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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-28

Samuel Ralsten, the democratic candi-
date for governor. Ralston has been on
the defensive all campaign and his
former optimism has disappeared. He
puts in all his time and efforts defending
the state administration of Gov. Marshall
and denying that he is boss controlled.
Mr.. Ralston has not made an agrees
sive campaign. although he has been con-
tinuOusly on the stump. The fight which
Representative John w. Boehne. of
Evansville made on Ralston, Boss Tag
CART and Crawford Fairbanks. the ferre
Haute brewer. has had it's effect. Tag
CART, Fairbanks and RalstOn won out at
the spring fight for the nomination. but
it begins to look as If the more decent
democrats were going to have their in
ming at the polls next month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20
USING THE SOFT PEDAL.

1t is symptomatic OF the great
change which has come over the Demo
cratic party in recent years, so far as its
tariff policy is concerned, that Mayor
Gaynor could say at Albany the other
day, IF the tariff raises prices we must
go slowly about changing It," and his
remarks pass practically unnoticed by
the once belligerent tariff smashing
Democratic newspapers in this once
strongly anti-protectiOn city. The Mayor
is talked about as a Democratic candi-
date for President, and IL Is not unlikely
that this states votes will be east for
him in the Baltimore convention. Yet
he delivered himself at the meeting Of
the New York State Agricultural So
clety Of a string of what would once
have been considered tariff heterodoxies,
justlfying a cautious and gradual mOdi-
ficatiOn Of the protective system, and
none Of the once vigilant defenders OF
the ancient faith has risen 10 belabor
him or to suggest that his moderate, toll
Grant and sensible programme does not
accord at all with the historic insistence
of the Democratic party that protection
in all its forms should be dealt with
as nothing short of robbery"
Mayor Gaynor seems to be In SYM
patty with the ideas once held by Sam
uel j. Randall But for holding such
views Randall was driven out Of the
Speakership and was shorn bit by bit
of his once great influence In Demo-
cratic councils. To be a Randallite
twenty-five years ago was to invite pro-
scription. But now aspirants for the
Democratic Presidential nomination 90
about the country playing the soft pedal
on the alleged larcenous character Of
protection. and most Democrats seem to
regard their moderation as eminently
prudential craftsmanship.
At the Democratic National Conven-
ton Of 1892 Colonel Henry Watterson
Led successful fight against the Cleve-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20
room FOR THE JUDGES.

The lack of sense shown by the local
authorities in regard to the present
County Court House passes belief. Why
should a justice of the Supreme Court
be forced, as Justice Gerard was yeSter'
day, to hold court in his own home be-
cause of lack Of room in the courthouse!
Is the local administration incapable OF
perceiving that the courthouse is grossly
OvercrOwded and of making the neces-
Sary provision for holding courts else
where? Or must the stupidity shown in
not keeping the building in sanitary re-
pair extend to providing fewer court
rooms than there are judges! An addl-
tional justice was created by law last
year. Wasn't it possible TO see that
there was no way of meeting this i'll
creased demand for room in an already
overcrowded building? This new judge,
according to accounts published when
he took Office, had no private room, but
had to be quartered in what was de-
scribed as a "cubby-hole." Coudn
any one have perceived the necessity Of
providing facilities elsewhere?
1t is perfectly plain that it Will he I'M
possible to carry on all the work Of the
Supreme Court Of this department IN
the present building until the new one
IS erected and ready for occupancy.
Another new Justice will soon be created
by law. Where is he going to be put
In some clothes closet? Before this be-
comes necessary and before the public
is put to the shame Of seeing IFS judges
generally compelled to open their houses
for the dispatch Of judicial business the
city should rent such office room as is
necessary to relieve the pressure in the
present courthouse. The situation there
might he rendered tOlerable If proper
repairs were made, the worst rooms
abandoned and the overcrowdinC re-
lieved by the renting of additional quar-
tPrS elsewhere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20
MACLAURIN OFF ON TOUR
Hopes to Get in Touch with Tech
Graduates Throughout Country.

