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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-04-28
PASSION PLAY-Probal

PASSION PLAY-Probably the most
elaborate, spectacular and instructive
moving picture ever seen i'm Phoenix
is that Of the Passion Play, shown
last night at the Coliseum in connec-
ton with a lecture delivered by Rev.
NJ. L. Stewart The picture is spec
tacUlar simply because the Passion
Play is itself one of the grandest and
most imposing spectacles of modern
times. II is played once in a decade
by the Bavarian peasants Of Obcram-
mergau and each presentation is seen
by thousands of people from all parts
Of the world. il is doubtful. however.
if by actually witnessing the play one
can gain truer idea of its beauty,
scope and religious significance than
one can gain BY listening to Mr.
Stewart and seeing his pictures. As
everyone knows. the Passion Play de-
picts the life of Christ. The ODER
ammergau peasants present ii In the
open air, taking weeks for a single
production. 1t is said that me pic
ture which Mr.. Stewart has is the
most perfect Of all that have been
taken Of the Passion Play. Mr. Stew
arts lecture and the pictures are an
added attraction at the Coliseum and
will make their last appearance to
night.
LOOKING FOR BUSINESS-F G.
Trethaway, one time city ticket agent
for the Arizona Eastern, but row the
travelling passenger agent of the Wash
ington Sunset lines, is a Phoenix visit
or. Los Angeles is his headquarters,
but he will go anywhere he sees a
chance to peddle Sunset railroad
tickets. Yesterday he made a side trip
to Buckeye with Superintendent c. NJ.
Scott on the latters new railroad au-
tomobile. Mr. Trethaway says that if
the doves do not quit flocking along
the railroad track they will soon be-
come extinct in these parts. Mr.. Scott
always travels with his shot gun, for
hunting is a passion with him and he
has become so expert he seldom misses.
He not only shoots the birds when
they are on the fly, but when he is
on the fly himself. On the outgoing
trip yesterday he kept Whanging away
at the doves regardless. without ever
slowing up his machine, and making
mental note Of where he happened to
be. There was no loss of time. on the
return trip when he came to the right
places he would slow up and Tretha-
way would retrieve the birds. They
had fine days sport at the cost of
about fifteen minutes of time. This
is one way Mr.. Scott has of beating the
meat trust
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
THE SEVEN VARIETIES.

II is reported from Albany that an
other of the pledges in the Democratic
state platform which is unlikely TO be
carried cut this year is that for state
wide system of direct primaries. The
Democratic leaders are either actually
hostile or, while ostensibly favorable,
really Indifferent. Governor Dix belongs
in the latter category. He has done
nothing for the carrying out Of this
pledge except TO lend his name to an in
trinsically bad bill, which has only had
tie effect, which The Tribune predicted,
Ct giving the Democrats in the Legis-
lature an excuse for dividing their forces
between two kinds of direct primaries.
Indeed, there are not merely two kinds
Of direct primaries. but seven kinds
which the Legislature may choose among,
and each has its ostensibly violent par
tisans. A legislator may really assist in
doing the reform TO death and yet
square himself with his constituents
by ardently supporting one Of the seven
varieties. The fact that almost every one
III Albany finds it necessary to be an
advocate of one Of the seven varieties is
sufficient answer to the assertion that
the public is Indifferent to this reform.
1t is division partly honest, but a good
deal Of it humbug, among the parti-
sans Of direct primaries which has kept
this state among the few which still
L ":
nations Governor Hughes set the exam
pie, with the best intentions, of improv-
ing upon the common Western system.
And those whose purpose has been to
make union rpon any plan impossible
have been quick to follow him in "im-
proving upon his plan and upon every
other that has neen suggested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
"HERETICS" AGAIN.

