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ever, priests and monks may vote, ano
movable property to the value OF SooO
counts as the equivalent of real estate
A candidate for Representative must
be at least twenty-five years old, and
all are to be elected for terms of three
years.
Such are the chief features OF the
system which will be put into practice
next week. There have been many con-
Trajectory reports concerning the sta
bility of the republican government IN
China and the progress which 1t is max
ing, but the weight of testimony seems
to warrant the hope that the electoral
system will be seriously and fairly
applied and will result IN tie establish
ment Of competent Parliament which
will command the respect and loyalty
Of the nation.
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DIX. DEBTS. DOUGLAS.

Those who may have been inclined
to explain Governor Dix's appointment
Of bis brother-in-law, Mr.. Douglas, as
Public Service Commissioner to sue
coed his partner Mr.. Huppuch, as
merely an effort to keep the $4,000 a
year salary in the family must now
see that they did the Governor a
wrong. The salary Is not to be de-
voted entirely to the family, but will
in part go to serve the ends Of larger
social Justice. II will help creditors Of
Mr.. Douglas, who are presumably
worthy citizens Of the State of New
York, to get their money, which they
have heretofore been unable to secure
through the processes Of the courts. 1t
must be obvious to the meanest intel
ligence that the executive department
should back up the judicial depart
ment and, when 1t can, put It in the
power of citizens to collect the judg-
ments given to them by the courts.
This Governor Dix has done.
1t seems that back IN May, 1911, a
New York brokerage firm obtained
a judgment against Brother-in- Law
Douglas for $27,072 Ga. We are not
informed as to the nature Of the claim.
Perhaps Mr.. Douglas was making
first hand investigations into the need
Of blue sky law to regulate cor
porate stock issues. in preparation for
performing his present functions as q
Public Service Commissioner. How
ever that may be, the Judgment was
rendered, an execution was levied and
returned unsatisfied. The Sheriff could
not find anything to collect for the
creditors. But now Governor Dix, like
q good father OF the people. has come
to their rescue. He has given Mr..
Douglas an income, visible and tangi-
bic, and by order OF the Supreme Court
10 per cent OF that income is gar
for the satisfaction of this
Judgment. So each week S2S 81 will
be held back from Commissioner Doug
lass salary by the state for the bene-
fit Of the judgment creditors.
How much better It is that the state
should thus use its money to settle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-27
A MATINEE IDOL.

II has often occurred to the theatre
going public TO wonder where the theat-
rical programmes get their humor
Humor is always hard to obtain, but TO
please the critical readers Of theatre
programmes, whose appetite Is whetted
for the best, 1t must be fresh and genu-
finely divertiDg. With what delight,
then, must the amusement loving pub
lie have discovered in recent pro-
grammes that the puryeyor Of diversion
for the moments when the curtain is
about to ring up" has hit upon some
thing new. We refer to the entertain
ing tidbit now to be found In the the
atrical programmes entitled rhine
lander Waldo, Police Commissioner Of
New York City"
Forbidding subject, you might think,
for person bent upon shaking hands
with delight" But no; you are ushered
into an imposing structure, with its
stately marble halls, its broadly
beautiful stairways, its suites Of lofty,
"panelled, soft carpeted Offices" where
SITS the hero Of the sketch, "the only
Commissioner who has ever been po-
elite to them" the policemenl; such
are ''the ingram [sicl instincts of
gentleman" And when you get into
this paragon Of building and before
this paragon of gentleman what have
you accomplished? Nothing, for "un-
"finching in his official dignity as the
'stoical lion sentinels, Mr.. Waldo is
positively shy when 1t comes TO talk
ling about himself-in fact, he won't"
So the programme talks for him and
tells us:
Six foot tall and OF generous proper
tions, he Is physically fine specimen
Of the "fullback' type, and II requires
no stretch of imagination to credit him
with a commensurate reserve of will
power. His boyish countenance Is
much more In keeping with his lack of
years than with the manifold RESPONSE
bilities which have been intrusted to
him In the last decade.
Just the kind Of man we hope we
shall see when the curtain goes up. A
look at his picture on another page of
the programme reveals all the charm
of a Richard Harding Davis Howard
Chandler Chrystie hero. The portrait
tempts you to steal glances away from
the matinee idol when the play actually
begins. We have room for only onel
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cHrNA,s FIRST ELECTIONS.

