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New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
OVERHEATED EXPRESSIONS

There can he no legitimate resent
ment at European condemnation of
the Panama Canal measure. Cnfavor-
able opinions Of it have been freely
expressed here, and they have not been
changed by the fact Of Its final enact
ment. But it will do no good and is
unseemly for the press of Europe or
of America to indulge in violent Ian
guage. Domestic diatribes must at any
rate be on other than partisan
grounds. since Democrats and Third
Termers were far more concerned in
the enactment in Congress than Re-
publicans. As for foreign denuncia-
tions, they would come with least i'll
grace from nations which were them
selves altogether free from suspicion
Of having broken or evaded treaty
obligations.
The question whether or not the
act does violate treaty obligations Is
disputed 1t would have been vastly
better to settle the point before enact
ment: but since that was not done the
question is left to he settled later
and there is as yet no reason TO as
sumo that ii will not be satisfactorily
settled. Without, therefore, in the
least modifying the unfavorable opln-
ion of the bill which we have already
expressed, and which was directed
against other features Of it as well aS
its alleged conflict with the treaty, it
is pertinent TO point out TO Incorporate
critics that in the first place II is not
yet indisputably established that the
bill does violate our treaty obligations,
and that in the second place there has
been no refusal to submit the ques-
ton Of such alleged violation TO a
competent and authoritative tribunal
for determination.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
ACTION IN NICARAGUA.

There is probably no more trying
problem in all the multifariouS foreign
relations Of the United States than the
question what is TO be done in the case
Of persistent and apparently incorrlgi-
bic turbulence in the small neighbOring
states Of Central America and the West
Indies. The fundamental factors Of the
problem are that those states are theo-
retically Independent; that, however, Il
certain responsibility for their conduct
rests upon the United States because OF
the Monroe Doctrine: that they show
themselves incapable of stable self-gov-
ernment according to our standards or
compatible with our commercial inter
cstS in their territory, and that they
are not. as most other nations are. read
lily held responsible for the results Of
their behavior.
Confronted with these facts, what is
the United States to do when revolu-
ti0n succeeds revolution until chronic
state of disorder is produced, in which
American lives and property are en-
dangered or destroyed without any sat
isfactory prospect of even such indem-
nification as might in other cases he
made? We might withdraw entirely
from such country. ut considerable
pecuniary sacrifice, and leave it to
''stew In its own juice; in which case
we are not sure that we should retain
clear title to prevent Intervention by
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
OF JAYS. BY JAYS, FOR JAYS.

The Democrats who have been in
control of Congress. having spent their
energies putting the President in a
hole" are now going to the country
expecting to reap the fruits of playing
politics. But have they really gained
anything 10y It? Surely in vain the net
is spread in the sight Of any bird" Are
the American people less intelligent
than the fowls Of the air, that they
should accept as sincere service 10
them a course of petty politics and dis
honesty so open that even Democrats
themselves denOunce it as vigorously
as do the friends Of the administra'
ton?
Our neighbor "The New York Times.
an ardent champion Of, il recent con-
vert to, Governor Wilson. while call
ing for n revision of the tariff, con-
demns the insincerity OF It's party
leaders because lit was chiefly with
IAN eye to campaign effect that the
democrats of the House prepared
"bills which they knew the President
would veto" 1t says that the pub
''lic welfare is not promoted 10y these
tactics" 1t declares that the canal
bill was full Of politics." that there
was politics Of the silly old Populist
sort in the postofiice appropriation
bill" and that II was "fOr political
reasons and not with any regard for
"public interest that the attacks were
made by riders on the Commerce
Court and the merit system. Summing
up the work of its party with a ref
erence to William Allen Whites dag
noSis Of what Is the Matter with
Kansas and quoting his description
IF the lays" who were running it, our
neighbor says:
The word jay is part Of the vocabu-
larry of slang. At times, nevertheless,
ii is a very useful word. We avail
ourselves of its pertinence and express
siVeness TO say that a very consider
able part OF the legislation or attempted
legislation Of the session just ended
seems to have been of jays. by Jays,
and for jays.
Yet this government 'of jays. by
jays. and for jays" is what the Amerl-
can people are asked to approve and
reward by putting in complete power
over the nation the Democratic party,
which, intrusted with duties Of legiS-
lation, has thus given itself over 10
conscious demagogy and folly. VIII
doubling the jays power for mischief
make them any less jays?
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
A RELIGION.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease. The
former Populist Joan of Are, told a
crowd in Union Square on Saturday
that Mr. Roosevelt was the fine
flower Of knighthood On the same
day Dr. Lyman Abbott. recounting the
virtues Of the third term movement
TO the Orange County Progressive con
vention. declared: This is Religion
Which inevitably suggests the old
story Of the transCendental enthusiasm
of Emerson and Margaret Fuller.
"Wado. this Is Art" Margaret this
is Religion
Il want TO see our schools. says
Dr. Abbott. mot preparing boys and
girls for college. but for life-to make
"the children self-suppOrting. virtuous,
patriotic citizens This is ] take H..
what the Progressive party stands
"for. among other things" But who
doesn't stand for il. and how does Mr.
RooSevelts desire 10 defeat Mr.. Taft
affect reform in the high school curric-
ulum? Mr. Roosevelt has on Occa-
sion declared himself a practical
man." Has he now become the leader
Of an army Of gush. the miracle
worker for the realization Of tran
scemdental dreams. as inchoate as the
religion OF humanity?
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
INSIDE INFORMATION.

