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New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
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Mayor Gaynor has been in Office nearly
two years, yet he continues to exhibit
as childlike an innocence Of local po-
litical geography as he did when ha
used TO live continuously across the
East River and knew Of Tammany Hall
only by repute as n Democratic organi-
zation doing business in the boroughs of
Manhattan and The Bronx. He assured
the voters in 1909 that he could not pos
Sibly find his way unaided to the Tam
many headquarters IN East nth street,
and when he finally got there in charge
OF a capable cabman be exclaimed with
impressive establishment: $50 this is
Tammany Hail."
Being Mayor for two years has not
elped him ia fuller acquaintance with
rammany's real status in this commu-
nity or with the influence which it ex
ercses in the Democratic organizations
Of all the boroughs. In discussing the
Willett scandal he takes refuge in the
unsophisticated plea that Tammany 'ls
''the local Democratic organization in
Manhattan and could nominate no one
over In Brooklyn and Queens"
Few persons. however, Will be misled
by such technical dissertation of Tam
many leadership from the malodorous
proceedings which are now being inves-
tigated by the District Attorneys of New
York and Queens. The Mayor tries TO
make it appear that Mr.. Cassidy, Of
Queens County. is not an agent of
Tammany. Yet the latter has shown
himself on many occasions to be merely
Boss" Murphy's sub-boss, as absolutely
subseryient TO him as are any Of the sub
bosses in Manhattan or The Bronx.
Cassidy is, in fact, the finest flower
CT Tammanyism in politics. In his style,
manners, IDEAS and methods he is an
even eXtremer type of the Tammany
school than are some Of the overcivilized
Tammany leaders in this county since
the eating peas with fork era set in.
Cassidy is pretty much what all the
Tammany chieftains were before such
thing as a Tammany Club on Fifth ave-
nue. was ever dreamed of, or the head
of the Hall could frequent Delmonico'5
without starting q civil war. In carry
ing out the ideals Of Tammany as re-
CARDS the distribution Of judicial patron
age he was simply more logical and
courageous than are some of the poten-
tates on this side Of the East River.
But that fact only proves that he is
better Tammanyitc than they are.
It IS impossible TO dissociate Cassidy
ism from Tammanylsm. They are one
IN root and in branch If the Queens
leader is not In Tammany he Is Of II, and
Tammany cannot escape its share of the
odum which has resulted from his un-
lucky attempt 10 Tammanyize the I'd
district Supreme Court bench.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
THE LfBERTF EXPLOSION

While our engineers are carefully eX-
ploring tho wreck of the Maine and are
bringing slowly to light all the testi-
mony concerning the cause of its de
struction which is available after the
lapse of many years. the French author
tiles have promptly performed the much
less difficult task of investigating the
cause and nature of the explosion which
destroyed the battleship Libert6, III Tou-
lon harbor, with loss of life which
plunged the nation into mourning. The
report necessarily leaves something TO
speculation. but in the main is definite
and satisfactory.
There was no foul play. That is the
first conclusion, presented dnhesitating-
ly and emphatically. and 1t must be a
source of relief TO many who had not
without plausible reason suspected the
possibility Of some relation between
the explosion and the anti-government
strikes. Neither does any responsibility
rest upon the Liberties officers and men.
There is no evidence Of negligence, care
lessness or other bad behavior Oh their
part. They did the best they could,
both before aud after the outbreak Of
the fire which led to the explosion.
How that fire occurred the investi-
gators are not able TO say. They do
not employ the phrase spontaneous
combustion" and they suggest the pos
sibility that the fire originated in some
way in the paper and other stuff which
is used for packing shells in their cikGs.
The strongest inclination is. however,
toward the belief that there was n de
teriOration and consequent burning or
explosion of the powder in one of the
7.6-inch cartridges. This fire burned
for twenty minutes before the final
catastrophe. but after the first minute
it made il impossible to get at or TO
operate the machinery for flooding the
magazines. The sequence was that
there was an explosion of 73j 7.6-inch
shells, weighing 1Sj pounds each load
cd chiefly with meIinite, and 1900 nine
FOUNDER and three-pounder shells,
enough 10 annihilate the ship.
The chief recommendation Of the com
uittea IS that shorter age limit shall
be put upon all ammunition, as is al
ready done by some other nations. The
powder which is believed to have
Daused the trouble on the Liberte had
boon m1de IA 1906. five years ago. The
committee recommends that the pres
emf limit of four years for the stor-
age Of powder shall be reduced TO
three years. II does not appear 10 have
said much concerning the failure To
food tbe magazines, though IL would OBJ
vlously appear to bc "a fair suggestion
that the machinery Of u ship should he
so arranged that it would bc Impossible
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
sCoRN FOR SECRET PLEDGES
Mrs. Blatch Deprecates Reported Meth.
DDS Of Certain Suffrage Workers.

TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir; My attention has been called TO the
matter which has been dealt with i'm The
tribune OF pledges secured secretly from
candidates 10 support the suffrage bill II
they are elected to tho Legislature / feel
sure there has been some mIsupderstand-
ing, for surely no trusted official I'm any
suffrage organization would adopt so sui
cidai political policy. And am confident
the rank and file OF tho Woman Suffrage
party would not back up an obcer were
sho to venture on such dangerous ground.
Pledges to bosses. cloaked and secret. are
the very weapons OF cyil which arc used
to disarm the sovereign will Of the people
to-day. Electors cast their ballots In the
dark. To know what the candidates before
him stand for is surely the most fundamen-
tai right of the voter. Secret and cloaked
pledges. with whomever made md for how
ever noble a cause are an outrige upon the
political rights OF a constituency.
Ana IL not this secret pledge policy as
foolish as II Is unethical? Is ihere DOUBT
that candidates who trick the voting men
Of their district by making cl,aked pledges
would hesitate to trick voteless women and
break vows made in secret? This scheme
suggests the methods OF callow college
youth submerged i'm the weishty secrets or
fraternity. rather than the polltical pol
ley OF adult women In modern democracy.
The suffrage appeal rests apon the broad
est Ideals Of government and must be maze
frankly and openly to the people ana those
suffragists-if there are any such-who suS-
gest secret agreements with candidates De-
hind the backs OF the voters are adopting
methods as ineffective as inlmoral' and VIII
find themselves deserted. on the one hahd'
fy tricky politicians and. on the other by
sound public opinion And OF this ! am con-
iident-that every worthy man who has
pledged himself as ready to support sur
iragc i'm the Leplelature n not only willing
but anxious 10 hay, his pcdgo made pub
lie. Honest men will resent this suggestinn
on tho part of some sufraglsts that the
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
TO INSTALL CHANCELLOR
Dr.. Brown Formally to Take
NJ v TT Nmoo Nov& rr,,,.J

The installation of DR.. Elmer Ellsworth
Brown, formerly United States Commits
sioner OF Education. as chancellor of New
York University, on Thursday November
3 Will draw together many distinguished
persons
The speakers will include the Rev. DR..
Francis Brown, president Of Union Theo-
logical Seminary: Eugene Stevenson. vice
chancellor OF the Court OF Chancery of
New Jersey. George A. Strong, secretary ot
the university council; the Rev DR.. George
Alexander, president of the council: Henry
Mitchell MacCracken, chancellor emeritus;
DR.. Clarence D. Ashley, senior dean: Pres
ley. ID. Stout senior class orator; the Rev.
Or. Henry Bond Elliot. Of the class of 1870.
senior alumnus, and Bishop James Henry
Darlington, OF Harrisburg.
The programme for the week is as fol-
lows: Monday. $50 p. m, reception and
students ball IN honor of Chancellor and
Mrs Brown, in the gymnasium Tuesday,
2:30 p. m. football game between New
York University and Trinity College on
Ohio Field; Wednesday, from a. nj. TO 5
p. m. faculties at home at the Washington
Square Building and the Medical College
for the reception Cf tho delegates who de-
sire to inspect the downtown schools;
Thursday, 10 q. m. enrolment OF the dele
gates at the registration bureau IN the
Green laboratory at University Heights;
at II a M, installation ceremonies in the
auditorium IN the library building at Uni
versity Heights; at l p. m, luncheon given
by Chancellor and Mrs. Brown In the gym
nasium and in the Psi Epsilon. Zeta Psi,
Delta Upsilon and Delta Phi fraternity
houses; at 2:30 p. IN, presentation OF dele
gates and address OF congratulation In the
auditorium in the library building; at $50
D. IN, reception. followed at Z p. IN. by the
alumni dinner at the Hotel Astor; Friday.
at l0:3O a. m. and 3 p. m. educational con-
vocation for the discussion OF the problems
of an urban university In the auditorium
in the library building; Saturday. at 2:3o
d. m, football game between New York
University and Rutgers College on Ohio
EaId
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
A NOTABLE sHIpsUILosR.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. Allow me 10 be one OF those -
pressing admiration for the recent aontes'
Of Ambassador Reid OF Tho 0cot ~
Amerlca"-a choice page ot p's,oi'' :, "
genealogical gem. Possibly we can n'Ne -
IN pamphlet form, including the ie,ter
garding its delivery which was cao'e' "
The Tribune.
May I give in connection the nafne' nO'
I'm the address-although tho tsct u io''
of the builder OF the first steS"s"ip
cross the Atlantic which / hnderstanu
be- Francis Fickett. OF New York? Two o'
his daughters are still living. The occur
renee marks the great stride in ship
h,tlding in America I'm less than two gem
oratlons past.
These daughters are daily readers OF nc
Tribune. FANNh
Port Kent. n Y, Nov. 2, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06

