with
as much relish as prevailing ones. He
entered the court a confirmed nationalist,
SO far as the balance Of power between
the states and the nation was concerned.
ard he steadily applied the principle oil
nationality as cases arose involving the
use Of the powers Of Congress to regulate
interstate commerce and to discharge po-
ltical functions naturally appropriate 10
the nation rather than 10 the states In
the insular cases, however, he sided with
the minority. which sought 70 limit ma
tional sovereignty as exercised in holding
dependencies outside the scope Of the
guarantees Of the Constitution. In the
recent Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust
cases he again exhibited his radical and
dissenting tendencies in disputing the
logic Of the rest Of the court. although
concurring in the judgment arrived ar.
Personally, Justice Harlan was one Of
the simplest and most engaging Of men.
On the bench or of ii he was a natural
leader. cordial and democratic in his
manners. interested IN affairs and in
capable Of the detachment from ordinary
life into which many jurists lapse. Tie
Judge in his ease never Obscured the
man. Impulsive genial and kindly. he
entered freely into the life Of the com
munity in which he lived and won rs e.
TEEN and affection not only as a jurist
but as an admirable neighbOr and citizen
His death sewers one Of the few remain
ing links between the public life Of to-
day and that Of the generation which
abolished slavery and restored the Union.
He was a worthy survivor politically Of
the Kentucky Of Clay and Crittenden snd
iuridically Of the Supreme Court Of MI
ler and Waite
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT

rEy Telegraph 90 rhe -r.ru1e.l
Newport. oct. IA-Cautau and Ms. P
". Hourigan. who are leaving the Nav8
Training Station tomorrow, were Ten.
dered a farewell reception a, The station
this afternoon by Lieutenant C0mmal3ef
and Mrs. r. Z. Johnson Mrs. johnson
was assisted 6y Mrs. william F Fg.zn.
Mrs Stuart Duncan Mrs James H. Oh.
yer. Mrs. George IS. Williams. Mrs. Wa-
ter S. Andrews Mrs. William D. 0vsns
and Miss Pegram The reception was a.
tended by almost the entire army and
navy contingent Of this c.ty and By nany
Of the late staying c0-ragsrs
William r. Hunter Frederick z. Paine
Henry Il. Ward. Max Agassiz and d. 4.
L. Knapp. the executive COMMITTEES O ths
Clambake Club, met az luncheon az ms
club to-day and discussed plans tor t,s
general Improvement of the clubhouse and
grounds before another season. The CLUB
house will be closed on October .
Alfred G.. Vanderbilt gave O luncheon az
Oakland Farm this afternoon. Mr. ard
Mrs. Reginald o. Vanderbilt were dinner
entertainers at Sandy Point Farm tbs
evening.
Mr and Mrs Elisha Dyer were dnnr
entertainers tonight
Mrs. Joseph Rowland has returnG
from a visit at Brisr CHF Manor y. Y
Mrs. 7. Townsend Burden. Miss Gwenic.
lyn Burden and David Dows returned
from New York to-day
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh 70. Auchincioss are
guests or Mr.. and Mrs oliver Gould Jsr'
uings ar Fairfield. Conn.
Mr and Mrs. j. Norman De r. White
house have returned 10 New York Cor ta'
winter.
Egerton L. Winthrop is back from shoT
visits at Leuox and New York
Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. A. Clark closed tas'
season to-day and returned 90 New YorN
Mrs. Raymond Rodgers was Luncheon
entertainer az the Naval Training stauo1
to-day
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
SQUEEZING THE PUBLIC.

