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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
CHINESE CHARACTER.

The Chinese government has at It's
command drastic measures for the en-
forcement of its edicts that admit of no
evasion. As a matter Of fact, the most
potent Of these-decapitation--has. ac-
cordng to report. been employed 10
some extent in the gradual reduction OF
the poppy culture within the empire, YET
the success of this gigantic movement
for the emancipa ton Of not merely
nation but of nearly n third Of the hll'
man race from slavery to perhaps the
most pernicious Of all drugs could not
proceed so steadily and peacefully As it
has done thus far without the deter
mined cola boration OF the mass Of the
Chinese people.
With the majority of them the smok-
ing Of opium has not been a vice but
habit, which has been compared with
the use of tobacco by the Western races.
though a far more exact comparison
could be drawn between the Chinaman's
opium and the white mans alcohol.
especially with regard TO the measure or
harm and destruction wrought by both.
The majority of Chinese use the drug
as the majority Of white men use spirit
Uous beverages. in moderation. vet for
the sake Of the welfare Of their race
they have consented 10 give up the age
old habit without those ingenious ways
of evasion of which the Chinaman
knows so many. and certainly without
the organized revolt 50 familiar in the
pages of Chinese history.
Comparisons between East and West
need not he drawn. nor is there ground
for the drawing of contrasts in these
days Of the rapid growth of temperance
in the white mans world. Vt the same
time il will not come amiSS 10 take note
of this manifestation Of the virilitv Of
the New China. Of its collective will
power and self-control. and of that
patriotism which Western observers
have so often denied as one. of the
Chinaman's virtues. The future Of the
oldest Of existing civilizations is the sub
iect of much speculation and close OBJ
servation. This resolute act of self-de-
rial of its children augurs well for the
place it may come 70 occupy in the
wider modern world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
THE RECALL AND THE BENCH
From the Rochester Democrat and cbror
icle ' "a ~

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
icle '' III 'h-
The citizens of oregon have shown thsrn.
selves 50 infatuated with their new toH
the recall that II is not surprising 10 hssr
that they are making plans to try in ON n
judSe Inc victim selected for the sacrI-
lice is Judge John $. Coke. of the second
Oregon District. The excuse for se,tin u
the machinery Of the recall in oneratioS
Is that his instruction TO a lurv in rrn,'
der case so radically favored tbe Gaf,''s
dered VOC 'e"'
We have no information as to the dat.p.
OF the case. Presumably public sentiment
had convicted the man Of murder. as /, 90
often does, before any testimony Ma h.so
presented, and the populace was natur,,I,,
enrased because verdict OF orii,v - .ls
not rendered The man tried belne loo on',
beyond reach. the Judge before whnn, ~
was uTied Is 10 he pilloried WYNN ne
The reelection that the use n, ,h. $500,
under such circumstances Is we recall
removed trom mon rule does NOT ~ e Htep
disturb its enthusiastic advccatss ,Su' se
one Of them should ever have - any
criminal accusation and should eS
public bowling for his blood nh1 tne
wouid Undergo tremendous change IL
would then Deg TO be tried befors ~
who could not be punished fnr Judge
the rights OK man charged WIN ,Utectihy
Judges, IL must he rememha,as ZINE
man. ana VIII not III every case go ore nu-
their places on the bench FOR no. Jeo PParuize
less wretch whose guilt may nor ~ ly ,n
to those mslhsd TO weigh evidence '' lea,
against whom there is strong ci,an,Sc, out
tial evidence. when the pubiIc Vdtcumstan-
conviction. This would b., N"e,manas
true when a revolving crime nab tIcuiarly
mtted and feeling In the cnnon oeen COM
high immunity ran
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
4 CHARTER 4 IA MURPHY

