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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
{ HAPPY RESULT.

Republicans Of all shades of opinion
have, according to appearances, reason
to be gratitied by the outcome Of the
Massachusetts primary election. 1t was
close, hard fight, ending technically
on even terms. Colonel RooseyeIts
handsome refusal to take advantage OF
the loss of votes caused TO the Tart
forces by bad arrangement OF the
names on the Republican ballot and
his proposal to transfer the votes OF the
eight MISUNDERSTANDING to the Taft col
umn. though not yet agreed TO by them
ought to have the effect Of allaying
many Of the faCtional animosiues
which have been allowed to invest the
present canvass. That novel action
should point the way to higher stand
ard of political ethics IN the conduct
Of Il contest among Republicans for n
great honor and responsibility like the
/ Presidency.
Among members Of the same party
( striving in spite of differences to carry
certain common principles into effect
and expecting to unite in defence OF
those principles against a hostile party
the rules Of fair dealing and friendly
consideration should always be OBJ
served. In many contests for the Prcsi-
dental nomination there has been too
much Of spirit Of Overreaching and
sharp practice In this preliminary cam
paign there has been strong dispose
ton and purpose In some quarters TO
confuse or prevent an honest choice by
the voters, and a great deal Of money
and ingenuity has been expended by
political managers supposed to represent
the interests Of Colonel Roosevelt in eff
forts to produce doubts and in creating
Fictitious contests. II IS TO the dis
credit of the Republican national or
ganization that every four years il has
to settle at a national convention from
one hundred and fifty TO two hundred
contests for seatS-a necessity which
may at some time vitally affect the in
tegrity of the convention as a repre-
sentative body.
II is to be hoped that Colonel Roose-
velt's prompt refusal TO receive the sup
port Of the MasSa chuscttS delegates at
large in view of the decision given for
Mr. Taft in the preference ballot will
be accepted by some Of those who have
been active in the colonel's behalf as a
warning 10 stop their efforts to turn out
delegates through the instrumentality Of
n contest factory. The manner in which
the situation in Massachusetts has been
Strengthened out is a happy augury.
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A TITANIC HEROINE
Edith Evans Save Life for Mother and
Children.

70 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In to-day's Tribune there is a notice
that the wife Of our good President has
started the subscription list for a woman $
memorial to the Titanic heroes All honor
10 our men who hravely did ,hcl: best, but
trus; Il is not to them alone that honor
Is 10 be accorded. Several times in your
paper Il has been stated that young girl
named Edith Evans gave up her scat in a
.faScat to o mother with children. ! have
not seen hey name among those saved, or
even that her body was recovered. Evil
IDENTIFY she WAS not one of the great ones
Of earth as The world views those things, OF
We should nave heard more of her supreme
sacrifice
Our Lord said Greater love hath no man
than ibis that a man lay down his Iifc
for his friends She gave hers Tor q
stranger. Shah not this be told OF her by
her sisters throughout the world? We arc
justly proud of our men in this age and
country. bat Is not this something to be
proud Of, too. ana cannot all women join
in honoripg tho tender pity and unsclfsh
be:ols,u Of this young girl who quietly did
what she could?
I viii cheerrully send my 81 when We are
told 60 wli,,u 10 send H. and hunby vent
ure TO suggest 10 those in charge OF the
womeus memorial that the name Of Edith
Evans head the list. n. r.
Brooklyn. April -, 1871
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TAKING TT BACK.