There is recrudescence Of heresy,
or Of heresy hunting. Men are being
tried in various churches for alleged de-
parture from the essential doctrines Of
their faith. They are not laymen. but
preachers concerning whom the sole
question is whether they shall be per-
mitted longer to represent churches in
whose creed they do not believe, IT, in
deed. they do not preach openly against
it, The trials of these "hereics" cause
fear and scandal to some and provoke
scorn in others. while by the majority
they are probably regarded with large
degree Of weariness-of both spirit and
flesh
There can he no doubt that men have.
from a worldly and civil point Of view.
right to be "heretics" If man does
not believe in the Divinity Of Jesus, or
in the Atonement. or in the Resurrection,
there is no law of man to compel him
to do so or to punish him for his re-
fusal. Neither is there any law to for
bid his preaching against those doctrines.
But there is a certain law Of consistency
and common sense and fitness which
does forbid a man who has repudiated
those doctrines to remain in and preach
in church Of which they are essential
and fundamental principles Of faith. The
latest "heretic" is quoted as saying that
he does not claim 10 be orthodox and
has no desire to be- for he regards ortho-
dow as a system based unon icnora nee
and superstition. In that he is entirely
within his right But It is not within
but outside Of an orthodox church that
he should say such things.
To us the strangest part Of it all is
that the "heretics" should try to remain
in the churches which they repudiate
and should fight through ecclesiastical
trials to retain their places as repre-
senta tives Of creeds in which they no
longer believe. What would be thought
Of q man who was an habitual liquor
drinker and openly denounced absti
nence, and yet insisted that he should be
retained as n member and officer of
total abstinence society? A man who
denies and denounces an important ar
tice Of religious belief, and yet insists
uron remaining a priest Of the church
which IS founded upon that belief, Is
guilty of similar disqualification There
is plenty of room in the world for So
called "heretics'' But It is outside the
puplts of the churches whose rreeds
they have repudiated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
A COURTHOUSE SITE.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: AS popular opinion Is so strongly
opposed to building the new courthouse IN
City Hall Park. let me again recommend
that our Board Of Estimate and Apportion-
ment condemn for such use the block
bounded by Orchard, Allen. Stanton and
Houston streets. No other part Of greater
New York is more accessible or has better
transit facilities. The Second and Third
avenue elevated railroads the Delaney
street bridge, the trolley lines OF Its VI
cInity and the subway loop-all these Will
provide ample accommodation 10 those
whose business calls them to judicial head
quarters.
To-day the site suggest and It's vicinity
are filled with old rooker!es. built no one
knows how long ago, and there the streets
are dark and narrow, and the air Is con-
taminated with innumerable noxious odors
from factories and tenement houses. More
than this, no place Of its size in the civ
ilized world contains a greater population,
and at present its dirty, congested thor
oughfares are densely crowded with ped
lers' carts. fish wagons and vendors stalls.
Once the courthouse be placed there, all
this would be radically changed and the
neighborhood permanently bettered. as this
new public building necessarily would have
its broad plaza and inviting surroundings.
Within q very few years after its compile
ton new office buildings and other modern
structures would spring up in Its vicinity,
revoutionizing and improving the condition
Of this section Of the city for all coming
time SIDWELL ;. RANDALL
The Bronx June s, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
SENATORIAL OBSTRUCTION

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II Is now more than two months
since Congress convened In extraordinary
session at the behest OF President Taft.
ana as vet the main object for which It
was called together-the passage Of the
Canadian reciprocity agreement-has not
been accomplished. In the present instance
the American people are confronted with
the same obstructionist tactics by certain
OF our Senators as those that defeated the
previously attempted passage of the reel
procity agreement-the only difference
being that the present fight Is much more
systematic and promises TO last longer.
IL oehooves every thoughtful American
to consider carefully the activities OF the
senators IN this direction and 10 recall
certain or the arguments recently made BY
some OF these obstructionsts in opposition
10 the movement for the direct election Of
United States Senators. Not a few OF them
have warned US that such proceeding
would rob the Senate of its present high
sense OF honor and would succeed in lower
ing the personnel o. that body"
IN the light OF recent events, and also In
view OF the widespread and popular dc
mand for the enactment OF the Canadian
pact the true aspect OF the declarations of
senator Root and others against the pop
uiar election Of United States Senators
must at once be apparent to a great ma
Jority OF American voters and their ballots
ana the moral strength OF the nation Will
undoubtedly be utilized In the proper d.
rection IN the near future
MICHAEL j. HICKEY.