"Tammany influence is all hosh. III
other words the game Of give and tahe
between the Legislators aud the women
teachers organization has now reached
its second stage.
| Nobody I'm these days viii attempt 70
deny the proposition that it is pau
thing for the school system, or any part
of it, TO be involved In politics. Inc
women teachers. as citizens, deserved
thorough and respectful hearing on
their application for equal pay, both ny
the local authorities and the Legislat-
ure. If they chose 70 carry the matter
so far. The women teachers who are
members of an organization which goes
into politics in this fashion deserve
nothing but rebuke and discipline by
the Board Of Education. They are do
ing a thing which the tiremen and po-
licemen and other city employees are ex-
pressly forbidden TO do. And this is not
the only instance. One Senator during
the fight OH the proposed Murphy Gay
nor. charter denounced as IAN unspeak-
able outrage" the fashion In which
women school teachers were lobbying
for that measure. These political ac-
tivities OF the women teachers associa-
ton have robbed the "equal pay" bill
Of most of its glory as Il document OF
prime Importance in the campaign for
women's rights. They have placed 1t
In the category of pay grabs, put through
to obtain the gratitude Of those bene-
fitted for the lawmakers comforting the
favor
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06

for comparatively small fire to nullify
the very arrangements which have been
provided for dealing with It, AS a mat
ter of fact, French naval experts have
expressed the belief that something
more needs to he done IN that direc-
tion. and that the American system Of
protection against explosions is the best
employed by any navy. The report is.
as we have said, In the main salts.
factory. 1t has, at any rate, served
to increase appreciation of the great
perils which are inseparable from the
carrying Of tons of high explosives in
floating fortress, and Of the need Of
employing all the resources Of science
for minimizing those dangers.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
THE CONSTITUTIONAL
MEND
l[ENTE-


Seven amendments 10 the constitution
will be presented 10 the voters for ap-
proval or rejection tomorrow. Some of
them arc Cf far greater Importance AMI
wider interest than usually attach ia
proposed changes In the states organic
law. They deserve the careful attention
&C every voter for they should not be
swallowed IN q lump. We recently dis.
cussed them at considerable length, and
now repeat the opinions then expressed.
Amendment No would increase jhe
salary Of state Senators to $500 a year
and Of Assemblymel to $1,000 a year.
and allow them three cents a mile Tor
weekly trips between their homes and
the capital New york's lawmakers arc
already sufficiently well paid If they
worl; hard enough TO keep the sessions
short. The amendment should he de-
fcated
Amendment No would take from
the justices sitting in the Appellate Di.
visions Of the Supreme Couvt the power
g. tx time and place for special terms of
court and TO assign the justices TO sit
therein. The existing system works well,
and no proof has been submitted that tho
suggested change would improve condi-
fions. The amendment should be de
fcateJ
Amendment No. . would give Kings
County two more judges for its county
court They are needed. The amend.
lucnt should be adopted.
Amendment No. would permit mu-
inequalities. in condcmning property for
public use. TO take adjoining property in
excess OF that actually needed for the
Contemplated improvement, and sell the
e1cesS property later. The municipalities
would be enabled 10 make better use
or the property finally devoted TO public
PURPOSES and reap the advantage of the
rise I'm value Of tie excess property thus
taken The amendment should be
adopted.
Amendment No. > would increase the
Governors salary TO 10000 Il year. The
expenditures which the Governor is rea-
sonably expected and practically re,
Guired 10 make Justify the higher figure.
The amendment should be adoped.
Amendment No. q would render it i'm
possible 10 abandon on sell canal laLds
until after formal abandonment of them
by the Canal Board and the passage Of
an act confirming that course by the
LEGISLATURE. It should be adopted.
Amendment No. would permit Su-
preme Court justices TO sit IN condemna-
ton cases, with or without jury. Such
"A system might save much time ana
money in condemnation cases. 1t should
be adopted.
The voters will also have to pass on
proposal to issue bonds In the sum of
S19.sOO.OOO for canal docks, barbors ana
terminals along the route Of the barge
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
THE CHARTER DANGER.