Washington dispatches describe the
Hon. ]. j. Fitzgerald. chairman Of the
Appropriations Committee of the House
Of Representatives, as throwing up his
hands In debate on Monday and exclaim-
ing 10 his impOrtunate cOllpagueS 4:
Where are we going to sop? Tee de-
"mandS keep growing ana growing
'There'll be nothing left in the Treasury
IF you continue"
Mr.. Fitzgerald knows that In spite Of
the professions Of economy with which
the Democratic majority in the House
assumed responsibility for legislation n
year ago it has steadily voted TO enlarge
expenditure. One Of its first acts was to
attempt to add S7J.OOO.OOO year 10 the
outlay for pensions. and the few mis-
taken economies which il has since prac-
tSed in the way Of cutting down the
army and suspending the construction Of
battleships and armOred cruisers have
not wiped out more than quarter Of
the increased obligation intended 10 be
saddled on the Treasury ly the passage
Of the Sherwood pension bill.
In his capacity as chairman OF the
Appropriations Committee the BROOKLYN
Representative blurts out the plain truth
that the House would empty the Treas
ury and plunge the country into
debt Yet only three weeks ago he had
the hardihood 70 appear before the
Democratic State Convention held I'm
this city and read list Of magnificent
achievements credited 10 the Democratic
party In the House. among which fig-
urcd this extraordinary claim: I'VE
have retrcnchcd the public cypendi-
"ture. Inspired by his fictitious conf.
dencc in that fictitious achievement. Mr..
Fitzgerald rose 10 the heights Of self
cOngratulatiOn. saying:
Never in all It's existence have the
prospects Of the Democratic party been
50 bright; never has The party Leen
more entitled to be intrusted with power
ana control Of governmental affairs;
never has IT been more deserving Of the
confidence Of the country.
Alas. The joyous gertrude Of yS,ter-
day has become the blank despair Of to-
day. Mr.. Fitzgerald now admits that he
abused the innocence of the Murphy
nOminators whom he addressed on April
II when he told them that the Demo
cratic party in Congress was "retrench-
ing the public expenditure Yet he
may possibly hope TO he forgiven for
that indiScretlon, since TO the Tammany
imagination the noblest form Of re
trenchment' known to craftsmanship
consists in turning every accessible pub
lie treasury upside down and inside out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
TROUT FISHING

With May has come the trout fishing
season In this state-later this year than
usual by reason Of the new fish and game
law. With May also came yesterday ideal
trout fishing weather, TO inspire the city
bound fisherman with longing 10 seize
rod and creel and depart somewhere,
anywhere where the brooks ripple ,yer
stones and glide through alder thickets,
and the sun ilecks the water from black
or brown into gold as 1t shines through
the trees, and the birds twltter sauciy
as they depart before the advance Of
the solitary human being. For the pas
sion which seizes on every trout fisher
man at about this date Is more than IL
burning desire to land the big one
which escaped last year. II is more
than the yearniuG 10 feel again that
exquisite thrill which comes when the
rodspotted beauty has taken the hook
with a c;yirl which threw half the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
IN TIE BERkSHIHES.
nv Telsgraph 10 Tie Trlbune. !


Lenox. May Mrs. Peyton J. Van Rens-
seiaer has gone 10 Boston 70 visit her
mother, Mrs. j. A Mason. Fair Acres. the
Van Rensselaer, place IN Stockbrldge has
been opened.
George Tiffany. OF New York. has gone
to New York after short stay az his
country place here
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsay Fairfax and family
and Mrs. william n. Bradford, who have
been in France for the winter, Will arrive
IN New York on Saturday, and early next
week they will occupy Weyside Cottage.
Frederick Schenck. who came TO Lenox
10 vote az the primaries, has gone TO Bos-
ton.
Mrs. John 3. Swami, who has been visit
ing Miss Virginia Butler. has gone TO New
York before returning to Marshalltown, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy D. Haughtcn will
spend the summer at Mrs. Haughtons
country place on Gould Island, off the coast
of Rhode Island
Mr. and Mrs Richard 4. Bowker, OF New
York, have returned from a European trip
and are at their cottage in Stockbrdge.
Charles MacVeagh, OF New York, and
Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Rogers. OF Chicago, are
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander sedg'
wick.
Mrs. John Hays, OF New York, has gone
20 town after visit with her sister, Miss
IAzette Hast, I'm Stockbrldge.
Bernard Hoffman. OF Chicago. and family
have arrived from Chicago at their country
place IN Stockbridge
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Melen and fam
lily arrived at Stockbridge this afternoon
to open Council Hill.
Robert Stuart Kilbourne. OF New York,
has leased Wyndcote. the country place OF
Frank X. Warm. In Stockbrdge.
Mrs. Catherine Buckingham. OF Chicago
has leased the property OF Henry lyison
Parsons In Stock5ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Seamans, Of New
York, have arrived at the Red Lion Inn, in
Stockbridge.
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No MORE OF 1T

