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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
UErPHY"S CHOICE.

I'm the end the insurgents have per-
n,ittod Mummy to select the Senator.
He is rot Murphy's first choice. nor n'S
second choice. and perhaps not his tn'rd
choice: but he is Murphys choice IL
Tammany man. not on any 81 'he iis'H
which the insurgents prepared ana SUD
United 10 the Tammany boss. containing
the names to (Which they sought to re-
strict Murphy i'm his selection. Inc III
surgent movement finally ended by 'he
insurgents entering caucus as COLI
pletely dominated 10y boss rs me nrst
caucus was. Murphy's prestige Is Dam
aged. no doubt. Ivy his failure TO Jam
through the election of Mr. Sheeii;lh,
but it takes more than damaged pres
tice TO eliminate q boss, and Murphy re-
mains the boss Of the party. able 10 Sc
cure the election of n Tammany Sen
ator. whose sole qualification with the
caucus was that the boss had picked
him. Justice O'Gorman was not heard
of as a candidate until the last moment
when the word came from Murphy S
room that he was Murphy's choice.
As result Of the contest Murphy
NOV have learned the lesson of modera-
ton. Had he exercised common sense
in the first place he need not have met
with a rebuff. fer the fight of the IN
surcentS turns ont To have been directed
not against bOsSiSm rs system Du'
against particular act of the boss
,TincinlOS
they surrendered them. Their only prac-
teal accomplishment has been To defeat
Sheehan and consent To the election OF
| n Tammany Senator Bcssism remains
as an institution Just what ii was The
reyplato of Murpby's scandalous ar
rogancc i'm controlling the Legislature
which this long fight furnished provoked
no response in the Democratic party.
which remained totally indifferent to
! the moral ISSUE presented. The war not
merely upon Murphy's single act OF So
lectinc Shcehan but upon Murphy him
self and all his works. often promised.
did MOI matcrialiZc. If the insurgents
/ had been in earnest about principle
and had been ready t. fight bo>Sism.
and not a single exemplitication of BOSS
/ ism. they must certainly have lost hcart
M The utter failure Of their stand 10
arouse the conscience Of their party.
The episode N whole Is Iishcartening.
though we hope some moral gain viii
come through the reaction which this
| long continued spectacle Of arrogant
/ boSsism must produce among the decent
people 'f the state.
! We DO not believe that Justice O'Gor
maa. chosen 10y Murphy. will he much
more satisfactory 10 the public than
Mr.. Shachan himself would have been.
| And i'm saying this We are mind
| ful of Justice O'tiOrman'S useful SER
vice upon tho bench. But when the
people restored the Democratic party 10
power i'm tbs state it was not for the
purpose Of having Murphy GOOSE n
! Senator Somehow the state was
! lulled into the notion that Democratic
victory did not mean Murphy in the
Governors chair, Murphy in the Legis-
laturc and Murphy in Washington. Now
it knows that II meant Murphy every.
whclc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
PTSSIUfSN IT BERLIN

II might he difficult 10 determine
whether the utterances Of Thursday in
the German Reichstag were indicative
of too much pesSimism or too little sense
Of humor. Certainly there was an amaz-
! Ing display of the later deficit In Count
Won kanitzs discussion II the relate
between Canada and tho United States.
Tie attempt to mako the pending rect
procity proposals appear a deep. darl,
aud desperate scheme to detach Ca.,ada
from the British Empire was sufficient
60 provoke mirth anywhere save among
the Super-SolcnnitiPS If the ReichStaG.
the granting of commercial reciprocity
lei = everywhere else recognized rs the
attempts al change in The political
status of tho Dominion; while the ref
crcnco. in support If that strange Sug-
eestion. 10 the enthusiasm with which
"Char,p C.arl,'s speech in favor of an
"ncXatiGn was received in the House Of
REPRESENTATIVES" should have aroused
the very stones Of the Wilhelnlstrasse
To- laughter.
More 10 he regretted. however. was
III, pessimism Of the Imperial Chancel-
advantage of any attempts a, arbitra-
ton. Arbitration treaties could prom
iSc little. he declared. so long aS Ger
tain classes of questions were excluded.
We'll. we are not sure that any eXclu-
Sions are intended. Mr.. Taft has put
himself OH record rs favoring the in
clusion of all matters of dispute, and
we have moi been Informed that Sir Ed
ward Grey'S conception of arbitration
is less comprehensive. But let us sup
pose for moment that the United
states did exclude from alien arbitra-
| ton questions involving the Monroe Doc
trinc. as Dr. Won Bethmann-IIollweg
suggests that would lie no more than
for Germany 10 decline to submit her
| title To Alsace-I Lorraine 10 arbitration.
or pruSsia's title to Schleswig-iI0lstein.
And the fac, that certain matters were
withheld from arbitration would he no
valid reason for not arbitrating the
great mass of other matters which ma
tionS were willing ia submit To such Il
tribunal. That we cannot cure pneu-
monte plague is no reason for not trying
to cure typhoid and cholera.
Nor should the Chanccllor's cynical
prophecy that 50 long rs men are men
he weak will continue 10 be the prey
Of the strong pass without challenge.
History and the present status Of Eu.
rope and of the world deny II. II il
true that some weak nations have been
the prey Of the strong as the story of
the German Empire reminds us. But
il is no less true that some weak and
practically defenccless states hay..
stood unspolated for many years. and
bid fair 10 stand secure for ages 10
come. We shall be doing no injustice
10 Germany and 10 German statesmen
if we attribute the anti-peacc views
which we have quoted Ia the habit Of
thinking of war and Of warikc prepare
tions and of the comparative lack of
talk and thought about peace which
have been characteristic Of the German
En,urc Yet ihe forty years Of peace
which militant German! has enjoyed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
Pcooke and Social lnc'den1S

