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the railroads TO pay a much larger share
of taxation and to put into his place one
who was so favOrebly regarded by the
railroads that some Of them discontinued
or POSTPONED their hearings before the
Board of Assessors until the change In
its membership should be made, deeming
IL worth while to do so even at the cost
Of a IL per cent tax for the delay. NO
doubt il was worth while 20 arrange the
postponement for the sake Of getting rid
of the man who added hundred and
fifteen million dollars to the assessments.
Switches and sidlngs are indeed very
convenient on a single track road. But
It will be highly interesting to observe
the Judgment Of the people Of the state
upon the Governor who opposes prac-
teal plan for making railroads abate at
their own cost the nuisances Of their own
creation and who at the same time drops
from Office a particularly efficient man
who had incurred the dislike Of railroad
corporations because Of his insistence
upon a higher assessment of their prop
erty. 1t must he borne In mind that sin
gle track roads may lead I'm various d.
rections and to various terminals ana
that while closed sidings lead nowhere
open switches sometimes lead to disaster.
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THE MISSISSIPPI.

The IIoang-HO, or Yellow River, has
long been called the Woe Of China, be-
cause Of it's vast, uncomfortable and de-
structive floods, which have probably
been the worst In the world. devastating
thousands Of miles Of land and annlhil-
ating the homes Of millions Of people.
We shall be fortunate II corresponding
name is not appropriately fixed upon the
Mississippi. which has for many years
been periodically the woe Of America,
and which, with the progress Of time and
the increase Of population and Of prop
erty values along its course, shows no
inclination TO mend its ways.
The problem Of controlling that great
stream so as to prevent disastrous floods
may appear insoluble. 1t doubtless is stu
pendous In magnitude and in difficulties.
Yet its very magnitude indicates the
urgent deslrability Of solving It. We may
grant that 1t will involve the greatest en-
cheering works ever undertaken In this
or any other country, but that does not
necessarily imply impOsSibility. and If
competent engineers should pronounce 1t
possible the problem would resolve itself,
first into the selection Of the best method
of work, and, second. into finding the
ways to defray the cost. That would he
enormous. no matter what method were
adopted, but contrasted with 1t is the loss
periodically imposed upon the nation by
the floods to which the river is now sub
ject. Just now we are entering upon the
final strokes Of what has been called the
greatest engineering work in the world.
1t might he worth while to consider the
practicabiity. two years hence. when the
isthmian work is done, of directing the
engineering ability which has proved so
splendidly efficient ut Panama toward
the problem Of abating the Mississippi
floods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
THE PRESIDENT AND THE COURTS.

In a speech before the American Bar
Association a few years ago President
Taft was reported as saying: The prac-
"tical administration Of justice In the
United States is reproach 70 our CIVIL
cation" But he proposed no remedy. |
have never made any arraignment or the
courts quite so severe as the arraignment
contained I'm this speech by Mr.. Taft.
The difference is that whereas Mr.. Taft
not only proposes no remedy whatever.
and he Is against every practical remedy
that has been proposed. propose mod
crate and constitutional remedy by which
the people themselves, after due delibera-
ton, will be able TO obtain Justice
Colonel Roosevelt at Pittsburgh.
This is as erroneous as Colonel Roose-
velt's assertion the other day that the
President had done nothing for the wei
fare Of children, when as matter
Of fact the federal children's bureau
bill had Just been passed through his
efforts.
So far from being against remedies
which would improve the administra-
ton Of Justice, the President has repeat
edly advocated a variety Of changes
that would cheaper and expedite It's
processes. He has advised the limita-
ton Of the right Of appeal so that the
litigant with the long purse may not
exhaust his poorer rival by fighting
case up from one court 10 another. He
has urged simplifying codes of procedure
so as to eliminate the technlcalities that
to-day make justice slow and uncertain.
When the administration Of the law is
improved it will have TO be along the
lines proposed by Mr. Taft.
The proposed recall Of decisions would
have no effect upon the laws delays or
technicaities. It could not he employed
in bringing about justice between man
and man. Colonel Roosevelt himself has
said so, dlsclaiming any intention Of
settling ordinary cases by reference TO
the people. Whatever his plan might do,
it would not make it any easier or less
expensive for the common sutton 10 get
justice when some one owed him money
and declined to pay. And the practical
everyday faults in the administration
Of justice. civil and criminal, are OF
vastly more importance 10 the public
than all the ultra -Conservatis that the
courts have ever shown in interpreting
the Constitution.
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VIEW YORK FOR TAFT.

