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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-15
Son Very ~.

Mr.. and Mrs. Y. A. Weaver, or
Eleventh street. left yesterday Tor
Alexandra. Va. where they were
called by a telegram telling OF the
serious Illness OF their son. Robert
who has been attending the Episcopal
high school az that placS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-15

Whoop'0e courh ig not dangerous
when the couEh i7 kept loose and cr.
pcciorafion cary hy Swing chamber.
lainH COurh Remedy no hae torn
used in many opifcmics of this dis.
r0ao WIFI perfect success For saio
hy all drurrIatr
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-15
ReceIvrs Nrn Car

J. W Allen went 10 Wheeling yes
tcrday afternoon. where he received
tho large REQ 30-horse power touring
car ordered some time ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
NORTH AND SOUTH TRADE
A Deep Water Route from Canaoa "
New York as the Natural Outlet

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: About the year 1895 Canadians
ready for union with us. short OF poi''io..
We rebuffed them then. and they
turned to self-development and that 10
If self-sufficiency that would wall itseil ~
However there was secured the Inter y"
tional Waterway Commission ana w
BOARD Of Survey. which did an eXceileh'
niece Of work. although sldetracked by ths
narochial viewpoint on this side, that leu
10 a mere barge canal
Canada is going TO take up her snoi'
cut deep waterway-the Georgian Bay
Ottawa route--as soon as she Is done WIN
unbuildIng the Grand Trunk Pacihc, anu
az q political corollary a new Welland' Gu
canal with the 500 and upper lake chan-
nels. This will unite Ontario in chali
o, an adequate basis and serve us as well
A necessary sequence will be the recon-
s;ruction Of the st. Lawrence canals ~
eiroiIar dimensions. Unless we thereupoh
adopt a deep waterway, as surveyed, either
h the Oswego- Mohawk or the Champaign
Hudson route. Canada will dominate in me
gross EXPORT trade. II we do II is three
hundred miles TO sea from Montreal py
way Of New York, route that is aiso
safer and longer open than the 9so-inle
route hv wav OF the Belle Isle straits
We shall bring down the business or all
Canada and afford her a direct route Tor
all the West Indian, South American ana
Panama trade.
Thus far we had gone since 1895. and the
President offered that practical commercial
Union they then desired. Canada declined
the hospltable invitation, but has met Us
half way. As he so we'll says, we should
look at II not from local but ma
tional standpoint-the general welfare.
For example. between Rochester and To
ronto there is nothing but wster-scarce
l0) miles-the best medium of transporta-
ton known Each is az the apex OF a
triangular traffic territory Of large area
With the Trent canal system and Cen
esee- Allegheny canal there will be natu-
raj highway from furthest north 70 the
Gulf Remove the barriers and II VIII
promote natural trade North and South,
due 10 difference in climate and in products.
East and West is artificial. due 70 differ
cnce in settlement therefore temporary.
For us that is relatively over. Produc-
ton and consumption are more approximat-
ing localizatio Even on that great thor
oughfare the New York Central the pro-
portion of through to way freight is only
about three 10 twenty. and on the Erie
Canal about one TO two. r is only Canada
that has before her a need Of outlet for a
great surplus production from here TO
there. and the time is not far off when.
with the barriers down, 1t will he. to our
great relief, from there 10 here.
UNION JACK.
Butternuts. Otsego County. ~ Y, May 20,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
Tie "GRANDFA TIER CLATSE"

