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New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
THE CO.ONEL'S MISTAKE.
.e Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
sir: When the hysteria caused by Colo
mel Roosevet's announcement that he IS a
candidate for q third term as President OF
the United states has subsidized our political
leaders will probably more cooly and judi
ciously discuss the planks in the raft which
the lrrepressible former President is build
ing to carry him over the stormy waters
OF politics. Personally. | believe that Mr..
Roosevelt is making an egregious error, and
had ! the opportunity would not again
vote for him as President Of the United
States.
We must all concede that there is no man
in the United States who Is nearer to the
common people than is Colonel Roosevelt
He knows that many people, rightly or
wrongly, believe that our government has
fallen prey To Industrial and commercial
combinations that control the quantity Of
the distribution of the neccssaries OF life
and also create United States Senator'S and
justices OF the United States Supreme Court
as well as other legislators and judges.
Theodore Roosevelt Is shrewd enough and
honest enough to see and acknowledge the
realities of these evils. do not think his
motives should be impugned. lie has evil
IDENTIFY used sophistry with himself 10 jus
tlfy his conclusion that he should again be
candidate after pledging his word that he
would not be-
Before such men as Roosevelt and La
Toilette and (although ! do not class these
men with them socialists can be silenced
these eyils must be removed. II the Con-
gress ard the United states Supreme Court
as at present elected and appointed are
powCrless To protect the people from the
above mentioned evils the people cannot be
blamed II they demand the initiative, refer
ondum ana recall of public servants. in
Guiding judges.
\ BROOKLYN CLERGYMAN.
Brooklyn, Feb. IS, 1912.
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CLEVELAND'S 18TH BIRTHDAY.
Notable Men to Attend Exercises in
Memory of President.

Under the auspices OF The Cleveland ID
minlstration Association, formed Of former
attaches OF the Cleveland administrations
and many strong admirers of the late Pres
ldent, exercises in honor OF tho seventy
NTH anniversary OF his birth will be held
IN the Great Hall OF the College Of the city
OF New York, ST. Nicholas Terrace and
lSsth street, on March IL.
President Finley Will be among the speak
ers. Those who have been invited include
President Taft. Chief Justice White. Gov
ernor Dix. Mayor Gaynor. the justices OF
the Supreme Court OF New York. Judge
Gray. of Delaware Speaker Champ ClarN.
Senator Rayncr. Alton 3. Parker, Oscar :.
Straus George B. Cortelyou, Governor JLd-
son Harmon, Senator Hoke Smith. OF Ge3r-
aia. and Ex-Governor David II. Francis OF
Missouri.
A special invitation has been sent 10 Mrs.
Cleveland. The meeting viii be open TO
the public.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
The SQUARE DEAL.

TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: have followed the career OF Mr..
Roosevelt, in fear because of his lmpetu-
osity and with hope because of relation
ship and party ties up 10 the end OF his
term az President. / supported him with
pride, believing him a noble President,
whose coura geous management of the
questions which presented themselves
seemed right. | boasted of the square deal
and fair play.
To-day the fairness and the squareness
seem to bd gone. Washington's example is
thrown aside, and this nation is not pre-
pared to indorse that. Nine Presidents
have had a second term, and among them
Mr.. Roosevelt. Twelve have had only one,
and he wishes to stop Mr. Taft with one,
but the people will not permit it-they know
he is honest and courageous and unselfsn.
New York, Feb. 2S, 1912. II. III. G.
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ITALO-TURKISH INTERVENTION.

Talk about Intervention in the ltalo-
Turkish War by othkr European powers
or even of offers of mediation would
have more moral force If there had been
more efforts to prevent the war or TO
halt It at the beginning. The peace
agreements at The Hague, TO which the
two belligerents and all possible media
tors and interventors are parties, eX-
pressly provide that efforts shall be made
TO avert war through impartial tenders
of GOOD offices. as also through the seek
ing of mediation by potential belliger-
ents. The spirit Of the agreements
makes these things moral duties. But so
far as the world knows they were neg
lected and have been neglected until
now. when the war is dragging on so
tediously as 10 be an international nui-
sance. The result is that belated action
at this time would have the appearance,
at least, Of being prompted more by self
lsh motives Of comfort and convenience
than by n generous and benevolent de
sire TO restore the peace Of the world.
Even thus. however. efforts at media
ton would be regarded with sympathy
and with q desire for their success, while
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
RIGHT HALF THE TINE.