The passage by the Rochester conven-
ton of resolution urging all the New
York delegates to Chicago to work FOR
the denomination Of President Taft VIII
meet the approval of the great mass OF
Republican voters. 1t is not worth while
splitting hairs over the language or a
declaration of this sort so long as II
accomrlishes its essential purpose. the
Tribune advocated the passage or q
resolution of positive instructions nj
Rochester because that is the customary
method used I'm state and district con
ventiOns to put on record the WlSheS
Of the voters for whom the delegates
are TO act. Most state conventions in
the last fifty years have followed the
practice Of issuing formal Instructions
But It is of comparatively little conse-
uuence how the directions to the dele
gates are conveyed, so long as they are
recognized by all 70 he explicit and
binding.
1t would have been more closely IN
accordance with Republican policy and
practice if the committee on resolutions
had not followed the example set IN
1908 of seeming to include within the
scope of the declaration the delegates
elected from the Congress districts. y
state convention has no jurisdiction
over any delegates but the delegates-at-
large. and it suggests lack Of famil-
iarity with party history when a Re-
publican state gathering issues any rec
OmmendatiOn whatever directed TO the
representatives Of the Independent Con-
gress districts. Nevertheless, there Will
be little dissent from the statement of
the platform that in voting for Mr..
Taft's denomination both delegates-at-
large and district delegates will carry
tout the choice Of the Republicans OF
"this state"
New York is as strongly for the Presi-
dent as Illinois has declared itself to
be for Colonel Roosevelt, and the I'M
qualified and unanimous announcement
Of that fact by the state convention will
dispel all possible doubt as to New
York's preference and general attitude
in the next national convention.
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
fBy telegram n The Trim,

tBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Newport, April l0.-Mrs. William Is. Iced
has placed Rough Point her Ncvpor,
place formerly owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick w. Vanderbilt, on the market.
Mrs. Leeds has not occupied the place
since the death OF her husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. 4. Van Buren,. of New
York, are guests at the Muenchlnger King
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Lewis. OF Bear
Creek. Penn. and Mr. and Mrs Howard 5.
Graham. of Chestnut Hin Penn. are I'd
arrive at their summer homes carly i'm NAV
Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, of New
York, were visitors here to-day inspectln !
their summer home Sea Verge, and thed
yacht. the Electra.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish Websterl
who have been abroad for some time al 4
to start for home on June 10.
Mrs. Sidney Webster will arrive the lsi1
to- part Of the month for the summer
Charles II. Scott, of New York, is Newt
port visitor.
Miss Cleveland has ended her visit wii1
Mrs. Cameron MGR. Winslow and has rel
turned to New York
Hugh d, Auchnclcss was here to-day inA
specting his summer place Hammersmltf
Farm.
MIR. and Mrs. Alfred Tuckermsn. of Ned
York, have arrived at the Malcolm cottagf
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THE ILLINOIS RESULT.