Brooklyn. June o. 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
CARRIE NATION.

post hoe. ergo prOpter hoe" 1t Is TO
Carrie Nations brickbats and Ratchet
that has been ascribed, in part at least.
the origin Of the economic temperance
wave which has swept this country since
her day, which has. indeed, become
worldwide but in reality she was not a
leader Of this new movement, but be-
lated and exceptionally violent survival
Of the earlier campaigns against In
temperance waged by the women Of the
West, chiefly through moral and emo
tional appeal. The measure Of her real
service to the cause may well be
doubted Not sentiment. far less ia
naticism, but cool reasoning. discerning
self-interest, has promoted the cause OF
temperance Men recognized 1t as the
often deciding factor in the struggle for
survival and success.
Mrs. Nations crusade was primitive
and lawless, approved by some extrem-
lists like herself, but counteracting Its
effect by its appeal to the sense Of hui
NOR Of the very persons she sought to
benefit She was sensational news.
England considered her typically Amer
lean" when she crossed the ocean and
gave it taste Of her methods, but Eng
land. unable to look into the future,
could not foresee its own hardly less
lawless suffragettes Her sincerity need
not be doubted. nor does she furnish
clear case for an inquiry into the atti-
tude Of the feminine mind toward the
law of the land.
Fanatics Of either sex are law unto
themselves in any cause. at any time. In
their eyes the end iustifies the means,
but the means may Illustrate its own at
tainment The country quickly tired Of
Carrie Nation and her antics. TO the
thoughtful she was a nuisance from the
first and an offence to the dignity Of the
law: the unthinking soon ceased from
finding entertainment in her UNMARRIED
performances She lost her news
value and dropped from public view.
The great movement Of which she was
an Incorporate excrescence went on with
the convincing weight and strength Of
its importance, moral and physical. but
economical above all else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
III STIRRED OFT.

Senator Rourne's salvation Army is
going 10 pieces. All reports from Wash
tncton agree that there will soon be
general mastering out When the Pro
.pressive Republican League was organ
dzed last year it promised TO become an
Important factor in national politics. It's
leaders were in practical control in
dozen Republican states-Caiiforma.
8 Oregon, Washington. Idaho. North Da-
kota. South Dakota, Nebraska Kansas,
Iowa. Minnesota. Wisconsin and Michi-
gan. The progressive movement had
taken a strong hold in many other states.
and in SO far as the league offered
nucleus for opposition TO President
Tafts reorganization on the ground that
his administration had lacked sufficient
. ncCressiveness on the tariff issue its &C
INVITES took on formidable aspect
Most of the proeressives in Congress had
voted against the Payne tariff law ana
had classified themselves as pronounced
downward revisicnists. and they enjoyed
the sympathy of many Republicans
throughout the country who thought the
tariff revision of 1909 inadequate.
Now the league is moriburd, and the
reason why II has succumbed 10 gallop
ing consumption is obvious. The Ca
. madam reciprocity agreement was its
death blow. When President Taft an
. nounced that he had made compact
which would open .he way TO freer trade
with Canada and also be Of permanent
1eneft in cementing friendly relations
between this country and the Dominion
The progressiyes had the chance Of a
lifetime 10 prove that they were really
progressive But because of cXageer-
ated fears Of offending local interests
they decided TO eat all their former pro
LESSONS and oppose Canadian reciprocity
as involving too great q surrender Of the
benefits Of protection. Instead Of real
salvationists they proved 10 be only olNli-
nary politicians working for a liveli-
hood They discredited themselves and
alienated the moral support which they
had gained in opposing the Payne law
ord which constituted their real political
capital
Now they are splitting up even on reel
procity Those Of them who have any
foresight realize that President Tafts
denomination cannot be prevented and
that the administrators record will be-
come the chief issue Of the next national
CAMPAIGN. How are they going 10 meet
srch situation in their own states! In
self-defence they will have to fall in line
behind the President The Des Moines
Register and Leader" one Of the ablest
progressive newspapers Of the West put
the case biuntly when it said the other
, day. addressing the Iowa opponents OF
reciprocity.