Merely to get the record straight,
Mayor Gaynors position respecting
preferential payments to subway opera
tors is herewith recalled. He favored
the Interborough offer Of December,
1910, which called for preferential
payment. He voted for the terms agreed
upon with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company. by which that company is to
get Il preferential payment He subSe-
quently and on many occasions de-
nounced the provision for such a pay
ment as unconstitutional
He declined to vote for the terms ar
ranged with the InterbOrough company
last summer. calling them "damnable
rascalty," and being especially severe
upCn the provision for Il preference con
tained in them. And now he halls the
present agreement, of which the prefer
ence remains a feature. as better even
than the oft-lamented proposal of De-
cember, 1910, which was "frittered'
away. The Court of Appeals will be
asked to pass upon the constitutionality
of the preferential payment if the pres
ent plans are accepted. 1t Is plain.
therefore. that however the court may
decide the question the Mayor will have
been right half f the time.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
DANGER TO TENEMENT REGULA'
TION

Strong pressure is being eXerted in
Albany to induce Governor Dix TO veto
the Wagner bill amending the tenement
house law. the effectiveness of which
was greatly impaired by the recent Court
of Appeals decision. For years efforts
have been made TO get one class or an
other of multiple family houses exempted
from the supervision Of the Tenement
House Department This decision OF the
court. that the building code definition
of an apartment house as one having
separate kitchens and bathrooms with
fixed tubs removes from the class Of
tenements all such buildings, operates
TO produce sweeping exemptions. The
specious argument is used that high
class and expensive apartments do not
require supervision by the Tenement
House Department, as If the definition
Of an apartment house contained In the
building code was not broad enough TO
cover quarters for the poor requiring the
strictest supervision. If the law is left
rs il stands new tenementS will be 50
planned as TO escape regulation by the
Tenement House Department and the
work of years to assure decent living
conditions for the poor will be undone.
Governor Dix himself. originally at
least. recognized the eyigency and sent
to the Legislature an emergency measure
which resulted in the passage of the
Wagner bill. But lie appears to have
weakened in his familiar way before the
interests opposing it. and public opinion
must assert itself to secure proper action.
Sharp protests ought to be sent TO the
Governor by those interested in decent
housing conditions here. for If he fails 10
do his duty there will he no public in
Spection of the living quarters Of many
Of the poor after the Buildings Depart
ment has once acted.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
READERS ON ROOSEVELT
This Years Cup of Coffee Should 90
In Taft,
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The editorial In The Tribune OF FEB
ruary 26, entitled "RooseveIts Candidacy.
and the one In to-days paper. on The
Voice of Remnant" thoroughly colrcide
with my views on the subject OF nc nom
nations to be made this summer Mr. 1 1T
undoubtedly owes his nomination In l9OS 10
Mr.. Roosevelt, but that fact does not give
Mr.. Roosevelt the right to say tnat MI
Taft shall not be candidate for renomina-
ton. If the cup of-coffee" Is passed to
Mr.. Taft, as ] hope II will be, / think 1t
is very unseemly In Mr. Roosevelt to reach
for II, or even To express a wish to have IT.
The cartoon on the front page OF The
Tribune to-day about the third cup OF cof-
fee suits me exactly, and | do not think
am the only reader of your paper who
will say that II is appropriate and expresses
much that should be considered at this
stage of the campaign. I think II IS one
of the best Of the many good ones of Mr..
Robinson. FRANK HUNT.
Cross River. y. Y, Feb. "A, 1912.
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to consolidate the Municipal and the City
courts would undoubtedly be opposed on
the ground that it would wipe out the
poor mans court" and lessen the facili-
ties now provided for the careful and
prompt handling of the small litigation
of the ordinary citizen. Practically the
same thing should not he accomplished
piecemeal or by indirection. Let the
poor mans court" keep its distinctive
and useful function In our judicial ma
chinery
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
TAFT APPEALS FOR CHINA
Suggests Famine Relief Days for Con
tributions to Fund.