The supporters Of President Taft have
no desire to minimize the result Of the
primary election in Illinois Though Mr..
Taft's campaign managers acknowledged
that the outlook was far from enc0ur-
aging, they did not expect, and even Colo
mel Roosevelt's managers did not expect,
so complete a Roosevelt victory. There
is no reason, however, for thinking that
the conditions which the vote Of Illinois
reflected are widespread, either in the
rest Of the Middle West or in the country
at large. They are not typical, as has
been shown in Indiana, Michigan and
Kentucky and will be shown later in
Ohio. Iowa, Missouri and Kansas 1t
will not be wise to measure Mr.. Taft's
strength anywhere outside Of Illinois by
the one-Sidedness Of the Illinois vote.
Circumstances unfortunately combined
to permit the unfair use against the
President Of an issue which had no rela-
ton whatsoever TO his candidacy. That
was the Lorimer issue. Many voters in
Illinois were apparently misled into be-
lieving that they could best express their
dissatisfaction with Mr.. Lorimer and
with the United States Senate's failure to
unseat him by voting for Colonel ROose-
welt and against Mr.. Taft. The Lorimer
on the President. and that handicap on
his canvass proved insuperable. Yet it is
an indisputable fact that Mr. Taft did
not think that Mr.. Lorimer was entitled
to seat in the Senate and frankly al
vised in favor Of Ousting him when the
report Of the first investigating commit
tee was before the Senate.
1t is one Of the characteristics Of an
American electorate when aroused to
strike in a general election at one head,
without needing too closely what damage
may be done TO innocent bystanders.
Senator Cullom went down as result Of
the anti-LOrimer revUlsiOn. But he voted
to uphold Mr.. Lorimer's title, and so was
not blameless- President Taft had taken
the opposite view, yet he was sacrificed.
One state does not carry a national
convention, and the situation in Illinois
is not likely to be duplicated elsewhere
Meanwhile, the Taft managers may turn
the lesson Of Tuesday TO good account.
They ought to realize that certain kind
Of support may prove injurious, and that
the President will command the fullest
popular approval wherever. he stands
most completely and exclusively on his
own admirable record as a disinterested,
wise and progressive statesman.
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HAfLSTONE SALAD.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At the Easter dinner OF one of New
York's leading hotels was served this cole
brated dish. the chef there being grandson
OF Herr Won KuturcnOzeof, who invented Il
and was first to serve II TO his august mas
ter. tho Emperor Of Austria. on the battle
field Of Solferino, June g. 1859. where It will
be remembered occurred one OF the most
terrible hailstones recorded in history
1t has long been known that hailstones
are not simply CONCEALED water. but contain
besides about 40 per cent OF edible food, rich
In protelds. phosphorus and carbohydrates.
which when combined with prOtenchyma.
especially common grass. produce In the
human system during digestion proteo-
lytic equilibrium delightful to experience.
Whether hail. as some scientists contend.
is simply a meteoric shower of comminuted
matter thrown off from other plants by
some great electrical disturbance in the In
visible ether which permeates all space or
simply bits of ice which In passing through
the air absorb the food elements is still an
undecided question, but, however II may be,
II is fact that combined with fresh mown
grass Il makes the finest salad in the world,
and tho portion supplied at the hotel in
question We may say was taken from hall
preserved I'm cans by what is known as the
Guerlckian vaculation system. which so
softens the stones that they can be sliced
like vegetables The salad is served with
the new mayonnalse dressing of Normandy
vinegar. soya bean oil and yok OF penguin
eggs. The new dish will be listed on hotel
menus as "sterrypin salad"
FITZ NIGEL.
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passinp months have made each ana
avery one Of them a "IIome Run Baker
in the hopes of an admitting constituency
Absence from the diamond and the MI
raculous spring training have restored
tbe batting eye. Luck, which was
against them" all last season, Is gone ike
An evil spell There Is not taii-enuer
that is going TO finish lower than IN the
first DIVISION" II not actually Ill nrsC
place. what with the old players better
than I'm years before and with the ex-
traordinary young players "found 10
plug the gaps
We are speaking Of the game In gen
eral. not Of the Giants, the pride ana
especial glory of New York. Or the
Giants there is no occasion for hope
Regarding the Giants there Is nothing
less than certainty. Who has tremor
of doubt about those wonderful wings
about those batting eyes that never get
off?
Men may lose faith In public institu-
tions and grow cynical about public men,
but who would doubt the members Of the
home team. which had just won the pen
nant, or which had been knocking at the
door of first place for years, or which
had been rejuvenated with "fnds' and
was sure 70 he fighting It out with the
top ones this YEAR, The fierce loyalty Of
his partisans toward the ball player
throws a light on the feudal system.
The man who in old days could crack
head as surely as the modern knight of
the diamond can "crack the sphere" did
not lack devoted followers. II is merely
q question Of hitting, heads or balls.
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HE WHO SERVES THEPEoPLE BEST

