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New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
THE TWO-THIRDS RELE.

The Democratic National Committee
showed proper self-rcstraint in lodging
the suggestion that IT, should abolish the
two-thirds rule. That rule was not i'm
posed upon the party by national com
mittec. and should not he rcSCindcd by
body clothed with authority 90 limited
and temporary. The national conven-
tion is the tribunal to which any appeal
should he made for the restoration Of the
old system Of nominating candidates for
President and NiCe-President by q ma
iority vote. The national committee
would be uSurping power If 1t should en-
graft on the call for new convention
condition which the convention whose
agent IT is had given II no authority
whatsoever to impose.
Moreover. such action could not have
bound the convention of 1912. When the
delegates assemble at Baltimore next
June they will draw UP their own rules
Of procedure before the balloting for
candidates begins and will retain the
two-thirds provision or abolish il as they
see ft 4 majority in any convention
can decide on what basis nominations
shall be made Thus. mere majority in
the national convention Of 1874 imposed
the two-thirds rule, the politicians from
the slave states thereby establishing II
| practical veto on the choice Of any
/ Northern candidate not sufficiently sub
servient on the slavery issue. Martin
/ Van Ruren would have been nominated
on the first ballot I'm 1914 had the two
| thirds restriction not been devised. But
some NJ the Southern delegates ostcnsi-
/ bly, supporting him were more anxious e.
/ Shacklo the action Of future conventions
! than they were 10 secure his nomination,
and he was eventually sidetracked In IA
/ vor of James X. Polk II would he per
I next convention 10 rosCind the twothirdS
rule But the initiative in 50 farrca"h
! ing a reform should obviously hc left 10
! delegates freshly chosen by tho party.
not assumed by n national committee
whose four.ycar term of service was
about TO expire.
/ The two-thirds proviSo waS,a cunning
! device Of scctionaliSm. intended 10 Tg"p
ny the dccaying slave power. II Is on
| tirely inconsistent with Democratic pro-
feSsions and cannot he defended by u
party which loudly boasts its devotion to
| tho principle Of majority rule. Yet its
! being ropugnant 10 Democratic teachiugs
! furnishes no ground for believing that IL
will not hc applied once moro a' Baltl-
more and viii not live for several dec
AIDES longer. secure in the affections of a
/ political organization 10 which an indis-
! position 10 square words with deeds has
now become second nature
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
THE MILITIA PAY BILL
No Necessity for Such an Act, Says
Former National Guard Officer.

TO tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. There is no necessity for such an
act as the militia pay bill now before
Congress, and certainly no demand for II
from the people At large II is easy to
understand a convention passing n rcsolu-
tion that it's members should receive a GER
tain compensation. but Notwithstanding
that, In this state at least. tho wisdom Of
paying officers seems debatable, for at the
convention i'm St Louis. where resolution
favoring the pay bill was passed. the dele
cation from this state WAS carried for said
resolution By but one or two majority, II
the gossip we have heard is correct
We have a splendid national guard and
naval militia In this state. They have
reached their present state of efficiency.
second to none in the country. through wise
leadership and enthusiasm instillcd into the
organizations and men by their able lead
ers, General Roe and Commodore Miller.
respectively. Their success has been due
to the fact that loyalty, patriotism and en-
thusiasm nave been their watchwords and
-never TO be forgottcn-that they have been
free from politics. The advice from the Ma
tional Guard Association of the United
states TO members OF the national guard and
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
\ WDJSCREET PROPAGANDA.

