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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
AN EMERALD REFRAIN
Singing the Praises Of the Glorious
FRAGMENTS Of Irish Gaelic Culture.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir There have been civilizations that
still impress the mind OF the most casuai
by the evidences OF their material splendor,
as those OF Egypt and Rome. ireland. stlll
dotted on every acre by ancient ruins, has
more OF these evidences than people think
The Rock Of Cashel. for example, Is no
mean rival TO the Greek Acropolis. But the
high excellence Of Ireland's native clviliza-
ton lay I'm the diffusion OF a deep culture
through the whole people and the drilling
of the human intellect and talent TO an
almost superhuman power. There are evil
dences Of this latter characteristic among
the fragments of Irish literature and art
that escaped destruction.
Thus. among the illustrations Of the Book
of Kels the unapproachahle glory OF me-
diaval art" there are myriads OF lines
that are absolutely invisible to the naked
eye Yet those lines, which the most pow
erful glasses hardly reveal, are the strokes
Of human hand. Then, again, the per-
lection Of Irish art in enamel and gold
work, still existing, was the wonder OF the
old and remains the mystery OF the modern
world Then, again. in the whole mass Of
Irish Gaelic literature, annals, tales. gene
alogles, Biographies, etc. the severest tests
Of modern scholars and scientists have not
revealed a single error OF fact or single
contradiction. Yet come Of these manu-
scripts have been I'm safe keeping q thou
sand years out of Ireland. and they are
products Of a period covering two thousand
years. Can that be said OF any other ma
tlonal literature? Again, what preternatu-
raj spirit OF high benignity was II, IN an
ago Of hate and rapine that drove Irishmen
10 spend themselves through six unwearied
centuries over all Europe in educating the
nations In civilization tho rich results OK
which we enjoy to-day
By innumerable other proofs It has been
shown that the ancient Irish had scientific
instruments and branches Of learning that
were lost in the destruction of their CIVIL
zation. By what singular mystery OF fate
has this extraordinary people been denied
the credit of their Unapproachable achieve
ment2
HERBERT O'HARA MoLINEUX.
New York, July IS 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
TBE SINGLE ISSUE IN CANADA.

There are indications that Sir VIII
frid Laurier has again shown his ca
pacity for political leadership by allow
ing the opposition in Canada TO force a
dissolution Of Parliament and a now
election on the single issue Of reel
procity The Conservative party by &C
cepting that issue has practically de-
barred itself from attacking the govern
ment on other grounds and from making
CAPITAL out Of any general dissatisfaction
which may have been caused by the
Liberal partys shortcomings III legisla-
ton or administration. The new cleo
ton is to be a referendum on the Ameri-
can agreement, and that agreement is Il
piece Of progressive craftsmanship much
harder 10 attack than TO defend
Even some Canadian newspapers
which are violently hostile TO the
Laurier administration realize that the
Conservative leaders have manpuvred
themselves into an uDfavorable position.
Thus THE Ottawa Citizen exclaimed
with disgust the other day: What a
"snap II would be for the present Liberal
government 20 20 TO the country with
"all its odorOus past yelled behind the
screen Of reciprocity 1t regretted
that the opposition had been "enticed
unto the field 10 do a tilt with the white
"plumed knight [Sir Wilfridl to save
"our Sweet Lady of the Shows from the
"ogre Reciprocity" since our Lady Of
the Shows is not sure that reciprocity
is am ogre at all.
The Conservative attack on reciprocity
as a profltless policy 70 Canada tends TO
refute the other argument that reel
procity will bring Canada more and
more under the influence Of the United
States and weaken its attachment eco
nomically and politically 10 the British
Empire. If reciprocity proves to be
bad bargain for Canada, as Mr.. Borden
saws IL will. the agreement can be
promptly terminated, since # runs only
al the pleasure Of the parties TO the con-
tract. Its tendency in that case would
le 10 strengthen Canada's desire TO pur-
sue "A policy Of isolation. Only If the
agreement should bring decisive advan-
taces 10 Canada could it he maintained
indefinitely and assure further friendly
economic cooperation between the PEG
Die Of the Jnited States and the people
of the Dominion.
The Liberal party has all The better
d the argument. for il can advocate
making an experiment which may De Of
great advantage. but which can he dis
continued II IFS results are unsaUsfac-
tory. That h all attitude which Will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
People and Social Incidents.