The decision by Judge !. II. Cotteral.
Of the United states District Court for
the Western District OF Oklahoma. that
the grandfather clause" of the Okla
homa election law violates the provis-
ions Of the federal Constitution. will
probably have the good effect of getting
that clause before the higher federal
torney is prosecuting four state election
officers for enforcing the law. and the
state cannot well afford To let them suf-
fer rather than risk an appeal Some
months ago a federal Judge I'm Maryland
ruled that the grandfather clause" i'm
the election law in force in city elections
IL Annapolis disregarded the prohibitions
Of the Fifteenth Amendment. In these
two decisions satisfactory basis Is laid
for testing the validity Of any ancestral
qualification for suffrage which puts in
a separate class Of voters. subject 10
special determinations. persons whose
forefathers were not entitled to vote on
January l. 1866.
II Is time that restrictions on the suf-
frage which are apparently based solely
on race and color should he passed on
by the federal courts. There is no good
excuse for such restrictions. since any
state wishing 10 deny the ballot to the
ignorant. the vicious or the defective
can employ legitimate means TO improve
the character Of its electorate II can
impose an educational or property quail
f1cation. levy n poll tax or insist on a
long term Of residence But It Is impera-
tive that the restrictions imposed should
apply equally 10 all voters. whatever
their race or color There should be no
discrimination in favor Of the white
illternte or undesirable person and
against the colored iliterate and unde-
sirable Each voter should stand on his
OVID merit and owe nothing 10 fhe IN
democratic distinction Of family descent.
"a good citizen needs no ancestors" said
Voltaire. Any citizens right to vote
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
THE MAYOR AND POLICE
POINTNENTS

Police Commissioner Cropsey made
mistake and violated the civil service
law when he passed over certain names
on the civil service list in appointing
patrolmen He should have sent the llst
back to the Municipal Civil Service Com
mission with his objections to II ana
with request for its revision. But
his objections TO the men he passed over
ere interesting. He affirms. ana MS
statement has not been challenged, that
bis sole object was to keep improper
men out of the department and elevate
the standard Of the force. He says;
The only men on the list whom passed
either failed 10 appear or were reJectea
by the police surgeons. or were reJecteu
because they had made false statements
in their applications for appointment Oh
had bad records from their former en-
ployers or in the neighborhood in wnlcn
they live. and in addition three or four
names were passed because the investl-
CATION by this department had nor peeh
completed as TO them.
Yet Mayor Gaynor apparently Wouiu
have the Police Commissioner appoint
the men certified TO him on the civil ser
vice list without inquiry and Wlthout
even exercising that discretion winch
the civil service law recognizes as nee
essary to appointing authorities. Every
one on the list is 10 he appointed. &C
cording to the Creelman letter including
those to whom the police surgeons might
object. those who might be found by
slight inquiry to have made false STARE
ments in their applications and those
whose records upon investigation might
be found to be bad And the new Com
missioner apparently is setting to work
In this way. to abolish favoritism
The Mayors quarrel with Mr. Cropsey
over his non-appointment Of captains
was similar in its origin When the eX-
animation for captaincies was held the
Mayor promised the candidates that they
should be appointed in the order Of their
standing. Mr.. Cropsey declined to carry
this order out. and properly. The civil
service law wisely gave him authority
IN exercise his discretion and pass over
certain names on the list, naming in
every case one vi 'Ht hiSh'H' 'ii'
n Police Commissioner familiar with the
actual records Of police leutenantS. their
temperaments and their executive ca
pacitv could in the exercise Of this dis
cretlon granted him by law prevent in
competents from becoming captSins. II
would he his duty to do so. Yet the
Mayor would not permit his Commits
sioner to use the slightest Judgment.
The circumstance shows what mani
kin the Mayor makes Of his Commits
siorer. His is bad way 10 manage an
important and difficult department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. May A.-The Austrian Am
bassador and Baroness Hengelmuller.
baroness Mia Hengelmuller and servants
will leave Washington on Friday for New
York and will remain there for day or
two before proceeding TO Bar Harbor
Baron Hengemuller will spend much time
in the capital until late IN the summer.
The British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
were hosts at a tea this afternoon, cele-
bratng Empire DAY. and entertaining
the delegates 10 the international fur seal
convention AT the same time. large
number Of people from resident and Off
cial society were guests
Jonkheer de Beaufort. attache Of the
Netherlands Legation. has been assigned
10 duty with the Netherlands Legation in
Japan and will leave Washington this week
for his new post He is a popular bachelor
and has many friends here
Baron Preuschen. Austrian naval attache.
has been appointed for special duty at the
coronation exercises in London. and he and
baroness Preuschen have sailed for Eng
land. They will return here in the fall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25

