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New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
THE TALK o. THE DAY.

The Chicago waiter who before his de-
parture for Europe with his family on a
pleasure trip told Of his plans as 10 giving
tips while abroad is not the first one OF
his calling to become conspicuous on that
account. Two years ago a guest at a
hotel in Frankfort n-the-Main which has
many American patrons became a prime
favorite with the waters Ia the dining
room because OF the lavish tips he gave to
the man who served him, the boy who
helped him on with his coat. and the
various other employees. Where old cus-
toners gave 70 pfennig he would give a
mark and more, besides extras In the way
Of cigars In explanation he said one day
that when he was at home In St Louis he
was waiter, and being far away he
wanted TO test the extravagant tip system
and how does IL work. he was asked.
Fine the boys think me fine gentle
man, and think they are fine walters"
Blobbs-Bjones IL Ii lucky fellow. He
won 3 from Harduppe In POKER game
siobbs-I don't consider that so extraor-
Blobbs-But he actually got the t5.-Phila-
delphia Record.
A New York real estate broker In speak
ing OF the purchase by the village OF Sara
toga of Richard A. Canheld's clubhouse
said that the property which had now been
acquired as q free reading room and casino
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23

to say that President Taft "sprang reel
''procity on the country as RepuDll-
"can measure" for the Republican party
has been committed to reciprocity for
over twenty years.
The failure of SO many Republicans IN
the House to support the administration
is 10 be regretted, furthermore, Tor the
reason that it will prove embarrassing
to the party In the approaching Presi-
Dental campaign. ~ he GloDe-Demo-
crat" also said In the editorial already
quoted from: "Does anybody suppose
that If reciprocity should be enacted
"the Republicans will, In their platform
"of 1912. name It rs a Republican
achievement? Certainly not" But the
certainty is all the other way. The
next national Republican platform will
either mention the Canadian agreement
as a Republican achievement--if 1t has
already been achieved-or will demand
it's achievement, if it should be defeated
In this Congress by a combination OF
Republican insurgents and Democrats in
the United States Senate. The RepuD-
lican Representatives who voted against
reciprocity simply went out OF their way
to make it uncomfortable for themselves
to stand on the next Republican national
platform.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.--Efforts are being made in
England to further the movements for
an Anglo-German peace understanding
and the proposed treaty with the United
States. =-= The English Ministry eX-
poets to force the Parliament bill 70
second reading in the House of Lords
before the coronation: no strenuous re-
sistance from the peers seems likely
r. The French government and the
railway owners are at odds over the
proposal to reinstate strikers. -
The American Pavilion at the lnterna-
tional Art Exhibition at Rome was for
lnally opened by King Victor Emmanuel
and Queen Helena -- Twenty-one
persons were killed when train fell 2oO
feet through the collapse of a bridge in
South Africa. - The German
steamer San Nicolas went ashore III a
gale near Sac Sebastiao, Brazil; the pas
sengers and crew, numbering no per
sons, were rescued. -- The British
steamer Mobile, bound from Antwerp
for Baltimore. put back TO Queenstown
with a fire in one of the holds -
There were new surprises at the Camor
rist trial AT Viterbo, Italy.
DOMESTIC.-John j. Mcnamara. sec
rotary and treasurer OF the international
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers, was arrested ST lndianap-
oils. charged with murder in connection
with the dynamiting OF the plant or The
Los Angeles Times" on October j, 1910.
when twepty-onc men were killed. -
Governor Brown of Georgia refused to
pardon Thomas T.. Striplin, VINO escaped
after life sentence for murder ana was
rcarrested while serving as police cher
II Danville. Va. - Patrick J. Keiran,
former president of the defunct Fidelity
Funding Company. was arraigned at
Norwich, y. Y. under two indictments
charging larceny in the first degree he
pleaded not guilty and was remanded
70 the custody Of the sheriff - Gov
ernor Dix spoke at the banquet OF the
United Commercial Travellers Of Amer
les at Syracuse. - An attempt 70
wreck fast trains on the New York Cen
fral. near Lincoln Park. y. Y, was re-
ported at Rochester. - George F..
Van Kennen finished his investigation OF
Clinton Prison, Dannomora, n. \.
CITY.-StoCks were weak. == The
grand Jury. it was learned, heard that
the State Banking Department had de-
iayed action against the Carnegie Trust
COMPANY because il had assurances from
Andrew Carnegie that the company
would not be allowed TO close. - II
was suggested that in view or the fall
,re OF the Interborough 10 express a
WILLINGNESS TO change its proposals. and
the vagueness of the BROOKLYN Rapid
Transit plan, the triborough system
offered the speediest solution OF the sub
way problem. == a detail of thirty
national guard officers left here for the
Texas maneuvres. - Commissioner
Cropsey reviewed the mounted men OF
the Police Department in Central Park
THE WEATHER indications for TO-
day: Unsettled weather. The tempera-
ture yesterday: Highest, AZ degrees
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
TIE VOTE on RECIPROCITY.