The following letter from President Tart
under date OF February ~ has been re-
ceiyed in this city by W. b. Millar' seere'
tary OF the China Famine Relief Committee:
Dear Mr.. Millar; l sincerely trust that
the people OF the country Will observe sun
day. March 10. and the Jewish people Sat.
urday. March .. as famine rehet dsy i2I
the benent OF the starving multttudes IN
China TO all OF u alike must come the
appeal from these famine stricken people,
and to all of US. II we. respond, there WI,
sometime come back the words, hungry
and yes fed me"
With best wishes for a successful appeal
10 the sympathy and assistance OF our
American people I am, yours sincerely,
WILLIAM II. TAFT.
President American Red Cross.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
The CABINET.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Feb. 29-The President and
Mrs. Taft tonight attended the last Cabi-
ret dinner to be given in their honor this
season. having as hosts the Secretary Of
War and Mrs. Stimson. Invited TO meet
them were Justice and Mrs. Hughes. n
ator Root, Major General and Mrs. WOOD
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd c. Griscom and Mr..
and Mrs. James r Sheffield, OF New York;
Miss Annie NJ. Hegeman. Miss iran e'
Gamble. Mr.. and Mrs. william ID. Gutnrle'
Of New York; Mr.. AMI Mrs. Charles Whar-
ton Pepper, of Philadelphia, and Mr.. anu
N,s Henry w Faruam. Of New Haven.
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THE TALK or THE DAY.

Among the smokers VINO were caught i'm
the net spread by the Health Department
In the subway was man who said that he
had never before carried n lighted cigar
into the subway and he thought it tough"
10 be fined for first offence due to absent
mindedness \ newspaper man consoled
MN with this story: When the campaign
against splitting was started / helped the
movement along by writing several articles
on the subject, for which the champions
OF the cause complimented me. These ar
tlcles were followed by others and I was
again patted on the back. One cold snowy
morning, while climbing en- elevated sta
ton, had a coughing fit and spat upon a
pile OF dirty snow on the platform In
santly an officer in plain clothes. smoking
long cigar, under no smoking sign ar
rested me. took me to the 57th street court.
where We had to wait more than an hour
because the late Magistrate Walsh was
tardy. and then 7 was fined also thought
1t was Tough"
Bronson-Whats the best way to make
Dawson-The worst way possible Then
smell think YOU mean it-Puck.
SHELLFISH ODE
IA benevolent widow has asked the Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty t. Animals TO prevent
Holsters and clans being boiled alive and oysters
being eaten raw.
When Holsters boiling. wrthing turn
From envious green to cheerful red
II is no sign of grief or pain.
But Joy at hot old time" instead
When happy clans are being steamed.
They ope their mouths and laugh with Joy
At thought of giving folks a food
Which on their stomachs ne'er VIII cloy
When living oyster jabbed with fork
Is eaten raw it feels no pain.
But rather feels rejoiced to think
1t really has not lived in vain.
The hearty scallop cut from shell
Or healthy mussel boiled in POT.
Feels no suffering and no pain
From use OF knife and water hot
FITz NIGEL.
She-You didn't seem to like the new
symphony at the concert last night.
He-No The fact is, ignored it.
She--Ignored It..
He-Yes. Mrs. Knozitall was with US,
you know. and she said she heard II in
Munich last year. and couldn't show an
that, could I?-Cleyeand Plain Dealer.
A New Yorker had spent .he day showing
an acquaintance from d small Western
town. who was making his first visit to the
city. the various sights and architectural
wonders. II had been strenuous day for
both. and US they were iourneying uptown
on an Eighth avenue car the N"w Yorker
called his friends attention TO quaint
little old building that for wears has been
the home of "A fraternal order. over the
door, inscribed IN bold capitals, were the
letters l. o. 0. r. There" he said, lis
something different from anything you
have seen to-day" The Western man
gazed silently at the siructure and then.
shaking his head. said solemnly. George.
this has been a big day. and | have seen
many wonderful things and heard lot that
Was hard To believe. | accepted without
doubt all you told me about the Brooklyn
Bridge. the subway and the Statue OF Lib
eIty When you said the Woolwoi TN Build
Ing was TO be the highest In the world. |
believed you implicitly. but my credulity
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
HE WILL VOTE FOR TAFT.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: am q member of the Republican
County Committee OF the 9TH Assembly
District, which district william Halpin
represents as the executive member.
have no fault to find with Mr. Halpins S
personal views. but IL he thinks lie ex-
presses the views Of the 7th District when
ne says 1t is for Colonel Roosevelt he IS
mistaken.
have always admired Colonel Roose-
welt, but not so much as to see him can
didate again, especially at this time. when
God knows we cen do very much better
without him. J feel sure, however, that lie
can never come back after his revolu-
tionary speech at Columbus.
I am for Taft.
HENRY CLAY PERCY.
New York, Feb. IS, 1912.
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

