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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29
THE PATRICK MYSTERY"

The pardon of Patrick would De
more impressive coming from some
other Governor than Mr. Dix, VINO mas
q notorious weakness for Iioefa'il'E
condemned men: who set the muir
dnrer Hams free when he had been
hardly punished ut all for his cfllie
and although there were NO mitigating
circumstances in his favor. Inc GOV
ernor's act Of Clemency does not 90
an all fOurs with that OF the ia'e
Governor Higgins in committing iat
rirli's sentence from death 10 lie III
prisonment. If there was an element
of doubt in the case an ALIENATION VI
the extreme sentence was proper; Ioi
were il ever learned that mistake
had been made, the error would thus
not he beyond recall But PARDON
ought TO be granted only because the
executive is satisfied either that the
man hardened is innocent or that ne
has been sufficiently punished. Gov
ernor Dix dispOses Of the first alterha-
five. He evidently does not feel that
Patrick's innocence has been estao-
Tshed. for he expresses the hope iuaI
Patricl; will now devote his energies
n proving il. Again, the Governor
saws nothing about Pauicks being
sufficiently punished, and he can hard
" believe that he has been. Tor MS
forgeries and other crimes alone, even
r. he were not murderer, would he
enough to keep him in jail for life.
Mr., Dix says that there "has always
been an air Of mystery in TINS case
The mystery has been not 50 much III
fine case rs in The man. The wonder
is excited by the fight that he mas
made for his life and freedom. Where
innocence is asserted with such VlSoE
and resourcefulness and so unrehlI-
tfpoIy for so many years II Is natural
for men 10 ask themselves if there Is
not something in the claim Patrick
has imposed himself upon the lnaGiiia-
ton. He has won sympathy as an IN
yincible spirit is always sure 10 WIN
svmpatlv. He has enlisted. III TINS
process. the support Of many Nhu-
hearted persons. some Of them proiIIl-
nppt and influential. There Is a mys-
+erv rs Governor Dix says, but tue
mystery is that the man could fight 50
long and So hard and be 50 unbrokcn
nv his many defeats and his years oil
confinement.
That there was any substantial.
doubt about his actual guilt has never
IMPRESSED most professional judges or
evidence The Patrick case has been
before the courts in endless forms.
The condemned man has had the best
Of counsel-himself his wits sharp
pned by incessant concentration on the
one end Of freeing himself Yet the
courts have never been persuaded TINT
there was a reasonable doubt Of his
guilt
1t is human 10 forget the case against
Patrick-the evidence Of his infamous
plot to get possession Of his wealthy
clients estate. wherein he went so FAR,
in the opinion Of a jury and of more
than one court a. to procure the death
of its owner-and 10 think only OF
his marvellous fight for freedom. On
this account there will not he much
harsh comment on his release. 4 will
like his was almost sure TO win in the
end. 1t found soft spot in an execu-
tive who could give no better explana-
ton Of his yielding than the Devil
dered ejaculation, There has always
been an air Of mystery in this case
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29

these conclusions. come failure or sue
cess
We are heroizing to-day the politician
who figures out what he thinks will win
at the next election and then advocates
that thing regardless of his own con-
science or judgment. We even call the
politician who will do that thing cour-
ageous The truth Is that this kind Of
politics IS cowardice. Bravery IN behalf
OF truth leads men 70 contend against the
current OF public opinion Il that current
is running in the wrong direction, and
permit the future 10 pronounce judgment
upon them Political cowardIce leads men
to pander and not TO educate, 10 trail and
not to lead.
/ hope that the present administration
Will make such a record that 1t will con-
tinue to command the confidence and the
support OF the American people, for / am
more interested in their welfare than
am in the success OF any political party.
II It shall do this, il will deserve a vote
OF confidence, and, il It shall fail, the re-
action will be not to another promiseful
experiment, but TO the time tried policies
OF the party that soon will pass from
power.
In concluding, / want to add that am
prouder Of tho race at the end Of which
/ met defeat this year than of the one
at the close OF which l was elected Gov
ernor twelve years ago. did not fight for
an Office, but for a principle. TO help hold
the Republican party together in the face
Of treason against that day when time
would furnish it's vindication. My mes
sage to Republicans is. hold the lines and
keep the recruiting offices open; we are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29
No Place for Demagogue.