The annual meeting of the Anti-lm-
perialiSt League the other day was not
an event of the greatest interest, and the
report of the years activities which the
secretary made is scarcely likely to rank
among the imposing historic documents
of the world. There was, however. one
item i'm that report which may he worthy
Of passing attention, and which, indeed,
IT'S author evidently hopes will receive
such attention. since it is described as
recording perhaps the most important
action Of the year"
The action referred 10 WAS the adop.
ton Of an address by the executive com
mittee of the league and its widespread
publication in the Philippine Islands, in
both the native and foreign press. That
address was, Of course. preachment, IN
the characteristic style Of anti-imperial.
lists. against American sovereignty in tie
islands, and appended to it were numer-
Gus quotations from utteranCes Of Demo
cratic members Of Congress encouraging
the notion that Independence would
speedily be granted to the islands. Just
how this interesting output impressed
the FilipinOs generally does not appear.
though the news from those islands gives
the happy assurance that the effect pro-
duCed was not what might have been eX-
pected or feared
As matter Of patriotic ethics. how
ever IL may well be considered whether
it Is fitting 10 gather "A lot Of political
expressions which are inspired chiefly by
partisan opposition to the administration
and by desire TO put Il in hole" and
distribute them for political effect among
the un-American inhabitants Of one Of
our remote possessions whether il Is
well I'm Justice to the Filjplnos them
selves. thus to suggest prospects which
it is morally certain will not he realized
and whether Il grave moral responsible
ity would not rest upon the authors and
disseminators of the stun if il should
have the not improbable effect Of i'm
planting discomfort, stimulating Il TO dis
affection and then exploiting it into VIC.
lent insurrectiOn.
1t must be borne in mind that Philip
pine independence. if IL were to be grant
ed. would necessarily have TO be the act
Of the American government alone. Ar
guments in favor Of it are properly TO bc
addressed, therefore, to this government,
and TO IL alone. TO address them to or
to lay them before somebody else. who
has no concern in them, Is ut least an
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
ROSTON'S OPPORTUNITY

4 Massachusetts legislator named
Kilcy is trying n arouse somnolcnt R"s.
ton 10 the necessity OF taking it's proper
rank among the great communities Of
the world. Boston sits on her hills and
dreams of her past greatness. Nine.
Maeterlinck described the Now England
metropolis the other day as - city Of
work and quiet" Such Il characterize
tion naturally StinGs those Bostonians
who believe that true worlds capital
should exhibit impressive outward ami
nation and reproduce the rush. the roar.
the pulsation and tho stimulating sense
of variety in vaStneSs which are asSO-
ciated with modern cities like London,
New York. Paris and Berlin. Mr. Kiley
represents the progressives who have
sworn to exchange the placid existence
Of the many Solf-centred communities
which lie about Boston Harbor for the
rushing. concentrated life Of one great
urban unit. He has introduced a hill in
the Massachusetts House Of Representa-
tives which aims at lifting Boston to
IT'S proper eminencc as lone Of tho six
largest communities in the world"
The proposed greater city would ON
brace thirteen existing cities and twenty
existing towns II would cover 3Si
square miles. an area exceeding New
York's and more than twice as large
as ChicaGo's. Its population would he
about 100000 and it would be in A
position 10 contest with Philadelphia tho
right TO bc ranked third among the cities
Of the Western world.
The Kiler bill goes straight to the
point. II does not require each of the
thirty-threc constituent parts to vote in
favor Of consolidation. but provides
merely that IL five-eiGhths Of the vote
in all be favorable the union shall be
considered authorized
Can Boston and the contiguous settle
ments north, south and west resist the
temptation 10 become real metropolis
with worldwide rating? II was held
by the ancient order Of dwcllcrs in the
shadow Of Beacon Hill that Boston was
not place but a state Of mind. VIII
the newer generation decide 10 dc-psy-
chologize the city of their affection and
put il where all can see IL on the map?
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.