lcniest view of the Democratic maJori''
in the House that while the recaii Is a..
abomination of denominations, 1t ouen.
rot to he prescribed If the voters VI
Arizona think that they would rea"!
like to experiment with 1t.
The fate of the House bill in the sen
ate is uncertain. There are Deliioci "'s
there. like Mr.. Bailey. who hold Una.
Congress ought to make short WORK VI
SO dangerous an innovation as the J"ui-
cial recall. The Texas Senator an
nounced on March that ne nao re
signed. or would resign, as pro'es'
against the action Of his colleaeues III
tbe Senate who tried to force an ap-
proval Of the Arizona constitution as II
stood He is not likely TO take the posi-
tion that the recall Is monstrous but
vet oucht not to be allowed TO INTERFERE
With the admission Of territory II the
voters there see fit to put it into thelr
constitution. Possibly the House Dill
will be killed in the Senate or SO
amended that the lower branch VIII not
accent it, In that case both territories
will he kept out until the end or tne
ext regular session Of Congress. III July
or August. 1912 Then New Mexico VIII
ccme in automatically. under the Terms
Of the enabling act Of 1910, and Arizona
will have to stay out until the president
is satisfied that its constitution mas oeen
made acceptable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
ILLOGICAL DEMAND FOR 4 COW
PP01{TSE

The arguments for q compromise be-
tween the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany and the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit COMPANY and q division Of territory
between them proceed on the assumption
that if either plan should be accepted
az il stands the city would have TO 60
without the facilities promised by the
ether. but not contained in the plan
accepted. For example, 1t is said that
If the Brooklyn Rapid Transit proposal
is agreed to the city will lack line
down the lower West Side from Broad
way and 42d street along Seventh ave-
nue.. And if the marlborough plan is
the winner. on the other hand, Brooklyn
PEOPLE. or most Of them will lack the
means of reaching those parts Of Man
haitian which they chiefly visit and Mt
q single fare.
But is this all true? Suppose the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company's plan
is accepted; is 1t certain that the Inter
borough company will not in the near
future make the Seventh avenue extern
sion down from ADD street and Broad
way. and such other extensions as will
serve the public and increase its profit?
Will the Brooklyn company, which Is
now reaching out to become five Dor
ough system. he content if its present
plan fails. TO keep on its side of the
East River? If the mere possibility Of
competition has drawn such attractive
offers from these two companies. what
will actual competition do? If there is
no compromise and one company is an
outright winner. won't its defeated rival
! TO-. self-preservation have to extend its
system wherever an opportunity exists
and pressing public need Of facilities
affords II prospect Of profit?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
USURpING THE SIDEWALKS.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. You say in your Saturday issue that
It is against the law 10 obstruct streets.
Public property cannot be taken for pri-
vate use any more than private property
can be taken for public use" VIII you
please explain why our streets are obstruct-
ed all the time by the demolition of old
buildings and the accumulation of ma
terials N erect new
live in Madison avenue below S3d street.
and in winter have had to go out into the
street at Dist street. not only in tho ave-
nue but In the street. 7 remember several
days when the snow was very deep. I had
- plunge into slush and water twice for the
same building and now that two BUILDINGS
are going up at East SD street and Fl TN
avenue We have to take 10 the street
again.
7 have lived in New York all my life and
do not believe n is any worse than other
bis cities. but I do not understand why
this is allowed If II is against the law 70
obstruct streets. VIII YOU also tell the
long suffering public II Il IS alowa bic
for contractors TO turn night into day and
cart heavy loads of stone through the
streets at night. making sleep impossible
in our neighborhood? Hoping YOU will an
swer in print 7 await with interest your
reply A W.
New York May n. 1911.
Mr.. rockingham. of the Department Of
Public Works points out that contractors
have no right 10 obstruct the public
streets or the sidewalks in the course of
their operations on buildings. Permits
are issued by the Department Of Public
Works to erect roofs" and sidewalk
bridges, and permits are also given to
plac" building materials i'm the streets
mot exceeding one-third the width of the
street,. If contractors are violating
these privileges. all that is necessary is
to make complaint To the Department
Of Public Works. The department has
what is called division of sidewalks
which is equipped TO inspect the city for
the purpose Of finding violations. but
which says that New York is a big city.
and II is easy 10 miss finding all such
violations that exist Ed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO.