There Is room I'm this country for one
POLITICAL party that does not play the
demagoguc that knows a higher rule OF
action thau mere opportunism, that be-
llevCs In itself and its mission sufficiently
to be willing. II need be. TO be defeated
FOR principle and has the faith that no
party IS ever whipped that goes down
lighting Tor the best interests OF the
American people.
II President Wilson adopts a conserva-
tive course, a course that Is intended 20
ward Off from the American people the
dread consequences OF precipitate and III
considered action. he will be denounced
as a reactiouary by the same great pub
lefty organization that has made Presi-
dent Taft the most mahgned statesman
I'm American history II, on the other
hand he falls in with the radicals, the
seIf-styled "progressives" Of his party,
the result, in my opinion, VIII be such
revelation as 10 the results of radicallsm
I'm action that the people Of this country
will be sick and disguised by IT, The Re
publican party in Indiana Will be recruit
ed at the next election, under those cir
cumstances. by the hundred thousand
IIoosiers who were too busy TO vote this
year, by thousands of Bull Moosers who
were fooled by their leaders into beliey-
ing this year that the way to beat Wilson
was 20 vote for Roosevelt, thousands more
who prefer the occasional sight OF II meal
ticket 10 the imaginary fighting at Arma-
geddou, and by every Democrat who pre-
fers prosperity to political buncombe.
do not ask the Republicans OF Indiana
10 carry the Republican platform in their
pockets and read il 10 their neighbors
Platforms are only words, and deeds. not
words, are the things that promote hui
man welfare. ! ask them only to keep IN
their own minds the memories and the
traditions, the achievements and the
great names that have made the history
Of our party glorious, and remember that
the future OF their party is what they
make II, as It's past has been what Re
publicans have made it. 7 ask them 10
keep IN mind the record OF the admins
tration, which, Ike the administration OF
President Harrison twenty years ago, has
failed for the time being to command a
vote Of confidence, and two years hence
set It against any record that may have
then been made by the party now placed
In power, and let the people Judge in the
light Of experience.
Repeating what ! have said within the
present year. we are face TO face now
with the deplorablo results Of a concep-
ton OF politics which seems TO have been
growing IN favor for a decade, that con-
ception being that politics is simply
something TO win with and not 10 serve
the country with.
The need Of this country at this time is
men in politics who. animated by pa
triotism, will weigh well our public prob
lens, reach conclusions dictated by rea-
son and not merely by what they believe
a majority OF the people will for the mo-
ment acclaim, and then win stand by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29

The promise OF the New Jersey DEM
ocrats to seek revision Of the constits-
ton Of that state Is not going 10 be full
filed without embarrassment and dim
Guilty one Of the chief aims OF some
rcformers Is not only to
have the AssembIymeu elected by dis
tricts instead OF by counties, but also
to have Senators elected from districts,
as in New York, instead OF one from
each county large or small But TO
this latter proposition there f. much
hostility on the part OF those who wish
TO maintain degree Of county autou-
ouy and 10 make the counties bear
relation TO the state similar to that OF
the states TO the federal Union. That
theory Of state government is logical. II
il is somewhat old-fashioncd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29

rcpulsed. not whipped; we will BIO rein
forced, not dispersed; our party Will hshS
and win again-.it viii not die.
WINFIELD y. DURBIN, Ex-Governor OF
Indiana,
Anderson, Ind, Nov %, 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29

In her attitude Of opposition to a
great extension OF divorce privileges In
Great Britain Queen Mary remains true
TO the austcre traditions Of the Vic
tOriau reign, and I'm view Of The in
fuencc Of the court over society and Of
social considerations over legislation IL
will not be surprising II her hostility
proves effective
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29

The Hague treaty prohibiting the
dropping Of explosives or innammable
objects from airships long ago expired
by limitation, so that in employing
such means Of warfare against Adri-
anople the Bulgars were within their
legal right. IT is to be doubted, how
ever, whether the moral sense Of the
world will ever generally approve in
discriminate incendiarism. even in the
name Of war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29
Nations High Water Mark.

In this administration Of William How
ard Taft. under 4 tariff law enacted. with
Incidental defects. I'm harmony with the
protective principle that is the cornerstone
OF the Republican creed, we have regis
tered the nations high water mark Of
national prosperity. II our adversarles,
% whom / attribute only a purpose to
serve well their country. can submcrge
IT,. Well and good. But II two years or
four years hence that mark shall stand
out high above the recsding waters, then
again inevitably the Republican party will
triumphutly return TO power
The only reorganization the Republican
party needs is that which will be effect
cd I'm the regular way many months hence
by the Republican rank and file. Ir needs
10 reorganization AZ the hands OF politl-
clans at Washington or elsewhere. and
particularly IL needs no reorganization It
the hands Of men who EaN been unfaith-
ful 20 IL IN the campaign where its right
10 continue IN power was az stake. We
need leaders now Of the fibre OF william
Mckinley, who had the courage and the
foresight TO stand up after the over
whelmlng Republican reverses OF 1880 and
lSg2, declaring anew his faith I'm those
Republican policies against which Just
such dcmagoglc clamor was raised both
tv the opposition and by tlmOrous, time
serving Republicans that We have heard
again as history repeats Itself in 1910 and
1872 And William Mckinley lived to see
his partys splendid vindlcation, the popu-
lar Endorsement and the successful trial
OF those very policies rejected at the polls
twenty years ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Prince and Princess Albert RadziwllL
who were married In this city by the late
Archbishop Corrigan, are due in New
York to-day, or board the Carmania.
Karrick Riggs and NJ. Hevenith, the Bel
gian Minister at Washington, are arrlv-
ing on La Sayoie tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29