Republicans everywhere might az well
&. begin 10 take a long look toward 1912
as 10 be contenting themselves with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
A NEW YORK PEACE TEMPLE.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: During a great many years the
Equitable Union has advocated universal
peace for the nations, and this union now
represents the great peace movement in
this country, where IT'S friends desire TO
erect and dedicate TO this humane cause
the first great peace temple OF America
here in New York CITY. II is expected that
the cost of this temple will be about
$4,000. We feel sure that. when we set
this beautiful example Of universal peace
for the nations here In New York. similar
peace temples will soon spring up all over
this country. AMI a little later on they will
be established ell over the civilized world
This peace movement by this union is
only one of the many great reforms trat
have been carefully planaed for securing a
far better order of things in our civiliza-
ton which are now being promulgated and
carried out by the principles Of rhe Equta-
BILE Union. NATHAN Z. BADGLEY.
New York. June g. lall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS- The Senate was not in
session. - House: In the debate on
the Underwood wool bill Representative
Henry George. jr.. spoke in advocacy OF
the single tax.
FOREIGN. The investiture OF the
Prince Of Wales as Knight Of the Garter
was made by King George at Windsor
- Owing 10 the strike Of coal porters
al Southampton. the American Line
steamship ST Paul was unable 70 leave
for New York as scheduled. 80 The
second division of the American Atlantlc
feet sailed from Stockholm for Cron-
stadt The Mexican earthquake
was shown on the Te-esta blishment, or
communications TO be less disastrous
than az first supposed. - Two Wit
nesses were arrested, accused OF perjury
NJ the trial Of the Camorrists al VI
terbo. italy The turbine batteshlp
Frederick the Great. was Launched az
Hamburg. - The 1.oO0th anniversary
Of the landing OF the Norsemen was cele-
brated at Rouen.
DOMESTIC Governor Dix at Albany
said that he was not alarmed by the
proposed action of the Albany County
Supervisors 10 tie UP highway building
- II was announced at Wellesley
Mass that Dean Ellen +. Pendleton, OF
Wellesley College, had been chosen pres
tdent Of that institution. =- jacob A
Riis attacked tenement house conditions
. in an address at the Charities and Cor
rection conference at Boston. - Maui
rice Basic. a racing chauffeur, and
Joe Jaggersberger. driver OF another
car. were killed in automobile races
at Hawthorne track. Chicago. - A
hvstander not engaged in the controversy
was shot 10 death IL q fight between the
police and striking cloakmakers in Cleve-
land. - c. A. Bond. former Mayor Of
. columbus, was indicted by the grand
Jury investigating alleged bribery in the
Ohio Legislature.
CITY.-Stocks were strong. - An
unidentified youth was stricken with
epilepsy in a subway train and died soon
afterward in a hospital. - batted
hall crashed through the window OF a
trolley car and hit woman IN the race
breaking her nose. - d. Hlnckley
Arnold was married to a schoolmate OF
his missing sister, Miss porothy Arholu
The Public Service Commsslo!
will probably appeal the decision in the
Third Avenue reorganization plan; II was
eaid that its powers had not been les
sened by the decision. - Police COM
missioner Waldo said the three-p platoon
system. which would go in effect TO-
morrow, would be Of benefit both 10 the
policeman and the city. - w h. y
Stokes. who will leave the hospltal heAl
week. will prosecute the girls who shot
him. it was said having been deter
mined in this course by the charges they
made against him. - The Parks and
Fairgrounds Association will appoint a
committee to urge the purchase OF me
burned area at Coney Island as an addl-
ton TO Seaside Park. Eugene a. Phlibln
said. - In jumping from tree that
T. was topping over a brook a boys NECK
: was broken - The Kings County
.uffra sists split into two organizations
after a heated discussion which took
place at the annual convention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
rYpFRT CANAL RECOMnENDA'
TONS

Colonel GOethals must be accounted an
exnert on the subject Of the Panama
Canal. and his recommends lions concern
ling it must carry serious weight he mas
the greater authority because Of the sim
cular and practically unmarried success
which he has attained both as a technlcai
engineer expeditiously executing great
work. and as civil administrator, direct
ing the affairs of a province, indeed small
fiji area and population. but with inter-
ests and relations peculiarly complex ana
involved and requiring for its acceptable
government an unusual combination or
discretion. tact and intrepid resolution.
