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New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
PeopIe and Soctaf incidents

will have as guests Mrs. Wilson ~,
and Miss Margaret Btssell, Of Morr,,s.Nu
n. ]. They viii arrive on Monh,v
remain for some days s@
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Harlow WA.
at dinner tonight, having as e,ss,, ~"
and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman. NJ 90.
Mrs. Murray Cobb. Mr. and Mr., w..N
Tuckorman, Miss Jean Oliver. Ms. 49,"
Crosby. Miss Yvonne Townsend, Mi..n.as
trude Williams. Miss Katherine Lena.
Miss Laura Merriam. Captain Mcrrrt
Jerome Bonaparte, Lieutenant comm,,S'
Butler. Nathan c. Wyeth. Mr. M.,.r'
William Bowie Clark and Mr.. Ptp7, ~
Miss Mary Patten entertained AZ A.,
tonight in compliment 70 Cardinal 90
bons. having, among other guests u. s.s
retary Of the Interior and alrs. BaIb-s.s
the Chief Justice and Mrs. whita. ~
L. z. Letter and number Of o,hsr,
The Dowager Lady Decies met a nur.-
Of interesting people al dinner give, =.
her tonight By her hosts, Captain ana NJ.
John II. Gibbons. at the home OF Nrs cn
tons's mother, Mrs. Ely.
Senator and Mrs. Wetniore and Mr.. s,x
Mrs. Hennen Jennings entertained ru.,..
a. dinner tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. George z. Becker er,.,.
tanned at dime. tonight in comp.irr.u, :.
their house guests. Mr. ant Mrs. Artsr
" Sherwood. Of New York
Mss Alice Preston, Of New York, who IA.
been the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ecsu.
Bradley for several days, returned hor.
this morning
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
APPEALING TO THE PEOPLE.

Mr.. William T. Sheehan In Appealing
TO the people shows a commendlble
faith In his own cause He is taking
seriously Murphy's assurance that he is
the best equipped man for the senator
ship" However tardy may be his recos-
milton that the public has something to
say about who shall be Senator 1t is
welcome. Nevertheless. it must be ad-
mitted that in expecting TO have the
matter disposed of 'unostentatiously" by
Murphy he was not one whit worse than
his leading competitors. They were all
going or sending TO the boss or beseech-
ing him through their newspaper organs
to exercise his power in their behalf.
Mr.. Sheehan says in his Buffalo speech:
Ny opponents were willing, aye. anx-
ious, to receive the aid Of the leader Of
Tammany Hall. Had the weight Of his
influence been thrown in their favor
what is now heraded as vice would
have been hailed as a virtue. If the sit
uation were reversed and my Democratic
adherents in the Legislature were pre-
venting the choice Of a caucus nominee
favored by my opponents, would l not
now be the subject Of severest condem-
nation and attack?
That is perfectly true. The denouncing
of Murphy for bossism by the indepen-
dent Democrats is hypocrisy. They
found no fault with his control Of the
senatorship election up to the moment
when he came out for Sheehan. Before
that they were fattering him, talking
about the splendid manifestations Of
his power and his patience and his
abiding sense Of "bis farreaching reSpon-
sibilities." telling him Of their confidence
that he was 'actuated only by the best
Of motives" assuring the world that be
had grown 70 the stature OF leadership
If he had chosen to boss the Legislature
in favor Of Mr. Shepard they would have
been ready to keep on feeding him with
fattery. II isn't bossism to which they
object. They found nothing shocking in
the idea that the first Democratic Legis-
loture in many years should be In the
control Of d particularly evil type Of
boss until they found that the boss stood
in the way Of their purposes.
Mr.. Sheehan apologies for his visit
to Murphy by saying. Il was facing
condition and not a theory.' That was
exactly the apology offered by chr neigh
Dor The Evening Post in its recent
article on using bosses" Mr. Sheehan
uses bosses more skilfully than "The
Evening Post" and its friends, but even
he finds them astonishingly UNEQUAL 70
the occasion, and perforce he turns 10 the
people and exhibits 10 them his heart
that "cries ont against wrong and op-
preston" ana his soul that "dwells
lin tie midst of struggling humanity
wherever II is found
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE sULLoWAY PENSION BILL.