GBy Tele graph to The Tribuncl
Newport Feb. 29.--NeY additions TO the
summer colony at jamestown are to ia
numerous this season. Already II has been
announced that Edmund NJ Parker. OK
Cambridge: Robert 5. Chew, Of Nashins-
ton. Mrs |. W Pleadwell, Of Washington:
Colonel Herbert Bryant. OF Alexandra
Va: H. W stokes, OF Philadelphia; Mrs
T.. r. Woodman, OF Concord. y. H. Miss
Ashton. Of Wynnewood Penn, and Grant
Walker, of Boston. have taken cottages
". Fl. Taylor. OF New York; II. II. Brad
10y. of Providence. and {. y. NJ Cole OF
New York. are negotiating for cottages.
Louis L. Lorllard has gone to New
York for few days.
Mrs. Charles NJ Thomas and Miss Ruin
Thomas have arrived AT their cottage
after stay i'm Europe.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, who
! have been at their shooting box In York
shire England, for sel leral weeks. will re-
turn to this country In about three weeks.
| Mrs Henry Ciews gave a dinner last
night at her house, in West 5lst street for
the Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
Franklin MacVeagh. Dinners were also
given last night by William Douglas Sloane,
Miss Frances Ogden. Mrs. George 3. de
Forest and Mrs. Samuel II. Valentine.
Mrs. II. Fairfield Osborn will give q din
ner on Tuesday At her house. on Madison
avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth Wickes have re-
turned 10 the city from Tuxedo.
Miss I.eary's Bellevue Hospital Sewing
7 and Knitting Glass, which works for the
Arthur Leary Mission OF Bellevue Hospital.
met Yesterday morning at her house. No.
1882 Fifth avenue.
Miss Maude Eustis. daughter Of Mrs.
Cartwright Eustls and niece OF the late
James B. Eustis. will be married on April
10 at the home OF her mother, in New Or
leans. TO Harold II. Seaman, OF Milwaukee.
The sewing class which works for the
Catholic Institute for the Blind met yester.
day at the home of Mrs. J. L. Phillips No.
40 East 9th street. The members who
were addressed by the Very Rev. +. o.
Fitzgerald, o. r., on Catholic Women Ia
Society" include Mrs. Henry Waters Taft
Mrs. William Post, Mrs. George stanton
Floyd-Jones, Mrs. Charles Emory Smith and
Mrs. William Smith
The sewing class which works for the
Nursery and Childs Hospital will meet this
morning at the home OF Mrs. William u
Kingsland No. 1926 Fifth avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland Ames Robbins ere
booked to sail for Bermuda tomorrow,
J. Pierpont Morgan, jr, has returned 70
town from his shooting trip in South Caro-
lima
SIrs Colin Carter, who was the guest FOR
few days OF Justice and Mrs. Charles
f. Hughes in Washington, has returned 10
the city.
Mrs Elliott T. Shepard Will sail from
Europe for New York at the end OF THIS
month.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
~ LNENILIRLE PR[NICN

The death roll on the railroads of the
last year. according to the official sta
tiSticS of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, was 2.SS9, or more than two
and half times as great as the num-
Der Of deaths on British railroads in
year. II means that the number of
deaths yearly on our roads is more
than ten times as great ~ on the rail
roads of the United Kingdom. although
the latter carry Il much larger number
of passengers. II indicates that this
country has the primacy ny broad mar
gin among important nations for loss of
lives on its railroads.
Even when all the eXtenuating cir
cumstances are fully considered that
record is discreditable. It appears to
convict us of one of two things. Either
we are lacking in inventive ingenuity or
we are lacking in care. Probably most
people will think that the latter is the
case. Certainly high degree of in
genuity is shows in the inventing of new
devices and methods for constructing and
operating railroads and for making them
profitable. Comparison Of the railroad
cars and engines and roadbed Of to-day
with those which men now growing old
can remember in their youth disclOseS
an advance probably unsurpassed IN any
other industry. But It is impossible to
avoid the reflection that if efforts TO
safeguard human lives had been as ear
nest and persistent as were the efforts
to improve the railroads in other re-
spacts the death roll now would be much
smaller than il +.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
CAN'T VOTE FOR THE>coLoNEL.
70 the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor or Inc TRIBUNE.
Sir: Under the head of The Colonels
Candidacy" you publish few responses to
Mr.. Roosevelts announcement OF his can
dldacy 7 want to he recorded In that roll.
have voted for every Republican candi-
date since Abraham LincOln's time, but II
SIr. Roosevelt is nominated I will feel
obliged to vote for his opponent. whoever
he may be, unless It be Bryan, in which
case ] will remain at home and not vote at
all. AN OLD SOLDIER
New York. Feb. 2s. 1872
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01

has reached It's limit; certainly 90 not
believe that the height Of that building we
Just passed Is 100 feet"
He-I took Dorothy to muscai last
night
She-Was II good?
He-I don't know. I didn't hear much OF
II, Dorothy was telling mo how 'ond she
IN of mu5ic.-Satire.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
DIR. ENELOW DECLINES CALL
Rabbi Denies Report That He Is Com
ing to New York.

