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New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
MR.. TAFTs OHIO SPEECHES.
RECOGNIZING THE FACTS.

RECOGNIZING THE FACTS
Frou, The Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Can anything he lost by candid recognition OF
facts that everybody knows? The President
shows that he has implicit faith in the intel
ugence and discrimination OF the American reo-
ple He demonstrates that hc believes in real
proeress. but dares to call sham progress
cbimera chasing and dema goglery by their right
names, and TO declare that he will have nothing
I'm do with uuackery-that the Republican party
does not believe in "unsettng the FOUNDATIONS ol
government To indulge in the fancies Of hope
THE INSURGENTS AND THE VOTERS
From The Providence News
The attack of the President on the Insurgents
should have a good effect OH the voters who
beIieyc i'm tho election OF another Republican,
President Men who are in the ranks of
party should give very strong reasons, reinforced
by the clear marking cut of defects. when they
oppose for denomination man whose integrity
is unouestoned Any Republican can claim the
rIght 10 be a candidate for his party nomination.
hut he must In such case as the present he wen
convinced that he can bc of better service TO the
country than Mr. Taft would bee for another four
wears The welfare ot the country first and then
the welfare of the party must he the guiding
principle ef any man fit to be President OF the
United states
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
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TIE TALK or THE Uh.

Mayor Fitzgerald OF Boston has fired"
his Fire Commissioner. Charles D. Daily.
This IS not particularly important in itself,
but IL Will interest whole lot Of football
enthusiasts who remember Charlie" DAILY.
first OF Harvard and later OF West Point.
Most of the Boston papers speak OF
Honey F1tz's" action as a blunder. the
alleged ground for the dismissal being
purely technical violation Of an obscure
section OF statute. Indeed. The Tran
script calls the performance "a desperate
blunder" and adds that the removal OF
Commissioner DAILY IL one OF the most IN
defensible overt acts Of which the Mayors
administration has been guilty. and that
Is saying a great deal. II is a move in de
fiance OF Justice and decency. an injury to
the fire service the exent OF which can
hardly be measured and a menace TO the
city's welfare"
His machine goes up without any ap-
parent reason Do you suppose ne has
succeeded in discovering negative gravity?'
''In a way. think he has "A pound Of
butter concealed In that little steel case"
Houston Post
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
LEGALITY OF THE PREFERENCE.

Whether or not the taxpayers suit to
epjoin the Public Service Commission
from agreeing to make a preferential
payment to any subway operator is the
friendly" one that has been promised,
IL is Just as we'll that such a test has
been begun. 1t probably can be rushed
through to final determination in time
not seriously to interfere with the
awarding Of subway operation contracts.
The issue needs to be settled, for pref
erential payment Of some sort underlies
every offer which the city has received
In recent months. Even that offer over
which Mayor Gaynor laments so often
called for a variety Of payments In
preference to that of interest upon the
bonds which the city will be compelled
TO issue for subway construction. The
subsequent offers. 1t is included in the
understanding reached with the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company. It is in
volyed In the bargain being negotiated
with the Interborough company. If,
therefore, such preference Is unconsti-
tutional, the subway situation returns
TO chaos and original night and more
negotiations.
The preferential payment seems fair
enough, for example, In the case Of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. That
company offers to put into the transit
system it's elevated lines. already earn
ing a handsome income, II it is assured
that IL will at least get out OF the sys-
TEN substantially as much money as 1t
is now earning with those lines. The
city risks nothing by this bargain, for
the elevated lines are certain to contrib
ute to the joint subway and elevated
system q sum larger than their present
earnings. Even In the case Of the In
terborough company the preferential
payment seems not as unreasonable as
1t did when at first proposed. 1t is not
unnatural for the possessor of profita-
bic system 10 ask assurance that he will
be no worse off through furnishing the
public additional facilities, since the
public insists upon contract under
which It is virtually certain that he
will have little chance Of becoming bet
/. ter of.
II is desirable that the city should
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

have the right to make preferential pay
ments, for only through granting them
is it likely that it will be able TO gel
the terms--exacting in other respects
that it is insisting upon accepted by
operators If long rides for a nickel ana
concessions such as are asked of the In
terborOugh company are TO be obtained
the city must be able 10 offer some com
pensating advantage. and the one re-
quired by every bidder is the preferen-
tial payment
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
SPENDING THE sPONDULIX.