Miss Tevis Camden. Mr. and Mrs. r. Liv-
ingston Beeckman were dinner entertain
ers this evening for Assistant Secretary OF
state Huntington Wilson and Mrs. Wilson,
their guests.
Registered at the Casino to-day were Gs-
rard Post Herrck. Winfield s. Schley. Mrs.
Ernest Howe. Mrs. Charles Belknap. Bur-
ton Smith. Willing Spencer August Bel
mont, Raymond Belmont, Huntington Will
son. Mr. and Mrs y. T. Brening. Edgar ".
Phelps, Edmund Randolph, Mrs ]. p. Hol-
land n guest Of Mrs. 8. r. Huntington, and
William Mitchell, a guest OF George II. Ben
jamln.
Mrs Brockholst Cutting Is expected from
abroad this week
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gordon King have
gone TO Bar Harbor for the month OF Au-
gust.
The Rev. Richard A. Green has returned
from abroad and has Joined Mr.. and Mrs
William Brenton Green.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goelet have gone
70 New York FOR short visit as has
Henry r Taylor
Mr.. and Mrs Henry c. Phipps and family
arrived from New York to-day and are
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. ogden Mills
Mrs James Griswoid Wentz had card
party at her summer home this afternoon.
Mrs. W. a. VI. Burden IS the guest OF
Mrs l. Townsend Burden
Mrs. Austin l.. Sands arrived tonight
and is the guest Of Mrs Frederick p. Sands.
Mrs Beeckman Lorilard was among this
evenings arrivals.
Miss Elsie stevens and Master Frederic
NJ Davies. both Of whom have recently
been operated upon FOR appendicitis, ara
reported as improving.
Countess Gherardesca arrived to-day. 10
be the guest Of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. c. Tay-
Tor.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Cross arc
leaving here for Europe on Wednesday, and
during their stay abroad their children will
be the guests Of their grandparents. DIR.
and Mrs. r. 7. GammelL
Captain Lloyd Phoenix left town for New
York to-day on the Intrepid. 70 Join tho
New York Yacht Club cruise on Friday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
SOCIALIST WAYS AND MEANS.

SOCIALIST WAYS AND MEANS.
The full flower Of Socialist agitation is
now 10 be perceived in France. Inc
technical name of il is sabotage In
common speech in this country we call
II train wrecking and wire cutting III
ali parts of France attempts are being
made to wreck railroad trains and at
telegraph wires and cables. Other SINH
lar outraccs are also being perpetrated,
until something like Il reign of terror has
been established. Our Paris correspon-
dent reports that such destruction Of
public property has attained revolution
ary proportions and dominates the whole
POLITICAL situation in France.
The chief victims are, OF are likely 10
be. the innocent and disinterested public.
j. would he abominabe 10 have railroad
directors murdered for refusing to ac-
code TO the demands Of their workmen.
But I'm this case It Is the passengers on
the trains who are the victims. 1t Is
they who will get killed II trains are
wrecked. II is the general public that
is disconnected and injured when wires
are cut and telegraph lines are disabled.
In brief. this whole campaign of DELHI
crate and studied destruction Is directed
sauarely against the general public.
That is the French Socialist plan of
campaign 90 treat as an enemy and IN
outlaw everybody who does not actively
subscribe 10 Socialist doctrines and prac-
tie. II the general public will not back
up the Socialists I'm their demands for the
abdlcatiCn Of the government why then.
"ihe puhlic be damned" The destruc-
ton of score Of lives through the
Wrecking Of railroad train is q ncgli-
gible trihe 10 these propagandists. We
shall see hotv kindly or uniindly the
French nation takes 10 that practice.
The chances arc tbp' il will not prove
permanently profitable 10 Socialism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01

giving control to and making the state
supreme.
have never been partial TO the present
blanket ballot. because IT requires marks
10 indicate voters preference. To refuge
to count ballot because voter mis-
marked It in effect disfranchises that voter
which is an inexcusable injustice to any
citizen. Every candidate should have his
own separate ballot. All ballots should be
uniform in SIZE color and letters, pro-
vided by the commissioners. as now. Every
voter should receive full set Of ballots
in the voting place. from which ne should
select the ballots he wants to vote, eacn
OF which should be deposited In the pox
provided for such office. This requires
no marks and each such ballot VIII DC
counted. This would require intelligen'
voting
would not lessen a single safeguard 10
clean election provided by the present sys-
TEN, but after many years Of political ex-
perience I am convinced the system would
not be injured II only two. or at most
three, registration days were provided for
and II only two instead Of four inspectors
of election were provided for registration
purposes. and TO serve on Election Day as
we'll There is absolutely no need OF the
poll clerks or the ballot clerks. There IS
no value in numbering tho ballots-it Is a
needless expense The ballot stub and It's
printed Endorsement on the back are both
useless very careful study OF these
last suggestions along tho line Of economy
will show that, II adopted. they could not
detrimentally affect the efficiency OF our
election system or injure It. Why not econ
omze where II is possible? j. u NJ
Brooklyn, y. Y, July 81. 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
PLANS OLD AGE PENSIONS
Socialist Representative in Congress In
Produces Radical Bill.