Boston. Jan. l9-Presdent Richard &.
MacI .aurin OF the Massachusetts, Institute
OF Technology. in pursuance OF his policy
OF Keeping In close touch with the gradu-
ates OF Tech" left Boston tonight on a
two weeks tip. I'm the course OF which he
will visit the technology associations OF
various cities. II is expected that In talk
ing TO the graduates he will dwell particu-
larry on the need OF the institute for fund
of approximately 100000 for the construc-
ton and equipment IF the buildings to be
erected on its new site in Cambridge.
DR. MacI.aurin's first visit will be TO Phil
adelphia, where tomorrow evening he VIII
attend technology banquet az which the
ether guests will be T. Coleman du Pont
who has recently given the institute 100000.
and Dr. John T. Dorrance. Next Monday
evening President MacLaurin will speak at
a banquet OF Tech" men in Washington.
where one OF the other speakers will be
+. II. Newell. IS. director of the Reclama-
ton Service.
Thence DIR. MacLaurin will proceed west,
visiting Pittsburgh. Akron. Ohio. Cincinnati.
Chicago and Minneapolis, and on his return
trip stopping at Detroit, Buffalo, Rochester
and Syracuse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20

fore American commerce is being neg
lected and ignored.
Mr. Barrett, formerly our Minister 70
Panama and now Director Of the Pan
American Union. who Is exceptionally
cOnversant with the situation, remarked
at Detroit the other evening that the
important commercial countries OF Eu-
rope and Asia were making most active
and comprehensive preparations to use
the canal, but the United States was not
making corresponding preparations. he
said, and was right in saying, that IN
comparison with what the foreign world
lis attempting, we are tagging behind at
"a dangerously long distance" We nave
already called attention to the arrange
ments which not only the great European
powers but also Japan and Peru are
making to send mercantile fleets through
the canal as soon as it is opened. and TO
the lack of such arrangements here.
The result threatens to be that instead or
taking the lead at once In the use or
the canal, we shall let other nations far
uS ut lllSl anu bN NN'hpNh>N -
engage in a stern chase to overtake those
whom our negligence has permitted 10
get such an initial start over us. That
is uncommonly poor policy.
There Is reason for charging much OF
the blame against Congress, for Its delay
in enacting the necessary legislation ana
particularly in fixing the schedule or
tolls and the conditions under when
American commerce, as differentiated
from foreign commerce, may use the
canal. The need of knowing what the
tolls will be is obvious. Equally obvious
is the equity Of giving to American COM
MERGE whatever advantages in the use or
the canal may be compatible with
faithful discharge Of our treaty Obiga-
lions. That II is practicable to establish
such a system of advantage the Presi-
dent has convincingly pointed out. II
the thing is not done, and speedily done,
there will be a grave indictment OF the
practical business sense and enterprise
of this nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20
REQUESTS OF NINE. BoNAPARTE
Many Heirlooms Given to Children
Sons Get Newport Home.

washington. Jan. l9.-The will of Nine.
Caroline Leroy Bonaparte. widow of Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte, which was filed Tor
probate to-day. disposes OF an estate valued
at 10000 The will provides for all the
children by ner two marriages. except a
daughter OF her first marriage, Mary [.
Edgar. now Sister Mary de Sales, OF the
Visitation Convent. Baltimore.
Commander Newbold Leroy Edgar, L. S.
~. and Webs,er A. Edgar, OF New York
sons OF Nine. Bonaparte. receive the New
port home OF their mother. To Jerome Ma
poleon Ronaparte. another son, is be-
queathed the valuable jewelry belonging TO
Mrs. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. of Balti-
more. and given to her by Jerome Bona
parte King OF Westphalia.
other Bonaparte heirlooms are given TO a
daughter, Countess Louise de Moltke HUT
feldt. OF Denmark. and her children. The
remainder of the estate is to be distributed
equally.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20

Of living conditions to-day. But the'l
work is almost certain to be uiuon0
sooner or later by other and more eH
lightened courts, as, for example JUG
BaldwinS mistaken decision conceriiins
the employers liability law was over
ruled by the Supreme Court. Moreover
the amending of state constitutions, d'
least, is generally matter Of little ulii'-
Guilty when the case is clear and the u1'
mand strong. The people Of this state
have il In their power by amending the
constitution 10 remove the obstacle WINCH
the Court Of Appeals found in the way VI
the workingmen's compensation law ana
there need not be more than two OF
three years delay. Who would say that
the delay and trouble were not worth
while for the sake of preserving that de-
Lucrative quality in the government
which the judicial check upon hasty leg
islatiOn insures?
Senator Root utters a solemn warning
when he says:
If the people Of our country yield 10
the impotence which would destroy the
system that alone makes effective these
great impersonal rules and preserves
our constitutional government rather
than endure the temporary inconvenl-
ence of pursuing regulated methods OF
changing the law, we shall not be re-
forming, we shall not be making prog
ress, but we shall be exhibiting the
weakness which thoughtful friends or
free government the world over have al
ways feared the most-the lack of that
self-control which enables great bodies
of men to abide the slow processes OF
orderly government rather than to break
down the barriers OF order when they OBJ
struct the impulse of the moment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20
THE GERMAN VIEW or MOROCCO