New York's enthusiasm over the
capture Of the first game in the worlds
baseball championship series IS un-
doubredly mitigared by the unpleasant
impression that the sale Of tickets 70
the Polo Grounds was not properly
safeguarded. Apparently very large
number Of the tickets disposed Of fell
INTO the hands of spectators and were
sold at advances in price ranging from
100 TO 400 per cent The public which
supports a ball team year in and year out
has right 10 fee injured when il IS
held ND" for extraordinary charges in
the Crownns worlds championship
series. The national commission under
takes TO regulate prices so as TO protect
the average regular season attendant.
But through carelesSness or otherwise
the commissions guarantees have been
made blank paper. and middlemen have
stepped in and appropriated one-haf 10
two-thirds Of the money which the pub
lie must pay for seeing the champions
of the two leagues tight 10 out TO a
finish
Ii is exceedingly difficult TO stamp out
ticket speculation. especially when the
demand for tickets outruns the supply.
But it is possible 10 hold the abuse
down to minimum proportions The
Harvard and Yale football managers
have succeeded in practically putting
the spectators out of business by going
TO great pains TO see that only bona fde
purchasers get seats and penaliZing
those who traffic in tickets. Tickets sold
hy spectators are not h0nOred. and any
purchaser whose tickets are found iu q
~peculator's hands is put ON black
list. so further applications from him
are honored. Since the worlds cham
pionship series is an annual affair. man
aged by the national commission. that
body could certainly take equally ef-
fective steps 10 have all applications
supervised and practical Instructions put
i'm the way of purchases for resale at a
Iroft
Baseball is supported freely because
the public is satisfied that # is an hon
est and reputable sport. II can main
tain its popularity only by dealing fairly
with those who give it their patronage.
The ticket speculator is as much an
enemy Of the game as the gambler once
threatened 10 be The national com
mission ought 20 investigate the con
ditious under which tickets for the
Giants-AthleticS series were sold in this
city and in Philadelphia and call to ac-
count those responsible for suspicious
Iv general suspension of the price list
which II officially established
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
ELIOT TO TOUR THE WORLD
Harvard S President Emeritus Refuses
Offer Of 81 a Word from Magazine.
nv Telegraph 10 The Tribune. !

BY Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Cambridge. Mass. oct. H-Dr Charles
". Eliot president emeritus Of Harvard.
believes that no matter how much and
how long a man studies there is always
something TO learn. DIT. Eliot is going 10
make a tour OF the world starting from
New York on November for Cherbourg,
France He will arrive home next July.
Talking Of his trip to-day, DR.. Eliot said;
"I am making this trip for the purpose OF
study I do not intend TO do any literary
work while on my journey, and for this
reason 7 have declined TO write FOR numer-
Gus magazines and newspapers who wished
articles written from abroad. I want every
moment for my studies. l cannot tell what
the nature Of these studies Will be. as l
have never had q chance 20 see the people
OF the Far East
II Is stated that the doctor refused an
offer Of 81 a word from a well known
magazine 10 write letters from Hong
Kong. Ceylon. Tibet and other places that
he will visit.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15

the assurance. not to say the arrogance
Of an absolute dictator Such an atti-
tude must provoke resentment and re-
sistance. and the attacks upon il VIII ne
greatly strengthened by the fact that al
the very moment when the Young Turks
were consolinC themselves for the es-
arrangement of Great Britain, France ana
Russia with the idea that they had Sc
cured the friendship Of the Triple AN
ance one member of the latter was
actually beginning an attack upon the
Turkish Empire for its dismemberment
with the sanction Of the other two. IN
der these circumstances 4 fierce and lie
termined struggle al Constantinople may
be looked for. in which. strangely enough
the Young Turks and their committee
of Union and Progress will be the adVo-
Gates of bigotry, tyranny and reaction
while the Conservatives, or Reactiona-
ries. as some call them. will be the chain
pions Of liberalism and progress.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
NEW AERLC4.

The interesting interview with the well
known expert on tropical colonization
and kindred affairs. Mr.. AIleyne ireland.
which we print elsewhere to-day. af-
fCrds an impressive latter-day gloss TO
the classic saying that something new is
always coming out Of Africa. That con-
tinent has indeed long been prolific OF
surprises and strange developments. and
at the present time il Is exhibiting per
haps the greatest Of them all. which is
nothing less than a new Africa itself
While this very generation IN its earlier
years knew Africa only through few
scattered settlements along its coasts. il
now knows il wholly explored and save
for two minor states wholly partitiOned
among European cOnquerors In other
respects. also, there has been an equally
impressive opening and renovation Of the
once Dark Continent.
One is that Of sanitation. The study
OF tropical diseases has in recent years
become one Of the most important depart
ments of prophylactic. therapeutic and
SunltIN hCltH't' anu lHf uuNhHteN WHICH
have been made In II are marvellous or
course, the effect IN the practical dealing
with the diseases which have been the
scOurge OF Africa il immensely Important.
Exploration has also greatly increased
knowledge Of the habitable conditions Of
the continent, which may now be di-
vided into four regions. one part com
prises highlands where white men can
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
THE PRESIDENT OV CENTRAL
AMERICA

