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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
OYERLEISTRELY.

The Massachusetts solOns are in the
same fx as our self-sacri6cing lawmak-
crs at Albany. They are suffering from
what might be called the law of dimin-
ishing returns. They have overstayed
their salaries and feel aggrieved that
they must now serve the state for the
mere honor of serving il. Honor is oil
right in its way, but 1t buffers no
parSnips. Being constrained by the con-
stitution, our Albany patriots cannot
vote themselves relief. But the MaSsa-
chusetts legislators, who are not so ham,
pered. recently passed law increasing
the compensation Of members Of the
General Court from $3.50 to $1,000. Gov
ernor FOss who is never happier than
when he is debating veto messages, has
frustrated that timely exhibition Of the
spirit Of charity with an eye always
open to home necessities. and the Gen.
eral Court Is still obliged to peg along
oil a schedule of plain living and high
thinking
The trouble in Massachusetts is the
same that ii Is here-the Legislature
has never learned to economlze time and
effort, but takes six months to do what
it ought to do in two or three months.
State legislatures which sit every year
become adopts in procrastination. No
limit is put upon sessions In this
state or in Massachusetts, and the law
makers feel no spur TO steady labor.
Most of the other states get along COM
fortably with sessions every other year
lasting sixty or ninety days, and many
citizens are disposed to ask why New
York and Massachusetts shouldn't be
able 10 operate on a similar basis, thus
saving a good deal of money and clos
ing the door TO soldering on the part
OF their legislatures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
GOVERNOR AND PRIMARIES.

II Governor Dix had interested him.
self earlier in the passage Of direct pri-
maries legislation he might have exer-
cised considerable influence for the
adoption of the system this year, but
bis reference to the subject In his first
message was perfunctory and no bill
has been prepared which is known to
have his entire approval and In behalf
of which he has eXerted himself. More
over, he has adopted the method of trad
ing with the political bosses" to secure
the passage Of bills, and for direct pri-
maries legislation he has nothing to
offer the bosses" except the approval Of
their own conSciences.
or his present message ii may be said
/ that II rings true, but is indefinite. To
speak of the demand for direct pri-
/ maries as a reasonable and righteous
demand" Is to use much stronger Ian
guage than the Governor has used be-
( fore and his telling the Legislature that
1.-The people Of the state have accepted
lin good faith the declaration Of the
political parties, and especially the
/ "declara ton of the Rochester conven-
"tion. to mean primary law statewide
'fn it's application and operation and
"inSuring to party voters the right to
nominate practically all candidates for
elective Offices" shows that the Gov
ernor at least is not disposed to dodge
/ the obligation Of his party.
! But It would be perfectly possible for
! the Legislature TO pass direct primary
! bin which would satisfy the indefinite
language Of the Governors message and
vet defeat the real ends Of the direct
system The Governor speaks of the
necessity Of an official primary ballot.
/ VIII any form of ballot satisfy him.
provided It is official? Tammany Dan
provide an official ballot that will insure
TO the "bosses" as complete control or
Ipopular nominations as they now eXer-
else over nominations by convention.
But. whatever the Legislature does. 1t
4 is q gain for the cause Of this reform to
have Governor Dix interest himself In
II even to this extent and at this late
hour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
WORK ON THE MAINE,

To the Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir: Would you be kind enough TO state
in your valuable paper, for the oeneht OF
YOUR many readers. why for some time
past no news has been given In regard TO
the progress being made In raising the
Maine? This matter was Of worldwide
interest. but no mention Of It Is now mace
FOR some reason. w. II. RYAN.
New York. July u, l9lL
las the water is pumped out OF the
cofferdam the pressure from without In
creases. and occasional leaks appear,
making II necessary 20 suspend pumping
until the leaks can be stopped and the
cofferdam strengthened. A week ago 1t
was announced that a serious leak had
iust been discovered, but IT was hoped
that pumping would be resumed at an
early date, and that this week. probably,
the berth deck Of the ship would be eX-
posed. There is no reason 10 doubt that
the work Is proceeding as rapidly as is
consistent with thoroughness and safety
The announcement cited. by the way
appeared In our columns on the very
day on which our correspondents note
OF inquiry was written.-Ed.I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Bureau.l