Washington, July 31.-Every person in the
United States sixty years old or older VINO
has been a citizen sixteen years. who mas
an income of less than Sc a week and VINO
has not been convicted Of a felony would
be put on the pension roll II Congress
passed a bill introduced to-day by Repre-
sentative Berger. Of Wisconsin, Socialist
The bin would give pensions OF from 81 to
8. n week. Mr.. Berger offered Joint reso-
luton providing for the appointment of
commission 10 investigate the old age pen
sion question.
The Representative included in his bill
a clause that none OF the courts OF the
country. not even the Supreme Court Of the
United States, should pass on its validity
Tho old working men and working
women are entitled 10 living outside OF
the poorhouses and without aid Of private
charity" said Mr. Berger in discussing hts
bill. IF the old parties and the Supreme
Court do not realize that fact, they will be
wiped out OF existence, together with the
old Constitution"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
STILL AT IT.


'oThe Baltimore Sun" published last
week as an advertisement constitu-
tional amendment, to be voted on this
fall by the people of Maryland, which
recalls 70 mind the fantastic efforts of
The last Legislature Of that state TO
nullify the Fifteenth Amendment to the
federal Constitution. The Democratic
majority in that body fell under the
hypnotic spell of a couple Of magma
tive iurisconsults who had figured IL out
that because Maryland had not ratified
the Fifteenth Amendment it was not
bound by the prohibition against state
legislation establishing suffrage qualifica-
tons based on race, color or previous
condition OF servitude. Several bills
were passed providing for the restriction
or denial Of the franchise in state and
local elections, all aimed at the negro
voter. and a constitutional amendment
was proposed limiting the right 10 vote
at any state or municipal election TO two
classes Of citizens-frst, white males,
rot convicted of infamous crime or Of
bribery. and. second, all other males, nor
s, convicted, possessing certain property
qualifications.
Governor Crothers. moved by the pro-
tests Of many leading citizens vetoed the
bills, but he could not veto the amend
ment. over which he had no jurisdiction.
and II must now 90 10 the people. The
Democratic party cannot escape respon-
sibiity for this barefaced defiance Of
the federal authority, and it will prob
ably give the amendment its active sup
port just as it supported the two grand
father" clause amendments which the
voters rejected in 1905 and 1909.
Those two cnactments Sought 70 impose
race and color test by indirection, not
explicitly classifying the privileged class
of electors as white" but accomplishing
the same result 10y describing them rs de-
sccndants OF persons who enjoyed the
right Of suffrage prior to January l, 1866.
The pending amendment puts aside all
ancestry Subterfugcs and uses the word
white" il Is unconccalod and boastful
notification.
The Maryland voters will probably not
be foolish enough TO approve such
proposition. The federal District Court
for the District Of Maryland recently
held that the grandfather qualification
was invalid as applied to municipal elec-
tons. 4 federal court I'm Oklahoma has
similarly condemned the grandfather
clause suffrage amendment adopted last
year In oklahoma. These cases have
been appealed. and the higher federal
courts will soon be called on TO say Just
how far state can 90 in setting up
franchise determinations intended 10
eyade or annul the Fifteenth Amend
ment. Nobody pretends that the pending
Maryland amendment can stand except
on the theory that the federal Csnstitu-
tion does not apply i'm IT'S entirety to
Maryland. II would seem hardly worth
while 20 invite controversy with the
federal courts on that point If Mary
lard wants 80 have a restricted suffrage.
the only proper way to obtain 10 is 10
make the restrictions bear implrtlally
on the uudcsirahlcs of all colors and
races.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
IN THE BERKSHIREs.
rRy Telegraph 70 The Trlsun..