There will be no dissent from the
Judgment that the Presidential primary
law which Massachusetts experimental
with on Tuesday is failure. 1t fell
between two stools. Either it should
have provided for preference vote for
Presidential candidates. 10 be binding
on the delegates elected. whatever their
personal preferences, or it should have
provided simply for the direct election
Of delegates. TO set up two conflicting
methods of designation was utterly fool
ish and brought about the illogical result
Of Il declaration Of preference on the
part of the Republican voters Of the
state at large for Taft and on the part
Of the Democratic voters for Clark.
while MISUNDERSTANDING pledged TO
Roosevelt and to FOss were chosen to
the two national conventions to carry
knowing how many thousands of Demo-
Gratis contributed to these criss-cross re-
suits.
\ primary system Of that sort is
worse than a farce. 1t is an imposition
on the electors. who are invited TO undo
with one hand what they do with the
other. Happily, fantastic perverSiOn
of the popular purpose through clumsy
election machinery may he avcrted by
Colonel RoOsevelt's refusal to take adj
vantage of q technical victory. The first
trial of the back-action, boomerang prl-
mary in Massachusetts should be the
last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
Tile PROSPECT.

Massachusetts was the last New Eng
land state to elect delegates to the Re
publican National Convention. New
Jersey. Maryland, West Virginia and
North Carolina are the only states III
the East which have still to elect. In
view Of the eXtrayaCant claims made by
the Roosevelt managers, il is worth
while to cast up the result Of the Presi-
dental canvass to date.
In The Tribunes liquidation of dele
gates-elect published last Sunday Presi-
dent Taft was credited with the support
Of 374 delegates. a majority Of the
convention will he $50. Last Sunday
Mr.. Taft still needed 165 delegates.
Since then he has got two delegates from
Porto Rico, eight from New Hampshire
and-if the eight delegates-at- large be
ncluded-twentysiX delegates from
Massachusetts. Ills total is now 40.
IN The 1ribune's table the President was
credited with fourteen delegates from
Louisiana, elected by the BLACK and
Tan" organization In that state, and
eleven delegates from South Carolina,
also elected by BLACK and Tan" fac
ton. The Lily White" organizations
in Louisiana and South Carolina will
elect delegates this week, ana If they
instruct for Roosevelt the twenty-five
Taft votes above referred to win have
TO be transferred for the time being to
the uncommitted and doubtful column.
In The Tribuue's present uncommitted
list Of twenty-eight delegates there are,
however. eleven who are pretty certain
10 vote for Taft New Mexico elected
eight unrestricted delegates, although
entitled to only six. and five Of the six
are understood to lie for the President.
Six uniDstructed delegates in Missouri
will probably also support him. Leav-
Ing Louisiana and South Carolina out Of
the question, Mr.. Taft can therefore
probably row count on 30G delegates
having him only l43 short
Among the states which are slill to
elect In whole or In part are New Jer-
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matter, fOI in the great majority or
cases all the castaways would need to
do would be TO float and drift for few
hours. showing signals. until they were
picked up. On the other hand, RATS are
more easily launched than boats, and
their buoyancy and exemption from
peril of swapping or capsizing are far
greater. Moreover. they are much less
IN the way OH shipboard. for they may
lie Hat ON the deck.
These suggestions are practicable aud
their efficiency will scarcely be doubted,
while their cost would not he great The
! fact that they are made by Mr.. Ismay
is encouraging. They indicate thar lie
and. we may assume. other ship owners
and ship builders now realize that the
Titanic was merely the latest and rot
| the last word in shipbuilding, and that,
as we have already said, some later
words are yet to be spoken, perhaps not
for size Or speed or splendor, but at any
rate for the safety of human lives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
NR. ISMAY'S SUGGESTIONS.