To-day's announcement that the first
primary elections in China for candi-
dates for the National House Of Rep
Yresentat1ves will be held next week In
dicates q change Of date, the original
proclamation Of the President having
appointed the primaries for December
10 and the election for January 10.
, The change has probably no particular
significance, except that 1t was found
spossible to make arrangements for the
primaries more promptly than was at
FIRST expected. The conduct Of next
weeks polling, and the final outcome a
few weeks later, will be watched with
interest By the world as the first at
tempt Of China to apply Western meth
DDS to the constitution Of representa-
tive government,
The House Of Representatives IN the
National Assembly. as the Chinese Con-
gress or Parliament Is to be called, will
be formed on the basis of proportionate
representation, with one member for
each 10000 Of population. In the alb
sence Of an accurate census the appOr-
tionment will be made largely by esti-
mate and guesswork, and for the first
house the number of members from
each province has been arbitrarily fixed
by law as a result Of such computation.
The country Is divided into primary
and final election districts, each Of the
latter containing not more than eight
Of the former. At the primary cleo
tons fifty persons will be chosen for
each member who Is ultimately TO be
elected. These fifty will form an cleo
toral college and will choose a Repre-
sentative and an alternate, the latter
TO be held In reserve for service only
in case Of the disability of the other.
The qualifications OF voters are not
exactng, yet they appear to restrict
the number Of electors to less than 10
per cent of the male citizens of adult
age. A voter must be a male citizen,
twenty-one years old, who is not illit-
crate, insane, bankrupt or an opium
smoker. and who pays at least 50 a
year direct taxes. owns real estate to
the value Of $500 or is a graduate Of at
least an elementary school or possesses
an education equal to that standard.
Members of the army, navy and police,
judicial and administrative officials and
monks and priests are DISTINGUISHED.
In Mongolia, Ching-hai and Tibet, how
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"ANTp OR ANTEDILUvIAN.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: While the dreaming "antP' (ante-
dluvian) is asleep should like TO ask
her II in her dreams she can see how the
fire started where the suffragists came to
grief; If by any chance II might have
been mans carelessness-careless smok-
ing drunkenness, electric wiring, criminal
defiance Of building laws or lack Of build
ing laws.
Can she dream how many fires the
carefulness of her enemy, the surrragist.
has prevented?
In her dreams few months past could
she have heard In midocean most awful
grinding crash. loud enough to wake her
from her deep sleep, and heard all over
the civilized world2
Why not dream Of making laws TO pre-
vent such accidents and the loss OF hun
dreds of those who have outgrown the
cradle, rather than just keep on rocking2
BETSEY BROOKS.
Catskill- N. Y. Nov. %. 1912.
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A LESSON TO BOTH SIDES.

The acquittal Of Ettor, Giovann1tti
and Caruso is a further condemnation
Of the Lawrence authorities. Their ar.
rest on the charge Of murder was an
effort at strike breaking Of the same
high-handed character as the attempt
70 keep the strikers from sending their
children away to be cared for. The
evidence produced against the defend
ants at the trial was Of the flimsiest
character and failed to prove that they
were even "constructively" responsible
for the death Of the striker killed in
one Of the riots. II 1t should now be
shown that representatives Of Lawrence
employers planted the dynamite that
was found in Lawrence for the purpose
Of discrediting the strikers, the tale or
folly would be complete, This question
will shortly come up at criminal trial.
But whether the suspicious aroused by
the suicide of one Of those charged with
planting the dynamite are confirmed or
not, the history Of the Lawrence strike
should he a warning to public officials
everywhere TO keep within the law
when confronted by labor disturbances.
AS for the acquitted leaders Of the
Industrial Workers Of the World, they
ought now TO have respect for the law
which they have never felt hitherto.
This system which they have been de-
nounctng has given them justice, men,
bers though they are Of an organiza-
ton which has incurred the proper
hatred Of peace loving citizens by the
violence Of its methods and its coun-
sells. When they make their next APP
peals to class prejudice let them think
of their Own case. When they say that
there is no justice for the poor man or
the workingrnan let them remember
that no interest was powerful enough
TO prevent them from getting justice.
They might 60 further and realize that
not only were the court and the jury
perfectly fair, but that the conscience
Of the whole country was alert to see
that justice was done. In spite of the
feeling that their methods and pur-
poses we're dangerous to the country's
peace and welfare, the pro-
tests against the high-handed treatment
Of them by the Lawrence authorities
were nearly universal. They seem to
be men Of more than common intelli-
gence, and they ought to have gained
respect for law from their experiences.
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GREENBACKISM.