BY Telegraph 70 ne Tri0une.I
Lenox. July 3l.-Harry Livingston Lee
and David T. Dana are to see what ar
engagements can be made for the Berk-
shire Hunt races. a plan is to have tho
races follow those At Millbrook. y. Y,
and date has been reserved for the az
fair. II the programme IS completed tbs
Hunt ball will be held.
Charles Lanier and Miss Kitty Lawrence
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. d. Lanier lefs
hero this morning for New York.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Greenleaf Sykes. oc
New York: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles f. Lamb,
Of Lawrence Long Island. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles z. Burden. OF Philadelphia,
are arrivals at the Curtis Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. McDoel. Mrs. w.
X. Kenly and Miss Rebecca McDoel Hart
man. who have been at the Maplewood. in
Pttsfeld, will leave there tomorrow on
the ideal motor tour
Mr. and Mrs Thomas II. williams and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Fox, OF New York.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Melville, IT, and
Ward Melville. Of Brooklyn Borough, ar
rived to-day AZ the Maplewood, I'm Pitts
field.
Justice and Mrs. George y. voorhees, and
". j. Jones. OF New Brunswick, n. il
Mrs l. J. Geery. Miss r. S. Geery. Mr.
and Mrs a. p. Curtis. Mrs. William Car
roll, Mr. and Mrs c. L. Hamilton and
Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. London, ot New York,
are arrivals at the Hotel Aspinwau.
The qualified eight contestants for tho
golf trophy offered by W. {. Humstons
have been drawn. as follows: Mrs. hlch-
ard I,athers. jr.. against Mrs. Robert +.
Parker, Mrs. Reginald VI. Ames against
Mrs Horace n. Clark. Miss Florence {.
Dutton against Mrs. Charles c. Delmonico'
Mrs. Stuart c. Clapp against Miss Nay
Humstone The play began to-day on mo
Country Club course, at Pittsheld.
Frank PEBBLES. playing to-day on mo
stoclbriaga golf course. with Owen john
SON and Frederick Palmer, made record
for the course Of eS. The best previous
record was Il. which was held by Wolcots
Tuckerman, Of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Enmons and l. q.
Cronk, OF New York have arrived at tho
Red Lion Inn, IN Stockbridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. william A. Read VINO nave
been motoring in the Green Mountains, ar
rived at the Curtis Hotel to-day on ths
NAV N their country place at Purchase,
\. Y
Mr. and Mrs. f. H. Loser. OF New YORK;
Are lanes Secor. Mrs. =. W. Steele. Mrs.
r s. Powell and Mrs. s. A Bissell. OF TO-
,edo. are at the Hotel Wendell IN FI'ts"
field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
NEW YORK FROM THE sU1uRss.

New York had an artificial ice famine;
The ice was not artificial, but the fahliny
was The cons inner. however, pald rear
money for the advanced price or the NoI
weather necessity.-St Paul Pioneer ires''
Il costs New York city Sl7oo year 10
take care OF its motor cars. What IL SostS
10 buy one OF them il not stated. Perhaps
the mind can't grasp iL-Bunalo News
The newspapers seem 20 he making muen
Of the fact that another girl has been lVss
I'm New York though most VINO 80 the'o
Charleston News and Courier.
The Pennnsylvania Society OF New YORK
has lust erected tablet in the Engls9
church where William Penn was baptized
26I years ago Not even residence IN New
York can make a Pennsylvania hurry
Boston Herald.
Hearings on the New York City charter
are TO begin I'm New York on August Il
We have an idea that little opposition 70
the charter will develop. for all the talA-
Nevertheless, II was wise move Tor ti'
Governor TO insist on a postponement 90
this important legislation until the people
of tho metropolis could have ample unls
10 study the charter and express thelr
views thereon.-Albany Argus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
THE RULE or REASON IN OIL.