When the District Attorney wants IN
formation regarding the graft SITUATION
In this city he gets insiders in under
world business to reveal their knoWl-
edge. or 10 "SQueal.' in technical par
lance He knows that the men on the
inside" have opportunities for acqulr-
ing information such as no Investigator
from the outside can get. On the same
principle information which Senator
Barth $. Cronin, Of Brooklyn. IS giving
to the world regarding one phase or
Tammany Halls legislative methods Is
worthy of attention. 1t comes from the
inside. and Senator CrOnin is known to
be frank-br7ltally frank-cdncernlnS
his own and other peoples political
conduct. Il declared | would not go to
"the Senate again he says. AS a
business man | got tired of their
methods in Albany. They used to ad-
"journ till 10 O'Clock in the morning.
"Then they would not meet until noon.
"They had to wait for the Honorable
jim iuNltN W ~ Al tihA '''D'' 500
ut was waste of time TO go there.
"Some of them had nothing else to do.
"of course, but TO waste time"
4 graphic picture of rammany law
making. TO be sure. IL presents only
the surface appearance, hut that in
wolves waste Of time and waste Of the
peoples money. And what an inspiring
picture it is--that Of the lawmakers Of
the Empire State sitting idle until
Frawley. Murphy's mouthpiece, can
stroll in with the bOss'S orders. Waste
like that IN a business is sign of in
efficiency. IF not Of dishonesty. on the
part Of employees. With Tammany II
was q matter Of course The exterior
manifestations gave accurate indication
Of the way the boss and his henchmen
regarded the states business and the
taxpayers money.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27

demonstrated hundreds OF times. Yet
the Senate blandly clings to that ex-
ploded notion, merely because the in
dividual members are lOath to deprive
themselves Of the opportunity to turn
filibusters in case Of emergency. They
tolerate anarchy collectively because
each feels that he may some day bene-
fit by practising anarchy.
1t is time for the Senate to put aside
the childish tradition Of unlimited par
liamentary freedom. Such freedom
leads only to Generalization. encour-
aging legislation through private dick
erS instead of through public action
The Senate's great need is an amend
ment to its rules which would bring in
order and responsibility and subordi-
nate the will of the individual to the
will Of the body. The present scheme
Of parliamentary control would be
dismissed as childish by the govern
ing body Of a kindergarten republic.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
CONGRESS AND ITS FAILURE

From The Springfield Republican Und).
The exceedingly long session OF Congress
has been so barren OF achievement that II
would be idle to review in detail the meagre
results OF the conflicts and wranglnss that
have distinguished 1t. The prolongaton OF the
session until the last week I'm August, not
withstanding that there was never the least
prospect OF the enactment OF important lcgis-
lation outside Of the regular supply bills. has
only emphasized the futility of governmental
machine that works in this inglorlous style.
There has been demand enough for construc-
tive work OF high character on the part OF
Congress. Tariff legislation. trust legislation.
monetary legislation, conservation legislation
are demanded by the people. But absolutely
nothing has been done In tho legislative hand
ling Of these grave and pressing problems.
Tariff bills passed have been vetoed. In place
Of trust and monetary legislation. the country
has been surfeited with Investigations II
Congress had at the beginning OF the session
determined TO transact at once what business
was possible to transact and then adjourn. the
session could easily have been ended In March
or Auril
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
ARTIFICIAL SOARING.

