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New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
CAPTION FROM KANSAS.

Senator Robert F.. Owen told the Re-
country needed was the initiative, refer
endum and recall How could he prove
it? Why. there was Oregon. OF course,
Oregon, But. taken for exactly what II
is worth. isn't Oregon's testimonial 10
this brand of political patent medicine
simply that it has swallowed all three
doses and has lived through them? Out
Of siXty-four propositions submitted to
the voters in eight years, said the Sena-
tor, not one had assaied private or cor
porate property. Exactly No harm was
done. Moreover, the intelligence of the
voters was tested by submitting thirty
two of these propositions 10 the faculty
of the University of Oregon. and on
thirty-one Of them the vote Of the faculty
turned out TO be the same as the vote
of the people. Wouldn't ii have been
simpler to give the initiative and refer
endum 10 the faculty instead of to the
whole electorate. if such uniformity in
the point Of view exists?
The evidence that'no harm has been
done is manifold. but If any one demands
TO know what have been the positive ben
efts of the initiative. referendum and
recall the answer becomes less definite.
More democracy in the government Is
usually the reply, though it IS yet to he
proved that the people of Oregon have
got any substantial advantage from its
new devices that it could not have got
with the same trouble from the old sys-
TEN.
We would rather see Oregon, like the
sword swallower. wondered at and ap-
plauded than initiated. Kansas Is safer
adviser in this case than Senator Owen.
The Kansas Legislature has just rejected
the initiative and referendum. in spite
of the pledges in the platforms of both
PARTIES. When Kansas raises It's hand
and says 60 slow" who would he so
rash as To hasten!
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-General Navarro, COM
msnding a Mexican federal force, was
reported 10 be advancing slowly from a
point eighty miles south Of Juarez: Man
ual Masillas. rebel leader. was arrested
by American troops i'm Fl Paso =--
English court officials are busy with
preparations for the coronation of King
George; two million visitors are ex-
.pected in London. and the hotels Will
proba bly, double their prices. -= Many
chinese are cutting off their queues. and
the government is asking the viceroys
for advice before dealing with the ques-
ticn. =- The HonduTan House recon
sidered its action granting an iron min
ing concession to an American syndicate,
and has demanded a higher price.
DOMESTIC.-Presid Taft. in an in
1erIiew at PittSburg. expressed himself
as being we'll pleased with the results of
his Canadian reciprocity campaign in
Ohio; he expressed his determination Ia
push the agreement To an early vote IN
the Senate. == Ex-PTesident ROose-
Welt. speaking in Grand Rapids. Mich,
said that he believed in equality between
men and women. =-= Miss Clara Bar
ton, founder of the Red Cross. who was
reported to be dangerously i'll a her
home i'm Glen Echo, Md. of bronchitis,
is said to be convalesCing, and attending
physicians regard her as out OF danger.
"A woman. in fulfilment of a COM
pact made with her husband during his
lingering illness, which ended Saturday,
killed her son and herself al oxford,
Me. 49, Frederick c. stevens. former
Superintendent Of Public Works, dis
Cussed at Albany the proposed increased
membership OF the Barge Canal Termi-
nal Commission -= A giant negro,
charged with highway robbery. barri-
osded himself on a pier in Philadelphia,
and held squad OF patrolmen at bay
until his ammunition was exhausted.
CITY.-It was reported that headquar-
ters soon would be opened for the move
rnent TO oust Charles F. Murphy from
the leadership OF Tammany -= DOro-
thy Arnold's mother who returned from
Europe. denied knowing anything as 10
her Whereabouts. and the family said the
search would be abandoned; detectives
watched the GriscOm suite in Atlantic
City. and the elder Griscom locked NJ
his son, fearing he might say something
20 offend the Arnolds. == A switch
man was run over and killed by a train
in the subway, and the police were un-
able 10 learn the number Of the train or
the name of the motorman i'm charge of
st. Lincolns Birthda. was OBJ
served generally, by Jew and Gentle.
white and black. - \ large cotton
operator declared the story OF Governor
6oke Smith OF Georgia. outlining plot
20 spread the boil weevil plague. to he
q ia n," =--- +. y. Godfrey, master
OF the state Grange and others opposed
the suggested abolition of the state
Highway Commission. - Samuel
C;ompers said he expected the Supreme
Court to acquit Mitchell, Morrison and
himself Of contempt of court ---- The
Board Of Health took charge of the dis
tribution Of anti-meningitis serum sup
piled by the Rockefeller Research lnsti-
tute.
THE WEATHER-lndicat for to-
dav: Fair. The temperature Yesterday:
fighest, - degrees lowest. %
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

