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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
UP. HTLTON'S VICTORY.

Mr. Hilton. the English player who has
Just won the amateur golf championship
OF America, is golfer of sort that
does not exist here. In the recent con
test he met the pick Of American golfers,
men of his own years, who, like Mr..
Travis. for example, took up golf after
reaching maturity and labor under the
disadvantage of not acquiring the game
in their plastic youth, and brilliant boys
either just out of college or perhaps not
quite ready 10 enter college, who have
not the years Of experience which the
new champion possesses nor the Steadi-
ness which comes with years.
Mr.. Hilton was a brilliant hoy him
self once. winning the open champion
ship Of England, that greatest of golf
events, as far back as 1892, when he
was twenty.three years old, and again
five years later. and he has been playing
golf for almost two decades since this
remarkable beginning winning cham
pionShips and gaining that experience
and steadineSs which come with long
lOIlONlllS OF Tue Bullt. III uoLtll AedlS
or so this country. too, will have golfers
like Mr. Hilton who learned golf in their
youth. acquiring skill early, and who by
constant devotion TO it have obtained the
experience and judgment that he pos
sesses. our younger golfers gave the
British and American champion hard
argument luck alone apparently deter
mining the final match. This country
will not have long TO wait before it may
send representatives abroad capable of
repeating the brilliant achievement OF
Mr. Travis in winning the English ANA
teur championship few years ago.
Mr.. HiltOns victory, while diSappOint-
| ing TO Americans. is not TO be regretted
1t teaches what Mr.. Larned's continued
pre-eminence i'm lawn tennis teaches
the value Of experience i'm and the pa
tient cultivation of a sport And it
should encourage international contests
in golf which should be the regular, not
the exceptional, thing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
TVE CHINESE OTTRRElE

The disturbances i'm China, which be-
gan at Chcngtu. the capital of the Prov.
iEce OF Szcchuen. and which have cN.
tended widely elsewhere, are probably
TO he correctly regarded a. one of the
symptoms Of China'S steadily developing
sense of national Importance and self
reliance They had their origin not in
enmity to foreigners per So, but rather
III opposition 10 the government or 10
the governments policy concerning rail
road building by foreigners. The oppo-
sition is directed chiefly against the
-Four Nations agreement for the cou-
struction of the IIukwang Railroad and
!, arose At Chengtu because that city
was the headquarters of the provincial
company which has begun the building
Of that part Of the line which, under the
new agreement, now becomes the Amer
lean section The inclination of The
Chinese is 10 redeem and withdraw rail
roads and other concessions from foreign
control and 10 reserve them all for do
nestle development and this transfer Of
ap enterprise from domestic TO foreign
hands was consequently cXaspcrating.
With those feelings and with that
policy Of the Chinese it is impossible not
a. feel some degree Of sympathy. i'm
theory. If China is 10 he an indcpcn-
dent empire II must ultimately own and
control its own resources and public
works. That goes without saying. And
the rising popular desire and determine
ton 10 do 50 must he regarded as the
manifestation Of commcndable DISPOSE
ton. although the manifestation may he
made IN an improper way. There IS,
however grave question as 10 the
financial and other ability Of China 10
assume at once the full measure Of such
work. while there can, of course, be- no
nuestiOn whatever as 10 her unavoidable
obligation I'm law and morals to fulfil
Wbateyer cnga gemcnts with foreign pro-
moters she may already have made So
far as the present outbreak attempts 10
cause reversal of the governments
policv. therefore. We must regard IL as
probably iBludicious besides being for 'ts
violence altogether reprelensiblc, since
the government surely knows better
than the popuace it's own ability or
inability to build the needed railroads
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18