Under Boss" Murphy's benevolent
despotism" there is being drafted at Al,
bany a charter for this city the pro
visions Of which are known to only two
persons besides the workmen-"Boss'
Murphy himself and Mayor Gaynor. II
is the announced intention of the "leeis-
lative leaders shat is, Of Murphy him
self-to jam through that precious docu-
nent without any bearings or chance
for the mere ordinary citizen. even
though legislator, to familiarize him
self with any portion Of il. Compared
10 the sight unseen" plan on which
New York must accept this new law,
the schoolboy system Of swapping jack
knives seems open and aboveboard
Tammany's charter juggling has
aroused amusement and amazement in
the minds Of all spectators. Probably n
more homogeneous group Of individuals
never undertook TO frame an important
statute than the men working on the
Murphy Gaypor document. First in i'm
portance comes Ray Z. Smith-"the
man from Syracuse" mentioned by
Mayor Gaynor - Republican political
boss. skilled in pulling legislative wires.
Smith is reckoned as Murphy's repre-
sentative ION the job Then come Cor
poration Counsel Watson and his as
sistants. Messrs. Hahlo. McGoldrick and
MacNulty, representing the Mayor. Jere-
miah J. Mahoney, counsel TO the Senate
Cities Committee, one-time law partner
OF Senator Wagner, Mr.. Murphy's leader
in the upper branch Of the Legislature,
follows. Last. unplaced in any political
scheme. working from q sense Of duty
and q desire 10 see only workmanlike
laws passed, comes Assemblyman VIII
lam Allaire Short He is the one indi-
Nidual who under any circumstances
might be conceived to represent the
plain. ordinary, taXpaying citizens of
the metropolis
With interests 50 conflicting. so IT.
reconcilable, represented among the
workmen. naturally everything in the
output has had to be referred 10 Boss
Murphy. His has been the final word.
Everything i'm tho draft charter as il
stands now is there by grace Of Murphy,
boss" When the finished product issues
from the mystery which enshroUds il
and is presented to rapt and acquies-
cent LEGISLATURE it viii bear somewhere
the magic symbols. 20. *, c. +. NJ
Maybe New York doesn't know what's
GOOD for it. Maybe the citizens Of this
metropolis aren't capable of formulating
any views. and expressing them, on the
way their money is 10 be spent ana
their government administered. Maybe
they've given a proxy to Murphy to do
the job for them. Anyhow Inc ne"
charter which the Legislature is staying
!p session 10 pass will be Murphy, pure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
JCRIES AND POLITICS.

The charges against the Sheriff Of
Atlantic County, y. J., which have
moved a Supreme Court justice to take
from him, as unfit to perform II. the
customary duty of empanelling a jury.
may or may not be true If they are
true. they not only condemn the Sheriff
but they also constitute a grave indict-
ment Of the traditional jury system Of
that state If they are not true. the
fact that they might be true-that is.
that It would be possible for precisely
the things TO be done which he is charged
with doing-is ample food for thought
concerning the need Of a radical re-
vision of the jury system.
There were gross frauds in Atlantic
County at the last election. That is so
obvious as 10 he beyond reasonable dis
.pute The only question remaining L..
Who is responsible for them? An en-
ploye OF the Sheriff's Office says that the
Sheriff, subsequent TO the last grand
jurys session, took from the County
Clerks office two registry books. and that
OAA'i my idh pNtH ltlulutu IL WdS
perceived that the check mark before the
name Of a certain voter in one Of the
books had been erased. That voter is
said 10 have been registered in two dis
tricts and 10 have voted in both. and
this erasurc of the mark was therefore
for the purpose Of concealing evidence Of
his double voting That voter was a
member OF the grand jury which was in
session when the alleged tampering with
the record was committed 1t is under
stood that this sIory is denied by the
Sheriff and that several Witnesses are
ready 10 declare its falsity. But the
Attorney General Of the state az well
rs a Justice Of the Supreme Court thinks
enough Of it TO declare that the Sheriff
Is unfit TO draw jury for the special
session Of court which is TO deal with
the election frauds. and therefore the
jury which the Sheriff called has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
ENGLISH sURNAMES IN ERIN
Their Occurrence Rarely an indication
of English Ancestry.