,,.s,,nqton. July 1S.-Presldent Tart
,d senator Warren discussed the fortihca-
49,. ., the Panama Canal to-day. The
eSo,or said the big guns would be on the
,a,h,nus within q year. and suggested the
sendlne Of several companies OF aruiiery
and regiments Of infantry and cavalry
Tbe commission OF Mrs. Katherine c.
c.,es nostmistress at Walnut Ridge. Ark,
w,u be signed by the President. despite tao
osor,o NJ some to prevent H. This assur-
900 was given Senators Bradley and Davis
to-day.
Arrangements have been made for the
eret veek end visit OF the President 70 Bow
erlv He will leave Washington SATURDAY
afternoon. spend Sunday and part OF
Monday at Beverly. and return to the White
House early Tuesday morning. secretary
uilles and Major Butt will probably ac-
cornnanv the Chief Executive and Secretary
uacveagh. who goes to Dublin. y. H., where
he will spend the week end.
The President accepted the Invitation
presented by the Mountain Lake PARK
Chautauqua Association TO visit Mountain
Lake. Md, on Grand Army Day. August
90 and deliver an address to the old SOL
diers: declined an invitation 10 attend the
North Pacific Saengerfest at Seattle on
August II: declined an invitation TO be the
guest Of the Jolly Good Fellows Club, OF
West Hoboken. N. j.. August 20 declined
an invitation 10 attend the Monmouth Coun-
~. ". J. horse show at Long Branch. July
%. and took under consideration the invi-
tation of the Commercial Club Of Kansas
City TO attend the National Conservation
Congress In that city September %.
The Minnesota Electrical Association
urged the President to recommend In his
next annual message revision OF the pat
ent law declaring that the inventor did not
get the full benefit OF his patent under ez-
listing laws.
The President has been urged. In resolu-
lions adopted by the National Council or
the Junior Order OF American Mechanics.
at their convention at Tifln. Ohio to rec
ommend the passage Of more drastic laws
10 prevent the admission OF undesirable i'm
migrants.
Resolutions thanking the President for
the part he took In the recent Christian En-
deavor convention at Atlantic City and for
his address were received from the Rev.
Or. Francis r. Clark to-day.
Among the white House callers were
Senators Curtis. Root and Brown. and Rep
resentatives Gambler, Davenport, Olmsted
and Barchfeld.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
SPIRITS AND OTHER THINGS.

/ The statement that a physician at
Chicago has seen the spirit leave the
body of a dying man is sure to be pretty
widely condemned rs self-contradic-
/ tory. If the observer saw something
which he took TO be the spirit that fact
would prove that it was not the spirit,
in the opinion Of the great majority,
who hold that spirit is essentially inn
perceptible to material senses. He may
have seen something depart from the
body at the moment Of death or shortly
afterward.' If he did, the phenomenon
was interesting but susceptible Of a
purely physical explanation.
The explanation is, indeed, suggested
by the further and not at all incredible
statement that this same physician has
repeatedly seen and enabled others to
see the so-Called laura" which is be-
lieved to surround every human body.
It Is a familiar doctrine Of physiology
that every living person IS constantly
surrounded by physical but Invisible
emanation, sometimes called invisible
perspiration." 1t is equally well known
that there Is also continual radiation
Of heat-a physical Recommendation
the body. These emanations are lnvisi-
lie to the unaided eye, just as air is,
but they are none the less physical in
essence and IL is credible that they may.
through the use Of mechanical or other
devices, be made visible.
This laura" might be expected 10
vary in volume in color and In other
respects according TO the physical con-
dition and temperament Of the persons
from whom ii proceeded. II might also
be expected TO contain, at least In some
cases, certain electrical properties. and
also actinic energy. The Inter Is strong
~ suggested by the experience which
countless photographers have had. or
bodily emanations as well as contact
affecting the chemicals on a sensitized
plate.
This emanation proceeds from only
living bodies. and therefore ceases at or
soon after death. Just IA the bodily heat
subsidies IL is entirely conceivable,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19