Since the Democrats in the House OF
Representatives decided in caucus 10
deal openly and fairly with the admins
tration's reciprocity agreement with Can
ada the passage by the House Of a bill
carrying that agreement into effect has
been q foreecne conclusion. The only
thing in doubt was the size Of the ma
tority. The Mccall bill passed the
House of Representatives of the last
Congress on February il by n vote Of
221 10 % The Underwood bill passed
the House on Friday by vote of 2G5
10 50. A two-thirds majority had been
converted into a three-fOurthS majority.
It is TO be regretted that more Repu6-
ncans did not vote for the Underwood
measure The division in the party on
February II was 81 against reciprocity
70 IS for il. The division on April 81
was IS against reciprocity and G7 for it.
A number Of Republicans did not vote on
either bill, for although the opponents Of
reciprocity outnumbered its advocates on
both rollcalls they did not have in either
case O clear majority Of the Republican
membership. However, the party in the
House failed on both occasions 10 ex-
hibit sound political judgment in not
placing itself almost solidly on record
as indorsing the administrations reci-
procity programme.
There are apparently still too many
Republicans in the House Of Representa-
tives who cannot break away from the
reactionary influences which have
marred Republican leadership in Con
gress for some years past. They have
fallen into the delusion that reciprocity
is not An accepted Republican principle
That idea found expression many times
IN the last week on the floor Of the
House, and it has been bluntly assert
ed by certain Republican newspapers,
among them THE St Louis Globe-Demo-
crat' which declared the other day. at
"is true that the Republican President
"sprang reciprocity upon the country, but
"this does not make reciprocity Re
publican measure"
On the contrary. reciprocity originated
as a Republican policy and has been re-
DtdttNlN upDIONtb az cum III iN'PuDiA-
can national platforms. Mr.. Blaine was
the author Of the reciprocity provisions
incorporated in the Mckinley tariff law,
which gave that tariff law one OF its
chief claims 10 originality and distinc-
tiveness. When the Democratic party
came into power in 1894 it repealed the
many reciprocity treaties concluded un-
der the authority Of the Mckinley law.
and when the Republicans regained con
troll of Congress I'm 1897 they again in
the Dingley law opened the way for q
further application of the reciprocity
principle. President Mckinley endeav-
ored TO negotiate commercial treaties
with many countries on a reciprocity
basis. and his administration repeated
" made advances TO the Dominion OF
Canada for the settlement Of various
boundary questions and the enlargement
~ trade relations. Its an absurdlty
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
4 CITY OF STATUES.

We publish In another column letter
from correspondent in Berlin, Ger
many, suggesting the erection in Wash
ington Of monument to Sir Walter
Raleigh. Raleigb's claims to recognition
as a promoter Of colonization enterprises
In America are substantial, and there is
undoubtedly room for a memorial in his
honor In collection Of statues as eclec-
tic in character as that for which Wash
ington IS now distinguished. Congress
has authorized Columbus memorial for
the space I'm front Of the new Union
railroad station, and If the heroes Of the
period of exploration and colonization
are 10 be further remembered Raleigh's 5
fame might be properly perpetuated In
bronze at the capital of the nation
which grew In part out OF the New
World settlements which he so ener
getically advocated and so generously
financed.
Washington has become 4 city Of stat
ues without much governmental super
vision or forethought. Congress has been
1t than TO place memorials Of its own,
commemorative of our soldiers and
statesmen. Since equestrian statues
have ruled In popular as well as expert
favor, and only military men seem at
home on horseback, most OF the outdoor
sculpture at the capital is Of the mill
tary order. Various military associa-
tions have paid the cost Of the figures
and Congress has supplied the sites
and the bases. Thus the selection OF sub
jects has followed no predetermined rule.
Among the soldiers Of the Revolution
ary War represented in the capital's
squares and circles are Washington and
Greene. Jackson and Scott belong 10
the period Of lSl2-the latter also 10
that OF the Mexican War. or Civil
War leaders there Is far more plenti-
full supply--among them Sherman,
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
- - -
NOT 1 SLPARATE PIRTY.