| THE PRESIDENT ON CENTRAL
AMERICA.
The President does well 10 remind US
that we have got beyond the time when
we could stand up and say that il did
not concern Us whether our neighborS
were at peace or war. There was time
when We We're inclined 10 assume that
attitude. and when many OF us seemed
tC prefer that our lesser neighbors
should he at war. thus offering 10 pred
atory filibusters opportunities of loot.
Now it is generally recognized that we
are deeply interested in the mainten-
ance of peace.
The pending trea ties with Honduras
and Nicaragua are both calculated in a
most effective manner 10 secure the
peace not only Of those states but also
of all Central America. They would Sc
cure peace in the two states from which
the chief danger of war proceeds and
without the belligerence Of which dan
ger Of any war in Central America will
be reduced 10 a minimum. That is one
OF the strongest arguments in favor OF
their ratifca tiOn. whether regarded from
the altruistic or the selfish point OF
view. The abatement Of war and of
the liability to il would be one of the
greatest blessings which could possibly
be bestowed upon those countries which
have for q century suffered am almost
inuumerable succession of Strifes. and
IL would be of great advantage 10 the
United States 70 be assured Of constant
tranquility and order In the cluster of
CommOnwealths between it ard its great
isthmiau possession
There can be nothing more certain. as
the President reminds us. than that in
case Of troubles OF a serious nature in
those countries we shall simply have 10
intervene Indeed. the most element
airy common sense perceiveS that it is
vastly better 10 interest ourselves once
for all for the prevention of war than 10
stand aside and let wars come and then
again and again be- under the compulsion
Of intervening with arms. Certainly one
peaceful interventiou-if IL DE 50 called
through mutually voluntary treaty
is preferable 10 an indefinite succession
Of compulsory military interventions.
That is one of the lights in which the
President presents the plea for rati-
fication Of the treaties II ought TO
prove as convincing to the Senate as Il
was 10 the Presidents hearers at Sacra-
mento. and as we believe it is to the
masses of the American people
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
LENOX HORSES ON PARADE
Lady Jean Wins Premier Honor
at Informal Show.
JBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Lenox. Oct l4-An informal horse show
was held this afternoon on Giraud Foster s
BeHefontaine Meadows. Mr. Foster.
Harry Livingston Lee and David r. Dana
were the horse show committee. and Fred
erick s DeIahed was clerk Of the course
Alfred Maclay. OF New York. who has
Judged horses at the international horse
show in London. was the judge.
An incident Of the day was the winning
Of two blue ribbons by Miss Isabel Shotter
Ballyhooley which makes round dozen
blue ribbons that BallyhOoley has won IN
the Berkshires In horse shows and steep.e-
chases
To Giraud Fosters bay mare. Lady
Jean. went the ribbon FOR the best saddle
horse In Lenox. the premier honor OF the
day There were ten beautiful horses in
this competition, the pick OF the stables OF
LenoX.
The hunter class was shown over six
jumps OF feet inches each, performance
counting 30 per cent, conformation % per
cent and manners 25 per cent. Miss
Heloise Meyer was on Vitesse. a bay mare
II. Wocott Jackson was on Mrs. Jack
sons Virginia hunter, Helen OF Troy. Miss
Shooters Ballyhooey ridden by Chester
G. Burden. won the award. +. Turnure
Verde, was second. Miss Meyers Vitesse
was third snd Mrs .. T Dana Mint Julep
was fourth.
Ballyhoolev was also the winner in the
class FOR saddle horses. l5.2 and over
Glraud Fosters Lady Jean was second.
George F. Turnure's Verdict was third and
Miss Mary Carey's Rowena was fourth
The class for saddle horses uuler 1872
and over l4I had a dozen entries. Miss
Constance Folsom was on her prize winner
Friday. bur this horse went lame IN the
ring. Miss Elizabeth Lanier Turnure was
on Napoleon a bay geiding OF ine appear
ance Miss Meyer rode samuel FrOthlng-
hams O.. cksilver. Miss Shotters mount
was hey chestnut. Glass Doll, Chester G.
Burden was on Three Weeks and Miss
Kate Cary was on COsset
The judgment OF llr Maclay in award
ing the blue 20 Miss Turnurcs Napoleon
was warmly applauded. Miss Shotter took
the red Mrs Dana's Mint Julep was third
and Miss Cary's COsset was fourth.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15