10 the EDITOR Of The Tribune.
on ~ Is stated that the Senate commit
ice VIII report favorabiy the Sulloway pen
s'on Dill passed by the House under the
sreii OF speaker Cannon's eloquence. THIS
Dill would add si5.oo).0Oo more to the pres
eht annual pension appropriation, making
total Of nearly. IL not quite, s2Oo.0oO.C0o. Is
IL possible that the Senate will pass ana
that the President will sign such biii'
- this the practical outcome OF all ou'
talK about national economy?
VI the soldiers who survived the Civli
war only one-tourth are now living. sup
pose all had survived until the present
time. would they not be equally entitled 70
pensions? Certainly. But can we imagine
Tor a moment that the American people
would In that case be willing TO pay annu-
ally sO0OOO,0o0. diminished only by the sum
given now 10 widows and orphans OF deao
soldiers? II pensions came from a direct
tax on the people they never could have
expanded 20 the present sums. and YET thls
money belongs to the people.
There is certainly in ell wisdom limit
to pensions somewhere. and s15O,0Oo.0oo or
more forty-six years after the end OF the
Civil War should bring that limit in clear
sight. The old soldiers-all honor and graf
itude TO them-who have lived nearly hall
a century after the war prove tnereoy
with doubtless some exceptions) that they
were not physically weakened by military
service.
Special cases do. and will, beyond all per-
adventure, receive attention by private
bills, whether the Sulloway measure be-
comes a law or not. The country has given
noble recognition to the service OF our vet
Grams, and no further extensions Of general
laws should be made.
JAMES r. APPLEBY.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
lRELAND'S OLD FAMILIES.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: as Ireland emerges from he- night
Of trouble ana prepares to take her natural
place among the nations Of the earth the
attention OF the geneaiogists OF Europe has
become concentrated on the remarkable
record Of her old families. 1t would be
thought that with the, ruin and obiiteIation
OF so much at different epochS in the his
tory Of Ireland the lineal links between one
generation and another could not survive.
In point Of fact. the tracing OF Irish line
ages along assured RECORDS is clearer IN
Ireland than in any country OF the world
There are many reasons for this, among
them being that Irelands position was at
tho boundary OF the Western world, and
therefore favorable to long settlement. It
has thus come about that the genealogles
OF Ireland present several unique features.
Thus families are TO be found that have
lived on the same spot for nearly two
thousand years, with no more change TO
the patronynic than that necessitated by
its translation into a Lain. Norman or
English equivalent. Thus Mag.lapatraic
(son of Patrick) became Fltz (als) Patrick,
De Burgo became Burke, MacMurroush be-
came Murphy, MacShane became Johnson.
O'Ghrevy became Griffin. and O'Lheigh be-
came Lee.
II will be news TO many persons that
General Lee, OF Confederate fame, Like
hosts OF families IN the South, belonged 10
famous irish sept. The Fitzpatricks
were kings Of Ossory. and the present Lord
Castletown, who Is a Fitzpatrick dwells
to-day where his family ruled when the
Normans came TO Britain. One other point.
In no other country is there a record Of
an aristocracy. IN its major part, being re-
duced almost to the position Of peasantry
In a few generations. That extraordinary
fact gives US the measure alike Of the de-
votion OF the Irish to their own ideals and
OF the deadly efficiency OF the penal laws.
Through it all a mass OF genealogical
treasure has come down TO US. not the
least priced OF which are the records and
heraldic devices OF seventy Of the leading
families OF ireland. Thus II comes about
that many young Ir!shman. controlling
traffic In some American city or swinging
steel beams between earth and sky on
some towering skyscraper, is heir by an
c!ent lineage 10 a coat OF arms that would
turn a Pour Hundred" dame green with
envy.
HERBERT O'HARA MoLINEUX.
New York Feb. 10, 1911!
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau.