The passage by the House of Repre-
eentatives of joint resolution approx
1ng-With Qualifications-the constitution
of Arizona and New Mexico is not likely
10 hasten the admission Of those terri
tories. The trainers Of the House reso-
luton were animated by a frankly parti
san purpose That was TO couple the
fortunes of the two territories and the
two constitutions. so that if Arizona
were kept waiting New Mexico would
have To keep her company. The Demo
cratic leaders i'm Congress do not want
t. see New Mexico represented and
Arizona unrepresented in the Electoral
college of 1919. Although n great many
Democrats admitted on the floor Of the
House that there was substantial l'ea-
son for disappearing the constitution of
ArizOna-its provision for the recall Of
Judges being freely condemned on the
Democratic side as repugnant 10 sound
american principles-partiSan pressure
was nevertheless strong enough 10 make
them eat their words and vote for a
measure which. instead Of directing the
people Of Arizona 10 cut the judicial
recall out of their constitution merely
instruCts them 10 go through the harm
less form of taking another vote on that
question If they drop the recall il will
he all right: If they retain the recall il
will also he all right.
The Hon Martin W Littleton is said 10
have held the House spellbound with a
scathing denunciation of the judicial re-
call saving that 1T would strike from
"the splendid structure Of free govern
"ment the arch upon which it has come
80 rest with mistaken confidence But
when the time arrived for voting Mr.
Jittleton Joined with his Democratic
colleagues in telling Arizona to 60 ahead
anil strike ont the arch If she felt like il
Keeping the arch i'm place was q minor
consideration compared with preventing
New Mexico from getting into the Union
ahead Of her normally Democratic sis
ter territory.
In order to hold New Mexico back the
objection was trumpet up that the lat
ter's constitution prescribed a method
of amendment which was unreasonable
difficult As n matter Of fact. the proc
ess of amendment is no more compli-
Gated or cumbersome than that of the
average state. Yet some excuse had TO
b. found for qualifying the approval
given to New Mexicos constitution as
well as 10 AriZonas. for the reason that
the President has already approved the
former instrument and unconditional
affirmative action Of Congress would i'm
nediately bring about New Mexico's
admission The President has not ap-
proved Arizona's constitution. and with
out his consent that territory cannot
come in. even if Congress accepts the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
CANADIAN CONFIDENCE.