Mr.. Ismay's suggestions for making
Of the impression produced upon him by
the Titanic disaster, and will be coasd-
cred by the public and by the authorities
under the influence Of the same impress
sion. Under such circumstances they
will doubtless be generally approved, be-
cause of the need Of them which was
shown in this disaster. They are not
novel, nor original with Mr.. Ismay. but
have been frequently put forward by
others; yet his repetition will give them
additional weight.
One is that Of double bulls The idea
is that, at least below the water line.
there should be an inner hull, water
proof and strong enough to resist much
pressure, the space between the two
being utilized perhaps for cargo or fuel.
Then, if d CHANGING collision should tear
off the outer plates for half the vessels
I length, this inner hull would prote". ;he
engines and machinery and afford suifi-
Gent buoyancy to keep the ship aioat.
Such a device would have saved the IT,
tanic. That ship did not have her whole
frame and fabric crumpled and shat
tered by a head-on blow, but had her
side torn out by scraping along flint
like point of fee or perhaps a contained
mass of rock. the rent being so large as
TO expose q number OF her compart-
ments. An inner hull might not have
been opened Mt all by the blow, and
could scarcely have been so damaged as
10 cause disaster.
The suggestion that there should be
higher bukheads Is equally commenda-
bic. II seems much like an animation
that IN the Titanic the bulkheads did
not rise above the water lire If so.
they were obviously OF little value.
Buiklleads which do not rise above the
water line may be Invaluable when
shin grounds ard tears open her bot
tom, aad such accidents may be Of rcla-
lively frequent occurrence. But ii is
evident that any ship is IN danger OF
having her side pierced az any point,
and that If the puncture is below the
water line. but above tie system Of
watertight bulkheads. the hitter will he
OF no avail.
The third Of Mr.. lsmay's proposals Is
that Of life RATS. which would be easy
10 launch or which might Of their own
bu0yaDcy float free when the ship went
down. Life RATS have some obvious
adyantages over boats. and some dlsad-
yantages. They cannot he propelled
through the water, Eut that Is a minor
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snleudid sleek body out Of water. IL -
more than the wish again to prove SIKH
in matching human ingenuity against
the cunning Of this can!lcst o. the hsh
tribe. Il Is Il demand 10 get away from
worries and complexities ana back 10
out -of-dOors.
For him who knows the JOYS oi II
there is no spring medicine Ike trout
nshing. IT. restores sense and sanity
and leads hir 10 look Oh his htiSab)ra
with love and charity. Some there are
who have caught trout who never were
nor will be trout fishers. TIE great
lows Of il passed over their heads. But
10 Joy passes over The real 'front.' fSAeF'
He Is 81. the brOol, before daybrtak lie
sees the glory Of The sunrise over tht
hills. He reloices In the dash OF color
as biueiay wings swiftly icroSS hiS
line Of vision. lie gives ear lovingly 10
the mellow notes of the robins following
Il farmer at his spring ploughin2 III Il
neighbcring Geld--wisc ones, who wet
know where living comes easily Ills
eve catches the blue OF the shy hepHticds
blooming under the rocks above the
brookSide. Further along he sees the
dainty wood anemonc. and where the
brook spreads out into Il bit Of loWlnnd
the Haunting yellow Of the dogt'2th
violet among its spotted, serpcni-hAch
leaves and the pale cream of the bell
wort. The trllum mods TO him from
the top Of Its slender stalk. He takes
in every detail Of the exquisite pictures
of woodland dell and open country
miniature waterfalls. little rapids where
a trout may he picked out Of the rush
ing foam. groves Of noble trees, vistas
of farmlands. lie brcathes in great
drafts Of earth scented, pine tinctured
air. He eats his food without any
cocktail save that Of appetite. lie re
turns to his he'd ut night tired phys
ically, but recreated and healthy men
tally and spiritually.
Trout? Maybe one or the ten pounds
which the law allows. What matters It?
There's more 10 fishing than the fish.
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LEO LIVES SACRIFICED DAILY.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In connection with the Titanic dis
astcr, beg TO call your attention TO the
fact that every day OF the year In the
United States over LOO people are need
lessly sacrificed. i:ist as were the lives On
tho Titanic. There are 10000 annual
deaths, = per cent OF which are from pre-
vcntable causes. This fact was strongly
brought out IN the report on national vital
lty of the Conservation Commission.
Senator owen has introduced a bill IN the
United States Senate establishing a gov
eminent health service. This bill provides
for the coordination Of the Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service. the food ana
drug act and the Division OF Vital Stats
ties. so that they may serve tho nation
more economically and efficiently than they
can at present, scattered I'm three different
departments.
The owen bill has been reported favor
ably Is the Committee on Public Health
and National Quarantine OF the Senate.
and f. POW W Jfl on the raleuftr. al
periodicals which are supporting the move
msnt for the conservation of human life
should urge prompt action by the Senate in
passing this bill T.. r. ROBBINS.
Executiv" Secretary Of the Committee OF
one Hundred
New York, April 30. 1912
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IBy Telegraph TO Tho Tribune.
Newport, May THE Newport Casino
opened for the season to-ady.
Mr.. and Mrs Pembroke Jones and fam
lily are expected for the season the latter
part of June.
Mrs. J. \ wysong is having her estate
made ready for occupancy the latter part
of next month.
Mrs. Hamilton Mex. Twombly will ar
rive for the season on July 4.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Hartman are 10
arrive from Aiken next week.
Edwin :. Cramp has returned 10 Phils-
delphia
Mrs. Conally Coke. OF Asheville, arrived
to-day TO visit her sister, Mrs. Walter
Andrews
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SPEED AND GREED