in politics. THE Des Moines Register
and Leader" was making this remarka-
bic statement
The really indispensable thing for the
American people to do is finally ana
once for all to dispose of the states
rights theory. This will seem easy TO
states like Iowa, where states rights
is associated with the South. But
there is a spirit Of states rights IN
Iowa as well as in South Carolina IN
California as well as in Texas. we
have not become thoroughly national
lied i'm any state. The Americans are
one people with one national Destiny
and whatever affects the people as
whole is and must be national. There
is altogether too much parcelllng out
OF national rights TO local Jurisdictions
now to permit of any harmonious ma
tional development.
That strikes the Western note far
more accurately than Governor Aldrich's
speech did. The progressive West does
not want to see federal control of inter
state commerce interfered with in forty
eight separate state Jurisdictions and the
power of the national government TO
guarantee equal treatment to commerce
passing from one of these jurisdictions
10 another in any way impaired. Nor
is the progressive West likely to accept
with alacrity or qualification q leadership
tracing its inspiration back through Jud-
son Harmon TO John c. Calhoun,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
CRLnLN1L RECKLESSNESS.

The recklessness which resulted in the
killing Of several spectators at the STATE
Fair automobile race should be mace
criminal if il is not 50 now. IL Is De-
coming too characteristic Of outdoor eA-
hibitions. Scarcely an open-air meeting
is held at which dangerous sports are moi
on the programme. Either automobile
races are run o" aeroplane ascenslons are
made under hazardous and improper con-
ditions. At the recent meeting in the
West where two aviators met their deaths
Oh the same day airships were sent up
when the winds made the ascent perilous'
and from a field that was not as SAFE
as it should have been
Disregard of ordinary considerations
of safety appears TO have been similar
at the state Fair, in spite OF the Iact
that the fair is not n purely commercial
enterprise, but is in part supported by inc
state and is in charge of state com
mission. The track upon which this
automobile speed race that resulted In so
many deaths was held was one of the
sort of tracks upon which it is extremely
dangerous TO hold such races, mere
dirt road, fit only. for horse racing.
Moreover it was wet from recent rain.
Some Of the automobile drivers who
we're entered for the race protested In
the morning against its being held
because Of the unsafe condition of the
track. And only flimsy fence pro-
tected the spectators who stood about
this unsafe course. upon which the most
dangerous sport Of the present day was
&c be conducted Even under favorable
conditions upon ordinary roads if has
not been unusual for racing automo-
bile making seventy.five miles an hour
to leave the track, as this one did at
Syracuse. The danger was perfectly OBJ
vious with the ground wet and the fence
about the course crowded with spec
Gators.
Such a race ought never to have been
on the programme Of the state Fair.
And for holding 1t under the peculiarly
dangerous conditions that existed it
ought to be possible to enforce criminal
responsibility.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
uCRPHY'S BIG STAKE.

The Legislature will reconvene this
week TO complete. it is sincerely TO be
hoped, its work for this year, In jus
tice to the lawmakers it must be said
that they will not enjoy going back TO
work any better than the public viii en-
10Y having them at the Capitol. "Pick-
ings" for the boys" will be Scant at this
session. The boss" will get all the pick
ines. and NIurphy's stake is big-siX Con
Cress seats and new charter for New
York City. built 10 suit him. TO win,
Murphy is prepared TO do some trading
aud 10 pay his price-in counterfeit cur
rCncF-Where he cannot grab and run.
lie can grab the SIX new Congress seats
for Tammany, despite any protests from
upstate. But if he gets bis charter he
will have to buy it. He is prepared to
pay 10 Governor Dix for his favorable
consideration Of it if passed, and to three
independent Dem cratic Senators whose
votes for it he needs. one direct nomina-
tons bill-counterfeit, denounced as a
fraud by Democrats of various brands.
It seems a small price, even for Murphy,
who is recognized as a careful buyer.
II seems impossible to believe That
Senators Roosevelt, Burd and LOOMS
can be hoodwinked by Murphy on this
charter question. It is impossible TO be
leye that he can wheedle or deceive them
into voting for q charter for this city
Oh, ,o e tI,fc Ci.y- Hp Nx.4
by prefer Of an imitation direct nomina-
tions bill or any other wiles. And what
can the boss offer TO Senator Barth S.
Cronin. Of Brooklyn. TO get his vote for
the charter? Senator Cronins constit-
ucnts have said in no uncertain tones
that they wanted subway building to
begin acc'rding 10 the plans agreed on
between the Board Of Estimate and the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. They
believe the franchise veto given TO Mayor
Gaynor by Iurphy'S charter is an Inter
borough scheme 10 block the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit enterprise. What is there
Murphy can do for Senator Cronin. in
comparison to what his constituents can
do to him. if he votes with the boss
against them?
The public does not expect fairness
in Murphy's Congress reapportionment.
1t has lost hope of getting any real di-
rect nominations from the Democratic
party as long n Murphy dominates it.
But it is not yet willing to believe that
Murphy so absolutely dominates the
Democratic legislators that he can com
pei them to pass a charter for more than
half the people of the state which the
great body Of those concerned does not
want. Nh jhy's stake is big. Will the
Legislature play his game or the peoples
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
UNDRESSING" THE COURTS.