live I'm health and comfort and where
wheat can he successfully cultivated. A
second consists Of regions in which white
men can spend n large part Of the time,
with proper care. A third embraces re
giOns in which conditions are unfayor-
able to white men. yet in which enough
Of them for the direction and control of
native industry can live. The fourth
which is almost insignificant In extent, Is
positively pernicious to white men. as
the banks OF some rivers and some
coastal swamps.
Another great advance has been made
IN knowledge Of natural resources. We
have frequently referred 10 the pros
poets OF cotton culture, and Of course the
importance Of rubber culture Is well
known. The gold deposits Of South
Africa are among the richest In the
world and it is now known that they
extend into West Africa and probably
into other parts Of the continent. There
are also authentic reports Of tin In Nj
geria. with a possibility Of developments
riyalling the riches of the Malay PENN
sula. What else will be discovered on
and underneath the soil Of this vast con-
tinent is as yet matter for speculation
only But enough is known to recast all
old notions and to mark Africa as des-
tined to play the part Of peer among
the continents Of the globe. 1t was the
seat of some Of the greatest Of the early
settlements and empires Of the human
race, and It may again be the scene OF
vast population and high achievements.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
A FINANCIAL BOYCOTT
Proposed as Means for American Jews
to Gain Admittance to Russia.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The recently renewed agitation
against Russia's refusal 10 honor Ameri-
can-Jewish passports appears 70 me both
futile and infantile. Any attempt at the
repeal OF the existing Russo American
treaty or the appeal for arbitration TO the
Hague court as proposed by Mr. ROose-
Welt. is not likely 10 be OF any avail The
Russian government may, with much
force. advance the double-barrelled argu-
ment that, on the one hand. such attempt
constitutes an interference with its do
mestic affairs. and on the other, our gov
ernmert might be reminded TO sweep first
before its own doors in the matter Of its
Chinese and japanese immigration policy.
The only effective remedy OF any prom
ise 10 be applied in the premises would
seem 10 be that OF self-help, by the Jew
ish people. here and abroad inducing It's
haute finance TO declare a boycott on It's
part against Russian securities in particu-
lar and Russian international commerce
in general. That such weapon would strike
tellingly at the heel OF the Russian bear
was. az least privately. recognized years
ago by prominent and well informed
European Jews. or course, such step
would require a sufficient degree OF racial
self-respect and solidarity. as well as OF
moral backbone and courage. among Jew
ish fnanciers and merchant princes chiefly
affected by the discrimination in question
on this score, I dare say. these latter may
have much 70 learn as yet from the ex-
ample OF the "sem-barbaric' Asiatics OF
the Far East ADAM ROSENBERG.
N~arr- Tn-L
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15

When Mayor Gaynor talks Of hot
cellars and their influence upon the cost
of living his mind no doubt goes back
TO his youthful experiences on the Onei-
da County farm. II is a long way
from the farmhouse cellar. with its bins
full of the winter supply Of potatoes and
urnips. its barrels Of apples and late
pears. 20 the cellar of an apartment
house. hot with the heat Of the fur
mace. with only "stOrerOOms." at the
most for the tenants, where no one
would think Of keeping perishable food.
The farmhouse had on hand It's winters
stock Of everything that would keep
through the winter-fruits. roots, yege-
tables. pork The apartment house wife
buys her potatoes by the small measure,
her apples by the quart her cabbages
by the head. her bacon a pound at Il
time. She has no room for more than
o few days supply Of anything.
And il is more than the heat Of the
cellar that keeps her from buying by the
barrel and thus. as Mayor GaynOr sug-
gests, cutting down expenses. The farm
cellar was just under the kitchen floor.
The apartment cellar. even If ii were Mt
to keep food ia, il perhaps "a dozen
stories below the kitchen. and the habit
of going to the cellar is extinct in the
city Instead Of the candle the basket
and the trip downstairs, there are the
telephone and the more or less prompt
rOcer's boy with enough potatoes for
dinner. The grocery is eyerybodys eel
lar. Perhaps it is because the middle
man does 50 much more than used 70
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15