The halfgenuine and half-quizziCal
| criticism has sometimes been made Of
Canadians that they are more British
than the British themselves. Now II
seems possible to say. with some ground
Of justification that some of our British
cousins are more Canadian than the Ca
nadianS themselves At any rate, they
are more fearful of the imaginary dan
gers of the Dominion and more solicitous
denly he snatched away from Mother
Britannia in an involuntary elopement
with Uncle Sam. Some serious and most
respectable British journals and public
men have been strangely misled into
such approximations and into constant
opposition to the pending proposals for
mutually beneficent commercial relations
between the two great English speaking
nations of this continent all Of which
is sufficient 10 make the tudicious grieve
Surely. the vanity of such fears should
he amply exposed by the confident
declarations If the Canadian Prime
Minister at the London Pilgrims din
l'Pl. 4NpbouN 'Hu SUSPECT NlI W lllIil
Laurier of lack Of perspicacity or of
vigilance He knows what is going on
as well as anybody between the Gulf
Of Mexico and Hudson Bay Nor can
he he charged with indifference 70 i'm
perial relations and interests. seeing that
he has far out-loyalled the Loyalists Of
the Dominion in his practical and ag
cressive devotion to British interests
He is a French Canadian, and vet he is
one Of the very men Of whom II has been
said. as we have recalled. that they are
more British than the British. And Sir
Wilfrid dismisses with contempt the no
ton that reciprocity conceals p sinister
scheme against the integrity Of the en-
pire. Whatever some English fears for
Canada may he, Canada herself is not
afraid.
And Canada and her accomplished
Prime Minister are right There could
be nothing further from the truth than
the suggestion that the American gov
eminent in negotiating reciprocity is
plotting against the integrity Of the
British Empire II is preposterous to
say that reciprocity, If adopted, would
make for Canadian annexation to the
United States when as n matter of fact
il would do much 10 alay and TO eimi-
nate what little annexation sentiment
there now is on either side of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
No DEAL WITH TAHM1Nf

If bipartisan combination of the sort
which The Tribune's Albany correspon-
dent described in yesterdays issue exists
in the state Legislature it cannot fall 10
he embarrassing to the Republican party
and Injurious to its chances OF success
in the coming election The Republican
party should keep itself in a position en-
abling it to profit by the disgust which
tho whole state feels at Murphy s
domination Of the Legislature. 1t can
rot do this if its representatives In the
LEGISLATURE have contributed 10 Mur-
phys mastery Of the situation.
While the senatorial deadlock was
pending il was greatly to the credit OF
the Republican minority that it did not
make possible Murphy's triumph and the
election of Sheehan through the absence
Of some of its members from the joint
session. 1t presented then the appear
ance Of a we'll disciplined organization
performing IT'S duty under system or
party government. Had it done other
wise than il did it would not easily have
lived down the discredit And if it now
deeenerates into q headless mob. each
man for himself. rushing into alliance
with the Tammany members for the
sake of local bills and individual op-
portunities. it will he seriously dam
aged. What possible sincerity can an
anti-Murphy campaign by the Repub-
lican party next year or the year after
possess if the rolcals Of the Senate and
Assembly show that its members were
the active allies of Murphy?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
sHlpWRECK RELIEF FUNDS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The Blue Anchor Society having a
branch office at Fourth avenue and 22d
street New York. has been managed for
more than twenty-five years by a body of
women. has no salary list. depends en-
tirely upon voluntary gifts and gives all
its receipts TO aid persons. passengers or
sailors, Of every nation who may b.. ship
wrecked on the United states coast our
government maintains lifesaving stations
and paws the men employed. but gives no
further aid to tho shipwrecked persons.
Persons are often brought ashore 10
these stations from stranded vessels in
storms without sufficient clothing or per
sonal effects. and the lifesavine stations
actually have no money or supplies with
which 10 aid them except when this society
collects clothing blankets and restoratives
and forwards them 10 the stations.
on most transatlantic steamers II is the
custom TO have volunteer entertainments
with the aid and contributions Of the pas
sengers. and the rule Is always 10 give
one-half Of the proceeds TO the Seamen's
Orphanage. at Liverpool. the other half
being given 10 the various charities
chosen by the directors Of the steamship
companies. | claim this other half should
always he given entirely to the Blue An
Choir Society. because all other charities
AZ New York connected with the sea are
limited in their range Of beneht. and as
rule reach the sailors only. but this
society is entirely of an international
character, and gives its aid to passengers
sailors and every one shipwrecked' on our
coast
As the passengers are chiefly Americans
who contribute literally 10 the entertain
ments, II is suggested that they have this
society I'm mind. and that they will. " so
disposed, passed resolutions appealing 10
the directors Of the companies. who alone
control the disposition Of the large sums
OF money collected, 10 place the American
one-half portion generally. II not entirely,
with the Blue Anchor Society.
ALBERT CRANE.
NeW York Nav % 1911