Washington, Jan 10.-Mrs. Letter enter
tanned a distinguished company at dinner
tonight in honor Of the American Ambas-
sador to Great Britain and Mrs. Whitelaw
Reid, who are tho house guests of Mr. and
Mrs W. J. Boardman. In the company
asked TO meet them at dinner were Justice
and Mrs Hughes. the former Ambassador
10 France and Mrs. Henry White. Senator
and Mrs w. Murray Crane. Senator Bran
degcc, Representative and Mrs. \. j. Peters,
Senator Burton, Mrs James w. Wadswortll,
sr, Senator Tipptt Mrs. Hope Slater Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams. Mr.. and
Mrs w j. Bosrdman. ex-senator and Mrs.
Adrch Mrs. Jack Gardner ~ Boston; Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Pretty
man. Of London; Major Butt and Bishop
williams. The dinner WAS followed BY
music with Edwin Morris. of the Peabody
conservatory of Music. At the plano.
Mr. and Mrs. Boardmsn entertained at
luncheon for tho American Ambassador aud
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid to-day and gave a
small tea IN their honor.
Miss Helen Taft and hor cousin. Miss
Harriet Anderson. were the guests In honor
for whom Mrs. John =. Roybnrn enter
talned a company or young p"Opl' ~ olH-
ner. followed by a theatre party. tonight.
Mrs Elsie French Vanderbilt who Is
visiting Mrs. Reynolds Hitt, wife NJ the
American Minister to Guatemala, Is BEING
extensively entertained. Mrs INIT expects
10 sail on January IS 10 join her husband
at his post. after spending several weeks
with his mother. Mrs. II. H. Hit. To
night Mrs Hit sr., gave large dinner
and dance at tho Country club in honor OF
Mrs. Vanderbilt, and last night one of the
most interesting of tho numerous supper
parties which followed the diplomatic recep-
ito at the White House was the one given
ror Mrs Vanderbilt at the Abb Club, with
=. Odcu Horstmann as host.
The Assistant Secretary or War and Mrs.
Robert shaw Oliver entertained at dinner
tonight.
The dchutantc Of the day was Miss Helen
Hardy daughter OF Representative and Mrs.
HARDY Of Texas who was presented at a
large afternoon tea at tho home Of hcr
parents Miss Gcuevicyc Clark. daughter
Of the Speaker was among those assisting.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The French Cabinet re-
signed after Premier CaillauX Valniy
tried to reorganize It, following the res
iRnation of the Foreign Minister justin
de Selves. - American troops VIII
SAT- to-day from Manila for China
ITnitsd states military attaches returned
10 the Peking legation after inspecting
the railway section 10 be guarded; Rus
sIa Informed China of its willingness 10
mediate about Mongolia; DR.. sun Hat-
sen may lead one hundred thousand
rebels in the march to Pektng. - A
Bermuda dispatch said the McCall, lhe
last of the torpedo boat destroyers miss
ing In the recent storm, was safe. -
Massenet's opera "Le Jongleur de Nore
Dame" was presented at the Hammer
stein Opera House in London, So
prsno instead of tenor singing Ins
title role. - The census OF l9ll
showed that the population OF france
had increased slightly, according 10
Paris dispatCh. W. Morgan SnuS-
tor said farewell to the Shah and will
leave Teheran to-day; st. Petersburg
newspaper printed a rumor that ne
would be appointed Minister TO Persia
DOMESTIC. IC.-Andrew Carnegie, wit
ness before the Stanley committee, tCld
how he got the better of John ID. RocKe-
Teller in the Lake Superior ore deal, anu
said that he was "a fOOP for selling ms
properties 10 the United States steer
CORPORATION for $3.50 100000 go The
thermometer at Cock, Mimi, broke colu
weather records, registering DO degrees
below zero; all thermometers there burst
at that figure: 80 below was recorded IN
several Canadian towns, - below AT
Minneapolis and % below at ST. Paul
- The federal grand jury at Indian
apolis Investigated the operations OF
Ortie f. McManigal in New YORK New
Jersey and other Eastern points. -
Judge Carpenter ruled out OF the recoiu US
letters alleged TO have been written by
the indicted beef packers on trial IN Chl-
caeo; the government will insist later
that they be admitted as evidence -
\ fire broke out in st. Rlta's HAIL. villa
nova College, near Philadelphia, ana 1oE
p time threatened several other buildings
with destruction.
CITY. Stocks closed higher. - The
work of tearing down the ruins OF the
burned Eouitable Building will begin to-
dsv and il was thought that the three
bodies and the billion dollar treasure
hurried under the ice covered wreckage
would not he reached in less than a
week. z-- w J. Bryan said the Demo
cratic marty was reasonably harmonious
and that its next platform would be dls-
tinctIy progressive. - Mayor GaShor
addressing an organization OF commits
sion merchants. absolved the middlemen
from the charge of causing high food
prices. --=-- Incoming steamships ar
rived with heavy Coatings Of ice. and re-
ported stiff gales and biting weather
- Guy f. Tripp was elected to sue
ceed the late Robert Mather as chair
man Of the board of directors ot the
westinghouse Electric and Manufactur-
ing Company. - The American
Painters and Sculptors. the new rival Of
the National Academy of Design, elected
Arthur r. Davies president, 10 succeed
!. Alden Weir, resigned.
THE wEATHER.-Indic for to-
day: Fair and colder. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, u degrees; low
est, Z.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
REVOLVING DOORS
Thought Dangerous in Case Of Pani'
Because of Trouble in Folding