Washington, Feb. 1.-THE Austrian Am
bassador went to New York this afternoon
TO join Baroness HsngemGller who preced-
er him there By few hours They will re-
turn to the capital on Thursday.
The japanese Ambassador and Baroness
Cchida entertained informally at dinner at
the embassy tonight. having among other
guests Mrs. Julius Kahn, Of California Mr..
and Mrs. Jules McKnab Mr. and Mrs. r 8.
Hale Commander Hate. Of the Japanese
navy the japanese third secretary and
Nine. Ozarki, Lieutenant Colonel Inouye,
Japanese military attachs, and others.
The Belgian Minister and Countess de
Buisseret had dining with them tonight
the Danish Minister and Countess Moltke.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Legure, Mr.. and
Mrs Clarence Moore, Mrs. John P. Story
and others.
Sefor Don Rcn,ulo E Nacn recently ap-
pointed Minister from the argentine Re-
public 20 succeed Sehor Portela, who has
BEEN sent 10 italy, vii! arrive in Washing
ton about the end OF this month The
Vice President ot Argentina, Mr.. de IA
Plaza, who has been appointed the head Of
special commission 10 acknowledge the
courtesy Of this government in sending
Majo- General Leonard Wood and a squad
ron Of American warships 70 Bueros Ayres
TO attend the centennial celebration, is ex-
pected 80 arrive here soon.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS- Senate: Senator Bailey
closed his speech IN defence Of Senator
Iorimer and Senator Brown advocated
direct election oC Senators. - House:
The Canadian reciprocity bill was passed
by a vote Of 221 70 O..
FOEEIGN.-General Reyes. Of Mex
SEQ. according 10 a dispatch from Paris,
said that while greatly disturbed over
tne revolution. he was conf6ent that the
government would be victorious in the
end; he advocated powerful army for
Mexico and obligatory military service.
- The case Of Savarkar, the Indian
student, charged with sedition, who eS-
Caped ut Msrscilles. While being taken
IRON England 70 India, was opened in
The Hague court cf arbitration. -
Rero~ts of q plot are current in Mana
bu5, following the explosions on Mon
DAY: many arrests We're made and arms
were ordered from New York. -
Fighting. with heavy losses on both
sioes, lasting four days, occurred re
Gently in Albania. according to Ricciottc
Caribaldi who is organizing an eXpe6i-
ticl against the Turks - Ten per-
sons were killed and seven we're injured
IN q train wreck in France.
DOMESTIC. President Taft vetoed 2
resolution OF Congress authorizing him
. Teinstate nine cadets dismissed from
the Military Academy for hazing -
Addresses in favor OF reciprocity With
South American countries were made at
the Pan-American Commercial Confer
ence, in Washington. - The twenty
fourth joint ballot for Senator. taken at
Albany showed no practical change in
tho deadlock. IL was said at the Capitol
that Tammany would use Chairman
Huppuch's nomination 70 club Governor
Dix into line for Sheehan. - Will
lam 7. Sheehan made a speech defend
irg his candidacy before a large mass
meeting in Buffalo - Prominent
residents Of Westchester County ap-
peared before the Assembly Committee
Of Internal Affairs in opposition to q bill
amending q law forbiddng the operation
OF trolley lire Oh the Albany Post
Road - Because Of mysterious cir
cumstances attending the death Of Com
lnander Frank Marble in the naval hos
pi.al at Newport, r. L, an inquest has
been ordered.
CITY. Stocks were dull and irregular.
A clerk Of the brokers or James
". Keene has sworn that the specu-
lator's selling orders for his Hooking
stock were received the day Of the col
lapse OF the pool in those securities, fiat
" contradicting the testimony Of his en-
ployer ana Mr.. hecne. - The Goulcs
were reported 10 have lost the support
OF John y. Rockefeller in the hight which
Kuhn. Loeb & Co. are said 10 be making
20 wrest control ot the Missouri Pacific
from them. - On heavy Hquidatio
cotton reached a new low level, falling
off % % 81 points. - George Won l..
Meyer Secretary Of the Navy, made q
tour OF inspection Of the Brooklyn navy
ward - Members and officials OF the
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church declined 70
credit rumors that the Rev. DR.. Aked
would resign. - In the contest over
General Eckert's will his conflicting
stories as to the disposition OF John
WILKES Booth body were related by the
nurse.
THE WEATHER.--Indicati for to-
day: Snow. The temperature yesteE-
day: Highest, 10 degrees: lowest, ~.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15

expected to present an impregnable oul'
wark against the invasion. AS for Amer
lea, we believe our quarantine system
would he effective in such an emergency
the plague beiug a disease which is pecnl'
iarly susceptible to quarantine detectlon
and exclusion.
The rat and the flea are the two prac'
tically indispensable agencies for the
dissemination of the plague, and we
should no, be daunted unless we are pre-
nared TO confess ourselves unable TO get
rid Of those two particularly repulsive
forms of vermin. The flea has no place
in any decent domestic economy. As Tor
the rat. il Is proverbially wary and hard
20 destroy: yet in various cities anu
countries in which the work of eXter-
mination has been systematically ana
scientifically undertaken 1t has proved
unexpectedly easy. II the distant menace
of the plague should provoke a success
ful rat exterminating campaign III tnls
as in other countries there would be
great gain. regardless of the security
from pestilence.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
l[ISLED.