GNots: 4 young man in New Jersey who re-
Gently fell heir TO a good sum OF money is being
advised by "friends' how to spend IT.
Want some advice IN the matter OF how
You can be parted from dfty-odd thou?
Well, though We never had quite so much
nun,
Let me advise how the Job may be done:
Pay no attention to honk-wagon stun.
That doesn't scatter the coin fast enough.
Don't try spiel on the merry White Way:
True, It will go, but some coppers will stay;
Don't purchase wine, or the famed lobster
grub,
That methods ancient and tried by each
dub.
Don't be a piker while you have the dough,
Show everybody how fast you can throw:
Come to New York. where we do the tall
dive
Purchase some food for family OF Hvo;,
Pay deposit for rent on a fiat.
Then. II a surplus remains after that.
Buy up some butter and beef bones. Then
Back to New Jersey and count what you
owe.
Trouble In ridding yourself Of the stuff?
We find our troubles I'm getting enough.
A. w. l..
"Hill work. replied the demonstrator,
after Stiggins had inspected the new car
carefully. "Hill work? Why that's our
strong point, Mr.. stiggins. This car can
"Ha! hum demurred stiggins. Then 1
guess I'll look elsewhere j never saw a
car yet that climbed trees that was any
good afterward. ."-Harper's Weekly.
There was considerable comment recently
on the tricks played by names when In a
landlord and tenant proceeding II devel-
oped that the tailor on one side gloried In
the name Schuster-cobbler-w the
shoemaker on the other side had the name
Standardization when 1t was announced
I'm the Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court yesterday that Charles Schamroth
had been disbarred attention was called to
the fact that his German name translated
would read Blush of Shame"
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
CENTRAL PARK IN THE PAST
Comment on the Selection of Shrubs
and Trees Used by Former Architects.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your issue of to-day makes reference
10 the report OF the landscape architect OF
the Park Board, who is quoted as saying:
"It is not generally known that the original
planting Of the park" meaning Central
Park, was done with exotic trees and
shrubs which were III adapted to our cl-
mate"
Permit me to quote from the report Of
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This newspaper is oWned and pub
Hshed by The Tribune Association, O
NeU York corporation; office and pruf-
cipoL place Of business, Tribune Build
ing, No. 154 Nassau street, Ne1o YORK.;
ogden N. Reid, president; Conde Ham
lin. secretary; james II. Barrett, treas
urer. The address Of the officers is the
Office Of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03