To the Editor of The Tribune"
Sir. Several complaints were received
vos,erday and to-day by the Committee on
Ga ,o,v ~ tho CITY Of New York relative
70 the nanickv conditions prevailing III inc
large office buildings throughout the ht"h-
ciaI district while the fire in the hquildo'e
! lie Building was raging. The police iesu-
latIons within the fire zone OF course tha"e
II necessary for pedestrians to be turhe"
or into the side streets and forced to seek
o,tr.,co IN many Of the office buildings
,rroucb roar and basement doors which are
.oIdo,, used except on holidays and In
cases Of emergency.
Almost without exception these do"Is
are Of the revolving type. and In the hurry
and excitement incident to the big hre oil
yesterday morning many serious OlockaH'S
ros,I,cd Following numerous complaints
~, inspcctor from the Committee on SAFETY
yas sent out into the financial district
where he noted several instances IN VINO"
mon and women were injured IN pass'"s
through these revolving doors.
II f. the impression Of many that these
rcyoIyinc doors are panic proof, hut an eN-
animation of tho doors In the wall street
district fails to show that this - true Inc
latest model Of revolving door can be fold-
cd by any person who examines It's CON
e,ruction and takes sufficient time oul
even I'm a small crowd like that at 10 a. m
to-day the pressure from behind renders
this impossible. The fact is that IN IN"
case or panic 10 one, however export,
could adjust the doors. The pressure Voul'
not hermit st. and the result would-b" great
or disaster than that Of the Triangle rae
tory hrc
ono prominent business man in the imam.
ciaI district In complaining of th'S "'I'
fins. morning. stated that he had waited WIN
moro than nrty others in an ofiic" building
while only ono person ~ Tim" passed.
,brourb the revolving door. "If instead OF
simnlv being In hurry 70 reach our re-
.recti,o Office We had been excited by
Grc or explosion In tho hugo building III
which We were waiting ! dread to th'nN
oC tho rcsuIt." ho said
". IT, WILLIAMS.
Ecprcscuting tho Committee on H"l''N'
New YORK, Jan. -. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRT-
MARY LAW.
PRT

Justice Bitur's decision that the So
called direct primary law enacted bY the
last LEGISLATURE is unconstitutional in
three sections follows closely the reason
ing which led Justice Gayegan and the
Court Of Appeals TO pronounce the Levy
election law unconstitutional. One Of
the issues was involved in both cases
the right Of candidate to have his name
appear more than once on the ballot. The
restriction which the primary law set
up was declared by Justice Blur to he
an even more unfair discrimination than
the similar clause in the election law,
held TO be void by the highest court.
The section excepting New York City
from the general compulsiOn 10 elect
party committeeman at the spring prl-
maries this year was not defended by the
respondent in this csse--the New York
City Board Of Elections. That body
agreed that 1t must have crept into the
law through inadvertence and was i'm
possible of application. and that the law
should be construed az IL the provision
were non existent. The 'insdvertence"
men apd true at Albany aver that this
particular clause was in no COPY Of the
bill which they ever saw. and some eX-
press doubt that il was In the copy ~
the bill-a horrible muddle Of type
writing aud longhand corrections and in
erlineations-which was passed. The
clause giving 10 the party committee,
l. ~ ,-h
use the party emblem in primary con
tests appealed TO Justice Blur AZ quite
as much Of discrimination and as uu-
Nfair as limiting the number Of times a
candidates name could appear on the
ballot Therefore he ruled il out.
Thus for the second time Tammany
stands indicted by the courts for having
tried to impose upon the public unfair.
improper and illegal laws governing tho
franchise. The sections Of the primary
law held unconstitutional by Justice
Blur were intended chiefly for the ben
eft of Tammany, and found their place
in the law only because Tammany ran
the Legislature Murphy wanted no
party committeeman elected in New
York i'm the spring primaries he wanted
no fight over state committeeman he
wanted no party contest here which
would affect the choice Of delegates 10
the national convention. Therefore New
York City was excepted from the general
provisions applicable TO the rest of the
state. Tammany wanted the great ad-
vantage Of the party emblem In any pos
sibIe primary contest under this law. II
got it. as It got the clause preventing Il
man's name from appearing on the bal
lot more than once. If the Court Of Ap-
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
At TIE WHITE HOUSE.
,r,om The Tribune Bureau
j = L.. =