If Mr.. Bryan carries out his reported
intentions President-elect Wilson may
be relieved Of the Bryan problem"
The Peerless One, according to the re-
port, is headed straight for political
destruction. Greenbackism In this day
of the world is nothing less, and Mr..
Bryan, who whenever he speaks tells
what the Democracy will do as II he
were in full authority, is said to be
seeking TO commit his party to green
backism by the way Of banking and
currency reform. OF course, Mr.
Bryan's gTeenback delusiors are IA
mtliar. They have inspired currency
bills introduced as Democratic party
measures IN recent years. These were
opposition bills, and the opposition is
always irresponsible.
But it is reported that they are going
to be revived when the Democratic
party is IN the majority and that Mr..
Bryan is laboring TO commit his party
to taking away from the banks their
power to issue notes and to replacing
the bank currency with irredeemable
government notes. II his party adopts
this absurd idea Il VIII be inviting
panic. II Mr.. Bryan openly presses It
that action should destroy his influence
with the public, so that he will be no
longer cause Of worry to Mr.. Wilson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-27
TAMMANY AND THE JOB.

Analysis of Tammanys overturning
Of the Fusion control Of the Board or
Alderman reveals Just one thing-that
with Tammany the job is paramount.
When public employees have to be fos-
tered or protected, Tammany is equal
TO anything, even to turning a minority
Of the aldermen into a majority and
rnanhandling the budget 1t was neces-
sary that salary increases for the
faithful, duly Incorporated In certain
department estimates, should be re-
tanned and Increases IN those depart
ments controlled by the antl-Tammany
element should be cut. Therefore,
Tammany made possible the seemingly
impossible, and did It. The Fusion Bor'
ough presidents Of Manhattan and The
Bronx and Brooklyn had reduced their
department budgets to what they con-
sidered rock bottom figures, below
their original estimates. But they can
not compare with the Tammany men
as figure cutters, possibly because they
reduce estimates with some regard for
the efficiency Of the public service.
The Democratic Borough President Of
Queens. who had not reduced his esti-
mates, was treated with special con-
gideration by the Tammany cutters,
and salary increases in the fire and
police departments, controlled by
Democratic heads, were jOyously
passed, while the Mayors increases
were Topped by only $3.50.
In nothing does this spirit show
more clearly than IN the elimination
of an item Of $4,000 asked for by the
Board Of Estimate for salary stand
ardization experts. Tammany wants no
salary Standardization In this city. It
wants no investigation Of the salary
question. Too many good Tammany men
are holding comfortable places In this
department or that. What are questions
Of efficiency and salary equalization
compared to the question Of their get
ting alb they can? A year ago an item
for the expense Of salary standardiza-
ton work was cut from the budget.
Mayor Gaynor refused then to restore
it. The committee Of the Board Of
Estimate studying this subject, for
lack Of funds to hire adequate assist
ance, has been unable to accomplish
anything tangible in the last year.
This years item was much smaller
than the appropriation sought last
year. Yet the principle was the same.
Granting the appropriation would
mean investigation Of placeholders in
all the departments, their salaries and
their efficiency. AS a result of the
work II would eventually be known
who were profitable public servants
and who were not Tammany could
not stand for that principle, whether
the cost were $4,000 or 10 cents. 1t
remains to be. seen whether Mayor
Gaynor win have the courage and in
telligencs to reverse Tammany's work
in this important matter.
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IN THE BERKsHlREs.
rBy telegraph TO The Tribuna