bolidays their cider daughter "''s 'i''''
Hughes a student 81 Nassar
Tie Wedding Of Miss Cecilia May an'
pobert racon. IT, whosc enss9en'n' "''
receptly announced. viii not take pace
until tho early summer. Paruai q"
ments for an earlier wedding had Dech
made bu, owing 10 the immediate return
~ Mr. Bacon TO France they nave hceh
changed.
Colonel q. r. Cotton. Governor OF Por'o
Rico. has sailed for Now York. ana WIZ az
rive There on Monday or Tueseday, COM
inc diyoc,,v 20 Washington Miss Margcfy
Cotton. his sister. who acts as hostess Tor
him in the Governors home, Will not &C.
company him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Depcw arc closing tnsr
house IN y street, which they have occp'
pied since giving UP the Corcoran mouse
several years ago and will spend the sum
r1er In France "a usual. Their winter home
viii he in Neg York. Sir. and Mrs. Ronert
r. Lincoln have taken the house they srs
vacatiDg
Colonel and Mrs. John X. Williams e.
tertainei number Of guests at dinner TO-
night in compliment to Colonel and Ms
Colin Campbell. Of England. Mise Dorothy
Williams, who has been the guest of ina
cx Secretary OF War and Mrs. Luxe ?.
Wright AZ their home In Memphis, vii re-
turn to Washington on Monday
Mrs. Charles Bouehton Wood r. enter
tanning DR.. and Mrs. Lewis Frizzell, Of New
York. for whom she had Informal dinner
parties last night and tonight and a lunch
con party to-day. Senator and Mrs. Nc
Lean, OF Connecticut, will be the guests
OF Mrs. Wood for the sprin2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
NEW BUILDING CODE NEEDED.

To tho Editor 81 The Tribune.
Sir: I heartily indorse your ehor's 10
have something done Immediately 10
remedy present conditions In factories ana
other buildings 80 facilitate escape IN case
~ fire and go prevent a repetition 81 me
Iata horror The criticisms directed against
the present Superintendent Of Buildings
y. =. Miller. are. in my opinion, entirely
unjust and misdIrected In all my Ak
reriencA. extending over period OF twenty =
eight wears. as an architect and buhder'
find tho building bureau of to-day IN het-
fer. more capable and efficient hands than
ever before. Tho only remedy Is 10 revise
tho existing building code. and 10 az this
Al once. The report Of Tie late reWsion
commission Was not approved because OF
a conflict. between certain freproohng In
terests. nut all other matters have been
carefully gone over and ! believe COM
pleted. so that = now revision committee
could In very short time prepare new
code for approval by the Board OF Alder
mon and the Mayor. such committee to he
Amounted AZ once. JOHN BRANDT.
New York. March a. 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
SAFER FACTORY CONSTRUCTION.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. In the matter OF factories and their
proper protection against fire. now ana IN
tie future is 1t not true, as Chiet croker
saws, that what We need is better legis-
lation. giving to the Fire Department power
10 enforce its commands? But when the
chief saws Naturally. we don't want 10
drive the factories away from the city" |
saw. Not So" Factories should not be
allowed in districts where the congestion
81 population is as high, say. as one thou
sand to the acre. In one district In Man
haitian there are seventy-seven factories IN
block where the population runs sixteen
hundred to the acre.
We should strive TO get the factories out
of the city, or else a law should be passed
making II compulsory for all factory build
ings hereafter erected 10 be so constructed
as to be separated from all other buildings
by at least six feet OF space on all sides
and to he furnished with balconies along
each floor and proper fire escapes from all
Of them. Such a law, severe as II may
seem. is absolutely needed II We are TO
avoid in the future still further terrible
losses And then, such a law would aid In
compelling factory owners to build outside
of the congested districts.
Then. too. II by some blessed streak OF
fortune the bill were to pass proposed by
the Commission on Congestion OF Popula-
ton, to tax all buildings half the rate OF
taxation on all land. the change to be
brought about by series Of five equal
changes in as many consecutive years.
there would he some measure Of compensa-
tlon, for 1t would free industry and manu-
facture from the hampcring effect OF the
present system of taxation, and the manu-
facturers would he encouraged. not penal
lied, as at present and then could pay
better wages and give more work"
Let The Tribune continue to ask. What
arc you going to do?" to remedy the APP
palling conditions that confront us, and
surely help will come to us, and so God
speed in the work.
JOSIAH c. PUMPEl.LY.
New York. March 80 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01