From Berlin come particulars, not
yet sufficiently confirmed, OF n new
aeroplanc which is able 10 remain sta
tionary in the air. According 10 the
"1'1gliche Rundschau.' officials Of the
German War Office were present at
tests Of the machine. which rose loo
feet in about three minutes. IT Is
equipped with two sets Of motive appa-
ratus. a propeller to give the forward
horizontal motion and set Of four rO-
tating lateral planes. or wings, to HIT
the machine directly from the ground
without q preliminary run to obtain
momentum. To become stationary in
mid-air the pilot merely stops the pro-
peller that provides the forward i'm
pulse. The "Tdgiche Rundschau'
vouchcs for the accuracy of these de-
tails.
There have been frequent attempts
TO combine the hclicopter principle with
that Of the aeroplanc. The principle
is vigorously defended by such men as
Edison. Beriner. COrnu aud Breguet.
Renaud and Maxim conducted eXhaus-
tive tests Of propeller thrusts. for lift
ing az well as for propulsion. but their
work proved TO be Of scientific rather
than of practical value In l7S1, one
year after the first balloon ascension
by the Montgolfers. Launoy and Bien-
venu jointly exhibited before the
French Academy Of Sciences "A toy
helicopter, which can easily be made
with two cOrks, few feathers, a piece
of thread and splint Of bamboo. II is
an excellent fiier and will ascend until
the thread is completely unwound. OF
the totally unsuccessful or merely pro-
jected helicopters since that time there
has been a great number
Ability TO remain stationary in the
air Is the one great feature Of bird
flight that the aeroplane has hitherto
failed to embody. Nature adopts the
helicopter principle in the use Of the
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
IMPRISONMENT IS EXPIATION
The Ex- Convict Has Cancelled His Sin
Against Society-Give Him Chance.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In view OF the general and de-
plorable public attitude respecting dis
charged and reform-desiring convicts.
grcat credit s due The Tribune for sug-
gesting that the Philadelphia city govern
ment decline 10 accept the resignation OF
William Burke.
II appears that he. as a natural result
Of his Inheritance OF and guidance In
crime and criminal surroundings. has Vio-
lataed certain rules OF society and NOR
ality; that he has paid the penalty I'M
posed by society therefor. that he has
most commercially reformed and sought
to lead a better life. and has, moreover
made good" Therefore, is IL not clearly
unjust, and indeed an abominable out
rage. not to accept him for what he ~.
ard is trying to do and TO be, rather
than for what he was In his earlier lite
OF ignorance, miseducation, error and
moral irresponsiblity, due, IL seems
clearly evident, to environment and con-
ditions wholly beyond his control? Is
not this man, from what is observable.
nobility itself as compared with many
wolves in Sleeps clothing in present day
church and society.
Il is the true aim OF society to correct
abuses Of law and order. and to reform.
rather than punish. the violators thereon
II is generally true that such violators
are born into and maliciously constrained
within vicious environments. Must not
society have the same consideration for
s,irh as parcuts should and must have
towards their infants? Victor Hugo, in
his great work, LES Miserables." In the
character of Jean Vatican. made pro-
found impression on the writer along
this line years ago While this case Is
different. yet there arc striking similari-
ties, and especially strong arguments in
both cases for what is here contended
for
beg to submit that IT ought to be
regarded crime To pursue, ostraclZe
and mistreat any person who has paid
the penalty prescribed by the state for
former misdceds, and who is seemingly,
at least, sincere aud striving TO lead an
honest, upright life; that any police or
detective officer, or citizen, VINO may be
proven TO be guilty of advertising such
former criminal. or for acting In way
calculated To prevent or hinder his Sc
curing work, having nothing against him
other than his former Imprisonment, etc,
should be himself deemed to be u Grim
inal and punished, or reformed, accord
ingly. ARTHUR l.. DODGE.
New York. Aug. =. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