-
,ar Ian. lO-Thc President
,... aa,,,nIotod and final consideration has
,"o,, ciyop bv the cabinet to the economy
49,, ooi,iorcy message, 1t Will 80 TO Con-
eress January H.
,no,hor engagement has been added 10
,bo Presidents Ohio trip. Mr.. Tart haVlnS
,,,or,od AN invitation to deliver an a'-
.droes at the dinner of the Hungarian cru
-, of cleveland OH January -. Tue
pro.idort viii speak tho same evening be-
fore the Tippecanoe Club.
Tho Secretary OF state discussed ~"
orhi,ration treaties with the President
and tho Secretary Of War showed letter
~ ,Ir Taft which he has written to Rep
r.eeptative Hay, setting forth the obJec-
,,ons of the department to the Hay army
bill.
Amone the White House callers Ver7
the Vice-President. tho Secretary OF COM
merco and Labor. the members or lie
international Joint Commission. SENATOR :
rull6m. Jones, Curtis. Stephenson anu
Penroso. Representatives Humphr'F'
Smith. SIemp, BorIand. Bates and cam
eron, Lewis Einstein. American Minister
70 Costa Rics: Mayor John r. Higgins OF
Vancouver: Justices Wright and Ander-
son and Assistant Secretary Beekmsn
Winthrop.
The President will spend all tomorrow
In his study IN an effort to catch w Oh
his correepondnnce
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
THE CABINET.
rFrom Tn. Tribune Bureau !

TFrom The Tribune BureauI
Washington. Jan. l0-MrS. Knox. Mrs
MacVeagh. Mrs Fisher and Mrs. Nagel
we're the only Cabinet hostesses obserN-
ing their regular Wednesday afternoon 81
home to-day. Mrs. Stimson IL in mourn
ing. Mrs. Wickersham is absent from the
city, and Mrs. Meyer was not at home be
cause OF her house guests, whom she
wished 90 entertain otherwise
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer entertained at dinner tonight the
Russian Ambassador and Nine. Bakhmet-
eff, the Italian Ambassador and Marchesa
Cusni and Donna Beatrice Cusani, the
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Fisher,
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and
Mrs Nagel. Senator and Mrs. Warren. the
Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Huntington Wilson. the Rev and Mrs.
Roland Cotton Smith Colonel Thompson,
Mrs. william Thompson, of New York;
the Russian naval attache and Nine.
Vassilicrf. the AustrO-Hungaran naval
attache and Baroness Preuschcn, the
British naval attache and DR.. and Mrs.
william II Wilmer.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
DIoKENs's BODY TO STAY HERE
Relatives of Son of Novelist Accept
Offer of Trinity Vestrymen.

II has been finally decided by the reIa-
tivcs Of Alfred Tennyson Dickens son OF
the novelist, that his body will remain ih
New York. II was placed In receiving
vault at Trinity >Ccmctcry SATURDAY Dr.
". n. Manning, on behalf of tn" Trlhl'E
vcstrymen, offered TO find suitable p'o'
in Trinity Cemetery, and the Offer has been
accepted.
The daughters of Mr.. Dickens, VINO hNe
I'm Melbourne, Australia. had declared thdt
they preferred the burial I'm London Mt.
Dickcns'S sister, Mrs. Kate PeriSihi' OF
London, took up the matter WIN h'I
ncccs, and a cable message was receiNeu
from her saying MY nioccs consent 10
burial in America. Accept offer OF ground
gratefully"
New-York tribune., 1912-01-11
poo,,1e and Social Incidents

Tho Russian Ambassador and Nine.
Ralbmetefr will be the prln'ipaI guests at
= large dinner given by Mre. Letter on Sat
urdsy. ,-,,,
senator and Mrs Fletcher Of Florida, were
MON, those entertaining at theatre parties
a., -,ieht. taking double box party of young
noonIo to the Columbia Theatre, with Miss
,,,nara Rivero the debutante daughter Of
,ho cuban Minister end Nine. Rvero, as the
eueet of honor Others in the party were
S,igs Margaret Smith. Miss Frances FL
arzer Miss Carrie Lee Chsmberltn, the
Misses FLETCHER, Sefor Cfespo. son of The
Mexican An1ha ssador Horstio Rivoro, .son
Of the Cuban Minister Lieutenant Sesrles,
r. < A.: Dr. Kemp, RisIcy Hunt ard Aus
tin Howard.
Mrs. T. J. steUwaEsn was hostess at
musical At the New willard this morning
AZ II O'Clock. followed by a luncheon at
O'Clock. At which there were about two hum
dred guests.
Mr.. and Mrs Preston Gibson viii % to
New York tomorrow TO spend the week end.