Princeton, are receiving congratulations
on the birth of a daughter at the Hotel
Gotham, where they are spending the
winter.
Mrs Rowland Davis gave a dance at the
Colony Club last night for her daughter.
Miss Sybil W. Davis. Several dinners were
given in connection with the affair, the
hostesses including Mrs. Hilborne l.. Roose-
welt. Mrs. James Il. Strong and Mrs
Gourdin Y. Gailard.
Another dance Of last evening was that
given by Mrs. Frederick z. Lewis at hey
house No % West SD street, for her son,
Wadsworth Russell Lewis. The house was
decorated with yellow and white spring
flowers. There was general dancing
throughout the evening and supper was
served at midnight. Among the guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander D b. Pratt.
Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Hoppin, Mr.. ard
Mrs. T. Egerton Webb, Miss Laura V.
Webb. Miss Virginia AleXandre, Miss Alico
Drexel, Miss Eleanora kissel, Miss Emily
Winthrop, Miss Lesley Pearson. Miss
Katherine Lawrance, Miss Emily Sloane,
Miss Josephine Nlcoll Miss Maude and
Miss Marian Kennedy. Miss Rose O'Neil
Kane. Miss Mildred Rives Miss NJ. Civileso
Alexandra, Miss Charlotte Cram, Miss
Maude q. Shepherd. Miss Cornelia Van
Auken Chaplin, Richard Gambrill, Stephen
Van Rensselaer,. Malcolm Sloane, NJ. Taylor
Pyne, jr., Walter Kingsland, Percy X.
Pyne. I'd. Carroll W. Winslow. Vanderbilt
Webb. Sidney Dillon Ripley, Oliver Was-
l4r1 a, TafG !
Harry Alexandra, jr.. Reginald Waterbury,
Ashbel Barney and James Barney.
Mrs. Edward s. Harkness gave dinner
dance last night at Sherry's for her niece.
Miss Elizabeth Stillman Kendall, the
debutante daughter OF Mrs. william Arm
strong The entire small ballroom suite
was used, and dinner was served at seven
tables in the Tapestry Room. There was
no cotilon, but favors were given to tho
guests. the women receiving scarfs and
their partners cigarette lighters. Supper
was served at midnight. Among the dinner
guests were DIR. and Mrs. William Arm
strong Miss Ursula W. Brown, Miss Caro-
Q. Brown, Miss Adeliue Townsend, Miss
Vouetti r. Proctor. Miss Gwendolin Con-
don. Miss Marjorie Weeks, Miss Vera l..
Van Buren,. Henry V. B. Darlington, Ed
ward II. Townsend, Irving Pardee and
Howard Bonbright. Mr. and Mrs. HarK-
ness and Miss Kendall are sailing for Eli
rope on February q.
Miss Charlotte lie Roy Glover gave
bridge party yesterday afternoon at her
apartment in the Hotel Buckingham.
Mrs. W. Starr Miller will give a dinner
this evening at her house, No. 80 Fifth
avenue,
The Saturday Evening Dancing Glass
will meet this evening at Delmonico 3.
There Will be no cotillon.
Mr. and Mrs +. Egerton Webb and Miss
Laura Webb will go TO Palm Beach On
February 15
Mr and Mrs. Frederick c. HavemcyeT
will leave town on February Is for Aiken,
5. &.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY

IErom Tho Tribuno Bureau.I
Washington, Feb. Representative and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth are entertaining
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goeet, Of New YORK.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

again. The loss TO the operatives m
wages was fully s5,0oO.eOo, and the loss
TO the cotton trade Of Lancashire was
S35OOOOOO. It was costly struggle
with an incOnclusive result.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
FULL or FIGHT.


From The Watertown Times.
PresIden. Taft Is full Of fight. ana IS not At
all discouraged at the outlooH. In his Columbus
speacb he said: 1T IL not the first time " lN
history. when as [ verify believe this comihs
,,r,pslpn Is 20 show. that the Republican party
h,s ,,e mower in Itself TO win victory again ana
- sboS, that it is the real agency in the United
s,.,ss urop which real progress can be based
,rh,, - o,,itc ,ruo Previous 10 every Repuhh-
can National Convention there are dissensions
g., Tho rort, orcasloncd by dissatisfaction .,
com, things that had been done by the s'rite u
,,r.iiiatss for the nomination. The Republican
n,rt,. has always had the power 10 purify itseh
,,,,,, III, and ,ho process Of publication
bcfogs other ISSUES.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

that his record shall BE- his platform President
Taft has accomplished much during his time >"
the White House. The record Of trust prosecn
tons carried on under his direction would be
sufficient to entitle any President 10 recognition
as an aggressive champion Of the peoples rights
He has taken a very advanced position IN o"
effort TO secure world peace. The postal savings
bank the corporation tsN safety appliance
law. an employers liability law and many o'ner
constructive acts have been placed on the statue
hooks since he was elected.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
IMpREssrNG SUPPORTERS.
springfield Republican.

From The Springfield Republican.
The Presidents return from Ohio is signaiized
by the first bold claim as TO his strength In the
coming Republican National Convention that his
secretary and political manager has made public.
The confidence OF MIR. Hilles that MIR. TAFT VIII
be renomlnated substantially without opposition
will Impress the Presidents supporters as re
freshing change OF demeanor In administration
circles. Armies like stirring and encouraging
bulletins from Headquarters. and Mr.. Hilles ap-
pears to have acquired the Enack 81 composing
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
ONE SOLID PLANK.