With the recommendation which ne
made the other day. as reported In our
Washington dispatches. that the rates OF
tolls in the canal should be fixed ana
announced at the earliest possible date,
fIl thoughtful men will agree. We have
dwelt upon the great desirabillty OF
American commerce being prepared 10
take advantage of this new route the
moment it is opened One OF the very
first essentials of such preparation o0vl-
ously is to know what the tolls Will
be. so as to be able to determine the
rates Of freight for traffic. Until ship
owners and shippers know what " IS
going to cost 10 get a ship through the
canal they can make no definite plans
for commerce on that route. The fixing
Of the rates should be one of the first
acts of Congress when II meets next fall,
if. indeed. it has not time to do it at the
present special session.
The later recommendation which
Colonel Goethals has made is novel and
somewhat startling; which does not at
all mean that IT is 10 be regarded with
dlsfavor IT is that in order to provide
for the proper protection of the canal
the government shall acquire and perma-
nently hold all the land abutting upon
II. The idea is that under private own
crship and occupancy the land might
somewhere he used as the base Of hostile
| operations An evil disposed man own
ing q place on the canal bank might pre-
pare mines which in q moment would
wreck the canal and put it out of com
mission for months. The danger Of such
deed may be small and remote, yet if
! il were realized in the one chance in ten
thousand its results might be disas-
trous. The cost of complying with Colo
nel Goethals's recommendation would be
| slight, there would be some marked adj
vantages in it in any case, and the pos
sible benefit of it in an improbable yet
| by no means impossible contingency
/ would he great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
THE GALLERY GOD "

II will be interesting to see whether
there is any substantial response to the
appeal of Mr. Daniel Frohman for
lesuscitation of the gallery god and OF
the general order for which he stood In
the days Of his glory. Mr.. Frohman re-
glets the disappearance from theatre au
diences Of that element which was most
in earnest, most responsive and most
stimulating in its effect on the actors.
He considers the gallery god" with his
frank enthusiasms and easily touched
svmpathies. "a potent factor In the pros
perity Of the drama and quotes Sir
Henry Irving as regretting the elimina-
ton Of n class Of auditors at whom
actors could play with some assurance Of
genuine expression on the other side
OF the footliehts Of the emotions excited
by the spectacle
From the point Of view Of the actor
ana playwright a return to the old con-
d:tions would probably prove advan-
tageous. Audiences are now too much
the same in temper and sensibility from
orchestra to gallery. The sophistication
OF downstairs prevails upstairs. and
the occupant Of the gallery has fol
lowed the fashion and grown blase
and suspicious In the general dwelling
up OF prices large percentage Of the
{, eryday public has been crowded out
Of the theatres where plays of serious
or ambitious character are given In
stead Of furnishing steady support for
the best theatres as they did IN the old
days, these former hdbitues of the gal
lery now go to cheap vaudeville or to
the moving picture shows. They are
bore and more lost 70 serious drama,
md the educational power Of the stage
is thereby greatly curtailed. Its appeal
becomes more special. and acting has
TO he supplemented to an increasing ex-
tent by scenery, costumes and mechani-
cal devices.
Managers are justified however. in
filing their houses, If they can. with
th.atregoers willing 10 pay the higher
scale Of prices. There may be public
luIgc enough to keep the theatres full
without calling on the gallery gods" Of
former days. Mr.. Frohman seems to
think that there would be profit as
we'll as an artistic stimulus in winning
back the public which now contents it.