1.-THE GERMAN VIEW Or NOROCtD.
| Count Won BernstOrff In his outlook
article rightly regards the Franco-Ger-
man controversy over Morocco as having
passed so completely into the realm Of
| history as to be susceptible Of public dis
cussion without improperly even by the
ambassador of one of the lately contest
ing powers. Seldom has a dispute IF
comparable magnitude and cOmpleXity
been so promptly and completely dis
posed Of, and the fact that this one has
been thus treated is in itself q vindica-
ton of the view which the German Am
baSsador takes of il. or Of the attitude
and policy in respect to it which he i'm
puteS to his own government.
His contention is that Germany never
had any military or political aims i'll
Morocco; she was merely resolved TO
safeguard her economic interests, which
were considerable and gave promise of
great growth, and it was solely in pur-
suance Of that policy that a German gun
boat was sent to Agadir. In accepting
this assurance we must regret that some
public utterances in Germany, not con-
fined to the newspaper press, melted a
suspicion TO the contrary. But experience
should teach the world that not even
official utterances can properly be taken
entirely outside Of their setting or are
to be interpreted according to the minds
of those who are antagonistic TO them.
1t is unfortunate that there should now
and then arise a superirritable or super
suspicious state of mind between two
countries which causes each to regard
the othec with involuntary but none the
We cannot blame France and Germany
for 1t, because precisely the same thing
has been known in other lands, including
our own. But 1t is regrettable, wherever
it occurs, because it is n serious obstacle
to amicable understandings and TO the
settlement of disputes.
1t is the more agreeable to see that
Count Won Bernstorlf regards the settle
ment which has been effected as highly
advantageous to Germany, because a lit
tie while ago there were those in Ger
many-not merely the newspapers-who
deplored the fact that, as they said, Ger
many had come out second best in the
negotiations. Count Won Bernstorff does
not, of course, mean that Germany has
badly beaten France in the diplomatic
game 1t is quite possible in such a case
for both contestants to be winners. Ger
tainly the grounds for German gratifica-
ton which the ambassador sets forth
are ample, and they appeal, as he points
out, to America and to all nations as
well as to Germany. 1t is benevolent
and enlightened presentation of the case
which he gives us, and it is pleasant to
accept it as conceived in the impartial
and non-contrOyersial spirit which he In
vokes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20
THE SECRETS or HISTORY.

1t is interesting 10 see history III tue
process Of being rewritten. New mate
rial is suddenly unearthed and all our
fixed ideas about events and personageS
are shattered in flash. That must
have been the sensation Of many VINO
read Colonel WatterSon'S emotional ac-
count of the Harvey-Wilson interview,
especially that part in which he referred
affectingly to the close parallel between
Mr.. Harvey's relation to Governor vii
son and his own relation thirty-tye years
earlier to Samuel j. Tilden. As Colonel
Watterson himself explained II: Colonel
Harvey stood toward Governor Wilson
much as | stood fiye-and-thirty years
ago toward Mr. Tilden. This appealed
Ito me-" Somewhat later in the interview
Colonel IIarvey's rights patent on the
Wilson candidacy were thus sweepingly
appraised: at is but true and fair 10
SAY that except for Colonel Harvey he
"IGovernor wilson, would not be in the
running at ALL
Putting these two announcements to.
gether, It will be seen that good many
of our historical precOnceptions must be
modified. Only Colonel Watterson's
modesty has delayed for thirty-iiye years
a reappraisal OF the influences To which
Samuel j. Tilden owed his chance 10
emerge from obscurity and to become
successively Governor Of New York and
a candidate for the Presidency. If
Colonel Harvey was the deus or mdchinG
who made possible the realization OF Dr.
Wilson'S ambition for a political career
and put him "in the running as Presi-
dental aspirant. 10 Colonel Watterson
must be credited the same high role In
making Mr.. 1ilden's political preferment
possible. For he himself has said It. II
was the similarity between his own past
and Colonel Harvey's present functions
which appealed" TO him and brought
him as a spectator into that last sad sac
rificia ceremony at the Manhattan Club.
Samuel j. Tilden. the encyclopedias
tell us, was leader Of the bar In this
state as far back as 1855. when Colonel
WattersOn was still a schoOlbOy. He had
been active In the Free Soil movement
within the Democratic party, had been
a candidate for Attorney General on the
Democratic ticket in 1850, and by 1868
when Mr.. WattersOn was just set
Ting down In Louisville, had definitely
assumed the leadership of the Demo
cratic party in this state. His successful
fight against the Tweed ring was gener-
ally supposed to have given him ma
tional reputation, and the direct result
Of that fight was his election as Gov
ernor in 1874. In the view of the unin-
structed hereabouts he had become
through his own efforts the logical Dem
Ocratlc nominee for President in 1876.
The encyclopedia editors never dis
covered that Mr.. Tllden was indebted TO
Colonel Watterson for farreaching SER
vices of exactly the same sort as those
which Colonel Harvey has recently been
lavishing on Governor Wilson. But now
the veil Of secrecy is torn aside and the
real deus e1 mdchind Of 1876 steps forth.
Let us hope that into the relations be
tween Mr.. Tilden and his tutelary colonel
there never entered anything either
schOolmasterish or "austere."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20
YMpATIEYCB WITH THE COURTS