The decision of the Republican Com.
mittee on Committees in the United
| States Senate not to recognize the "Pro-
gressive" Republicans in that body as q
distinct organization is based on sound
| policy. The committee is undertaking
to distribute committee places among the
| Republicans Of the Senate, and though
Il may judiciously aim at giving fair
recognition TO Republicans of all shades
of opinion, discriminating against no one
who has been duly elected as Republi-
can. it cannot he expected to honor
claims to preferment based on adher-
| ence TO an organization within the Re
publican organization.
In filling vacancies on the Senate
committees rules Of some sort have TO be
followed. The most obvious and prac-
ticable standard & eligibility for given
place Is seniority in service. That IS
ordinarily a fair test. and it has the ad-
vantage Of being impersonal and impair
tlal. Newcomers cannot complain Mt
being asked to start at the bottom and
work their way up. In some instances
ii Is practicable and advisable TO modify
that rule, making allowance for excep-
tiOnal aptitudes or for political expert
ence In the lower house of Congress or
In the executive department. But the
test applied has always been one OF per
sonal fitness, length Of service in the
Senate or qualifications offsetting the
lack Of If. Senator La Toilette sets up
a revolutionary and improper standard
when he maintains that committee places
should be assigned in bulk on the basis
of factional alignments. He doesn't wish
to see all Republicans treated alike, but
wants special recognition given 10 a
few, not because Of their Just claims
but because Of their attachment to d po-
litical clique. He asks that the commit
tee places be divided between Republi-
can regulars and Republican insur-
gents after the same fashion in which
they are divided between Republicans
and Democrats.
That proposal involves the assump-
ton that the insurgents form a separate
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The recent tenth anniversary Of the
pastorate OF DR.. s. Parkes Cadman in the
Central Congregational Church. Brooklyn,
reminds the writer of the prophecy Of the
late Robert r. Bonner, OF New York IN The
Tribune Of March l, 1901 Mr.. Bonner IN
his estimate Of the newly installed pastor
OF the church stated that TO his mind DR..
Cadman was the nearest approach to
Henry Ward Beecher in the country. and
at that time predicted for the youthful
preacher-being only thirty-six years old
useful and popular career.
The ten years OF Or. Cadman's ministry
in the Central Congrega tional Church has
been a gracious fulhlment of Mr.. Bonner's
prophecy During that time he has received
2,ll0 into church membership and i 100 of
them on confession Of faith. including some
of the most prominent citizens Of Brooklyn
The writer's long ministry In this city and
now i'm the West leads him To congratulate
the church of which DR.. cadmau IS the
successful pastor, and to wish both con-
tinued prosperity. GEORGE ADAMS.
Brooklyn, April Fl, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
TO SIR WALTER RALEIGH
PROPOSAL Of a Statue at Washington in
His Honor.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In the course OF research into the
earliest history of our country have been
impressed anew by the extraordinary ana
fascinating combination of heroic explorer
and refined man OK letters In Sir walter
Raleigh, and with the debt that we, as
Americans, owe TO his wonderful foresight
and courage in fitting out one expedition
after another. 10 see the vessels perish;
landing one group Of coonists after an
other, 10 see tho emigrants die. only to
persist and, finally. TO succeed in planting
the permanent settlement at jamestown.
This man, whose belief In the future OF
the new world was sublime. and whose
generosity in putting his whole fortune at
the disposal OF his half brother. Sir Hum
phrey Gilbert, and Gilbert's successors in
carrying out that belief reduced him TO
beggary. should surely be honored by a
statue, to be placed among the progenitors
OF our American existence in our national
capital. IN one OF the great squares sur.
rounding the Capitol we should certainly
have a figure Of tho very first man 10 send
coorists 10 America!
Every student OF the history OF our coun-
try must concur with Bancroft, who says:
"The name of Raleigh stands highest
among the statesmen Of England who ad-
vanced the colonization OF the United
States. In the career OF discovery
his perseverance, WAS never baffIed by
Losses" And every lover OF tho literature
of our language must be thrilled by the
story OF the strenuous life and the pathetic
death Of Raleigh and enchanted by the ex-
quisite verses and the great History OF
the World" which ne wrote during his pro-
loneed, unjust and tragically ended imprls-
onment Every state in the Union, begin
ming with North Carolina and Virginia, on
whose shores the earliest expeditions sent
cut by Raleigh touched, has a part In the
glory OF this mans name.
l beg. sir. with your permission, 70 pro-
pose that we erect the noblest statue that
our finest American sculptor can design, to
represent TO us and 70 our descendants
Raleigh, the man Of foresight the man OF
letters the dauntess explorer. the practical
statesman, to whom the United States owes
her beginningl I am. sir. yours faithfully,
MAYNARD BUTLER.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
THE GERMAN ALPHABET.