With all due respect for the demand
for equal opportunities for women, Il
does seem that TO exclude them from
working in iron foundrIes would not be
an abominable oppression.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29
SIMPLY 90 REPEATED
Ex-Governor Durbin Says Re-
publican Party Is Not Dead.
PRAISES Mr.. TAFT'S WORK
Former Indiana Executive
Thinks It Will Return to
It's Former Power and
Win Again.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The political buzzards who imagine
they smell carrion since the battle OF
Armageddon will discover that the Re-
publican party IS no corpse. II there Ia
a dead one on the field he bears another
name. The Republican party, so far as
the election returns of November indi-
cate, is not as big as 1t has been at times,
but its present composition represents
the survival of the sCrappiest; only the
fighting men are left. The camp follow
ers, the guerIlas, the faint hearted and
the dcsertcrs have thinned its ranks, but
never were the real Republicans who
have survived the period OF its trial by
fire more determined, more militant more
thoroughly I'm earnest than they are to-
Cay.
Always real Republican leadership has
pinned It's faith to the enduring power OF
principles, and not Of temporary ma
jOrtieS. Majoritles and pluralities come
and go, but principles stand the test Of
time.
What happened I'm 1912 is only 1892 over
again. The Republican party was de-
Atdl'b primarily DtNduSc again tue rest
less desire for a change had seized the
people. This time that desire was magni-
fed because OF the projection into the
campaign Of Mr. Roosevelts third term
ambition.
The result was not more disastrous. so
FAR az the Republican party is concerned,
than it would have been in 1892 II Mr..
Blaine had decided TO lead a bolt from
the Minneapolis convention and stand as
an independent candidate.
The future Of the Republican party de-
Ponds now, as It always has depended. on
that vindication Of its principles and
policies which only the progress OF events
can furnish or deny IT, It's real leaders
have never sought TO commend II to the
people through the appeal Of its pros
pecuses. but by the actual results OF its
policies In action I'm so far as they affect
the strength OF the nation and the welfare
OF its people.
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Stanley Mortimer has issued invitations
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Mrs. Edwin s. Marston will give dance
tonight at Sherry's for her daughter
Miss Edna Marston.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-09-25
EXHIBIT Of SOCIAL
DISEASE kSSA|LED
&EV|L AND UNFIT
DR.. Ira S. Vile Declares He
Would Throw Display
Into Street.

A hatfooted attack on the character
Of the social disease exhibit at the ex-
position OF the Hygiene and Demos-
raphy Congress was the sensation OF
that International gathering today. DIR.
Ira 8. VILE. of New York. In a lecture
at the exposition, said the whole cham
Der Of horrors" as he called It, ought
to be thrown out In the street.
DIR. VILE was dramatic In his attack.
Suddenly pointing at the exhibits. he
said:
Now look at that-a perfect chamber
OF horrors. II had my way. would
rip out this whole exhibit and, with
the exception OF the section on eugenics.
I would remodel 1t from one end to the
other.
For n single type. fear may be an
efficient correctional Influence: but for
the generality Of mankind, never. Our
efforts must be turned, not toward
dragooning the young to do right. but
toward the incubation OF that right
thinking which leads to right doing.
Education can accomplish only q
/ measure Of good In the suppression OF
social disease continued DR.. VILE.
I'VE shall always have this deadly
scourge among us. probably till the end
of time, at least to a limited extent. In
the largest measure, II can be eliminated
only by eliminating the causes-by
doino away with squalor, with wretch
edness, with overwork. underfeeding.
starvation wages. alcoholism. ignor-
ance"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-09-25
Guards at Hillsville
Prevent an Escape