From The Philadelphia Press.
President Taft, on the record of his four years
administration will go down In history as one
OF the ablest men who have ever sat In the Nhite
House and as a President peculiarly entitled 10
the gratitude of his countrymen for the steau-
fastness with which resisting all temptation 10
curry popular favor, he has stood ike rock
against the assaults on our institutions whieh
had FOR their most pernicious objective the under
mining OF the authority and the independence OF
oiir courts
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs. Charles b. Alexander gave small
dance last night at her house, No. West
osth street.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
THE RECORD.
I. Paul Dlspatcl

From The st. Paul Dispatch.
President Taft in the speeches delivered yes
tcriay IN Ohio makes Il plain that he proposes
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

The refusal Of the Court OF Appeals 10
interfere with the efforts 10 secure tne
exemption Of a large number OF places
in the State Controllers office does not
ar all touch the merits Of the case. me
court, rightly we think. refuses 10 SUD-
stituie its own discretion for that or the
State Civil Service Commission. Inc
| Governor. however, has by law both dis
cretion and responsibility in the prem
ises, and Il is to be hoped that ne VIII
not approve this raid of the spollsmen.
Most Of the places transferred from the
competitive to the exempt class In the
Controller's Office by resolutions now be-
fore him for approval were made COM
petitive under Governor Hughes. with
the consent Of the Democratic member
of the commission who Is now Its presi-
dent. They were made competitive sole
ly with the view of extending the merit
system and not to protect incumbents In
their offices. They are not so protected.
If the Controller is dissatisfied with any
one Of them he can make instant re-
moval. Examinations have been sue
cessfully held for many Of the places,
and there is not the slightest doubt that
all of them could be satisfactorily filled
by competition. and some Of them al
ready have been by Controller Sohmer.
There Is therefore no excuse for throw
ing these offices back into the domain OF
the spoilsmen. The sole reason for the
effort Is to get political patronage, and
Governor Dix should defeat 1t.
DR.. Wilson's pious wish having failed,
Leader Underwood is having try at
knocking Bryan into a cooked hat.
Much exultation is expressed by
friends of the Congressional free seeds"
distribution over the recent incident at
Guthrie, KY, when n flock of sparrCws
got access TO a lot of seed bags and ate
the contents. 1t seems to be assumed by
these enthusiasts that this proves that
the seeds were good'for something, any
way, and hopes are expressed that the
Audubon Society may gratefully interest
itself in the maintenance, and even the
enlargement, OF the distribution system.
Unfortunately for this view of the case,
it is reported that the birds before at
tacking the seeds had been made "des-
perate with hunger" and. of course. even
an English sparrow can be starved into
eating almost anything!
So the grand jury has vice and crime
in It's head! 1t is sedItious.
The decision OF the British Admiralty
TO build a large number Of destroyers
may not unreasonably be hailed by
friends Of Lord Charles Beresford as a
triumph for thu policy which that ag-
gressive naval propagandist has been
urging. of supplementlng tho fleet Of big
battleships with an ample force OF
smaller auxiliaries.
The State OF Pennsylvania is entirely
free from interest bearing debt. II its
officials want 10 got in again quickly
and deeply they can obtain all the neces-
sary information by applying at our City
Hall.
II is said that the consumption OF beer
in Munich has fallen OFF one hundred
quarts per capita in the last year There
wouldn't be any beer drunk in this coun-
try IL the present per capita consumption
should suddenly fall of one hundred
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03
So the grand jury has vice and crime
in It's head! 1t is sedItious.

The State OF Pennsylvania is entirely
free from interest bearing debt. II its
officials want 10 got in again quickly
and deeply they can obtain all the neces-
sary information by applying at our City
Hall
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

II Is said THAT the consumption OF beer
in Munich has fallen of one hundred
quarts per capita in the last year. There
wouldn't be any beer drunk in this coun-
try IL the present per capita consumption
should suddenly fail of one hundred
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

Mrs. Rowland Davis gave dance at the
Colony Club last night for her daughter.
Miss Sybil W. Davis. Several dinners were
given in connection with the affair, the
hostesses including Mrs. Hilborne l.. Roose-
welt. Mrs. James Il. Strong and Mrs.
Gourdin Y. Gaillard.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

Professor and Mrs. Allan Marquand. OF
Princeton, are receiving congratulations
on the birth of a daughter at the Hotel
Gotham, where they are spending the
winter.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

