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Arizona republican., 1911-08-22
Time For Congratulation.

Judge J. H. Kibbey on being intro duced addressed his audience as Ia dies and gentlemen and citizens of the state of Arizona" He did that pur- posely he said to indicate the contrast between being a citizen of a territory and a citizen of one of the many great states of the union with all its benefits enc responsibilities. He said it was a time for all Arizona people to jubilate and congratulate themselves that Ari- zona was about to assume the dignity of state. Statehood is now more near ly assured than ever before as nothing remains bat the formalities of admis- sion In the spirit of the messages of Governor Sloan and Judge Baker. he adjured the people to forget their ani- mosities and rejoice in their new achievement. The speaker said that vote of thanks ought to be extended to all who had helped to bring about this happy consummation but it is ina
 possible for their name is legion. both within and without Arizona, And he added that forgiveness should at this time be extended to all who have op-
  tingly or unwittingly. He said he is an AriZonian who believes in Arizona. When the people speak he adopts their sentiments, for the people must rule and their authority must be acceded to. After nearly quarter of a century of residence in Arizona he said he was not afraid to trust the judgment of her people or compare it with a like num- Der of people in any state. Arizona's tillable acreage is small, but it is ad- mitted that an Arizona acre is worth five or ten acres anywhere else. Ari- zoia's population is small but like its acreage one good Arizonian is worth half a dozen men of any other country. The speaker was greeted with cheers when he arose and added applause when he sat down. which echoed again as the strains of Dixie were started In, tho hand
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-03-04
Buscando una Casa :"

"Una de las primeras preguntas que sc hace el
inquilino moderno referente una casa que desca
tomar, es 81 tiene 6 no eectricdad.
ST la casa es vieja, la electricidad la ayudari
mucho hacerla moderna.
Siendo nueva vieja la electricidad ayu-
dara muchisimo disminuir el trabajo en- Ia
casa"
Porto Rico Power and Light Co.
General Offices Marina San Juan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
ATTACKS WHICH VIYDICATE.

A shining example Of lUcus a non H.
which 1.-The Newark Star makes upon
the merit system in the civil service, as
applied TO various departments Of the
government of that city 1t bewails and
condemns the gross lack of system I'M
der which the list Of questions for ap-
"plicants for various positions are pre-
"pared." and finds what it calls a strlk-
ing example thereof In two recent eXami-
nations, one for policemen and one for
library assistants 70 wit: The police
men were subjected to a rigid cxamna-
tion 10 test their physical fitness AMI
their knowledge Of the practical duties
Of the service. but apart from that were
let off with a very simple examination
I'm book learning" being asked no
questions in ancient history. modern lit
erature philosophy or art. The library
assistants. on the other hand, were re-
quired 10 pass a searching academic"
examination. telling much about books
and authors and literary subjects in
itor inquired for hooks on a certain sub
iect they would be able 10 suggest the
works which he should consult
Now this. The STAR seems to think,
oi 10 think it thinks. cOnvicts the civil
service system Of "carelesSness if not
also discrimination" because the OBJ
"iect Of the law is to give candidates for
public Jobs an equal chance For here
ere these would-be library assistants,
who will get 10 begin with only SO a
month. required TO answer questions
about then litery fellers," while of the
patrolmen. who are to get so month,
history and literary. social, political
"and economic knowledge was not re-
''dnired." hut they were simply asked
what they would do if they discovered
a house afire. how they would deal with
beggars. under what circumstances they
would make arrests, and the like Mon
strous discrimination. indeed. 10 ask a
would-be policeman about making ar
rests and nothing about the literature Of
the Renaissance. and 10 ask aspiring
Librarians questions about books and pc
riodicals. but absolutely nothing about
"drunks" ard misdemeanors. Gross
lack Of system" indeed Uniformity IS
what is needed Put candidates for po-
licemen, stenographers, electrical en-
gineers and cuspidor cleaners all
through exactly the same examinations.
That's the only way in whichtto give
candidates for public Jobs IN equal
chance"
Seeing that the silly season IS sup
posed 10 be past, We must accept this at
tempt at an7attack upon the merit sys-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
BACKSLIDERS.