Although Senator Bristow Of Kansas.
IS talking about the dubious value of the
Canadian reciprocity agreement and
Representative Calderhead, Of the same
state voted in the Ways and Means
Committee against reporting the Mccall
bill favorably. sentiment in Kansas
seems to be against them and with the
President. The lower branch of the
Kansas legislature adopted a resolu-
tion the other day "inSrucdng' tie two
Senators 70 vote 20 carry the agreement
into effect and requesting the Repre-
scntativcS from the state 10 do likewise.
Kansas IS almost exclusively IN agricuit-
ural state. The members OF its lower
house arc in direct touch with agricult-
ural Constituencies They are also for
the most part insurgent Republicans,
with no particular sense Of Obligation to
the administration Of which tie last
Kansas Republican platform spoke
elightinely. although approving the very
policies 10 which the administration was
most conspicuously committed. II would
be remarkable If such a body should 90
out Of it's way 20 approve the reciprocity
agreement if that agreement threatened
injury TO the farmers Of Kansas.
Representative Ellis. Of Oregon. also
voted In the Ways and Means Commit
fee against reporting the Mccall bill ia
vor.sbly. Yet The most influential news
.,,oner I'm his state. THE Portland Ore
CONAN" heartily supports the reciprocity
agreement ard has been making argu-
n,euts daily 10 show that the farmers
of oregon and the border states Of the
Far West have nothing to fear from
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
WHAT or DIRECT PRIMARIES!

W HHi vi DAbLCf THI u .iHiEC!
What has become Of direct primaries?
The Democratic platform promised the
public a statewide system. Governor Dix,
both before and after his election.
pledged his support to the direct system
His message to the Legislature contained
a recommendation in favor OF Il. But so
far as the public is aware nothing Is
being done. Neither the paid Osborn nor
the volunteer Collin has Leen reported TO
be engaged upon a bill embodyipg the
Governors primary views. No bill. so far
as we are aware, has been introduced or
is in process of preparation which IS
accepted as the Democratic party's meas
ure in redemption Of its platform pledge
There are ripper bills in plenty. And
prodigious plans ape being formed TO
oust present officials and replace them
with others under the guise of abolishing
government by commission. The interest
of the party does not seem to extend
much beyond the possibility of plunder
to be obtained through creating new Of
fees and patronage. In the welter OF
legislation that has been introduced or
will be introduced for the purpose OF
making new places what chance will
direct primary bill have, if one is brought
in. coming before the Legislature late in
the session, and meant no more seriously
than it is likely to be meant in a party
dominated by Murphy?
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
orr ATTITUDE TOWARD MEXiCC

ORR ATTITUDE TOWARD HhAlCO
The attitude Of our government tow
ard Mexico. in respect Of the predatory
insurgents on the border who come over
into our territory. is heartily to be com
mended rs I'm accord with logic. morals
and national interest
II will be recalled that in 1907 the
Central American states made at Wash
inoton and with our moral participa
t;on treaty in which il was stipulated
that one state would not permit the
rcyolutionists or insurgents Of another to
have lodgement within its borders or TO
rse It's territory rs a base of operations.
The United States expects those states
20 fulfil that treaty. Logically. it may
well observe the same principle toward
Mexico II it does. ii will not permit
Mexican revolutionists or their agents to
dwell on our border, and will arrest and
bring TO trial those who on our soil fos-
ter hostile movements against Mexico.
That would not he to deny to Mexicans
tie right Of revolution. 1t would be to
insist that a Mexican revolution should
be confined to Mexico, and that the
United States should not be used as a
base Of hostile operations or conspracies
against a friendly nation.
It would emphatically be in accord
with our national interest, since nothing
could be much more annoying and detri-
mental TO us than 10 have the border
land in n state Of chronic disturbance
and lawlessness, with constant danger
Of embodiment between this country and
its noighbor.
Asylum for political offenders is not
to be denied 1t is traditional prln-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
DIPLOMA FOR MRS. MCCORMICK
Mrs. Kohlsaat, of Chicago, Also Hon
cred by Dante Society Of Italy.
[ey Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]

(8y Telegraph 10 The Tribune.l
Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE news that Mrs.
Harold +. Mccormick. daughter OF John D..
Rockefeller. and Mrs. II. II. Kohsaat, ma
irons from two Of the city's most widely
known families. had received diplomas
complimentary TO their interest IN Italian
literature aroused much interest in various
circles of the city.
The diplomas were sent by the Socleta
Dante Alighieri. tho national society OF
Italy. and special interest attaches to the
presentation. inasmuch as the diplomas
never before have been bestowed on any
one not Italian born.
complimentary papers at the meeting or
the Lovers OF Italy. held on Friday after
noon at the home Of Mrs. Watson Blair,
consul Guido Sabetta making the presenta-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
MASONIC TABLET UNVEILED.