To the Editor IF The Tribune.
sir: The editorial I'm to-days Tribune
headed Impressing' the Supreme court
truly merits most general circulation
That the recent Governors Conference re-
suits IN nothing better than unofllcia'
talks about politics and on officially eN
pressed intent to interpellate our highest
tribunal happily gets the rldicule when
II deserves, both on it's own account and
because IL evidently arose from utterly
objectionable ignorance of tho third aru-
cIc Of the United States Constitution
which you so pithily summarize in one
sentence. saying: The states cannot take
back. by indirection. what they expressly
surrendered 10 the federal government IN
the Constitution" This should be prof.
fered again and again 70 those who 90
not know IT, and especially TO those VINO
have been instructed TO proceed with in
terpellations that are so highly improper.
Perhaps if tho latter accept such fne
food for reflection they will make SHIFT
to mark time differently until better in
structions reach them; or, at least, until
thev become fully awake 10 the Likelihood
of seventies Of public opinion which vii
ultimately result I'm the discontinuahce
Of gubernatorial congresses which can
not he depended on for actions Of any real
benefit.
ALFRED LAURENS BRENNAN.
New York, Sept 16, 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
Anr rERH .PROGRESSIIE."

The impulse TO which the Governors
attending the Spring Lake conference
yielded the other day when they de-
cidcd 10 attack the federal Circuit
Courts ruling in the Minnesota rate case
carried most of them off their feet
Nearly ali of them seem TO have as
sumod that they were doing something
hjchlv progressive when they sec
ended Governor Aldrich's attack on
Judge Sanborn for holding that state
NAV not stretch its rate making power
over intrastate commerce 50 as to inter
fcre with and practically nullify the ma
lions power To regulate int~Statc com
uorcc. Governor Aldrich Of Nebraska is
rated as am advanced Progressive, and
;nc fact that Governor Harmon fell into
line with him on the Minnesota case has
been widely advertised as new and well
come evidence Of radicaliSm on Mr..
lIarnon's part
But Mr.. Harmon probably realized
better than bis Western allies the pOliti-
cal and economic significance Of the pro
icst against a SubOrdination of state
rights in a case in which state and fed
cral rights had FLASHED. The Governor
of Ohio has always been an old-fash-
toned advocate Of olG-fashioned doe
triueS Of state sovereignty. He is e
Democrat Of the ancient school who
believes i'm using state rights as a check
ou the development of national power
and the cmploymoDt of that power 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
THOSE AWFUL COLLEGES!

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Richard T.. Crane, multi-millionaire
manufacturer, Of Chicago, charges that the
colleges Of the country do more harm than
good.
Dissipation existing among students seems
10 he taken as matter Of course. Inc
truth is. it must be so taken. To retain
normal moral mental and physical health
every colegian should have the equivalent
Of half a cord of wood to saw and split
every day Spasmodic athletics for some
do not OH the bill. Without this work,
ToIstoy fashion, the young man is an OK
ception who can i've the upright HE.
Professor Allen Hoben Of the Chicago
University. enlarged on this Just the other
day before Chicago teachers convention.
He, said that the scholars Of the present
day were incapable Of living morally be-
cause their motor energies never had their
proper exercise DR.. w NJ Brumly. head
of the Health Board Of Texas, residing at
San Antonio, has also pointed out that
mental strain leads TO vice, lutemperance
and the tobacco habit
FRANCIS 3. LIVESEY.
CIarkson. Md Sept. u, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
FR1NCE,S TWO PRIYCLPLES.