Senator Roots address to the State
Bar Association is a timely warning
against the present dangero, impatienct
with the check on legislation which the
judiciary exercises under our constitu.
tional system. His point is that those
who favor the recall Of judges or a
method of submitting judicial decisions
TO popular vote, such as Colonel RoOse
welt recently proposed, would discard the
advantages Of the American constitu.
tional system merely for the sake OF
avoiding temporary inconvenience and
delay. Thus the Senator said:
In considering the Inconvenience
which have arisen from decisions Of the
courts enforcing constitut' NAL pro-
visions as against popular statutes, II is
a mistake TO consider the particular in
cident by itself and TO lose sight of the
enormous and overwhelming importance
of the system to which these inconve-
niences are incidents, and to forget that
by destroying the independence and au-
thority of the courts and the popular
habit of submission to their decisions
we would lose infinitely more than we
would gain.
One of the purposes of the COnstitu
ton was to secure elaboration; it's in.
tent was to keep the country from being
governed according to popular snap
judgments, and unless the people are pre-
pared to say that this was a mistake
they should be slow In adopting any
device that would lessen the authority ri
the judiciary to point out sharply thai
the mood of the moment was not IN
harmony with the principles which the
people agreed to preserve. The mistakes
OF judges, Mr.. Root says, furnish no ar
gument for abandoning system which
is worth so much in giving sobriety and
order to self-government. Mistakes are
inevitable. The country should make the
best of them, put up with the disappoint-
ment of seeing laws which It desires
held unconstitutional, endure the delay
and 10 to the trouble necessary to amend
constitutions rather than adopt any OF
the short cuts now being advocated. In
its last analysis the present impatience
is Impotence with one OF the checks
placed In the Constitution by its, trainers,
and every proposal to limit the authority
or independence of the judiciary is n
proposal TO remove that check or reduce
its effectiveness
The inconvenience which Senator Root
advises the people to put up with rather
than essentially alter the American sys-
tenn Of government is not insupportable.
Much Is heard of reactionary judges and
~ electromagnetic show little conception
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20
FoREsHADoWs ROYAL WEDDING
Repairing of Palace Points to Marnas'
of Kaiser's Daughter.

Berlin, Jan. l9.-Extensiye repairs winch
are being made on the Grand Ducal Palaes
at Neustrelitz, the seat of the Grand puA'
of Mecklenburg- Strelltz. are taken there "
mean that the castle Is being prepareo w.
the home of Grand Duke Adolph Fredel'.a,
eldest son Of the reigning grand duke, a.
Princess Victoria Luise, youngest child sll
only daughter of Emperor William aee0.s
ing to special dispatch received mere '"
day from Neustrelitz.
The dispatch reiterates statement ~
llshed here last Tuesday that it is gener""'
expected an announcement OF the ehssse
ment OF the young couple will be maoe ~
January a. Emperor Williams birlh'S.'
Court officials I'm Berlin still refuse 10 ="
swer questions concerning the reported .D-
gagement OF the grand duke and the p''A
cess.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