Reports from Washington that Speaker
Clark and Mr.. Underwood are going TO
suspend their programme Of retrench-
ment and allow the House Of Repre-
sentatives to pass a pension bill adding
S50,000000 to the present annual eI-
penditure have reached Texas, and II Is
gratifying to find THE Houston Post
raising its voice in protest against such
q reputation of Democratic professions.
Speaker Clark promised that the Demo
cratic House would stand for retrench-
ment all along the line, and he began
herocally by cutting down the compen-
sation Of messengers, policemen and
other employees about the Capitol. But
the few thousands saved in that way
and all the other administrative eConO-
effect will count as nothing If a new
charge Of S5O,OOO.OOO annually is to he
saddled on the Treasury.
The Houston Post" has little conf
denCe in the sincerity of the House ma
jority's economy pledges. II says:
The Democratic programme for re-
trenchment is likely to he subjected to
terrific strain when Congress assem-
bles. If the reports from Washington
are reliable. While the retrenchers are
planning to save. the Treasury will be
assaulted from every side, and the
chances are pretty good for at least
one successful raid. The scheme 10
enact a new pension bill which would
increase pension expenditures by $50
O00OO0 is almost sure to get through.
unless, indeed. a successful resistance
can be effected In the Senate.
1t. is curious situation when Demo
cratic advocates Of retrenchment have
to appeal to a Republican Senate for
protection against the extrava gance Of
a Democratic House Of Representatives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
CANADA'S . CENSUS.

The Canadian census Of 1911 dispels
some Illusions which have been current
about the growth Of our northern neigh
Dor. II is evident that recent immf-
grafton into Canada from Great Britain
and the United States has been much
oyerestimated 1t used to be said that
nearly 100000 Americans were moving
annually across the boundary line into
the rich Western provinces. and credit
was given on both sides Of the border
10 the claim that in the decade from
1901 TO 1911 at least 100000 new set
tiers had poured into Canada That
could not have been the case, since the
total gain in population for the decade
turns out TO be only 1,710554. The nat
ural growth of population i'm a country
Of Canada's stage Of development would
be AT least % per cent, and that growth
should have produced n gain Of more
than .30O,OOO-the population in 1901
having been 5.371.315. If there was a
normal increase by reproduction, immi-
grafton fell far below Canada's sanguine
estimates. If immigration reached 1000
GOO the natural growth was much less
than II should have been.
Canadian authorities have assumed
that immigration from the Eastern prov
inces into the United States has become
negligible Yet It may be that the drift
from this side Of the line into the North
west was cOunterbaanced to some eX-
tent by drift from the Eastern prov
inces into New England Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick and Prince Edward Isl
and suffered net loss in population of
$1,000. and the gains made by Quebec
and Ontario were 351 100 and G,955.
Iespectively-pe of only 10
and 1913. Massachusetts. Connecticut,
New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania
are all growing faster than the two chief
Eastern provinces
The Western provinces must have
drawn for their gains on Eastern Can
ada as well as on Europe and the
United states. They increased their
population by more than n million, Sas-
katchewan leading with n jump from
.9l 279 10 4J3 3OS. The West from now
.on will exert potent influence in
Canadian politics. It's four PROVINCES
will gain twenty seats In the next
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
LIBRARY ATTENDANTS.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Criticisms regarding the small sal
aries paid the employees In our public
libraries are no doubt just I'm many cases
but | think a majority of these people re-
ceive fair equivalent for services rem
.dered Most OF them are women, whose
duties are Of quite an ordinary routine
character and devoid Of those unpleasant
experiences that are the lot az many other
bread winners, notably saleswomen and
Mattresses They are very seldom sub
jected TO impatient remarks from the peo-
pie they serve
The argument that these library en-
ployss are women ~ more than average
culture has not always been verified In my
observation and experience I'm the circulat-
ing libraries In this city and I regret IA
say that have not always found them az
polite and obliging. as are most Of their
sex in other industrial lines Frankly
speaking a too large percentage OF them
are inclined 10 be a little cranky" al
times aud TO use their authority such as
It is-with rather poor judgment.
New York. Oct. II. 1911, W. @. r.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
MURPHY AND THE ASSEMBLY.