[By Telegraph TO The tribunal
Lenox, Nov. 26.-Mr. and Mrs. George
p. Turnure, who have been at their Lsnoi
home since June, will go 70 New YorS
tomorrow. Mr.. and Mrs. Allan B. Fsnno'
son-in-law and daughter Of Mr.. and Ms
Turnure, will remain in Lenox for the
winter.
Mrs. Henry w. Jackson and Mrs. J.
g. Curtis, Of Brookline, have arrived N
LenoX.
Mr.. and Mrs 7. Woodward Haven have
closed their stockbridge home and 70
turned to New York.
Captain c. Sidney Haight. u. 6. A.
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Fol-
som.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Fahnestock VIII
close their Lenox home on December "
Mr.. and Mrs. Robb De Peyster Tyfus
have closed their Tyringham cottage ana
are in Stockbridge for the winter.
Miss Emily Soutbmayd has gone 70
New York
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THE TITANIC MEMORIAL ARCH.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Instead OF wasting money on a
perfectly useless mammoth arch" would
It not be far better to immortallze the
Titanic heroes by founding some humane
and useful institution and defeating II
10 their memory? Allow me merely to
suggest few benevolent uses to which
the money might be put. For instance: A
Titanic memorial hospital for sick and
disabled seamen, Titantic memorial fund
for rewardlng those who save life at sea,
Titanic fund for the encouragement OF
inventions for saving life at sea, a fund
for the assistance Of needy widows and
orphans OF all persons drowned at sea, a
fund for the care and benefit Of all ship
wrecked persons, whether sailors or pas
sengers, or a fund for increasing the re-
wards offered TO lifeboat crews.
/ will not continue the list. hundred
ways might be suggested TO turn the IT,
tanic disaster into a benefit TO mankind.
The fund. II employed in some philan-
thropc and intelligent manner would I'M
doubtedly grow by constant subscription
and cause thousands Of persons to bless
the names Of the heroes OF the Titanic.
II those brave and devoted men could send
message from that undiscovered coun-
try in which their voyage ended I am
sure that they would prefer such a meth
cd of preserving their memory rather
than the vain and idle glory of a perfectly
futile and purposeess arch. leading no.
where and beneflting nobody.
BERTRAND SEIADWELL.
Chicago, Nov, "a, 1912.
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to the people Of Quaker Town in which
he warns against too much OF the shut
in life. AS cold weather comes, says the
Director, diseases due to the breathing
Of foul, vitiated air. such as the common
colds, bronchitis, influenza, pneumonia
etc., show a rapid increase. The old no.
ton that these diseases are caused by
exposure to cold or drafts has been en-
trely dispelled. and We now know posi-
lively that they are caused by germs
which flourish under conditions caused
by foul air. dust, darkness and dirt"
Mrs. Exe-So your husband fell asleep
In church last night. 1 suppose you woke
him up.
Mrs. Wye-Not until after the sermon.
There was a lot in II about women's ex-
travagance-nonsen or course, Out m
mighty glad John didn't hear it.-Boston
Transcript.
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A CASE FOR PHILANTHROPY
David Starr Jordan Writes Of
Family's Need.
|itor OF The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me to call attention to a
sad case OF the widow and children Of a
man eminent In science-a case well
worthy Of charitable help from those who
are able or disposed to give. DR.. Edwin
Tausch, a young German graduate in
psychology from one OF the German uni
versities, was professor In Ohio Univer-
sity at Athens, and afterward, because
OF failing health, accepted the chair Of
psychology and philosophy In Willamette
University, Salem. but was obliged to
give up this work on account Of heart
trouble, and finally during the past sum-
mer died, leaving n wife and two chill
dren almost penniless in Germany. 1t is
almost impossible for Mrs. Tausch to sup
port herself and her children in that
country, and unless she can do so the
children Will be placed in an orphanage.
1t is her wish TO find means to return to
America, whore the children were born,
and where she herself would be able to
find work as teacher. In Germany
hundreds like herself are already wait
Ing for position wherever there is an
opening" Dr. Tausch has published
number Of valuable papers. notably
sympathetic review of Dr. James's
'Pragmatlsm." A study of the psychology
Of Tolstoy Is still unpublished. as we'll
as an extensive volume on pragmatio
philosophy.
Should any one feel like granting aid
to the widow Of this gifted but unfor-
tunate scholar money may be sent
through the writer, or to Mme. Elizabeth
Tausch, care OF Frau Won Wissman,
Warkotsch Kreis, Strehlen, Schlesien,
Germany.
DAVID STARR JORDAN.
Stanford University, Cal, Nov. q, 1912
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
TFrom Tho Tribune Bureau