From The Tribune buItdN'I
Washington, Jan. 1s.-Miss Tart sssis.eu
Mrs John Hays Hammond In re'ei'"e =.
the guests for a dance given to-hish' a.
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. HAMMOND ioi
,,;se leslie Page, of California, houSe
orest for the winter. More than nun
dred voung people were invited anu '"e
ho,so u,as pav with roses and palms.
section OF the Marine Band furnished u'e
music A number of dinner parties pre-
ceded the dance. c,,
Mr. and Mrs. Melville +. ingalls, OF I'm
cinnati and washington, and their oaus
ter. Miss Gladys ingalls,, entertainer
dinner tonight in compliment to MISS iat''
preceding the dance at Mrs. Hammohu .
1boir other guests were the Postmaster
General Miss Harriet Anderson, MISS Julia
Meyer Miss Alice Meyer Mr.. and MRS
Preston Gibson, Miss Jean oliver MISS
Dorothy Williams, Miss Janet FISH MISS
Abbie ingalls, Barnard, Paymaster Little
Herman IIuffer, OF Baltimore; MT de ba0i',
of the Russian Embassy; Mr.. Maugras' VI
the French Embassy: Mr. Horstmahh' VI
the German Embassy; Henry du Poht, Guy
Emmerson, Cotton Smith and Samuel FL
Holt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley also enter
tanned dnner party preceding the dance
al Mrs. Hammonds, the party inclnulhs
Miss Marion Wise. Miss Ruth Wales MISS
SONNY Johnston, Miss Mary McCauley' MISS
Margaret Cotton Smith. Miss Laura Aer-
Ram. Miss Louise HELEN, Miss Marguerite
Draper, Miss Eleanor Reyburn. MISS Eliza
beth Reid Rogers. Miss Mann, Miss Hinck-
lev. Mr.. Morgenstierne, Norwegian secre-
tarv; Frank Ellis Lieutenant Lamar
L.eachy. Lieutenant Byron A. Long, Bur
reu Hun, c. c. Glover jr. Commander
Charles T. Jewell. william Marrow, Lieu
tenant H. T.. Cook. +. NJ. Schmolck' Neth-
erlands secretary. and Eduardo Racldo, Jr..
Argentine secretary.
one Of the most brilliant musicals or the
season was given tonight, with Senator
and Mrs. Guggenheim as hosts. wei OUT
lined programme was carried out by the
Kneisel quartet, and Miss florehce
IIInckie. of New York. sang. The ballroom
and drawing rooms were attractive with
American Beauty roses and white lilacs.
The guests. 10 the number OF one hundred
and fifty. included the British Ambassador
and Mrs. Bryce. the French Ambassador
and Nine JusseTand, the Turkish Amoas-
sador the Secretary OF the Treasury and
Mrs MacVeagh. the Secretary OF Commerce
and Labor and Mrs. Nagel, the Secretary
Of the Interior and Mrs. Fisher, the Post
master General. Justice and Mrs. Holmes.
Justice and Mrs. Van Devanter the French
naval attache and Viscountess Benoist
day, the Russian military attache and
Baroness Elizabeth de Bode, the Spanish
Minister and Sonora de Riano the Swiss
Minister Rear Admiral and Mrs. Brown
son. Senator and Mrs. Oliver. the Assistant
Secretary of State and Mrs Huntington
Wilson, the Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
and Mrs Beekman Winthrop Major Gen
eral and Mrs. Leonard Wood. Senator Lip
pitt: Miss Lppitt and Mr.. and Mrs. Legare.
The marriage Of Mrs. Robert !. Fleming
and General David Gordon Getired) will
take place in New York at the home OF
MIR. and Mrs Louis Corea. the son-in-law
and daughter OF Mrs. Fleming, on Janu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20

A second summary shows a subdivision
of the island into nine sections four OF
which are on the East Side and 1--WE on
the West Side. South OF lith street the
division line between east and west Is
Catharine street, the Bowery and Fourth
avenue. which is the western boundary OF
Wards 7. TO- II. l3 and II. This section, from
1905 to 1910, had an increase Of 2,78 per-
sons. with growth OF 1871 persons an
acre. the average density being 60o2S.
The West Side, south Of lith street, In
creased only 2i62. The main loss, between
1ith street and ed street was west of
Sixth avenue. There in 1905 the popula-
ton was 2S6.O75 and in 1910 A.l2i less.
on the east side OF Central Park, up to
10th street, the gain, l9o6-'l0, was $3.50.
and west OF Central Park. %, 49, From
10th street TO l5jth street. west Of Lenox
avenue, which corresponds with Sixth ave-
nue. below Central Park, the East Side
gain was 1850 and the West Side gain rs,
Ol5.
The figures are as follows