Bacon argued that 1t could, because the
Senate would still remain "the Judge of
the elections, returns and qualifications
"of its own members" But Mr.. Bailey
answered that he could not find in that
grant of authority any warrant for max
ing election laws applying not only TO
possible Senators, but to persons whose
elections, returns and qualifications"
could never be submitted to the Senate.
The constitutional clause giving the
Senate the right to pass upon the eligi-
bility Of its own members was plainly
intended TO confer an authority ex
ercisable only after such members
were elected. But even were it to
be admitted that it authorized Con-
gress to pass O law providing that no.
body should be Senator who had spent
more than $4,000 for campaign pur-
poses. such law. In the absence Of any
federal power to regulate elections, could
not apply to Senate candidates who we're
defeated. and would therefore afford NJ
general and equal protection against
campaign abuses.
Mr.. Bacon and Mr.. Bailey both voted
against the amended bill, so that they
now probably agree that to support 1t
would make ridiculous the Democratic
contention that Senate elections ought
TO be regulated exclusively by the states.
That remains the official view Of the
House leaders, and unless they abandon
It they will be constrained to oppose
the admirable provisions Incorporated
in the publicity measure by the Senate's
almost unanimous action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN NEW YORK

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The reported statements OF some OF
the suffrage leaders regarding the vote
taken I'm the Senate at Albany last Wednes-
day on the proposed woman suffrage
amendment are misleading. The suffragist
who enthusiastically exclaimed that now
she "hoped 10 vote in New York in 1872
shows lamentable lack Of knowledge OF
legislative procedure In regard 10 consul
tutional amendments.
The Stilwel resolution which failed 10
pass the Senate on July II is proposed
constitutional amendment and as such 1t
would have to pass both houses by two
successive legislatures before 1t could go
20 the people at the polls for final action.
For instance. If such a resolution or
amendment had passed the Senate and the
Assembly this year then II could not have
como I'D for consideration again until the
session Of 1913 when there will be new
LEGISLATURE for the Senators elected in
1910 serve until 1912 II during the session
Of 1913 both houses Of the Legislature
should again pass the woman suffrage
amendment. It would then go to the voters
10 be voted on at the polls in November,
1919. and II the hUltuuU1cIi was Nd' iitN
there the women OF New York would vote
in 1914.
At the present time, however, the woman
suffrage amendment in this state has not
advanced TO even the first step I'm this
procedure since II has not passed either
the Senate or the Assembly. II did not
even come before the Assembly for vote
at this session. The threat made by the
suffragists that they will work 10 prevent
the reelection Of the Senator'S who voted
against their bill does not show a very
broad spirit. nor a desire 70 encourage
good legislation, siSce some Of the men
who are opposed 20 woman suffrage have
given good service 10 the state as their
legislative records will show. Let us hope
that the time Is far distant in this state
when q legislator must rise or fall accord
ing to his attitude on the question OF
woman suffrage
ALICE HILL CHITTENDEN
Chairman OF Legislative Committee. New
York State Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage.
New York. July II. 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
NEW YORK FROM The SUBURBS

Opinions have been expressed ID Ne w,
York on now to MAKE mint Julep ~,
lorks presUmpuou will yet tempt -
try 10 raise Maryland watermelons.--"' Do"
ington star.
II those New York men who are p'AS1 "a
ming 70 erect hundred-stcry buiolhs -
erect IL, probably they VIII M II Wv
tenants easily enough. The furthei w. ,.
lorneIS can live IL ON New lolk tHS ~
ter for them.-Galveston News.
New York has established tree e""i
for the 4 eatment OF mental diseases. -.
certainly has been needed. Albany hu'4r'
erbocker Press.
one OF the New York churcnes nag SIS -
stalled an air blast device wmch nc nc fs
the place perfectly cOol and comloi a. a.
on tile hottest days. but we suppose ~ nv
OF the prom.ne pillars feel II thelI uurs
10 STAY home and read the sunday PSps.,
for fear OF catching co In the S'@"e
OF temperature-Ohi0 state journal
one OF the things that show me pa PACE
ward condition OF the transportation "a
vice in New York Is that the susSS yysr
C. rnpanies r. fuse 20 substitute P""
brakes Tor hand brakes on sueste9is go Jls
less forced TO do so by the Puonc ser aSn
ConmIssion Power brakes have long PC =,
In use i'm smaller cities, though oWlnb "a
the heavier volume Of frame tneS nan
really more need In New VOTE md
anywhere else.-Rochester Democrat
Chronicle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT

rRv TcIerra ~ ~ The T~ieu-e7
Newpor-, July ls.-Mr. and Mrs John r.
Drexel entertained at dinner tonight al
Fairholm. in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs Alex.
ander Van Resselaer, OF Philadelphia. their
guests.
Mrs. william F. FGllam. Mrs. William
Goadby Loew, Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss
end Mrs. Clarence w. Dolan gave luncheons
to-day. Mrs. Charles +. Hoffman enter
tanned in honor Of MISS Alice Preston, OF
Tuxedo
Formal dinners were given this evening
by Mrs Frederick Brownson. Mrs. Henry
Clews, Mrs. r. l. Gammeil and Mrs James
Lowell Putnam. Mrs. James b. Duke en-
tertained Informally at her summer home.
Another cottage rental was announced
to-day, Tompkins McIlvaine, Of New York.
having leased from the Cherry Neck Realty
Company a bungalow property In Ocean
avenue.
The announcement Of the sale Of one Of
the summer estates is expected al any
time. Mrs. H. Fl. Rogers, jr.. Of New York,
while here recently looked over a number
OF estates with the idea Of purchasing.
Mrs o. II. p. Belmont has returned from
visit at Hampstead.
Registered at the Casino to-day were
King Collins, OF Providence. q guest OF
Bradford Norman; Thomas G.. Ashton, OF
Philadelphia, and Thomas Hitchcock Of
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Duke and Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James are the
latest among the summer colonists who
have reserved boxes for the horse show IN
September
DR.. Ralph Starkweather. OF New York,
has arrived for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Livingston Beeckman,
Just back from abroad, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Stevens and family, Of Bernards-
vile, y. j., who have leased the Coats
villa, were also among the arrivals to-day.
Mrs Amos Tuck French will go 10 New
York tomorrow by automobile.
Hugh D. Auchincloss has gone to Canada
for a fishing excursion.
Mrs. Richard Gambrill has returned from
Boston.
De Lancey Kountze, OF New York, has
Joined Mrs. Kountze as the guest OF Mrs
French Vanderbilt Mrs. George NJ. Wool
sey, of New York, is also guest Of Mrs.
Vanderbilt.
The executive committee OF the Casino
has selected Miss Maude X. Wetmore and
Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, jr., as the ladies'
lawn tennis committee. They will take
the matter Of the ladies' tournaments In
hand at once.
Ex-Commodore Arthur Curtiss James is
contemplating a European cruise In bis
yacht the Aloha, with Mrs. James and
party of friends. They will start In Sep
TENDER. and will return to America In time
for the Christmas holidays.
Lewis Quentin Jones. Robert Sedgw;ck
and Casimir De Rham, OF the outer Foun-
tain Fishing Club, tried their hand at fish
Ing to-day in Narragansett Bay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Sailing to-day for Europe are DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler president OF CO.
lumbia University. and Mrs Butler; Lloyd
Warren. Mr.. and Mrs. E. Drexel Godfrey,
z. C. Wilmerding and Mrs. ]. c. Hoagland:
also the British Consul General in New
York Courtenay Bennett. C. l. L., and
Mrs. Courtenay Bennett.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore n. Taft sailed
yesterday for Europe on board the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish are at
Lucerne for week, on their way to Carls-
bad.
Mr. and Mrs. George j. Gould. with Mrs.
A w. Hamilton and Lord and Lady De-
cies, have left Paris for an automobile
tour in the west and south Of France.
Mrs. John Jacob Aston has taken a house
at North Berwick for the autumn golhng
season.
Mr. and Mrs Arson Phelps Stokes leave
their country place at Noroton, Conn.,. for
their camp in the Adirondacks to-day.
Mrs. Robert r. Livingston, with Miss
Laura Livingston and Robert X. Living
ston. has returned to her country place
at Tivoli, after trip round the world.
Mr.. and Mrs. oliver Gould Jennings have
left town for Newport, where they will
spend the remainder OF the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Gillespie are
20
They are now at Newport, r, I.
]. Pierpont Morgan. jr., has arranged to
sail for Europe on September % Mrs.
Morgan and her children go abroad early
next month.
Miss Adele Colgate, daughter OF Cora,
Countess OF STAFFORD, has arrived from
England, and is staying with her grand
mother. Mrs Samuel Smith, at Saratoga.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Minton are receiv-
ing congratulations on the birth OF
daughter. at seabrlght. n. j., where they
are spending the summer. Mrs Minton
was Miss Anita Ingersoll
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Frelinghuysen
and Miss Adelaide Cannon leave town the
day after tomorrow for Newport. to stay
with Mr.. and Mrs. George b. de Forest.
Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg IS staying for a
few days at the Hotel Belmont, after a
sojourn Of twenty eight days in st. Luke's
Hospital. where she underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis. She expects to be-
able TO leave at the end OF the week for
Long Beach. and from there will proceed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
RUSSIA WANTS ARBITRATION
Thinks Treaty with England Would
Free Empire from "Tutelage."