Halifax. y. c., Feb. ia tablet In n'e~
ory Of Joseph Monttort, provineia! STfhS
master Of Masons for America, was IN
veiled here yesterday In the presence "
tho Governor OF North. Carolina ana msa.
prominent Masons. Montfort hs!d ."
commission. from Henry Somerset Duss
OF Beaufort. srand master OF Ensiaas'
The unveil!ng was by Miss salie LoH'
sixth in nneai descent from Joseph Non''
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
AN AMERICAN SALON IN PARIS
One Hundred ard Fifty Works TO Do
Exhibited on Thursday.

Paris. Feb. ii.-The first salon OF Ane'r
can artists in Paris will be opened ey tns
American Ambassador. Robert Racon' 81.
". Dujardn. Beaumetz. Under Secretary ..
Fine Arts, on Thursday. One hundred aha
nfty works will be exhibited by twenty'si1
painters sculp,ors and engravers. the se
iections having been made by the ci'eer
ing committee from the best work OF "'
last year
II is planned 70 make the salon an Az
nual affair. with the idea Of giving Anas'F
can art a distinctive place IN France.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
freer exchange with Canada. 1t said in
q recent issue:

freer exchange with Canada, 1t said in
q recent issue:
The reciprocity bin is not dangerous
measure. The changes it contemplates
are not so serious as the American
farmers and Canadian manufacturers
seem to fear. AS Sir Wilfrid Laurier
assured the manufacturers. the contem-
plated measures are not intended to dis
turb present prosperity. The aim Is
mot to bring about revolution, but TO
bring about evolution" Our exports OF
farm products are dwindling each year.
II we expect to retain our present pros
perity, we must make up the deficiency
10y shipping more manufactures. That
means more men employed In factories
and an Increased home consumption of
farm products.
That is the common sense view Of the
situation. The interests to be served by
the agreement are broadly national and
the benefits gained would be permanent.
The injury done. If any were done,
would he momentary and local. West
ern statesmen at Washington who
think that their constituencies would be
affected injuriously by reciprocity are
seeing ghosts"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
PuosLsY PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST.

The contest for the Pussley prize OF SloO
for the best essay on international Arbi-
trauon" by All undergraduate student OF
any American college or university offered
annually by the Lake MohonS Conference
on international Arbitration. II was an
nounced yesterday. will close this year on
March IS. The prize. which is for essays
OF not more than 5000 words. is given by
Chester Dewitt Pugsley. Of PeekslSil. a
graduate OF Harvard University In 1908.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
THE CABINET.
fFrom The Tr!buns Bureau

fFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE Attorney Gen.
eral and Mrs. Wickersham were hosts al
dinner tonight. entertaining Justice and
Mrs. Harlan. Justice and Mrs, Holmes,
Justice and Mrs. Day. Justice and Mrs.
Lurton, Justice and Mrs. Hughes. Justice
and Mrs Van Devanter. Justice and Mrs.
Lamar. Representative AMI Mrs Richard
Wayne Parker. the Assistant Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Oliver, Frederick W Lsh-
mann Solicitor General and Mrs. Charles
A Mum.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
Albany DEALINGS


An illuminating estimate of the good
faith prevailing in Albany is furnished
bv the Friedman affidavit. which makes
II appear either that Murphy is attempt
irg 20 naislead the insurgents BY pretend
ing that Mayor Gaynor is favorable to
Sheehan, when he is not or else that the
Mayor. while making the public believe
he is using his influence IN favor OF the
election Of q worthy Senator, is secretly
aiding and abetting Murphy. Then, too,
Governor Dix. who has over and over
again assured the public that he was re-
naming neutral in the senatorship con
test IS represented as having sent for
Assemblyman Friedman and other insur-
cents and urged them 10 vote for Muir
phys candidate
In this respect the Friedman state
ment tends to confirm evidence already
multiplying that Governor Dix is in
sympathy with the Tammany bosss
purposes and is quietly aiding him. His
appointments. since his first impulse on
entering Office spent itself, have certainly
all pointed that way. And the calling n
the Governors suggestion. of the recent
conference, which could have had no
other object than to prevail upon the In
surcents TO abandon their opposition 10
the caucus candidate. gave further
indication Of the Governors leaning
toward regularity. Perhaps there is no
better comment on the way the situation
is regarded at, Albany than is afforded
bv the current explanation that Fried
man failed to come out for Sheehan at
the conference because the Governor re.
fused TO urge him to do so in writing
the Governors spoken word not being
enough for him.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-15

ciple of America. But asylum must not
be abused. Those who enjoy it must
respect the peace ana the foreign rela-
tionships of the country which gives it.
An asylum is place of refuge and Of
security, not of aggression and trolble
making. If the Mexican insurgents
want TO come to this country for safety
they may come. but after they get here
they must be good.