To the Editor OF The Tribune,
SIR: There are persons who fancy when
they meet an Irishman with an English
surname that he has derived it from some
English ancestor who settled N Ireland
This may occasionally be the case. Al
most always, however. II is not There is
a great deal Of Saxon blood in Ireland Il
was there, most Of it. before surnames
were adopted. Thus at the schoo! OF Ar
rhagh, in the ninth century, there were a..
one time TWO thousand Saxon students.
many OF whom remained. For several cen
turtles too, there was hardly merchant
or nobleman of Ireland who did not own a
number of Saxon slaves. The synod OF
Armagh decreed the emancipation Of all
English slaves in 1903. Many. It seems
probable remained. The Danes. toe, set
tied in Ireland before the establishment Of
surnames The Normans arrived while
surnan1es we're being established, and while
most Of them took Irish surnames. hecom-
ing more Irish than the Irish themselves. A"
many used their Norman names in the
Irish fashion. and these are rea lily recoz-
ni2able
TIE origin Of certain English names in
Ireland is easily traceable. Thus the Arm
strones are branch OF the O'Briens
kings Of Thomond. their Gaelic name be-
ing Lamb Laidir (strong arm). The Foxes
are the old Sinnachs Agnue is OGneeve.
Clark is OClerigh, Darcy, though often
Norman is sometimes O'Dorchaidhe Yer
don is the Irish Fhear dunn. Forbes is
MacFirbis. the Whites, famous family
~ scholars were originally Oceans. Tr.
vine Irving and Irwin are the Irish Mae
Conaire, Jordan IL O'Cuithan, King is Mae
Conroy: Mitchell is Maiimich!l; Molyneux
Is OMaolagain Mulholland IL OMaolchal.
lain. Taft is OTabthe; Wesley is Mac
I-aislaidh; Wynee is o'Maolgaotne. and so
on. Il will be seen that the .+sh name
is. as a rule. far more picturesque than
its English equivalent But as English
pronunciation required some change plain
translation was often adopted.
What are regarded as typicaly irish
names are really not Irish at all. but at
tempted English pronunciations. dating
from the seventeenth cert y. ~ Irish sur
names. Thus Murphy In Irish Is OMur-
chada or MacMurrough Kelly Is O'CeaI-
ZACH. sullivan is O'Suillea ohain. and so ON
These were famous names IN Irish his.
tory. a branch Of the MacMurroughs were
kings OF Leinster, one OF whom first
brought over the Normans. branch Of
the O'kellys were princes OF III Maine
The O'Sullivans are descended from Owen
Nor. eldest son OF ON Olum king In the
second century OF both MINISTERS from
whom come all the Heberlan nobility ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
HOT WEATHER COSTUMES
Blaming womankind for the sartoria'
roolishness of the Other Sex.
ra,,or ~ Tha Tribune

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
s,r. Whv IL II that we Americans VINO
consider ourselves the most alert aho Pr
orassive of mankind. exhibit such astoun"'
inc lack OF common sense In regard 10 '"s
HOT weather apparel of the male hsii VI
our population?
Tn the uresent heated term we men arc
sweIterine and gaspiny BY millions. enoui
ing selr-Irposed tortures that, u deHo'
era.elv inflicted by TALLER on his charges
c,orld raise a howl OF execration froHi
ocean 70 ocean We are the bread"innefs'
held by necessity 10 our desks OF CUNT. :
or benches; yet we cripple our SUNNI,
working efficiency about hair oy Dl"uiy
cllneiug to costume, admirable for coo'
weather. but utterly UNIT for semi-'ropi-
cal temperatures. T..
We drn't need 10 invent new stEie' II
exists row-the clean and cool shlrt"di9'
costume II has been with us Tor yea -
vet how timidy does II raise It's heao' -
IS the women who primarily are respo"'
slble for that tlmidity. Nor If II the ousy
women who oppose il; their housewltei'
has taught them sympathy for their NUS
hands No. II is the spoiled idlers, the
spenders with nothing better 70 at'eh' W
than other peoples business, VINO anect a
sensibility they do not feel, and assume ~
tyrannize over their hard working pro'io-
ors for the pleasure of showing their au-
thority. That they themselves often enter
public places gowned with quesuonaUie
modesty does not trouble them for coh-
sistency is not part Of their makeup
The worst victims because the most heip-
less. of our brainless clothes customs are
the policemen and postmen HOW many
times have We pitled the policeman swathea
in his heavy, tightly buttohed coat anu
white gloves. compelled 10 stand some
times for hours In the pitlless sun, seeH-
ing from his purple face to be on tne very
verge OF heat apopleXy. yet foroiddeh 10
seek relief In the most obvious way! AS
for the postmen. Philadelphia and Ne"
York have yet to make move for them
but in many places they wear coatless oiue
blouses in summer and no one has aush'
but praise for the costume.
Isn't it about up TO" the downtroddeh
men 10 raise a voice in their own behalf?
HERBERT L. TOWLE.
Philadelphia. July Z. 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-KingG George visited the
Roman Catholic college at MdNhootil'
near Dublin: he was received by car
dinal Logue and Archbishop Walsh. =
Maurice Hewlett's poetic play, 'Arlddhe
IN Naxos." was produced in London by
the Poets Club: the author was warmly
congratulated. The French Ambas-
sador in Berlin had short conference
with the German Foreign Minister on
the subject of Morocco. an optimistic
semi official note announcing the con-
ference was issued. - TWO Italians
were arrested in Buenos Ayres on sus-
picion of being anarchists, a search OF
their house showed il TO he a regular
bomb factory.
DOMESTIC. - Postmaster General
Hitchcock announced at Washington an
increase in the salaries Of rural free de-
livery carriers. TO compensate them for
the extra burden IN case Congress ap-
proves his recommendations for a par
cells post system. - Two hundred ana
siXty-three horses were burned to death
in fire that destroyed the Dixon Trans
fer Conpany's stables, in Chicago -
Everything was reported in readiness for
the start OF the national elimination bal
loon race at Kansas City, Mo, to-day.
Sister Madeline O'Brien. forty
years directress Of st. Joseph's Academy.
EG0IllLSDUIS,
known educators Of women IN this coun-
try died at Emmitsburg. - Officials
of the Eureka County Bank. az Reno,
New. were arrested on the charge of re-
ceiving deposits when the bank was
known to be insolvent - The steam
ct Kershaw. Of the Merchants and Min
ers' Line carrying freight and thirty
four passengers. from Boston TO Balti-
more. went ashore carly Yesterday on
Shovelful Shoal Rip. The crew. and
passengers remained on board. as the
vessel is in no immediate danger.
CITY Two persons died from the
heat, the highest temperature being s.
degrees and the average humidity 60
continued hot weather is predicted with
an increase Of humidity. NJ
FileauX, who flew from Paris to London
with John B. Moisant, wrecked his
Bleriot type aeroplane at Nassau Boule-
ward yesterday morning. 49, John
Bloom. superintendent OF the V9runa
apartments. accused city detectives Of
taking the missing Stokes letters the
night Of the shooting. and the police in
vestigation was renewed - Park
Commissioner Slower explained his in
ability 70 carry out the recommendations
Of the soil expert. for lack Of money, the
department being shorthanded -
Two hundred and twenty-slX MOBILES OF
the Mystic Shrine from Galveston
reached port on the Mohawk. on their
way 10 the annual meeting at Rochester
Friends Of Borough President
Gresser Of Queens believe the primaries
this fall may have some bearing on his
case, which is now before the Gov
ernor. - According 70 the report Of
Commissioner Tomkins of the Depart
ment Of Docks and Ferries. the ferry re-
ceipts for 1910 showed an increase over
those Of 1909. while the expenditures de-
creased.
THE WEATHER-Ind tons for to-
day: Fair The temperature Yesterday:
Highest, SIS degrees; lowest. 63.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
SATING THE PTBLIC MONEY.