Murphy's attending personally to the
rebuking by the Democratic state Ooh-
mittee of the Putnam County Democrats
failure to nominate q candidate lor tiie
Assembly shows the keenness OF MS IN
terest i'm the election of AssemDIymeh'
Usually he let's others offer such resoiu-
tions as those for the punishment or the
putnam County TRAITORS" but he
wished to let all the party in the state
know how he. the boss. personally felt
about any traffic that would reduce MS
chances of dominating the Legislature
again next winter.
The boss is fighting bitterly for CON
troll of the Assembly because Republi-
can majority in the lower house would
be a hard blow to his prestige. 1t would
mean that the state had repudiated
him in disgust, that the spectacle OF
his open bossing of both Legislature ana
Governor, of his holding the Democratic
majority under his thumb while he
tried personally to gain through the cleo
ton of Sheehan, had turned the stom-
acb Of the electorate. IT would mean
that the state feared another year of
Murphyism. with its prospect of even
worse legislation than such shocking
patronage grabs as the Court of Claims
bill the unconstitutional Levy law
scheme to disfrancbise the enemies of
Tammany, and the scandalous attempt
to apply ripper legislation to the gov
eminent of this city in the Murphy-Gay-
nor charter.
The boss takes the whip Of discipline
into his own hands and cracks it SO
that the whole party may see and hear.
He has everything at stake in the filling
Of the Assembly-his mastery of the
state, his opportunity to use the Legis-
lature for his own and Tammany's
benefit. Some seem to think that last
session was a ''go as far as you like
session with the boss and Tammany
Not at all. No doubt the boss was cir
cumspect according TO his lights. The
Levy law. the Court of Claims Job and
the ripper charter We're moderation, ac-
cOrding to the Murphy standard, the
Murphy who as his mugwump associ-
ates of last year assured us. was "actu-
ated only by the best of motives and
determined not TO do anything which
would turn public opinion against his
party. If the public does not adequately
resent the last session Murphy will be
emboldened and go the limit in the
] next
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
PEOPLE and Social Incidents.

, ment OF the day in the Berkshires, rain
continuing throughout the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Shields Clarke will
close their country estate this week ana
will go 10 New York, whence they Will san
for Europe.
Miss Mary Lewis. OF Philadelphia, and
, Arthur s. Hayward. OF Savannah, have ar
rived to visit Miss Isabelle Shooter
Oswald Jackson. who has been a guest
Of his aunt, Mrs Charles Carroll Jackson.
at the club cottage, has gone 10 New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren NJ. Salisbury: Will
close their estate on Sunday. and will go
to New York.
Miss F. Constance Folsom has gone 10
Boston TO visit Miss Barbara Burr.
Miss Jackson. OF London. arrived to-day
to visit Miss Ethel F. Folsom.
Miss Mary Dep. Carey gave q dinner
party at the Gables tonight
Mrs. Thomas D. Rodman and Mr.. and
Mrs. Laurence Gourlay have closed their
| stockbridge place and are in New Canaan.
Conn, before going to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard c. Dixey and MIS-.
Rosamond Dixey, who were detained TO-DAY
because OF the condition OF the roads VIII
motor to Tuxedo 10 visit Mrs. Oscar n
Sampson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chalmers Wood. Mrs WI.
lam Apthorp and Miss Eulalie Iasej ara
guests OF Mrs. Oscar Iasigi at Clotercrort
George Winthrop Folsom will preside q.
the annual dinner Of the Lenox Club satur.
day night in the absence Of Captain John
s. Barnes and DR.. Richard G. Greenleaf
president and vice president. respectively.
Countess de Foras. OF France. sister
Of Mrs Edwards Spencer has arrived al
the Curtis Hotel
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. sharpless departed
to-day for Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Feltus will return
10 Philadelphia tomorrow from the Curtis
Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Stafford. OF New York.
will also return 10 town.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Jackson. who has
been at the club cottage. is negotiating for
| the lease Of the Mackay cottage. in Cliff
wood street.
| Mrs. Miles Carpenter and Miss Carpenter,
of New York. arrived to-day at the Curtis
Hotel.
Mrs. Joseph W. Burden closed Under
Ledge cottage to-day and returned to New
York
Jonkheer J. Loudon. the Netherlands
| Minister TO. the United States, has Joined
Nine. Loudon at the Curtis Hotel
| Mrs Carl F.. Schmit. who was at the
Hotel Aspinwal for the autumn, has gone
| 10 New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter +. Talbot, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward F. Simpson and Mr.. and Mrs
| Gilbert Tolman, of New York and Mss
Amy Mathews, Miss Agnes Mathews and
! Miss Mary f. Harrison. of Orange, n. j.,
/ have arrived at the Curtis Hotel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
DEFIANT DEMOCRATS.