THE RULE or REASON IN OIL.
The plan for recognizing the Stand
ard OIL Company in obedience TO the de-
cree Of the United States Supreme Court
turns out TO be very simple. The con-
demned monopoly merely resolves itself
into its constituent parts. In place OF the
one holding company appear the vari-
GUS subsidiary companies whose stock
II held. 1t is to be as if a formal COM
bination never had been made. owner
ship, Of course, remains the same, and
the control Of the oil industry is in the
hands Of the same stockholders, with
this difference, that they have not a sin
gle company through which to exercise
their control.
OF course, it will be asked what prac-
teal gain to the public will result. Some
will say that though the Standard Oil
Company will disappear the men who
control the oil industry will be those
who have controlled 1t throughout the
various changes which have been made
10 meet the decisions OF the courts But
there is now this difference: Hitherto,
when the courts have ordered dissolu-
ton the combination has merely taken on
new form. The trust. being prohibited,
gave place to the holding company.
When one form Of organization was
prescribed clever lawyers devised new
form. That process has stopped No
new single company takes the place Of
the eniolned Standard Oil Company. In
stead OF one company appear thirty
companies. or, let us rather say, re-
appear The process OF Capitalization
stops and decentralization sets in. That
Is significant in itself. In the game OF
"whlpping the devil around the stump
the courts at last have won.
If it be said that practically the
change makes no difference, since the
controlling stockholders are the same. IL
NAV be asked why the single centralized
company was ever resOrted to If there
was no advantage In It. If It made no
difference to their owners, why were
thirty-fve companies ever merged or
submerged into one great company
Whatever advantage lay i'm an organized
Capitalization is taken away from those
who own the thirty-fve companies. NOT
Is the governments power to protect the
public interest exhausted by this break
Inc down OF the central organization OF
the oil industry. If il can obtain evil
dence that the individual stockholders
Of the thirty-fve companies do the same
things through their control of these
companies that were done by the So
called trust" then an action for con
epiracy in restraint Of trade will lie
against them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
eoc,A, NOTES FROM NEWPORT
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune

rBv Telegraph to The Tribune
Newport, July St.-sociaiiy the week aa mas .
,oan started successfully. There was
crowd out for the ladies' tennis at 'ie
casino and for the bathing at balley ;
reach this morning. There was eno'nsr
largo assemblage at the golf club this az
torpoon and the day was also marked by
o,,,ta a little entertaining for a Monday
Mrs oliver H. P. Belmont began a series
-. ,,,rcbeons to-day for her sister MIS-
yv,,I,an tiffany. of Paris. and Mrs. william
Slater, Of New York, VINO are euv TO-
Marble House. Mrs Belmont Will
have luncheons tomorrow and the next u"y
Mrs. Clarence ". Dolan gave luncneoh IA
honor Of her guest, Mrs. Edmund Kanuoipi'
Of New York. and Mrs. James B. hassn
was a dinner entertainer this evening ior
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
TO SUCCEED A. w. HUDSON
G. r. Jewett, Lawyer, Appointed to
Place in Banking Department.

Guernsey h. Jcwett, lawyer OF no. :
Rector street, has been selected by Georse
g. Van Tuyl. jr.. state superintendent "
Banks. To take charge Of the Liquidation
department Of the State Banking Depart
mcnt lie succeeds Alfred ". Hudson, who
resigned from the department recently to
become "A vice-prosidcnt Of the Windsor
Trust Company
Mr.. Jeweu was clerk IN the office
Of the Attorney General az Albany ten
wears ago. aud while thus employed lie
studied law. WAS admitted 90 the bar and
has been practising his profession IN this
city for several years. lilo lives at Red
Bank. n. J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: For twenty-nine years l have hVed
in the poor quarters OF New York. and IN
my Judgment, If we want our dear children
TO grow healthy and strong we should
have law requiring a roof garden to be
built on every tenement or at least fences
about the edges of the roofs. Such a law
would he a blessing to the tired mothers,
who could, with their children, enjoy a few
hours Of fresh air on the roofs In the
evening. Up there the air is fresher than
I'm the marks. and there IS no danger from
loafers or irresponsible boys.
em only a poor worklngman. but II my
means permitted l would do all IN my
power to have such a law passed. L. Z.
New York July 81, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
eRANARD TO VOTE FOR VETO
Earl Remains in England, While the
Countess Sails for America.

London. July S1.--Aithough he had en-,
aged passage TO New York Tor hi,i'se"
and his wife on board the steamer Lua.
tan,a which sailed last Saturday the LAR
- Granard was compelled to stay her''
The countess sailed alone.
The earl was compelled TO forego the Trip
g., ordor 70 he present TO help pass the veto
hin through the House Of Lords. me la &c.
. W.. W. holds a political appointment as
Master Of the Horse in the Kings mouse US,
hold creates for him a strong moral oon-
n ,.o 70 heed the call of the government
whips.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
GETS MONEY TO RAISE THE MAINE

Washington. July a.-A way to provide
the $4,000. or as much thereof as needed,
asked for by the Secretary Of War to CON
tlnue the work OF raising the Maine in Ha-
,,na uarbor has been found by The Senate
Military Affairs Committee. Senator War
rcn, acting chairman of the committee to-
day reported bill whereby the Secretary
of War is authorized 10 take from an
emergency fund. extended by the bill 10
include the harbor Of Havana. whatever
amount he needs 20 complete the raising Of
the wrecked battleship.