The danger Of the charter still re-
defence of it at the Tammany Hall meet
ing Saturday night and by Tammany's
publishing an advertisement in explana-
ton OF it few days ago. To the May or
it is still the perfect" charter. "No po-
''litical leader tried 10 get anything into
1T" he repeats. Notwithstanding its no.
tOriOus history and Notwithstanding that
i'm face Of an aroused public sentiment
the legislative committee in charge Of It
removed from 1t Job after LOB" as they
were exposed The Mayor is as firmly
determined as ever TO get the charter
passed, and Tammany's purpose is clear.
Not even for the sake of the advantage
that IL would have been in this campaign
10 cause it 10 be known that the charter
was dead has Tammany abandoned its
plan 80 take the fruits of the last munich
pal election away from the fusion ofhcc-
holders. The effect of its defeat at tile
polls Tammany means TO counteract DT
legislation. So desperate is the boss in
this determination that it IS now un-
derstOod TO he his purpose. If he loses
the Assembly. to have his Governor call
tho Legislature III special session so
make another attempt TO jam the charter
through before the term of tho present
Assemblymen expires.
The public should show its resentment
emphatically at the polls Not only
should the Democratic Assembly candi-
dates be defeated. but they should be SO
Overwhelmingly defeated that conspira
tors against home rule in this city will
be filed with fear and the dull man who
sits in the Executive chair at Albany
will take warning.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
POLITICIAy SCHOOL TEACHERS.

The passage of the women school
teachers equal pay bill by the Legis-
laturc was hailed as Il complete admis-
sion OF the justice Of the doctrine Of
equal pay for equal work. regardless Of
sex. and the women school teachers who
would be benefited by ii went into
transports Of Joy over victory in their
long fight. Subsequent Developments
have given cause for the ordinary oh
server 10 doubt whether it was a fine
regard for the principles of abstract
Justice which produced the passage and
approval of that measure. Miss Grace
Strachan. president of the lnterbOrOugh
Association Of Women Teachers. which
lobbicd for the hill, is quoted as assum-
inc responsibility for certain circulars
sent broadcast through the city, urging
the reelection Of those Assemblymen
who voted for her bill. Il stand on
"the ground that we have rights as
citizens az well as teachers she IS
quoted rs saying. IF there is one
quality in my makeup that Is strongly
Expressed, il is gratitude The talk Of
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
WHEN cHiNAs a REPUBLIC.

From The san Francisco Chronicle
with population I'm excess OF four hundred
million. holding an election In the Republic OF
China-when IL comes will he an undertaking
OF some magnitude. 1t will be hard to get the
returns from the back districts on TO the bulle-
tin boards In time TO tell the after-the-theatre
crowds tust hov, things have gone
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06

pledge he has signed is secret and
"cloaked" "
This secret scheme Is a misrepresentation
Of the vast majority Of suffrsgtsts. OF the
vast majority OF favorable candidates, ana
an outrage upon the rights OF the voters
HARRIoT STANTON BLATcH'
New York, Nov. 3. 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
NsspsDork Grih1l1N.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1911.
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The address Of the officers is the Office
of this netCSpGper.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06

canal. The people committed the state
to the barge canal; the docks. harbors
and terminals are necessary if the canal
Is TO he Of much use. The proposal
should be approved.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06

fare on the tip system In hotels. only
a little organization on the part OF ''S
millions of victims is needed TO over
throw this un-Amerlcan and pn5emo-
cratic abuse
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
LOOKS THAT WAY.

From The Houston Post.
Some OF tho members OF the Pennsylvania
Legislature are trying TO get the Governor to
call an extra session. We take II that the Penn
syNania treasury has connected with another
bundle u funds
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
IN PENNSYLVANIA, EITHER.