"carding. TOO. the fact that the sources
"of revenue necessary to the nation are
"many. while few for the states-do Inc
"people of the weather. states regard
"favorably this purpose to make 1t easy
ito draw upon state resources: me
Journal thinks that even for the least
wealthy state "the conjecture would be
reasonable that some day all inc nome
resources would he worth keeping Tor
"homc revenue But If the larger ana
weather. states recklessly vote away
these resources the small states Will nat
urally feel inclined To abate opposition
to tax measure which wou'u naraSS
their bigger neighbors immeasurap'!
more than it would ever harass tnem'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
LET THE LEGISLATURE INIES1I-
GATE

resolution was introduced in tbe
Legislature at Albany Immediately after
the Washington Place fire providing Tor
a legislative inquiry into conditions ar
fecting the safety Of workers In TINS
city. but in the confusion resulting from
the burning Of the Capitol no action has
been taken. Such an inquiry ought 10
be made. To end the confusion ana
distribution of authority and RESPONSE
hility for safe conditions here the Leg
stature will have to he appealed 10 III
order 10 act inteligcntly. and II m'ist
inform itself regarding the actual peril
IL, which thousands Of workers IN inns
CITY are daily placed. Unless fhe en-
tent Of that peril is laid bare there )
danger that remedial legislation VIII
consist Of halfway measures.
1t is plain that certain reforms must
be adopted. There must he conccn'ra-
tion of authority and responsibility ior
the safety Of workers. The authority 10
remedy conditions must be adequate
There must he supervision owe the num-
Der of persons who may be employed III
manufactures. and that number must
be proportoned TO the facilities Tor
rapid exit I'm case OF fire. There must
be supervision. too. over the arrange
ment of machinery In places where
MANY workers are employed, 81 tnat
there will he proper gangway for me
rand emptying Of such places in case
of fire. Some one must have aufhorlt!
to compcl the installing Of automatic
safety devices where they are necessar!
and of safe and adequate fire escapes
These arc by no means all the re-
forms that are necessary. hui they H.
dictate the scope of the legislation that
will he required, and when the immense
number of places employing large lap"r
forces in this city is taken into consic-
Grafton the interests that VIII bc al
| fccted can readily be appreciated. The
difficulty and expense of making neces-
sory alterations in existing buildings
will present an obstacle that Only co'lr-
age and determination can overcome
Only through public comprehension or
the actual pcrls to which tho WORKERS
are exposed is sufficient momentum Ike
" 10 he gained to bring about genuine
reform. The public needs ia know the
firth i'm order 10 have a full rcalza-
ton Of It's responsibilities. and the Leg
islaturc needs Ia be H. possession of the
truth to lecslatc in'elllgcn'ly. II should
investigate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
AZ THE DLD GAVE.