It must have shocked and surprised
Murphy Of Tammany to learn that his
elaborate resolutions at the meeting Of
the Democratic state Committee did not
annihilate the local branch Of the Demo-
cratic League Obviously. when the
boss denounced that organization as a
traitor to "the interests of our party
il should have skunk away into outer
darkness. Instead. it denied the right
cf Murphy To define anybody'S Democ-
racy and repudiated his substitution Of
Murphyism for the real, simOnpure JEFF
fersonian brand. Unkindest cut Of all,
il advised a wholesale attack on Muir
ply, after the following fashion: at is
mot enough to defeat some Of his legis-
"lative candidates. To make it clear
that the voters Of this city refuse to
"countenance his leadership the county
"ticket must be defeated
Democrats opposed to "the Murphy
machine" the league contends, have
nothing to do but vote the fusion ticket
Citizens of any other political faith OPP
posed 10 the domination of city, county
and state affairs by brutal. selfish boss
have nothing TO do but vote for the
fusion candidates and against Murphy
and Murphyism Murphy showed his
consideration for the voters when he
damned the outrageous and unconstitu-
tiOnal Levy election law through his Leg
islature and made his Governor stand
for that assault on the rights Of the i'll
dividual. The voters now have their
turn to show their appreciation Of such
miSdeedS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
THE PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPING.

M iGN an run MIN ARIA ".
The sentencing of Il couple of kidnap-
pers in Chicago TO life imprisonment
will he generally regarded with approval
by those who would seek 10 make the
punishment comparable in severity with
the baseness of the crime We are not
sure that capital punishment would not
be sanctioned by many Certainly it
would be approved by more than would
think life Imprisonment too severe For
kidnapping IS rightly held in adherence
as one Of the three or four most wicked
and deteStable Of crimes. 1t sometimes
involves murder. the victim perishing
through fright or lack of accustomed
care; and when it does not IL NAV still
infiict upon relatives an anguish greater
than death itself would cause II never
has the excuse or pTeteXt of passion or
impulse. or anything but the most cold
blooded and deliberate sordidness or
revenge: usually the former. For those
guilty OF such n crime there Is scant
room for mercy.
There is. however, one important con
Sideration which must have great weight
IN determining what the punishment
shall be. namely. the fate of the person
abducted. The things 10 he sought are.
first. to deter persons from committing
the crime; and, second. 10 effect the
rescue Of its victims. II carried 10 an
extreme these might he Incompatible.
If tho fornopr we're held cYcluctveIv I'm
view the penalty might be made so
severe that kidnappers would invari
ably kill their victims if necessary to
facilitate avoidance If detection; while
if the latter alone were considered i'm
munlty might tempt many 10 commit
the crime. Just where the balance should
he struck it may be difficult 10 say, but
The penalty ought 10 be as severe as it
can be without increasing unduly the
peril " the stolen child The crime Is
foreign TO the spirit Of our race, and in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
some way It should he made rs rare ms
it IS odious.
OTERCPOWDED BARNARD.

It is to he hoped that Barnard College
will never he forced TO take the acton
which it is already bound to consider
Of limiting the number Of students u
will accept and rejecting all applicants
above that number. It's inadequate faclll-
ties for accommodating the students now
enrolled have compelled its officers to
contemplate that possibility. which mas
thus far been warded Off, rs The
Tribune explained yesterday, by turning
cloakrooms into lunchrooms, letting n
class Of 80 girls make the most they
can Of study room designed for forty
and allowing students to stand IN rye
auditorium, which has seating capacity
for only about half the student body.
I'm brief. the college is now teaching
nine hundred students in buildings de-
signed for the accommodation Of five
hundred.
The growth of Barnard and the press
ure upon her capacity show the place
she fills in this city, where the pro-
vision of facilities for the higher educa-
ton Of women has Jagged far behind
the provision Of similar facilities for
men. New York plainly needs greater
means of educating the young women
who wish or are compelled to remain at
home while attending college The re-
quirements of Barnard present an OPP
portunity for persons 81 wealth who are
interested in the higher education Of
women
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
CABS AND LUGGAGE
Traveller Thinks Fares Excessive and
porters Not Numerous Enough.
Edltnr Of The Tribune.