duestion whether Mr. Davila is 10 re-
main or Mr. Bonilla is to become Presi-
dent of Honduras. There can he little
doubt that the latter has recently been
making ominouS advances and has So
riously shaken the authority of Presi-
dent Davia. II is believed however
that he views the proposed fiscal reor-
.ani2atlon with favor. though there is
no positive assurance that he would ap-
prove il and stand by it if it were made
and if he then became President. 1t
NAV he that he is not hostile to il and
that the Congress regards it as desirable
not 10 impose II upon him. but to give
him the privilege Of completing IT, if he
can, in case he comes into power.
The rejection of the agreement would
leave in an anomalous position the pend
ing treaty between the United states ana
Honduras, which is benefcent in purpose
and which we must hope to see become
effective. The United States is reluc-
tant 10 become involved in any way in
the affairs Of its nelghbors. hut il does
rot shrink from the duty whenever it
appears To have an opportunity Of doing
any of them n real service. This treaty
would, we believe. do Honduras much
good without injury. cost or embarrass-
ment TO this country, If it were 10 he
made effective and If the Honduran
Congress would accept the offer which
has been made To take that country out
of the bankruptcy court and make it sol
vent. If that should not he, the future
course Of the United States toward its
neiGhbor would he matter for serious
consideration.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
ATDACITY AT ALRANY.

what we need in American political
life is audacity, unhesitating audacity,
said Governor Wilson of New Jersey 10
the Kentuckians in this city. His say
ing this on an occasion when Governor
Dix was also present and speaker
showed that Governor Wilson had no
lack Of the quality he recommended
The New York Governor suffers enough
from contrast with the New Jersey Gov
ernor without the latter's accidentally
hitting his defects with an epigram.
Whether or not it was his "audacity''
that did il, Governor Wilson has reduced
New Jerseys boss 10 minor figure, has
removed n variety of obstacles to the sue
cess Of his administration and with an
authority in his party such as few Gov
ernors have he is free TO make the most
Of his opportunities. And the marvel OF
il all was the ease with which It WAS
done
Meanwhile Governor Dix has taken no
chances. He determined not to 'imperil
the success of his administration. lie
would be drawn into no controversies ana
would keep out of the senatorship CON
test. He was impressed with the common
notion about the terrible power of po-
litical machine and the impossibility of
doing anything but accepting the sltua-
tion as it was and trying to make the
best of it. consulting Murphy Oh prison
reform" taking his advice on economy
and doing everything TO avoid a conflict
How much the Governor might have ac-
compished if he had followed the eN-
ample of Governor Wilson 1t Is, or
course. impossible to say; but certainly
he would have had the moral support OF
the state. and that he has completely
thrown away. He tried TO ALLEVIATE
neither Murphy nor public opinion. ana
he has driven the public from his sup
port and Murpby's organs of publlclty
are telling him that he alone is respon-
sible for all of Murphy's troubles.
Audacity may not be the universal 90
liticaI solvent that Governor wilson
made ii out TO be in a moment of rhetor-
ical ventureSOmeness But how welcome
would be a little audacity at Albany
after all these weeks of fussy caution.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