The reuorfod intention of Tho Demo
cratic majority ia the Hous" 81 h'p-
rcscn,ativrS to withhold approval of The
Canadian reciprocity agreement unul
after bills have been passed re- iSing Inc
woollon and cotton schedules Will II
carried out. disappoint the JUS cx-
pc,.tations Of thc public. II viii bc Il
case Of narrow second thought nulli'y-
ing first natural and crcdiiahlc I'M
pulse Instead of trusting their ilrst
impression Of what was sound and prac-
ticah bile. the Democratic leaders have
now begun to play politics" When
Congress adjourned four weeks ago il
was the CONSENSUS Of opinion In the
party that a reciprocity bill ought To
have the right Of way. When Mr.. Bryan
wrote out programme for the extra
session he put reciprocity with Canada
ahead Of everything else. We quoted
from THE Philadelphia Record III"
other day the opinion that Congress
ought 10 carry into effect tho Frcsi-
dents agreement and then wind mp the
session as quickly az possible. Pracil-
callv the same advice WAS given in the
last Issue Of "EIarper's Weekly" which
is inst rs ardent II downward revision
Isl as Tho Record" Said "Ilarper'S
Weekly" under the caption "No Politics
the Rest Politics
So far as We can make ont. tho major
ity of the papers that wish We'll 10 the
Democratic party agree with champ
Clark that al the special session Of Con
gresg the Democrats should do only what
they can do: that they should get what
,hey can for tariff reform and not throw
away their chance by insisting on what
they can't ge..
Now all is cbangcn. however ana
tie Democratic managers in the House
seem to have lapspd into the condition
Of mind in which politics seems to bc
"tho best politics" They have appar-
emily reached tho conclusion that the
highest craftsmanship sin consists in
PLAYING for position and trying TO
put the other party in the hole They
want TO pass q couple of tariff bills and
trade them off against the reciprocity
ipTtPnltil. H'I'HG I'SSIblN w 'l'''t Z"
situation in which all three must fall
and the Democratic House can charge
their allure 10 Il Republican Senate and
Republican President.
That is the old-faslioncd game which
has been played SO Iong in national af-
fairs that the country j. thoroughly
tired Of II. If the Democratic leaders
can offer nothing better. their party
will 90 to the voters next year empty
handed There is al almost unanimous
demand for legislation 10 carry out the
Canadian reciprocity agreement. If the
Democratic House IS not proof against
the suggestions of common sense il will
approve the reciprocity compact prompt.
~ and Internationally and let the tariff
revision measure abide the result of the
Tariff Boards non-partisan invcstiga
ton. But evidently the majCiity leaders
in the popular branch are preparing 10
demonstrate afrcsh the historic inca
pacity Of the party ever TO do the right
thing in the right way and at the right
moment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01

Main change Of front 81 tho income
tsy amendment increases the number ~
ratifying STATES 10 twcn,y-cicht and rc-
duceS The number Of those which have
cecliHcd tO ratify - eleven Oniy seven
more affirmative votes are now needed.
The lower house oc The Minnesota leg
islatuT" has passed ratifving reso'u-
tiOn. @ud So has The lower house Of the
Legislature Of Tennessee Further ac-
iion in these twn states ma no expected
within u few days. I'm Massachusetts
The joint legislative Committee on Fed
crul Relations has reported favnrahly
80 both houses ratifying resolution.
The Assembly Of New Jersey voted
unanimously last Tuesday 10 approve
tho amendment. hut thai action. merely
states whose legislatures have been
dcadlocked. ono house for ratification
and he other against H.
In yiow of iho developments of the
last few days--all favorable 20 the
amendment it is more important than
ever IUdl lUt H. l~tal is' VI WV 1t' n
should not be hurried into n decision re-
yorsing the states attitude as already
declared. If Minnesota. Tennessee.
Massachusetts and New York ratify
only three more assents will be re-
oured. end Florida Is reasonably GER
tain 10 girc its approval az the session
OF the Legislature which begins this
month. The drift then would be all in
the amendments favor, while until re-
Gently il was ali adverse.
New York occupies Il commanding
rosition. and lis vote will have cor
responding moral effect. If federal
Income fax Is levied this state will prob
ably be called upon 10 pay about GUAR
for of the entire amount collected. II
New York is willing 10 vote 10 burden
Itself with 50 disITorortioiate share
of proposed federal impost and to turn
over to the general government IA field
M ,ovation which it could wisely re-
serve for ils own uses, mat example
vill have crest influence in states when
have also declined to ra'ify. but whose
n,.ntribn;jons 80 the federal treasury
urd.r an income la, law would be riac-
,IcalIy negligible. If New York volun-
tcers to accept IN inequitable tax bur
don further resistance can hardy De
.xnected from states like Vermont, New
uannshirc. Arkansas. Louisiana, titan,
Virginia and West Virginia. whose IN
c,ne fax assessments would be niue
more than nominal.
Speaking in behalf Of Rhode Isi'''o'
IF ,b. small states whose lcgislat-
rres have rejected the amendment
.rho Precedence Journal asks this per-
linen, question: For meeting the or''
.nary expenses VI the government--re
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
AN OPEN CHUTE FIRE ESCAPE.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: An efficient chute fire escape could
b. installed in every building In New York
IT. thirty days l mean tall buildings. A
wooden chute could be lined with fiat sheet
iron. and on each floor fireproof room
surrounding the chute could be construct
cd The chute could be open on top. fiat
bottom end square sided four feet wide
and five feet high. set at an anglo OF GO
degrees and curved up at the lower end
II would empty a building In five minutes.
You could aoi jam it, and no gymnast would
be needed TO climb down, as the present
fearful escapes require. A modification OF
this Is in use on the Chicago Beach Hotel on
the outside. H. l. UNDERHILL.
South Orange. y. j., March 20, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
TIE tIB IVAN TROT RIFFS