The Saturday Evening Dancing Glass
will meet this evening at Delmonico 8.
There will be no cotillon.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs f. Egerton Webb and Miss
Laura Webb will go TO Palm Beach On
February rs.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

Miss Charlotte lie Roy Glover gave
bridge party yesterday afternoon at her
apartment in the Hotel Buckingham.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

Mrs w. Starr Miller will give dinner
this evening at her house, No. 80 Fifth
avenue.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-03

Nh and Mrs. Frederick c. Havemeyer
will leave town on February Is for Aiken,
5. &.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-15
NOT TO BOYCOTT
NEGAUNEE TEAM
,sHpEMlNG FANS DENY REPORT
THAT HARD FEELING EXISTS
AGAINST THEIR NEAR
nEleHHoRs,

Many Ishpeniing baseball fans are
disnleased goyer the STORY that nas
been published TO the elect that they
,ntend Ia boycott the Nesaunee base
IAN team on dates when il phys wili
,t,ronette on Calumet. also that they
.n,eud to hold mass meeting with
view to discussing plans of this M
,,re saws the Mining journal The
holdlne Of a mass meeting has not
l,sep considered nor is there any num-
her Of fans that win stay away FROM
any GOOD baseball game, regardless of
what teams are playing.
"rbe sooner the few fans who talk
this nonsense forget their troubles, the
better off they will be-" said prom
ment supporter OF the lshpening toan'
yesterday. our feeling against Ne
eanree isn't hall as intense as some
people would like 10 have II appear.
Our fans have too much common sense
10 attempt TO influence any one To stay
away from the Negaunee games. The
Nesaunees fans could also stop attend
ing the lshpemihg games. boy
cott would cut into the treasury of
both mines.
There is no good reason why We
should be continually quarreling with
uur neip hbors over baseball. and If this
sort Of thing is to be continued lndef-
nitely the sooner we cut out baseball
the better off all concerned will be.
What we want is good clean ball, with
less silly wrangling between the fans.
"A little spirited rivalry is all right:
in fact it is necessary in order to make
the game a success, but to lose our
heads completely and abuse our neigh
b0rs is nonsensical."
The Calumet news., 1912-07-15
A NEW CARD GAME.


"Cooncan" has become the rage IN
England. II is the game Of the season
in clubs aud country houses. Auction
pitch has been squeezed into a distant
corner near the window and bridge is
almost forgotten.
"Cooncan" is played every day in
many London clubs and the Bath club
has formulated set OF rules for the
same. deciding that it may be played
by any number of PLAYERS not exceed 70
ing five. There are no partners. Each
hand is a complete game, SO that q
player can "cut in whenever ne
pleases. Only one player can win All
the rest pay to him. according TO Ire
value of the pipes" on the cards which
they have not succeeded i'm playing.
The game IS played with two packs
of ordinary cards and two jokers. All
are shumled together. Ten cards are
The Calumet news., 1912-07-15
HE GOT 1T.

The shabby man with the blushing
nose approached the stranger who was
slipping a cocktail.
Friend" said the shabby man. IF
can convince you that YOU have
eleven fingers, would YOU consider me
worthy of a drink al your expense
Il certainly would replied the
stranger.
Now start the count" said the
shabbyt man. "On your right hand
here are one. two. three. four. five,
now the left hand-six. seven. eight
nine ten"
you lose" announced the stranger.
"Nay, nay" said the shabby man.
we will count back See--ten nine,
eight. seven, six-and five on your 9TH
er hand are eleven.
He got the drink.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Calumet news., 1912-07-15
CRICKET TEAM GETS 229 IN GAME
WITH SOUTH KEARSARGE.
GOOD MATCHES PLAY
ED SATURDAY.
STANDINGS OF THE TEAMS.

Excellent cricket was played Sat
urday afternoon 10y the copper
country teams of the Copper Country
cricket league.
one of the best games was that be-
tween Mohawk and Wolverine, the
latter winning "a to SO. The features
were the excellent batting of Ellis,
and the exceptionally good bowling
of Williams, who captures seven
wickets at scot of only one run
apiece. Both are Wolverine players
Wolverine.