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I have two grievances against the
New York Central Railroad which think
should find public utterance. the nrst Is
their management OF the cab line at the
Grand Central Station. When this CAB Dne
was first started they used only morse
vehicles The charge was N cents TO points
I'm and above sd street up to 5Sth street
was not particularly Interested In the
prices outside Of those limits, but nave
an impression that they were only shghty
increased. Then came the automobile caDs'
when the price was raised to 50 cents ana
then TO IL cents and then 10 90 cents. ana
now the charge is 81 to 23d street for one
or two persons.
I think this charge Is extortionate and
do not understand why II is that the city
authorities do not regulate auto cab
charges in the same manner as they resu-
late all others OF course, the taximeters
are uncertain. I have travelled from one
point to the Grand Central Station repeat
edly within the last two years and j never
knew taxicab meter charges to be the same
I'm every case In fact, 7 think the whole
system Of taximeters Is next door 10 a
swlndle: but the New York Central, as the
owner and manager of their cab service
should he brought down TO n reasonable
price. They have q monopoly over all com
petitors from the nelghborhood OF their
sta ton and therefore enjoy a privilege for
which the public should not be compelled
10 pay I think that Mayor Gaynor might
take up this matter 10 some advantage to
the public
Ny other grievance is their management
as lessees Of the West Shore Railway. ]
have made several trips by the West Shore
Railway between New York and the cats
kills this summer. and on arrival at Wee
hawken have been compelled not only 10
carry my own satchels, but to assist ladies'
who were not strong enough 10 carry their
own. without the presence OF single one
OF the red-capped messengers who are nu-
merous at the Grand Central but which
seem 10 he entirely unknown at Wee
hawken The walk from the cars to the
ferry is long and tedious, and on hot days
almost unbearable.
II there is any good and sufficient reason
why the messengers who are employed and
paid by the railway company should serve
the public at the Grand Central / see no
req son why their usefulness should not be
extended TO Weehawken. Probably three
passengers out Of four pay these messen-
gers liberal tip in addition to their pay
from the railroad. and at Weehawken on
at least three occasions should have been
willing 10 have tipped them literally II
they had simply been on hand to relieve
me Of the burden Of carrying my own
baggage.
I hope that the authorities OF the New
York Central Railroad will see that this
is a matter of considerable importance to
the public, and not wait until driven by
legislation or municipal. authority to supply
this omission both. at Weehawken and at
the Grand Central
SAMUEL r. WEED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
Minister to Balkan States Leaves
Djnlomatic Service.

Washington, oct. 19.-John Ridgely car
ter, of Maryland, for a year past Minister
to servia, Rumania and Bulgaria, ana
known 10 a host Of American tourists dur
ing his fifteen years service as secretary
Of the embassy at London, has resigned
from the diplomatic service For while
Mr.. Carter was I'm charge of the embassy
at Constantinope. and when on leave OF
absence here recently was appointed Mn
lister TO the Argentine Republic but he re-
solved 10 decline this promotion and leave
the Diplomatic service. He has just re-
turned 10 his Balkan post.
Baltimore, Oct. 19.-The news Of the resiS'
nation of John Ridgely Carter from ire
Diplomatic service was a great surprise to
members Of Mr. Carriers family In Balti-
more. HIS brother Shirley Carter SAID
that he had no idea Of the cause Of II.
Mr. Carter was in Baltimore on a visit
10 his father a short time before sailing
for Europe. early this month. The impress
sion of the diplomats family, Shirley Car
ter added, was that he was going 70 Lon
dom and later would proceed 10 Argentina
TO assume his duties as minister.