The formidable inSurrcction in Al
bania. which has been going on for sew
eral months and which seems 10 he max
ing progress. Is essentially an assertion
of Albanian nationality, which has been
provoked 10 greater activity and ear
ncstncss by the establishment of the
constitutional order IN the empire Under
the old system the Arnauls were per
miitcd TO have pretty much their own
way, so long as they paid tribute To the
Sublime Porte or 10 The IidiZ Kiosk
But the new government has aimed az
unifying the empire and causing all sep
aratc national aspirations Ia be lost In
the general affection for Turkey. Now.
among all the many tribes and frac-
mcnts Of tribes which compose the Sui
tan's dOminions there II not one which
Is more tenacious Of its individuality
than the Arnauts are, nor have any Of
the Sultan's subjects for centuries
shown themselves more persistent and
indomitubIc in the maintenance OF what
they consider To he their rights.
The principal demands Of the Alba
mans. which they declare to he the sine
ana non Of peace, are three In number !:
Complete amnesty for all political Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

From The Tribune Burrau1
Washington. March 31.-The Belgian Min
,ster and Countess dc Buisseret will return
70 Washington from New York tomorrow.
Countess de Russeret has been IN Ne"
York since Tuesday visiting friends.
The Russian naval attacks and Nine.
y.ss,,ien will return 10 Washington on
Sunday after visit OF some days W NC"
York
Senior Don Alberto Yoachir, 'h''ian nrs'
secretary and charge d'afaires, called on
the President to-day to thank him on ne-
half Of the CHILEAN government for the use
of the battIeship Delaware in conveying inc
body Of the late CHILEAN Minister. senior
cruz. from the United States 10 chill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
CARNEGIE ART JURY CHOSEN
Medals and Cash Prizes To Be Awarded
in International Contest.

Pittshurg, March 3I.-Iohn w. Beatty d.
rector Of fine arts Of Carnegie Institute,
announced to-day that the following paint.
ers had been selected to serve on the inter-
national jury which will meet in PittsburS
Arril to accept paintings and award
prizes for the fifteenth anual international
Art Exhibition:
William VI. Chase, J. Alden Weir. Irving
r. Wiles, of New York city; W. Elmer
Schoheld. Philadelphia: Edmund c. Tar
bell. Boston: Frank Duvsneck Cincinnati:
Cecilia Beaux. Gloucester. Mass; Charles
II. Davis. Mystic, Conn, Maurice Grelnen-
hagen. London; Anders /. Zorn, Mora.
Sweden.
The jury will award three medals OF
honor. the first carrying Sl.5o'. second sl.eo
and third 500 Awards Will be made WITH
out regard TO nationality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-01
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

AFTER New York has brldged He'll cat, IL
mas have courage 10 rivet down the h'
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The word "sedition'' Is playing . prom.
uent part In the public affairs OF Sem
York city, and the trouble Is now betWeen
A Judge and an ex-1udge and not between
q public Official and newspaper
Telegraph.
Only year ago Mayor Gayno' was w
coming man Of the state and Nation an ~,
now he seems goncr, so TO spear, T.
and crime. Popular idols among ~,
politicians are apt to be shortlived' -su"a'o
News.
The New York street railway ccnpan
who have been running horsecars 70 ~, ~,
their franchises are ready now 10
render the franchises and go out OF ou
ness. How queer New York viii seem WI wv
out tho merry tinkle Of the horsscsi oe"s'
Boston Globe