With many of the details Of the nego-
tiation between France and Germany
over the dispute concerning Morocco and
other African territory the world at
| large. or at least this portion of it, has
| little if any concern. For example. the
amount Of compensation which France
is to give TO Germany in the Congo for
Il quit claim deed to Morocco is some
thing which concerns chiefly, If not ex-
! clusively. those two powers. But there
are certain features of the case I'm which
/ all important mercantile powers have
| a legitimate interest, especially those
which participated in the conference and
treaty Of Algeciras. and chief among
these features of international concern
are the two principles which, we are told,
I'Irnce insists upon as fundamental and
essential
These are the absolute economic equal
ity of all nations in Morocco and the alb
solute political supremacy Of France.
without i'm the least degree indulGng
in craftsmanship, we may say that the
points 50 strongly appeal TO sense and
Justice that we should be surprised If
Germany seriously demurTed to either of
them. If we consider the second Of them
first it may be regarded rs practically
automatic that if Morocco is 20 be sub
iected 10 alien control. as all the powers
are agreed is necessary for the sake of
humanity. that control should bc exer-
cised by single power, acting either on
its own initiative and responsibility or
as the mandatory Of all. Dual control in
Egypt, triple control in Samoa, multiple
control i'm Greece and other like expert
ments have surely convinced the world
Of the inadvisabiity Of such systems
and Of the decided superiority Of single
control by that power which by virtue
Of situation. relationship and adapta-
bility is manifestly best fitted for the
task.
The other point is or should be a mat
Ter Of course. The open door and equal
ily Of opportunity and privilege are coun-
sells Of reason and justice. If there were
10 be any exception thereto, indeed it
might ~ III IaNbI ~ llI' lppNfI W Hl'li
undertakes political control For the
political control, which means she pro
tnction and rehabilitation of the eds
ordered and dcmoralizcd empire. will en-
tail heavy burdens and costs upon the
power exercising il, for which that powc"
might with reason demand TO be- com
pensatcd through the enjoyment Of spe-
cial economic privileges. In not making
such demand France acts generously and
i'm n self-sacrificing manner, so far as the
present and immediate future are con
cerned. In the end, probably she will
repay herself by anneXing Morocco out
right That achievement belongs, how
ever. among the uncertainties Of the
future, and If II should never be realized
France would be the loser from her pres
eut arduous undertaking.
The insistcnce by France upon these
two points seems, therefore. 10 be the
assumption Of a position which at least
deserves to be impreguable and the jus
tice OF which must, we should think. be
recognized by Germany. rs it is so wide
j. by the rest Of the world. Uf course,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN. Rioters who had erected
harricadcs in the streets Of Vienna fol-
lowing a demonstration against the high
prices Of ncccesaries. were fired upon by
troops. several being killed. -- Lieu
tenant r A. Cammell fell ninety feet in
his acroplane at Her'On. near London
and was killed == Semi official fore
casts Of the elections i'm Canada next
Thursday gave the government a major
ity Of is. according 10 the Liberals, and
the Opposition a majority Of 81, accord
ing n the Conservatives, - The lava
emitted from Mount Etns was reported
10 he slightly less in initial speed but
eausl In quantity to that Of the first few
dsvs Of the eruption. -- The French
and German legations in Picking re-
Ceived Cheng-Tu dispatches, dated Sep
tember 1O-11, describing conditions there
rs tranquil.
DOMESTIC. President Taft passed a
quiet day IN Erie, Penn, and sent con
dolences 10 the Syracuse Fair ofhciais
on account Of the automobile accident
---- Another death, making a total Of
ten. occurred as a result Of the automo-
bilo accident At the State Fair az syria
cllee on Saturday. === Thomas H. Car
tar formerly United States Senator
from Montana and chairman Of the
American section Of the international
Joint Commission, died at Washington
-- Miss Barbara KTUttschnltt. four
teen months old. was rushed seven nun
bred miles i'm twenty-siX hours. from
Aguas Galleries. Mexico, 10 San An
tonic. Tex. i'm a special train when Ill
from pneumonia and viii live, as She
reached a lower altitude In time. ----
4 heavy earthquake was recorded on the
sejSm0graphs of the Georgetown JnlFer-
sity observatory in Washington 60
Lieutenant Rodgers. L. 5. n, flew from
Hsyre de Grace to Annapolis, ffty-tWo
miles i'm one hour and three minutes
= Luke MCHcnry. clerk Of the New
York state Assembly, died at CDlton
Strings. y. y. = Lackawanna Off
.ia1s said i'm Scranton that few of the
800 trackmen would go out on strike.
= A negro i'm Warrenton. y. G. fred
al four whites. killing one; officials lear
q mob viii lynch him.
CITY-The legislative committee has
retained in the proposed new cnarter
-be MAYORS ideas on transit franchises
the Objectionable features of the clFll
service provisions and those relating 10
Iudeet making -= The chairman OF
the Citizens Union made public letters
showing that the Mayor in nine days
had completely reversed himself on the
question of separate consent 10 SUBWAY
franchises. -= Mrs. Walter l.. Suy-
dam IN left No. s. West 18th street
late Saturday night, two hours after
Frederick Noble had returned TO ms
home I'm Brooklyn. -= An exodus OF
American farm labor to Argentina is eH-
uccted because the Italian government
has stopped emigration to That country
= G.. p. Rodgers left Sheepshead BAY
racetracIz at 40 O'Clock on a CoaSt-to-
coast fight, and descended at Middle
town. y. y, having covered eighty miles
THE WEATHER.-lndica for to-
dav. Fair The temperature yesterday
Highest. IS degrees: lowest 90.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
NEW YORK FROM The SUBURBS.