From rho Columbia O.. 60 State.
college In South Carolina for higher instruc-
ton in lynching would not rGfrer for want of
eminentlv punlihed professors
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06

The revelations of an Illinois invesu-
cation that cranberry trust exists
make II imperative that the Attorney
Generals department bust the trust az
once. Steel Trust suits and the dlssolv-
ing OF railroad mergers may be impor-
tant-later. Thanksgiving Day ap-
proaches,.snd any trust which interferes
with the Thanksgiving dinner must be
obliterated from the face Of the earth,
post haste.
Tiger skin on the bench or the Tigers
skin nailed 10 the fence? 1t Is up to the
voters.
Wanted--A legal definition Of high
jinks" It's Pickwckian sense Is too in
definite.
Mr.. Burbank has evolved thornless
blackberry after ten years work. How
long will it take to manufacture Muir
phyloss Democracy?
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
NO NOVELTY.

NO NOVELTY.
tNote.-News from Chicago tells OF dinner
composed entirely OF storage food
Out I'm the Western town called Chi
BY those who use abbreviatons,
The ticker throbs, the wild words fly
Anent dinner of cold rations;
There gourmands met. sat down. and dined
On ice-packed stuff. and thought, not
meekly,
When plates were cleared and food defined,
That they had banqueted uniquely.
But comes a chorus from each house:
cold storage food? Why. that's our
bacon!"
and each male diner (and his spouse)
Swears OK the same he's oft partaken;
II man would vaunt n feast that's new,
Something to brag Of, to remember,
Let him obtain viands-a few
That boasted birth in this November.
A. W. L.
First Turkey-"what is a good motto for
Second Turkey-"stufr not that ye be not
stuffed. d.'-Phladelphia Record.
Not until December TO-" says Stock
holm letter in the "Berliner Tageblatt,'
"wll the eleventh distribution Of the No
bel prizes take place. but i'm the scientific
world It seems to be already understood
who will receive the awards" The writer
adds that for the physics prize Edison will
have many and probably 8 majority Of
votes. although he viii he opposed ly the
strictly theoretical men of science who
cannot forgive him his qualities g a prac-
tical inventor Notwithstanding this, his
achievements in the fields of physics and
chemistry will probably win for him one
Of the two prizes"
Wise men make proverbs and fools quote
them observed A.
That's So" agrees B. by tho way, who
was tho author of that one?'-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"The Worcester Telegram's" Webster
correspondent has taken up The cudgels IN
behalf Of one Joe Buckwheat. Pooh Bah"
cf tho New Haven road at Webster lie
makes out a pretty good case for Joe, who
thinks he ought 10 have at least slight
increase i'm pav. "Joes duties" his biog-
rapher writes, consist simply Of keeping
the station IN good order, looking after
switch lamps in the yard bringing the mail
rags from inc trains 10 tho postoitlce, help
ing out I'm the baggage room, running on
telegraph messages and making himself
generally useful. He begins work at Z IN
the morning, and at o'clock at night he
goes home singing, Nothing to DO TIL
Tomorrow His pay is 81 a week. coin
Of the realm. Joe believes that he should
get slight increase, and the Investigation
Of the official to-day may result IN the de-
sired Increase. He works fifteen hours a
day for seven days, as Sunday is no holl-
day for Joe He gets $40 cents an hour"
Blobbs-Here's chap who has written
all article claiming th7t four men out of
every i've regret they ever married
Slobbs-And how about the fifth?
Philadelphia Record
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06

McCooey wouldn't hurt the Feelings
of n fly. much less Of man who nae
just given him $4,000 job.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

4 recent visitor to this country, after re-
turning to Germany. wrote mis- 'imprcs-
slons" and dwet at length OH "a sport
which he had witnessed at Coney Island.
communication I'm the current issue
Of "Our Dumb Animals" says, on the same
subject: 'The custom, very common at
our country fairs and shore resorts, OF Sc
curing negro who will put his head
through a hole in a canvas that 1t may
become a target for all who will gamble
on hitting II with a. baseball we regard as
unworthy place in an enlightened COM
munlty. While the human target may
sklfuly dodge the majority Of the balls.
the general effect upon the boys and girls
who see ii IS that that sort Of sport Is al!
right SO long as II is a negro that Is hit.
We grant the negro hires himself out for
this purpose; nevertheless the influence OF
the sport is degrading In its effect both
upon him and upon no small part OF those
who witness It."
Father. what does IT mean when It says,
'kid-gloved reformers'?
1T means a man who's trying TO step
graft without injuring the business of tho
grafters. Life.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-06

The commercial travellers of the United
States are planning an orSuhlzed war