Louisville, Feb %. 9.--'fhe Rev. Or. H. u
Eneiow. rabbi OF Adath Israel Temple o.
Louisville. denied to-day that he had ac'
cepted call to Temple Emsnu-EL Ne"
York. 1t became known seve,el weeks $50
that DR.. Enelow had received eau -
the New York temple and that he hau '"7
matter under advisement TODAY men.
bers OF Dr. Enelow's congfegation near
that he had decided TO atcep, ths oN"
This he denied
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
GILLIAN MINISTER HoNoRso.

Washington. Feb. %. - Senior Suarez,
Chillan Minister here, has been made an
honorary associate member Of the National
Committee for the Celebration OF the one
Hundredth Anniversary Of Peace Among
English Speaking Peoples. TO be held IN
1915 the centenary o, peace between Great
Britain and the United States.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
HE'S "DEE-LIGHTED.'' .

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the password Of a
writer in to-days issue-"Disgusted"
like the other one much better, Delighted" :"
This is from one who has always been a
Republican and a reader OF The Tribune
for the last forty years.
L. j. STODDARD.
Cheshire, Conn. Feb. IS. 1912.
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NetpDprk Gribu,le.
FRIDAY, MARCH /, 1912.

Ouned aud published daily bU INC
Tribune Association. a NeIr York cOrpn-
ration; ogden u. Reid, President; Condo
Hdmlin, Secretary; James ". Barrett
Treasurer. address. Tribune Bailding
No. 154 Nassau street, NeU York.
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,

fFrom Tho 1fibLne Bureau.I
Washington. Feb. 29.-Miss Taft ana her
cousin, Miss Katherine Anderson, were inc
y,os,s AZ dinner tonight of Nj. and Mrs.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01

Frequent visits by the Lawrence
strikers children to soup kitchens for re-
lief show the condition to which the
authorities condemned them by prevent
ing the neglect" of sending them to
good homes where they would he well
fed
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01

I Wiley says the rumor that he is to
resign is pure fiction" If it had only
been impure fiction he might bave got
after II with his bureau
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
The proposed, razing of the Criminal
Courts Building would be great gam
for the City Beautiful.


Courts Building would be great gain
for the City Beautiful.
Secretary Knox expressed Il thought at
Panama which cannot be too often nor
too earnestly repeated when he said that
the Monroe Doctrine would reach its
highest beneflcence--and, he might have
added, it's highest ehiciency-when il
was regarded by the people Of the United
States as a reason for their prompt and
unfailing response 10 the needs OF Latin
American states which might require
assistance toward better government or
toward the meeting of the just obliga-
tions OF government. In other words,
the doctrine is not to be mere formal
caveat but vital bond of sympathy
between this country and it's ne.ghbors.
The great strike is on in the United
Kingdom despite the efforts of the gov
ernment, with ground for fearing that
its actual occurrence will embitter feel
ings and inflame passions so as to render
conciliation impossible until one side If
not both shall have suffered some OF the
pangs Of exhaustion.
The "dawg' song in one respect is like
the Iliad. 1t has no author at least so
the higher critics say.
THE New York Times" published
yesterday this astonishing information
i'm a special dispatch from Philadelphia
dealing with the election of delegates
from Pennsylvania 10 the Republican
National Conventions: Should he
[Colonel Roosevelt get these eight del
"egates, the Taft leaders expect to en-
force the unit rule by caucus, and in
this way give President Taft the en-
tire delegation" The unit rule was
put out of business in Republican ma
tional conventions as long ago as 1876,
and there is no likelihood that il will be
resuscltated in 1912. Every delegate in
Republican national convention is en-
titled to the free expression of his indi-
vidual convictions and preferences.
/ Wiley says the rumor that he is TO
resign is pure fiction" If it had only
been impure fiction he might have got
after il with his bureau
Frequent visits by the Lawrence
strikers children to soup kitchens for re-
lief show the condition to which the
authorities condemned them by prevent
ing the neglect" of sending them to
good homes where they would be we'll
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01

Mr.. and Mrs Harry Payne Whitney. who
have been at their shooting box In York
shire England, for several weeks, will re-
turn to this country In about three weeks.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-01

Mrs. H. Fairfield Osborn will give q din
ner on Tuesday At her house. on Madison
avenue.