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Let thu Republican party stand
sauarely on the record made and being
made by President Taft He believes that
"he who serves the people (the whole peo-
ple) best serves his party best" and the
people VIII respond to that principle at the
ballot box. The vaporings OF malcontents,
OF fomenters OF dIscord. OF emlssarles or
hatred will not count against the Gibraltar
like attitude OF righteousness upon which
President Taft has planted himself.
The people were fooled by coterie or
politicians I'm 1892, when President Harri-
son was defeated by the same tactics no"
being employed to defeat President Taft
The price paid in the hard times that fol-
lowed has not been forgotten and the recol-
lection IS too fresh in memory TO permit g.
repetition Of the performance at this time.
The people mot the shouters) are with
Taft: the quiet. conservative vote, Republic
cans and Democrats alike, Will be with him
at the election. II Roosevelt should run IN
dependent there will be more Democrats
voting for him than Republicans; no doubt
Of that. c. S.
South Orange. ~ j. April 2, 1912.
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son insist that offices should be kept niied
with incapable men just because they are
veterans. The inevitable conclusion -
that when a man, veteran or clvllian' IL
no longer able to do the work OF MS
place he must be dropped from 1t or oe
transferred to some other place the
duties Of which he Is still able 10 per-
form.
That does not mean. however tnat the
veteran is to be coldly turned out 10
shift for himself, or even that he Is 10
fare no better than a civilian. lie may
still be provided for under the pension
system. the benefits of which are not
available for civilians. In such case'
however. the bounty should frankly ap-
pear as q pension. which it is honorable
to give and honorable to receive anu hoC
as an unearned salary, which can neither
be paid nor accepted with credit
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WILL READ ANoeRsEN's TALES.

\ dramatic reading Of the tales Of llan
Christian Andersen by Filth Reumert as
sisted by the Misses Fuller, IN costume, Z
English and Scottish folk songs. will b
given for the benefit OF the Jacob 4. I'm
Neighborhood Settlement on April IS, al 90
y. m. at the Hotel Plaza
Mr.. Reumert IS the leading comedIs1
OF the Royal Theatre. Copenhagen, and
comes TO America by special permission q
the King of Denmark. Among the ps1
tronesses are Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Mn1
Cleveland II. Dodge, Mrs. Seth Low. Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt. Mrs. Herbert satterI
lee and Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer,.
Tickets can be obtained at the Plaza .!
from Mrs. Norman w. Dodge. No. We1
S7th street
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"PIo THAT WOULDN'T GO" VERSES.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Tho account OF the origin OF
we'll known nursery story given In to-
days paper March 29) Is very interest
ing. Many OF the Mother Goose songs are
said to be several centuries old. but that
is nothing compared 10 the traditional
songs Of the Jews" wish TO suggest,
however. that when you say that one Of
these Passover songs is the model Of THE
House That Jack Built you have the
wrong pig by the ear for Il is pig story
whose words 50 closely resemble those OF
the Jewish song.
You may like 10 compare those words
with each other. ! think the childs story
which I refer to. and which is very old is
called Tho Pig That Wouldn't Go"
The rope began To hang the butcher,
The butcher began to kill the OK
Tho OK began to drink the water,
The water began to quench the fire,
The fire began to burn tho stick.
The stick began to beat the dog,
The dog began TO bite the pig.
And tho pig began to 60"
have been told that this famous pig
story is introduced into one Of the public
school readers as a classic. G.
New York, March 20 1912.
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THE REDUCTION or

IHE hEDUCiiON .OF lEIEhAN y.
General LIQUIDS protest against the re-
duction I'm rank or pay Of Civil War vet
Grams who are employed in the public
service calls attention to an important
condition Of affairs which is inexorably
imposed by the progress Of time and
which is to be regarded from the points
Of view both OF sympathy and of bust
ness. 1t seems intolerable TO dismiss or
to degrade former soldier of the Union
just because he has grown old In the ser
vice Of the country, to his hardship and
distress. Yet, OH the other hand, from
a business point of view, which Is not
necessarily harsh or hard-hearted, it is
not Just 10 the public to retain men in
places which they are no longer compe-
tent to fill and at salaries which they
cannot earn.
It is a pathetic fact, no doubt, but II
is still fact, that men do grow old and
unfit for further service, and that vet
eran soldiers are no exception to that
rule. Public ofIces are not and should
not be made eleemosynary institutions.
No reasonable man should object to the
giving of preference In appointment TO
veteran soldiers, so long as they are capa-
bic Of performing the required duties.
But neither should any reasonable per.
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NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