II IS somewhat difficult for us TO get the
point of view OF the New York newspaper
correspondent who winds up his story OF
"a 100000 failure with tho statement that
the amount involved Is so small that the
incident Is OF no importancc.-Ohio State
Journal
II appears that the New York gangs
which infest 18th street. have declared
they will get Magistrate OConuor be.
cause OF his decision I'm the new gun law. q"
Tho decision. coupled with the magistrates
name. indicates that the gangs have a cold
winters work cut cut for them.-CleVeland
Plain Dealer.
An army ~ $4,000 boys aud girls entered
the public schools of New York CITY on
Monday The total population of Boston
Inc dfth city i'm size In the country, ex-
,ceds this number by less than 5000 while
cleveland. che sixth city has only $4,000
population. Nc Is no wonder that one OF
the most serious problems with which the
tnetropolis has 10 deal is providing facili-
lies for the education OF it's children
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18
THE STATES DISGRACE
Governor Dix's Part in Restoring the
Bloody Ring.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your cartoon this morning sho"us
Governor Dix as the real referee IN Ell
days bloody and shameful prizehght lS
severe but Just.
Responsibility does como finally back 10
him for permitting his commission to aahc-
ton continued exhibitions by o cruz
which plainly has not complied with inc
law and which is allowed TO continue nc
cause Of its pull" when another club slrni-
larry situated as 10 its lease of nan IS
held TO he beyond the pale. The "nole
business Of the revival Of fighting IN TINS
state is a disgrace, but it is what mIght
have heen expected when Murphy ana
Tim" Sullivan were put In the saddle.
New York. Sept II. 1911. DISGUSTED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-18

If may be that the REIMBURSEMENT Of so
large and valuable part of the African
continent to the power which is already
by far the largest land owner there en-
titles another power To compensation
elsewhere-nOt so much as payment lOr
something which never belonged to the
mower thus compensated as by way oil
maintaining something like an equaDle
balance of colonial power. But that Is Il
detail to he settled between the parties
directly concerned. Tho interest OF the
world is In the establishment ana mann
tcnance of the fundamental principles oil
order and equality in land to when
they have been too greatly strangers.