st. Petersburg, July ls-The "Novce
Nremya" urges the conclusion Of an Anglo
Russian treaty of arbitration.
The Moscow "Russkoe Sioyo" styles ths
treaty recently signed by Japan and are@
Britain as the end OF the Ang!o-Jap-
anese alliance" The amendments In the
new version, It says, are tantamount 20
aTnulment Of the alliance and Will ter
inmate japanese hegemony in the PaoiA"
Since the Portsmouth conference, 10
"Slovo' says, Japan has neglected her h@''
and devoted her whole resources TO inc
army and to establishments on the con-
tinent preparatory 10 a further advance "
the northwest An end has now been pu'
10 Japans continental policy Henceio''H
she must watch the United States ahu
spend money for powerful fleet.
The "Rosskoe Slovo" urges immediate
negotiations for an Anglo Russian urea"
or arbitration. Ito free Russia from "sai'
some Japanese tutelage IN the Far E"s''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
A ERE PREVENTLON BILL.

Mayor Gaynor has before him for his
action the first remedial legislation that
has resulted from the Washington Place
fire. The McManus-Herrick bill gives
to the Fire Commissioner in this city
authority to form a bureau for the pre-
vention OF fires. Several bills were in
troduced In the Legislature to that end
but this bill In its final shape, after
many amendments, Is felt by those in
terested in safeguarding the city from a
repetition of the Washington Place dis
aster to be the measure best adapted to
the purpose.
1t was altered in many respects while
pending to embody suggestions made by
the committee Of safety which was or
ganized as a result Of the Washington
Place fire. That committee submitted
1t to lawyers in order to make sure that
It's provisions were workable and CON
stitutlonal. and the committee IS greatly
interested IN having it become law.
feeling that it represents the utmost
which can be done for the safety Of the
city until an inquiry into conditions has
been made by the legislative commits
sion soon TO be appointed.
Provisions similar TO those contained
ir the McManus-Herrick bill are en-
bodied in the proposed charter for the
city. but the prospects of the charter
are uncertain. At any rate, it will not
be adopted for several months, and
work for the prevention of fires should
not be delayed. The bill before Mayor
Gaynor has the support of the Citizens
Union and the labor organizations as
well as Of the committee of safety. We
hope It will obtain his approval.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
4 TERDLCT WANTED.

\ few weeks ago savage newspaper
attack was made on Commissioner VIII
lam Williams, under whose management
the Immigration service at Ellis Island
was declared TO be brutal laundering
and imbecile. Thereupon, with sus-
picious promptness, Representative Sui
ger, Of this city, introduced a resolution
calling for an inquiry by means Of which
lie presumably hoped to make Mr.. Will
Jams odious. and last week the Commit
Zee on Rules took testimony TO determine
whether or not there should be an 'n-
vestigation by the Committee on Immi-
grafton or a special committee Of the
House There for the present the mat.
ter rests. but we hope it will not he
permitted to rest there long.
At the preliminary hearing referred
e., while il was abmdantly proven that
Congress had grossly neglected the duty
81 providing for the immigration ser
vice M this port in an adequate man
ner, nothing whatsoever was shown that
even tended 20 discredit the integrity,
efficiency and humanity of Commissioner
Williams. The case against him, so far
as that hearing went broke down com
pletely and left Mr. SulZer in the posi-
iion, which some men would find en-
barrassing, Of having eagerly fathered
charges for which he could not supply
even a plausible basis-in short, OF hav-
ing once more made a ridiculous figure
OF himself Meanwhile, however, he
and those who had supplied him with
ammunition which couldn't be made TO
60 off are understood 10 be muttering
that the circumstances were unfayJr-
able for the production of facts which
would shine out effulgently if a real ill.,
yeStigatiOn were ordered.
Very well. let a real investigation be
ordered If any responsible and diSinter-
ested servant OF truth believes there is
reasonable need Of one. Commissioner
Williams does not object TO such an in
vestigation. though he thinks il would
involve a considerable waste Of time
which lie and the committee that would
conduct it might put TO much better use.
But If the affair is TO be dropped AT the
preliminary stage which has now been
completed. he demands. and has q right
30 demand. that the decision Of the Com
mittee On Rules shall be made in terms
which properly conform 10 and denote
the result Of the hearing held last week