n
scarlet fever and, of course, was pin
under rigid quarantine Or. shipmsn oa', 81,
telephone TO be installed oet"ee" ,,aa
own and his wife's rooms. and they '".nr r..
! together as often as the physicians -
nitted
do YOU think it will be always suf'i"'''
in tie Garden OF Eden?' asked E'gb, ,be rip
No" replied Adam. pointing 10 ee me an
enins apples; II think we sndh Il"
early fall"-Philadelphi Record
AIS fish that comes TO The b'n' a.,
net the great English medical jousn' a,s.
the last issue to arrive on this sue a..
cussed the troubles IN the Champas"o
trict of France, saying: I'VE are cei .""'
that many Of the honest sparkling "i"e9
which are not champagne. and whiTh AZ
sold in this country AT third of the price
of champagne. are, physiolosically speaH
ing. equally valuable. There is very H''io
difference between the composition or' i0
example. a sparkling saumur or Medoc anu
that Of a genuine champagne. Inc f'e"."
government. we suggest. might 40 wen
inaugurato a system Of control Whlch sna'
! secure nothing but the bottling OF w"
Champagne grown product under ch'ni
pagne label and reserve another desisna
tion for other wines"
Bess-"He said my face was perfect
poem"
Jess-"It is-like one OF Browning
Bess-"What do you mean?
Jess-"Some of the lines are go neeP'
Toledo Blade.
For a number Of years Vienna has en-
joyed the unenviable potoriety or haNlne
the greatest number Of suicides among m me
European capitals. and the records Tor l9iV
show that this pre.eminence Is un1ortu-
nately still maintained. Last year 5o' PEI
sons. of whom 405 were men and loS "oin-
en-, took their lives in the Austrian capitai,
| This Is the largest number yet recoroeu
for any one year But In addition 70
these actual cases n correspondent Oh
| "The Chicago News" writes. there were
no fewer than sol attempted suicides re-
ported, of which 499 we're by men and "'z
by women. Then there were doubtless
some cases which escaped official cog
nizance. Thus the total number Of suicides
and attempted suicides in Vienna for last
year reached the appalling hgure or l'f'',
or almost exactly four day for the year
How was that musical comedy you
saw?' d;s-
MY wife thought the costumes were as
Il guess I'll go."-Louisville Courier jour
nal.
The suggestion Of United states Senator
Joseph " Terrell. cf Georgia. in recent
speech at Alexandra, Va, that monu-
ment 10 the memory Of General Grant ana
General Lee be erected in Washington Is
meeting with much favor in the press OF
the South. THE Baltimore Sun has taken
up the suggestion with enthusiasm ana
prints series Of interviews with veterans
Of the Federal and Confederate armies
heartily supporting the project. The Sun
editorialy speaks Of the monument In que
bee to Wolfe and Montcalm, and ADDS;
Grant and Lee. together symbolic or
restoration of confidence and love between
the sections, banshng prejudice and un-
charita bleness and creating an influence
enduring through the ages to bless and per
petuate the Republic"
Blobbs-The widow always gets her third
doesn't she2
Slobbs-I believe she has to get her second
! first.-Philadelpha Record.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

states of the Northwest. which show
that that section is not alarmed AT the
prospect of the free entry of Canadian
food products. From the economic point
of view the Northwest has much TO gain
and practically nothing TO lose from the
establishment of more intimate trade
relations with Canada. From the politi'
cal point of view the representatives oi
those states have also nothing to gain
from opposing n policy which the adj
mipistration has made its own and
which will figure largely in the next
campaign for the Presidency.
If the Northwestern insurgent Sena
tors imagine that they can use the reel
procity issue to discredit the President
they will be disappointed. This fact is
frankly admitted by THE Des Moines
Register and Leader" one of the lead
ing Progressive newspapers of the North
west In recent article entitled Par
alvzed progrpssives" il commented on
what it called the strange attitude "f
the insurgent leaders al Washington
and said:
The President will be renomlnated II
no lives. If the insurgent leaders al
washington are not taking that lhto
their calculations they are very much
shorter sighted than they have shown
themselves on other occasions. If theY
are allowing their course on Canadian
reciprocity to be dictated by behef
that the President can he discredited,
they are going a long way 10 compro-
mise their own position in order To IN
lure him. The Democrats have acted
promptly and shrewdly. Their conduct
is in marked contrast in both respects
with that of Progressive Republicans
who should have been first to come to
the Presidents support The President
and the Democrats are the ones who
thus far have shown themselves equal
10 the occasion.
The common sense of that view will.
we think. commend itself more and more
to the hesitating insurgent Senators,
whose record on the tariff issue logically
commits them to the support of the
Presidents Canadian programme
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
HOPE FOR HONDURAS.