Tho alibi factories are working DAY ana h's''
IN Now York. Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York is unfortunate In the taet '"o'
onormous conservative and lawaoidns popu'"
lion does not attract the notice thr s''N'".
70 those who come into contact " nc pV"
Washington star.
The police made a sad error In New '"S
They should have forced Rosenthal to ricf
AN hour IN the subway. II would tneh ha
looked like voluntary suicide. de.-Charieston NV
and Courier
A pistol toter in New York was a''o"eu
20 free BY Magistrate Krotel. and yet "o'"s
wonders why It has gang fights and why INV
cent spectators are wounded by sun'neH'
Waterbury Republican.
We have been waiting to see the peaaSov
papers start IN making caustic comments aoe .
the desperadoes Of New York.-Boston a'0'~
One OF those gamblers who have been eSuss.
,n the New York District Attorneys net ~.
that when he gets out he viii convert Gil o'".
gamblers. Tm Believe that when the ~.
was sick. the devil q saint wouis be--f'"'
delrhia Inquirer. --'--<
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Speaking Of thr nomination OF a
Moose" candidate in Cincinnati against
Nicholas Longworth. a man from ohio
said: "Dr Zwlck. Roosevolts candidate
against son-ln-law MEX is handicapped
by a name. Zwick Is the German for
pinch. tweak or snip and you can Imagine
how under the circumstances that can
be played upon. ! have already heard
a townsman say that the doctor was
good enough In pinch to pinch Nick
ior refusing to be Progressive and that
Nick Longworth had n zwickmGhle
(sure thlng). which zwick could not
zw.ck away from him"
They had dreadful quarrel last
night"
THAT so What about
She wanted 10 get one Of the latest
fight fitting skirts because it's fashion
able. and he said II she did he'd follow
IN the latest fashion note for men and
grow side whiskers. Detroit Free Press.
The school children. dressed all in
white. each boy and girl holding small
American flag. seemed TO enjoy the cheer
ing with which they entertained the
Mayor and the others on the reviewing
stand i'm city Hall Park on Saturday
while waiting for tho Olympic victors
In perfect unison and with evident en-
thusiasm they shouted:
Rah! Rah Rah'
L. =. a.
-M-E-R-I-C.A.
Olympic. Olympic, Olympic.
and whenever a distinguished athlete ap-
peared his name was substituted for
Olympic. When the swarthy Hawaiian
swimmer came in view, with the name
I'm big letters TX X xxx ~ on the auto
mobile in which he sat. little girl In the
top line said: Gee! that's tough name;
let's call him Brown" II was the only
discordant cheer Of the occasion. but was
saved from failure by the voclferous
Brown"
why do you suppose he has such va
cant expression" =,
We'll, he thinks Of himself good
deal. "-Wash hington Herald.
A fine example OF the steadily develop
ing idea OF more realism" In artillery
target practice is given In The Popular
Mechanics Magazine" in an illustrated
article which tells how dummy village
was recently built as a target TO be de-
moished by artillery fire. The village
constructed OF canvas. comprised several
cottages, barns and outhouses, an lhh'
school. hospital, and a church having
spIre thirty-sx feet high. The dummy
village was constructed near Okehamp-
ton. England. In a rolling country ana
the batteries were concealed two miles
away. On hill a mile and half away
from the doomed village were stationed
military observers with range-hnding IN
struments. to direct the fire, and to watch
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
INCONSISTENCY OF ANTS
They Preach Domesticity, but They
Linger in the Limelight Some.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The whole varied history or rae
ton affords few examples of party SO
radically and fatally, yet so involun-
tarily and unavoidably. inconsistent as
that Of the present opponents OF femaie
suffrage.
+ With what mingled feelings or won
der and amusement must we behold tho
spectacle OF earnest, intelligent women
engaged in an arduous political pattie
against the political enfranchisement OF
their sex. leaving their homes TO preach
domesticity on the platform. upholdins
with masculine arms the inviolable cause
OF femininity,
The hostile charge that they eXem-
plify I'm practice what they abnor ]"
principle the antis will probably an
swer by the ever ready plea of self-sac-
rifce but what can they say as TO the
myriads Of good housewives in the op-
posite camp whom the mere permission
TO vote would never lure from the hearth
TO the hustings, but whom the denial OF
an indubitable right has aroused to
bitter struggle for justice? Let the op-
ponents OF woman suffrage consl1er wen
whether the game is really worth the
candle. whether the cause OF domesticlty
has not less to fear from the loss than
the protractlon OF the present struggle.
Those who do not now desire the bal
lot will neither use nor misuse IT II
granted; nor can they then be injured by
its possession. Those few whom the
franchise would really draw into the
whirlpool OF politics are even now such
strenuous campaigners for suffrage that
their condition also must remain unal-
tered. But as for those who will en-
ploy the ballot with serious and intelli-
gent purpose with that sense OF civic
duty so lacking in the average male cit-
zen, II would be sheer folly to deny these
women a vote which they Will cast for
the benefit alike Of the nation and the
home. BENJAMIN GROSSBAC VI.
Now York AUG "a, 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
CHILDISH.