Washington, Nov. 2s.-President Tart at
tended the wedding Of Miss Laura Mer-
Ram, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wlliiarh
R. Merriam, and James f. Curtis, at the
home Of the bride, to-day.
The British Ambassador was received
by the President IN the Blue Room rms
afternoon, and presented the new BRUSH
military attache, Lieutenant Coroner
Moreton F. Gage, who arrived recently
accompanied by Mrs. Gage.
President Taft also received the PERU
Wan Minister, Federico Alfonso Peze''
who presented his son, Alfonso Washing
ton Pezet.
Mrs. Taft attended the New York Phil
harmonic concert at the New National
Theatre this afternoon, and had with Her
Mrs Robert Shaw oliver, Mrs. Phliip
Sheridan, Mrs. Nicholas Anderson ana
Mrs. Eugene Hale.
Mrs Laughlin, sister OF Mrs. Iart'
played golf on the Chevy Chase course
this afternoon with Justice Pitney,
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more extract from this latest boon to
an amusement loving public: His
speech is staccato, denoting an impul-
"sive temperament But fmpulsive' In
"his case must be defined as the
spontaneous expression Of coordinate
thought and not inconsequent out
burst II there Is any outburst here
1t will surely be not inconsequent II
there is none the programme reader
must be indeed blase.
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otherwise uncollectible debts than that
it should pay 1t out to some pros
porous man of affairs who doesn't
need it himself and who has no walt
ing creditors to satisfy. Somebody had
to have the Public Service Commits
sioner's salary, and the Governor nad
a truly progressive inspiration when ne
turned It where It would do the most
good. OF course, Governor Sulzer VIII
see that this relief work goes on.
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SUBSTITUTE FOR PENSION
Suggestion Is Made That Ex-Presi-
dent Get Half Pay as Army's Head.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The provision for ex-Presidents Of
the United States by Congress seems 10
me 10 be a very easy matter without a
pension" which apepars to carry with
IL an idea OF disability.
AS the President is commander in chief
Of the army and navy OF the United
States, why not retire him on half pay, as
is done with other military and naval
officers7 f. s. d.
New York, Nov. q, 1912
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AT NEWPORT.
LBy Telegraph TO The Tribunal

IBy Telegraph 10 The Tribunal
Newport, Nov. 26.-BenJamin Thaw len
Newport for Philadelphia last night.
Mrs. George Huffey. who has been 81
the Muenchinger King, went to New YORK.
this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt ler
here this afternoon for Rscquette LAka
They are making the trip in the private
car Wayfarer.
Mrs. Stuyvesent Leroy and Mira Amos
Tuck French will go to New York To-
morrow.
Mrs. II. Stanley Bristol will remain &c
Elmhurst until after Christmas.
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A carload uf turkeys IL expected here
from the South. and the market men
are shouting that this will break the
market" and cause prices to drop hor-
ribly. II was only a short time ago
that the dealers explained the rise in
price OF turkeys by the statement that
there had been n turkey epidemic.
There must have been a speedy recov-
cry also.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington. Nov. 26.-The peruvian
Minister and Nine c. de Pezet have as
guest their son, Alfonso Washington
Pezet, who will remain with them for a
short time. Young Mr.. Pezet was born IN
Washington when his father was secre-
tary OF the Peruvian Legation.
Captain Gomez, recently appointed mill
tary attache TO the Peruvian Legation, mas
arrived and will be presented to the Pres
ident In q few days.
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CALLED TO KEW GARDENS.

Minneapolis, Nov. 26.-Dr. Edward =
Freeman, chief Of the division OF pan
pathology OF the Agricultural Colless
the University of Minnesota, has rece'su
an offer of appointment as chief patno'0'
gist at Kew Gardens, near London Ems
land, at a salary of s4.7O0 year. Tie
board OF regents OF the university ~H
act on the matter at It's next meeuhs'
Decamher o