When n comes to arhitrating with New
York taxicsb man. even a member Of the diplo-
matte corps is liable to have his troubles
Washington Star.
BY the opening Of an "al-night theatre
Chicago has shown New York that It has not
vet said the last word I'm "all-night' enter
prises Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
New York woman sues doctor for sewing a
sponge up IN her interior She will perhaps he
awarded a sum large enough to pay the bill he
sends in for the missing sponge. Cleveland Plain
Dealer
New York society women. who are bound to
he economical no matter what Il costs. are doing
their own marketing and fetching their pur-
chases home IN taxicabs.- Syracuse Post-Stand-
ard.
IAN the worlds stage" Is an old saw and
Il might be added that nearly all OF New YORK
buildings are theatres However all the people
I'm the world are not stars. "-Elmira Adver-
tiser.
Morgan g. Buckley sold shoes Tuesday In
or4icr to get votes for the Republican candidate
for Navor of Hartford. But then. the former
Senator will recollcct that Tin" sullivan gave
them away for years IN New York for the same
purpose.-waterbury Republican.
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PREVENTION OF FLOODS
Another Engineer Endorses the Srg-
gestions of "Gargoyle.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the rush incident to the magni-
tude OF accomplishments expected each day
OF great newspaper like The Tribune. you
would perhaps overlook some Of the state
ments Of vital importance noted In its
columns. And this note Is only for the
purpose Of fixing attention more closely
upon the engineering statements OF Gar
goyle." under the heading The Mississippi
Floods" on page of yesterday's-Sun-
day's-Tribune. There are embraced in that
short communication facts known to every
careful student Of hydraulics which are
Of more than passing importance 10 hun
dreds OF thousands of the American people.
1t appears almost impossible, however, to
get the great majority Of Congressman and
other legislators interested I'm these simple
hydraulic problems, which are therein set
forth As proof Of this statement witness
the failure for year after year Of the Leg
islature Of our own state to husband and
conserve the od-given. powermaklng
forces OF nature by the storage OF water
on the upper tributaries OF the rivers OF
this state. To the engineering student Of
the problem this negligence seems almost
crime. So too. IL Congress could grasp
for a single minute the reasons and tho
remedy for preventing disastrous foods for
the future I'm the Mississippi Valley, so
clearly stated by "Gargoyle." possibly some
action would be taken.
Your engineering correspondent wrote, no
doubt, under the pseudonyme "Gargoyle'
hoping to avoid that Obstructive element
so prevalent I'm all good work-the green
eyed monster''-and thereby turn the atten-
ton away from his personality to the prob
lem which ought to be dear to every Amer
lean citizen. | may, perhaps, initiate his
example by the signature.
FORTY-TWO YEARS A STUDENT OF
HYDRAULICS.
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PEOPLE and Social Incidents
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, April 10.-Miss Helen bar
Der. a Bryn Mawr student, who has been
with Miss Taft since Friday, returned 70
her school to-day Miss Eleanor j. Rocker
and Miss Edith Goddard Rocker, daughters
Of Mr.. and Mrs. william G. Rocker OF
New York, arrived this afternoon, and VIII
be Miss Taft's guests for some days Four
Oof her schoolgirl friends came over from
Baltimore to-day and remained for lunch
con, leaving here this afternoon. In the
party were Miss FAIRIES, Miss Chase Miss
Arthurs and Miss Hammer. Tonight MISS
Taft and her house guests the Misses
Rocker. attended the ball given BY Mrs'
Robert w. Patterson for her daughter
Countess Eleanor Gizycka.
The President and Mrs. Taft were guests
Of the British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
at dinner and later attended the reception
DR.. and Mrs. Charles Henry Butler gave
In honor Of Justice Pitney.