Governor Dix will receive a good deal
Ct deserved applause for his veto Of the
Sullivan bill providing for three addi-
tiOnal justices Of the Supreme Court in
this department This was Tammany
Hall measure which aimed to create a
lot Of judicial patronage for the organi-
cation, three new iudgeships at $3.50,
together with the staff of clerks and at
PENDANTS which judges have. AS the
Governor pointed out in his veto mes
sage, the bill was opposed by the New
York Bar Association and the New York
County Lawyers Association This dis
trict does not need additional Judges.
With industry and the assertion of a
proper control by judges over the con
duct of trials the present staff can
easily dispose of the business Of the
court. The creation of unnecessary
Judges is one way 10 increase the laws
delays. II fosters easygoing habits
among the judiciary and concesls the
necessity for such reforms as will ex-
pedite the business Of the courts and
Such lnslstence upon ne proper conduct
Of cases by counsel as will prevent waste
Of time.
This veto Of the Governor, together
with some Of his other recent vetoes.
gives force to his position as an advo-
cate of economy. If the Governor will
not let the demands of the organiza ton
for the creation Of jobs stand in the
way of his protecting the public purse
be may still bring TO his administration
degree of credit. The Levy election
bill creates vastly more unnecessary pat
ronage and is much more extensive
raid upon the public treasury than this
one for the creation Of three superfuous
judges. IF he should veto that. too. he
would do much 70 regain the public con-
fdence that he once possessed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10

Of that paper the fact that when the ooVa
became a drama IL made Its greatest M
In German translation at the Josetstau'N
Theatre in that city. In the orisi"o
cast" It is said. there appeared you"s
girl who had never before been assignee
to a real part She became famous la'e''
and in order that she might appear young
or she used to say that the Indian girl ~
was played by her elder sister. But s'e
herself was the elder sister, ana as -"
Belle Helene and the Grand Duchess "o,
no little fame She wss Marie Geistinger'
rs your boy Josh much OF a help 10
yes" replied Farmer Corntossel ne
maxim collection CT insects VI COW Re
wouldn't stop to label EN-, but every h'''e
helps. Washington star
fond uncle, having been informed that
an ambitious nephew just out OF country
high school had probably passed the
Yale entrance examination, teleerapheu W
the boy:
Bully for you-now. 'Roola for you
In reply he received this telegram
I'm some counts still short
wish you'd remember
But trust I'll sing 'Boola'
At Yale in September
Tommy-Pop. does liquor improve with
age? -. ,ha
Tommys Pop-Yes. my son. put the
trouble Is the average man won let IL"
Philadelphia Record.
The most conspicuous article on the
first page of the first number OF tne
"Neue Deutsche Zeitung." OF Basel, relers
10 the German Emperor's interest in me
steuben monument, which will be unveiIeo'
at his maiestys request. some time be-
tween August 80 and September 3. Tho
representative of President Taft on thac
occasion will he Richard Bartholdt. an IN
dustrious German American politician VINO
understood how to advance step by step
from typesetter and reporter TO Repre-
sentative in Congress Of the beer city 81
Louis
There are microbes in kiss" said the
scientist
II don't care" replied the summer resort
beau "A microbe can't be witness IN
breach Of promise case. Washington
Star
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
THE TALK or TIE DAY.