A special committee Of the German
Reichstag has recommended the introduc-
tion OF the use Of the Latin alphabet IN
the departments of the imperial govern
ment and IN the lowest classes OF the
public schools. The proposition has,
however. been received with decided
opposition by all the poutical parties III
the Reichstag and by the Germans at
large. IT is pointed out that the intro
duction of the Latin alphabet in the pub
lie schools is Il matter for each 1ndi-
vidual state in the confederation to pass
upon. the imperial government having no
authority i'm the matter, while, SO far as
the government bureaus are concerned.
It's use has never been prohibited.
The Germans persist in considering
their own alphabet a part OF their cult
ure, a symbol of their nationality and
one Of its strOngholds. Bismarck was SO
convinced Of this that he refused to
read books printed in Latin type. Ger
man merchants. on the other hand, long
ago recognized the advantage Of the
Latin alphabet in international trade
and use it very generally. both in writing
and on their typewriters.
Even the argument that the change
would advance the cause Of German as
n world language, while admitted to be
true, has failed 10 affect the general at
titude on the subject. National feeling
Is too strong. SO far as the foreign
world is concerned, the substitution of
the Latin alphabet would he q blessing.
Most German script must be slowly de-
ciphered by the non-German. The CON-
bination Of cheap paper and small Ger
man type Is torture 10 the eye and an
obstacle TO undivided attention. 4 rad-
cal change cannot be looked for, the less
so because the Prussian department OF
education IS bitterly opposed TO It, but
II is probable that the use OF the two
alphabets. side by side, will continue 10
increase. as 1t has been increasing during
the last twenty years or so In German
books. periodicals and the daily press.
Which of the two will ultimately win the
day, since a perpetual dualism is IN
thinkable in these crowded times Of
practical education and activity. is
question 10 which the future alone can
furnish the answer
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23

Sheridan, Thomas, Mcpherson. Mcclellan,
Hancock and Logan, with Farragut ana
Du Pont thrown In to represent the navy.
Another special military group is that OF
foreign soldiers in the Revolutionary
War-Lafnyette, Rochambeau. Won Steu'
ben, Kosciusko and Pulaski. and. sur
rounding the Lafayette statue In La
fayette Park. Rochambeau fagaln)'
Duportail, De Grasse and DEstaing.
Among statesmen and jurists Frank
lin. Marshall. Webster and Garfield have
memorials. and Congress has recently
authorized q memorial on great scale
to Lincoln. Bills were passed by the
Senate the other day providing for stat
ues of Hamilton and Jefferson. These
memorials are all in addition to the con-
tents of Statuary Hall at the Cap'toi,
to which each state Is entitled to con-
tribute two figures. In that assemblage
the whole gamut OF merit Is run, Doth
in artistic representation and in historic
distinction The quality Of the outdoor
work is more even and the selection is
also juster.
What Washington needs most now Is
an intelligent raising Of sculpture stand
ards and better balance in the choice
of subjects. Both ideals are near Mt
hand. No other city I'm this country has
anything like the national capitals facil'
tiles for using to advantage sculpture or
the best sort, and that sculpture VIII in
evitably tend to become more varied,
more representative and more worthy or
the beautiful and noble background
which the city itself furnishes.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
HITTING THE LITTLE FELLOWS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: desire to call your attention TO
the Sullivan -Hoey brokers' license bill"
row before the Senate and Assembly In
surancc committees, a bill deliberately de-
signed in the interest Of the big man in the
business.
This bill proposes TO impose state tax
Of 500 on all fire Insurance brokers doing
business in New York. While the large
firms can pay this tax, and In fact, are
advocating its imposition, its effect would
be TO drive out of the business and actually
deprive of a means of living from one thou
sand to fifteen hundred men. who are
handling only small lines instead OF large
ones. but who have been doing a business
just as legitimate as that done by the large
firms. These small brokers handle house
hold furniture and small mercantile risks.
end, with the reduction OF brokerage and
tie high cost OF living. am sure there are
fully the number have mentioned who
would be unable to pay a tax OF 500. which
would certainly be 10 per cent of their
earnings
The record OF the hearing before the
Joint committee on April 10 shows that
Edwin Sanford. appearing FOR johnson &
Higgins. OF New York City. In reply TO a
question by one OF the committee, said the
brokers generally were perfectly willing TO
pay a tax to do business / deny his au-
thorlty to speak for the brokers generally.
and to Imply they are willing TO pay tax
OF Sloo ] assert. without fear OF contra
Vcuon' that the gentleman, whoever he
may be, does not represent 10 per cent OF
the licensed brokers OF this city. Other
gentlemen were also present as brokers
pleading to be taxed. Such sacrifice
is suspicious THOMAS IO,I.v
New York. April 81, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
PeoDfe and Social incidents