TURKEYS HOME IROi BLEN.
r.. rr~.f-r Parliament meets i'm troub-
Ions -r4, Nar u.v r., there a foreign
,.-.. .. -r.-r4-. which f., certain ro urov.
.....--.,. r-.- a|.a flara are domestic
-....-.f.-. ar ar lmiuau- character.
,r... .... .-rufra-a I'm almost aDv-
-..r. even i'm revolution or I'm civil war.
-.a Conservative. are -ruculqutrv ar
-arad against tr- Young Turks. and are
slid rD have tine mas, If rae people with
them ir -r..r ~a~..r-4 determination 10
+-.e -ra -.,.-..rsr- and auuira from +b..
.-a.-~e-r domination of the committee
or orrn.a. and Progress. A trial of strength
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
REvoLvERs IN THE HOUSE

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: I was recently informed by an ON
Ger that no fee was prescribed by the new
"guu law for keeping a revolver In the
hou~.. In an edltorial-"How Il Works -
printed in to-day's Tribune the opposite ~
assumed. II The Tribune's statement IS
correct 7 shall be glad 10 know 1t. II in
correct will YOU kindly publish that fact?
Brooklyn, oct. l3. 1911. INQUIRER
IA license fee is required by the Sui
livan law for the privilege Of possessing
a revolver. Literally the law applies
whether the weapon is carried on the
nsrson or kept az home. Whether II ap
plies 70 revolvers purchased and placed
in homes before the Sullivan law was
passed is q moot point not vet settled
by the courts.-Ed.l
New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
~ HE eERKsHIREs

10y AHl'-laII 10 .If Ir'.rrr
Lenox, Oct i-One 0f the gqves.
OF the autumn in Leuox followed ,b, ,.-''' 80"
dress meeting Of the Lenox Roller 81
Club tonight az the Lenox Clu6 y.
AIRS David H. Dana gave su3Ds~ ,aNa -
for dfty friends
Miss Romona Dahlgrea. who hss b...
guest OF Mrs. Robert Winthrop. 1as -
20 Newport.
Mrs. william A. Jam,son. who has -
al the Curtis Hotel, left today 70, ~
mouth Beach. y. ].
Mrs James r. Jesup gave a luneb.o, -.
the Curtis Hotel this afternoon. en,e-,s,-'
ing Mr.. and Mrs. John q. Hadder. N, -,
Mrs. Huntington W0lcor- jackson -.
Swedish Minister and Nine. A. Ekepr-s,
Mrs. j. Clarence Post. Hiss Goodman "A
the Rev. A. J. GamuacE
Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas s,o,,.
who have ex-Ambassador Henry wb,,.
as their guest az Elm Court. gave a a,,-
ner Of twenty-six covers tonight
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander sedgwick bsv.
issued invitations FOR O. dinner to-raorrov
night In honor Of Ambassador and Mn
James Bryce Of England.
Mt and Mrs Richard c. Dixey and Ma,
Rosamond D.xey viii start early next We,
for Tuxedo
Rear Admiral and Mrs Dunlap. o. Wasa.
ington, are motoring iu the Berksh.res.
Alexander s Webb. jrr is a guest OF NJ
and Mrs. Newbold Norris 40 Brookhurr
Mr. and Mrs. ;. r. Galloway Of Ne.
York. who are on their wedding TIP. an,
at the Curtis Hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Moore. Mrs P Z.
Anderson. Miss y. ~ Gale Mr and Mn.
". Fred Stafford. 1I- and Mrs T. Il
Butts. Mr.. and Mrs W. A. Pothsr. Alfred
D. Warren. Of New York. and Mr and
Mrs. John O. McKeruey of Philadelphia,
have arrived az the Curtis Hotel