The Los Angeles Times advising Ne"
York from the other side of the continent
thinks that the rod should he restored In
the public schools OF the metropolis. II
agrees with General George w. Winsete'
Of the New York Board OF Education tha'
tho schools are becoming too feminine De
cause the rod has been abolished and
adds Government bv love and reason Is
all night In It's way, but the supply OF
parents. teachers and school authorities
who are Of sufficient spiritual stature to 50
rule is wofully short
'1t's the little things that cause US tne
most ANNOYANCE remarked the wise Guy
That's right" agreed the Simple mug,
Seven children live next door 10 me ana
the eldest is ten Philadelphia Record
An article In the Vienna 'Neue freie
Presse" on the siNtieth anniversary OF the
appearance OF Harriet Beecher stowe
Uncle Toms Cabin recalls 10 a reader
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
IN BEHALF OF SMOKERS
Writer Relies on Them for Aid Against
Obnoxious Users Of the Weed.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Are YOU not unwittngly niue
severe on the smoking fraternity when
an article in this mornings issue. page H.
column 3. saws that their thanks are Que
TO Justice Ciegerich for delaying the seour-
ing Of a charter by the persons who ASK
smokers TO keep their smoke to them
selves? While DR.. Pease individually
sometimes uses pretty harsh language eH-
pressive Of his personal dislike for the
smoking habit, can see nothing lr your
own account of the aims OF the or3aniza-
ton in question which should bring IT into
collision with any smoker who is at the
same time a gentleman. You would not
accuse those who object to starting soap
factory in a residential neighborhood or
being opposed 70 the manufacture and use
OF soap?
Why should smokers be the only large
class in society to demand the right to IN
fict persistent annoyance and discomfort
on others. rather than exercise a little
decent self-control? No one wants 10 pro-
hihit the sale Of tobacco or 10 compel any
man TO give up smoking. The tobacco
luxury IS is legitimate 4 pleasure as any
other. but Ike all other pleasures II
should be INDUCED in with due regard for
the rights Of others The man who forces
women, children and non-snoking men TO
breathe a vitiated atmosphere commits an
objectionable assault on them. and OBJ
viously comes far short of the conduct OF
true gentleman Since the smoking hog
who insists on violating all sanitary reg
ulations and exhibiting his utter disregard
for the comfort Of his fellows. has become
so numerous it is time that such an or
ganizaton as that projected was formed TO
accomplish what moral suasion has failed
TO bring about.
Despite all protests and occasional spas
rnodic enforcement OF the law. the subway
is full Of smokers even the employees Of
the company frequently setting the eX
ample, as may be daily seen ar the 1i5th
street station in Lenox avenue and else
where. The character Of the smoking hog
Is specially evident at the Cortlandt street
and other ferries. where a large smoking
room is provided in which the smoker has
perfect right 10 indulge himself 70 his
hearts content: and yet the vast majority
OF the smokers will not take the slight
trouble 10 wall: a few steps. but insist on
filing with their acrid fumes the general
waiting room Lawless ard brutslly self
ish animals OF this sort should not be
allowed 70 identify themselves with the
whole body of users Of the weed. nor
should opposition 70 the smoking hog be
mistaken for intolerance of the tobacco
habit as a private LUXURY.
JAMES F. MORTON, JR.
NeW York TulV I 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
SLEEPING TIME FOR HORSES.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: / read my letter in your columns
Thursday morning. also your editorial the
same day on street cleaning. ] myself am
terribly sorry for the horses: but do You
think it right TO deprive them OF their
nights sleep? How can they sleep in the
day time? ] understand a good many OK
our workhorses come from Germany. and
how can a self-respecting horse from the
Fatherand sleep while his feelings are
being lscerated by the pianols from which
it is impossible to get away? F. p. p.
Brooklyn, July S. 1911.