Tho suhsidence of violent agitation
ond etrife I'm Honduras may he only tenn
norarv. but it affords room for hoping
certainly for strongly desirlng-that
some arrangement may he made which
will give lasting peace and much needed
rehabilitation to that distracted lana.
Tho willingness which some there have
manifested to accept this country ten
der Of good offices for ending the civil
war is certainly encour3 gng, as IS also
tho intimation that the pending pro
rosals for the rcfunding Of the Hon
durau debt under American auspices
will be successful. II Will he particu-
Iarlv gratifying TO have the latter ar
rangement effected. for there is moth
ing which Honduras needs more than
CecaI salvation. Her finances are in
obout the worst possible condition;
and here IS an opportunity 10 have
them untangled and Strengthened out
and the country placed upon sol
vent and honest baSis-an opportunity
Ga favorable that the United States gov
eminent is willing 10 give II recOgni-
tion and moral support I'm n now pend
ing treaty. There would certainly be
widespread regret. if nothing more, at
the refusal Of the H0nduran government
10 embrace such IN opportunity.
If is not altogether unrea sOnable that
this arrangement should, however, he
made 10 await the determination Of the
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
THAT ROLL WEEITL PLOT.

Covernor-elect Hoke Smith Of Georgia
gave out for publication last Saturday a
letter warning him against plot OF New
York speclllators to bull the cotton mar
ket by producing shortage in the next
crop. This is TO he accomplished, ac-
cording to Mr.. Smiths correspondent, by
the planting" of 100000 boil weevils I'm
the cotton raising districts of Georgia
and South Carolina.
If we suppose this TO he gigantic
hoax its exceptional quality lies In the
simplicity OF its ingenuity. II Is astound-
ing. hut il wears the air of possibility.
The originator need not necessarily he
AR Smiths unnamed correspondent HIM
self I'm fact. his good faith is apparently
we'll enough known to the recipient or
his letter 10 Justify its publication. The
iol,or must be looked for elsewhere, at
some iovial gathering. perhaps, by pref
erence i'm this city. since the plotterS are
said to he New Workers. Tall tales ot
frenzied finance have often been told on
the spur of the moment for the beWllder-
nent of ingenious visitors.
Here is an original plot that would
bove made an ingenious noFelists fort
me and vet the presumption is that 1t
was invented by humorous New Yorker
drawing the long bow without after
thought. No inventor of tales OF crime
and its detection has ever evolved the
like II will he used now. no doubt by
some writer. but its originality Is already
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
SAW LINCOLN SHOT.
Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
sir: Referring 20 John Y Culyers let
ter in to-day's Tribune. he says: II Won
der in this long interval how many there
are now alive who saw some Of the phases
Of that tragic scene" president Lincoln's 8
assassination.
am acquainted with one-Daniel d.
Beekman. who lives at No. 1a9 Edgecombe
avenue. this city. lie was present, he has
the stub OF his ticket vet. and. II 7 remem-
Der correctly. lie helped boost a doctor up
to the box to give first aid.
r. 3. SMITH.
New York Feb II, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
.sA rls mav Of dr.ssins for the lam.

,ros and his way Of dressing, for the lam
noonIst and the caricsturist. At that ume
from" Mast was In his prime. The mar
pers paid for his pencil and printed niS
productions in the weekly" Nasts car
ICONS were tantalizing. and caused MI
Greeley. no doubt much anguish.
There is lesson TO be learned here J,
"a TO be kind to each other. and say swee'
cords about our contemporaries whie they
arc still with us, even to the extent oi
,heir merits. and not walt until
They hear not. feel not. gee not oe"s
dead"
MAY I thank you. as long standins
friend and reader OF The Tribune. for your
,obIe tributes 10 the memory OF Horace
Greeley on the 100th anniversary OF MS
birth. Inc rev hDN AM "a.
No 5iS West Both street New YORK City'
l'eb q 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
4 BETTER PROSPECT