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In his testimony the captain Of the
Mount Temple said that the captain 0, the
Titanic was very unwlse" IN going ahead
at full speed through an tee dc!d. lie was
more than that he was crim.nally negligent
and unit 20 be intrusted with carrying
human lives. But II he were alive he
would say something Ike this: II was ex-
rected 20 make the Titanic break all rec
orIs, especially since this was her maiden
trip, and In view OF the rivalry between
th. big lines I knew Mr.. l-may was auN-
ious to have her run at fun snced II I
did not make a record he would PAT ano,h-
er man in my place who would"
Mr. Ismdy was on board for the purpose
II squirting or every one, from the captain
down to the stokers. The representative
Of Harlan & Wolf, her builder, was also
on board for that purpose. Competition
here is indeed the llir of trade, bat in this
instanC. 1t was death 10 tt, passengers.
II was competition running 500 mad that
human lives had To be sacrificed Tor speed
and greed, and it will always Gr 50 until
We have laws 10 compel the steamship own
grs TO subordinate the acquisition Of dollars
10 the safety al the Passengers
GEORGE FENTRICK.
New York. April 80 1912.
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HUSBAND AND WIFE
A Minister Doubts Mans Authority
TO Separate Them at Sea.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir. l have been thinking much aHI se-
riously about the Titanic disaster And
have been compelled TO the conclusion that
there was wrong pcrpetrateI upon the
wcmon who were forced into the boats
without their husbands. Who gives even a
ships cnlcor the right 10 breal; the mar
r!age tie under such condition? Whom
the Lord hath joined together let not man
put asunder' What Is life to Il woman
without her husband? and they twain
shall De one hash.' Husband and wife are
one.
10 send a married woman into a llfcbOat
without her husband was 20 destroy IN the
II, 81 literal sense the larger par, o. her
existence. What law is urged in defence
of what was done on the Titanic? Is it not
alone the unwritten law Of sentiment? |
have not seen IA word published aIcng the
line I am indicating. The more ! have
thought on the subject the more / am per
suaded that II was altogether an error
against all human and divine law TO make
so many widows and 20 have blghtci 30
many lives BY an arbitrary Submission 10
course which has nothing save sentiment
{ commend II. The savlnr OF a womans
life TO 81 unmarried woman Is the rescue OF
all shc has. to save the life or a married
woman while her husband goes down 10
death is to conalSn her TO a subsequent eX-
istonce that 70 a really loving wife is
verse than death. The noble Mrs. Straus
and Mrs. Allison realized the actual sltua-
ton.
II seems TO me that dia9pproval az the
course pursued In tho instances referred
to by those I'm authority should be frankly
announced Nor DO l hold less than the
highest regard for womankind IN doing 50.
ALEXANDER ALISON.
r,iJ -prfvr Y Y Anril 10 1910
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RESOLUTIONS ON MlLLeTs DEATH

The Society OF Mural Painters. OF wn'cn
Frank d. Millet was one Of the foremost
members. suspended the regular order o.
business at the meeting in tie Fine Ar's
Building on Tuesday night. and passed
resolutions upon the death OF the paih,e'.
Mr.. Millet was specially interested In mural
painting. and for the last ten years nau
given his time to II almost exclusVen'
He was returning on the Titanic from itai''
where he had been experimenting the e.
Enlistment of the American Academy "
Fine Arts
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Mr.. BRYCE TO STAY HERE
Ambassador Denies That He VIII
Enter British Cabinet.
by Telegraph TO The Tr.oune.

San Francisco, May flames Bryce -
not going to take Sir Edward Grey's placs
as Foreign Secretary In the English Caoi'
net, he said before leaving for Australia
to-day. He is not going 70 England for
any purpose.
Discussing the rumors current as 10 tbs
PROBABILITY of his leaving Washington TO
said:
THAT is rumor and nothing more than
rumor. l am not going TO England. am
going to Australia. II is only holiday.
but | am coming back 10 America ana
shall end here. / have grown TO like tho
American people They are so live so In
MIGRATING. so honest, so open-souled.
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together and make a plan by which justice
shall be done TO every interest ana the
pCod OF our common country be served|
He Why IS Caroline having her portrait
pdintcd?
#he-Wcll, she has reached that age when
she doesn't look well In a photograph
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