1t would hardly have seemed natu-
raj had the session Of Congress not
ended with a filibuster in the Senate.
So many sessions in recent years have
expired in exhibitions Of parliamentary
anarchy that the country is accus-
toned to expect nothing better from
that branch of Congress which
thoughtlessly boasts that ii is 1.-The
most august deliberative body on
earth" II is least august when its
parliamentary machinery breaks down
at the end Of "a session. Restraint is
then usually cast aside and the real
character OF the system under which
the Senate is content TO make laws
comes TO the surface. Respect for
orderly procedure and the right of the
majority TO control are both rudely
fiaunted. and only ridiculous test Of
physical endurance or surrender Of
the majority TO the minority enables
the hapless upper house TO get its
own consent to wind up its business.
Such spectacles as the flibuster OF
Saturday. Sunday and yesterday win
he frequent in the Senate so long as
that body fails to modernize its rules
and put the power Of self-goyernment
into the hands Of responsible ma
iority. The Senate is probably the only
parliamentary assembly in the United
States which deliberately puts itself
at the mercy Of minority or Of indi-
vidual members. The falsity Of the
assumption that the minority or the
single member will not abuse the
license dangled before him has been
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27

some other power. We might let the
revOlutionists raise all the ructiohe
they could, and at the end demahu III,
demnitv for the losses which we nad
suffered. with cheerful probaolllt!
that we should get nothing unless we
collected it by force and thus prac-
tically confiscated a large part OF Inc
offending country Neither OF those
courses appeals strongly to the pracu-
cal sense Of justice or of discretion.
There must be great reluctance 10
intervene for the suppression OF re-
volt and the restoration OF ORDER lor
that means the doing of precisely WHAT
the domestic government of the co'lh-
fry In question ought itself TO do; ana
if involves. moreover. almost unavOld-
able danger of taking. or of seeming 10
take. the side Of one of the parties to
domestic quarrel in which we nave no
concern. Yet il is conceivable that
there are eases In which such extreme
action would he really the part OF
benevolent neighbOrlinesS as well as
iudicious safeguarding of our own IN
terests. Whether such case is now
presented in Nicaragua is question
demanding careful and dispassionate
consideration. such as doubtless is be-
ing given to It by che government on
the basis OF the fullest obtainable in
formation. The present administration
has hitherto exercised such good judg-
ment in these matters that there VIII
be a general inclination to trust the
wisdom Of its action in Nicaragua.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-27

fiat blade-like wings Of the hummins
bird and many insects. These are Dach-
to.nature times. The reports from Ger
many give promise that the laws gov,
erning the performance of nature >
hiers may soon be more clearly under
stood and that the machines which are
now dragged through the air by sheer
force of excessive power may DE IT,
placed by types more closely resem-
bling the magnificent. effortless hish'
of soaring birds.