The Mccall bill. carrying into effect
the reciprocity agreement with Canada,
was favorably reported on Saturday by
the WAYS and Means Committee of the
House Of Representatives. The vote in
the committee was - 10 Z. which proba-
bly, reflects somewhat roughly the
strength of the measure i'm the House
itself. The passage of the bill in the
lower branch of Congress is assured,
because there is mo- substantial oppoSi-
tion 10 il on The Democratic side, and
not great many Republicans will care
70 nut themselves in the position of
antagonizing a measure which has the
whole-souled support Of Republican
administration.
The chances Of favorable action on the
bill in the Senate have also greatly I'M
proved President Taft's speeches and
Secletarv Wilson's analysis of the ef-
,cts of reciprocity have had Il marked
effect i'm diSpelling the gratuitous fears
or ceitain representatives, Of the agri-
cultural states Of the Northwest that
freer exchanges with Canada will 'n1ure
thc farming interest The Democrats in
the Senate are almost Unanimously IN
favor of the agreement, and apart from
the Northwestern Senators Cnly n hand
ful Of Republicans are standing ont
against IT.
II is difficult 10 sCe how the North
western ProgressiyeS can justify any
action at this session which will prevent
q vote on the Mccall bill and possibly
entail an extra session Of Congress
called for the special purpose of confirm
inc the Canadian agreement. We have
orote1 many expressions Of sentiment
from the newspapers Of the agricultural
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
Nem'l1ork Trihm1e.
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1911.

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New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
TIE TALK or THE DAY.

The Telephone Review" in speaking OF
the great convenience of the phone In gen
eral. calls special attention TO It's value
v hen contag gious disease invades the home
1t tells Of the case OF Mrs. Herbert Ship
man. wife Of the rector OF the Church OF
the Heavenly Rest who was stricken with
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
A WAY OUT FOR MURPHY.

From The Utica Press
To take another New YORK man than Mr.
Sbeehan would show that Tammany hac
been beaten. whereas 70 come upstate snt
select a good man would be holding ou
the olive branch 10 those other Democrats
above The Bronx without whose vote:
Tammany can cut no figure at Albany.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
MOSTLY DEMOCRATS.

From The Charleston News and Cou-
rier Dem).
There are $1,000 people in the insane asy-
lums OF New York. and lot more outside
holding offices
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13
THE REGULAR EXCUSE.

From The Toledo Blade.
The anti-treating bill introduced in the
Indiana Legislature provides that one man
may give another a drink IL he thinks IL
viii save the others life. This would seem
"a make evasion OF the law very simple
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

That's part Of my business said
King Humbert of Italy after he had mar
rowly escaped one OF the earlier plots to
assassinate him. VI. Arstide BRAND
quoted his words only the other day,
when another received the bullet in
tended for him. And now a plot against
King Victor Emmanuel has been nipped
i'm the bud, if 50 poetic a smile may be
applied TO so grim a. purpose.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

And so the penetrative power Of our
ordnance is greater than the defensive
power Of our armor plate. This means
simply that the conditions will be re-
versed i'm little while, and Sc on. dd
infnifHm.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

Governor Dix, Murphy, Sheehan and
large part Of the Legislature came 10
New York over Sunday ito get away
from the senatorship situation" Where
was the senatorship situation?
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

Speculative diplomatists Will perhaps
discern a somewhat large straw indica-
tive of pronounced current of wind In
the arbitration treaty which has just
been made between Great Britain and
Austria Hungary. 1t is only one of sew
eral recent suggestions of a drawing to-
gether OF those two powers which have
appeared Simultaneously with some hints
that the bonds of the Triple Alliance are
not exactly those OF brass and triple
steel
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

a returning tourist declares that Eu-
rope is Americanized. There are those
who regard America as largely Euro
peanized And they are not altogether
lacking who apprehend danger that all
the world will one day be Japanned.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

A man out in Newark declared in court
that he would rather go TO jail than let
his wife have any part of his earnings.
Why not send him TO jail. make him
work and turn half of his earnings over
10 his wife? That would be worthy of
Jersey justice" at its best estate.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

Germany is astounded by the Kaiser 5
admission Of master plumber To the
Prussian House Of Lords. America re-
ceives the news as a matter Of course.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

The Schenectady athlete who ran into
a horse and knocked it off its feet de-
serves the attention OF the Russian
Lion and the Polish giant who have
been competing with each other So siren
uouslv OF late. What would happen 10
them If they should meet this husky
American
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

Governor Wilson says audacity is
needed Well. there is Murphy. Shee-
han declares he is "cours geous." any way.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

Governor Wilson Of New Jersey takes
a leaf from Dantons book in declaring
that what is needed In American poll
tics Is "audacity-unhesitat audac-
itv." Has not his Farmer orator" SEN
ator an ample supply Of that inspiring
oualitV2
New-York tribune., 1911-02-13

The railroads must he behaving mighty
well I'm Georgia for Hoke Smith 10 turn
from, them TO the boil weevil