I Miss Margaret Cotton Smith. Miss sooNa
Johnston, Miss Laura Marian, Miss KatS1
crime Brtton, Miss Alice Vandergrist. MI.
Dorothy Williams and Miss Gladys HInct.
ley, bridesmaids. Bonsai Brooks will \.
best man. Miss Cromwell Is spending ths
week end with tho parents OF Mr. Broot,
In the Green Spring Valley. Nd, and wa,
tn, guest Of honor at dinner given at "A.
Country Club tonight, with Plunkett scev.
art as host,
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop entertained =
number OF guests at luncheon to-day
Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion Johnstor
will entertain a number OF guests at dinp,,
tomorrow night.
Major General and Mrs. Arthur Murr,v
have as a guest their son. Lieutenant Mur.
ray. who recently arrived from the phiIin.
pines Miss sadie Murray will make NJ,
musical debut at a song recital to be sivsr
tomorrow at the studio OF Mrs. Mab.s
Owen Beard.
Nine Camperio. formerly Miss EIeans,
Terry, OF Washington. will arrive here a,
Monday, TO be the guest Of Mrs William,
E.bbs for several days. She will later Jotn
her mother In New York. n
There was an Informal hop a. Fort Nv,
tonight, a large number OF young peop,s
going from Washington. Still anotb,,
large party Of young people went to the ho,
at Annapolis.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23

for the village for $4,000 was looked upon
with longing eyes by New YORKER so'ho
wears ago who wanted to change inc
character OF tho place and was Wiling 70
INV $4,000 for the property. He was toid
hat the clubhouse was as essential 70
Saratoga as its springs. and the oner was
turned down as unworthy OF cohsioe'"
ton"
MY boy certainly Is a wonder. .,u-
"Oh. every father thinks his own chh-
dren are prodigies. ,,. ,,.uroe,er
has been In high school for three years at,n
he hasn't forgotten how TO spei oI VIZ VIZ
fairly good English. Chicago Recoru-
Herald.
THE ACTOR THEY ATE.
Note. The educated pig belonging TO
circus was killed by the cook and eaten
by it's owner.
There once was n wonderful pig
Which strutted the stage as an ACTOR;
MID persons OF grease. paint and Wig
This porker was ranked as factor.
Like doggie by Ma Hubbard owned.
He smoked, toked and jigged with elation'
And many a time had he groaned
At slurs on his broad education.
Intelligence loaned him renown
From end Of one land to another
Why, even the calcimined clown
Was proud to admit him as brother.
But came to this actor an end
Which Piggie ne'er thought could await
him;
His learning was scorned, for his frieno
Made roast pork OF him, and then ATE
him.
THE MORAL:
When one acts the part OF a pig
For public applause. and has ooas'eo
There never was living 30 big
A hlghbrow, he's sure to be roasted
A. w. L.
Disguised ecot Ito athletic friend wro
has be IN beatcn by many seconds IN IN.
100 yar1s)--Hoot, Dang &c, Sandy. az WY
cid ye no run faster ,,.
The Canny Athlete--R-run fas'cT.r! tut,
tut, mon.-an' me reserving mysel Tor the
bagpipe compeetition?-The Sketch.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23

political organization Of their own,
standing in the same relation to the
other Republicans In which the Demo
Gratis stand. The Republican party IN
the Senate cannot afford to recognize
such contention. It cannot deal with
the insurgents both as Republicans and
as outsiders. II they consider them
selves Republicans they ought to be will
ing to stand on exactly the same footing
as other Republicans. II they consider
themselves outsiders they ought TO ask
Joint recognition from the Republicans
and the Democrats. each side yielding
them some Of its committee places. That
Of course, they cannot well afford to
do. Not being able to afford to do IT.,
they ought to drop all pretence that they
are entitled to negotiate as separate
entity with the Republican Committee
on Committees.