ROANOKE. va. Sept. 3.-But for the
alertness OF the guards at the Hillsville
jail SUNDAY It is possible that sidna
Allen and Wesley Edwards would have
made their escape. When sidna Allen
was placed In q cell, the guards took
every precaution and searched the other
prisoners. When a Carroll county man.
serving a term for making moonshine
iiauor, was searched three wooden keys
were found on him. The detectives tried
them on the doors In the jail. and found
that one opened the door to the cell
which Sidna Allen occupied, another mt.
ted the inside door to the cell tier, and
the third the outside door of the jail:
The keys were perfect, and show that
the man who made them Is something
OF a skilled mechanic. They are OF oak:
and worked as perfectly as the original
iron keys from which, evidently. they
were patterned.
an old friend of Sidna Allen, and II IL
believed he did the work with a view to
aiding in Aliens escape. He was q
"trusty," and had access to the jail
keys and had an opportunity to STUDY
them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-09-25
Stokers in U. S. Navy
Rarely Victims of Heat,
Declares Surgeon Fiske

Suckers OF the United States navy but
rarely are Frustrated by heat, according
to Surgeon Charles n. Fiske. U.s.N., In
an address to the section of the con-
gress on THE Hygiene Of Occupations"
Statistics have been compiled which
show that only twenty deaths and
thirty-two invalidings from the service
on account of heat stroke have been
recorded during the last thirty-hve
years." he said
,,on as hnar ~ cnn,na 70 ,,,,ei, ,ittI. ,,,,-
portance to the service as a whole.
"The lessons OF the famous White
Squadron, and all of the earlier classes
boats Included, lessons In sanitation
and noticeably in ventilation. have been
used probably in the designing and
equipment in all but the earliest class
Of battleships and armored cruisers."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-09-25
DISTRICT CALLED
MODEL IN KEEPING
Of VITAL RECORDS
One of Two Exceptions in
Attack of Eminent
Statistician.

Vital statistics as kept by the Dis
trict formed one Of the two exceptions
to general condemnation OF the methods
Of compiling such statistics In American
cities by Frederick L. Hoffman. general
statistician Of the Prudential Life Insur-
ance Company, at the hygiene congress
today.
But Mr.. Hoffman criticised the cstab-
lishment Of the division OF vital statis-
tics in the permanent Census Office.
which he declared has proved a him
drance rather than help IN the devel-
opment OF municipal vital statistics be-
cause of an unfortunate tendency on the
part OF American registrars to shift the
responsibility for Information to the
Census OfYice.
THE absence Of uniformity in the
annual presentation OF vital facts" he
said. land the crude and superficial
analysis having reference thereto Is one
Of the most lamentabie facts In the
American public health administration
of today"
After voicing particular dissatisfaction
with the report Of New York city and
several OF the other large municipalities
OF the country, Mr.. Hoffman said that
the best illustration OF Intelligent con-
formity to the principle OF continuity Is
to be found In the admirable reports on
vital statistics of Providence, r. l.. and
Of the District.
ae said that the reports for the Dis
trict Of Columbia are OF unusual COM
pleteness with special reference to the
mortality of the white and coIored
populations. For most or the cities, he
defective, and no accurate birth rates
can be COMPUTED
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-09-25
DR.. Hutchinson's Ideas
On Rearing of Children
May Startle Mothers

ao,no maui ,uggo.tIor. q. 10 thn rear.
sunny NV susses.o"s 30 '"e
Ing or children came from Dr. WOODS
Hutchinson In lecture before the Hy-
giene Congress. All OF the suggestions,
child hygiene experts here say, will not
he adopted at once. DR.. Hutchinson
"A child wants what he wants when
he wants II, and he ought to have II.
"a child should nave what he wants
to eat. II he wants sugar. let him
have II.
LET your child eat as often as he
wants to. His stomach Is geared for
continuous performance; he should eat
at least six times a day until he is seven
or eight years old.
Don't make your child get up until
he wants to.
"A child's instinct for play is YGod-
given; his hatred OF school comes from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-09-25
HEAD
FLAYS CAPITAL IN
OYNAM|T|NG CASES
Gompers' Lawrence Strike
Article Brings Out Higher
Up" Situation.

Criminal conspiracies Of merciiess
and INSCRIPTIONS capitalist antagonism
to organized labor" are fayed by
President Samuel Gompers. OF the
American Federation OF Labor. In an
article in the october number Of The
derationist." issued today. regarding
the alleged dynamite conspiracy duri,g
the textile workers. strike at Lawrence,
Mass.
1.-THE already famous Lawrence strike
is apparently yet to perform another
service to workingmen in furnishing
public substantiation for charges
against men higher up" says Comp
ers.
"The public has felt that some grea,
power had dropped a bathing impene-
trable curtain, shutting them out from
the facts In the case. and that the trfa
Of John J. Breen was but an attempt te
to remain unwrttten history Of business
life-that unwritten history Of which the
general public occasionally catches ap-
The story of Ernest w. Pitman ant
his relations to the dynamite case arr
most suggestive OF the abuses of imam
cial powers. Rumor says he had beer
expecting financial aid from the big mil
men.
Apparently II was determined to de
stroy labor organizations by discredit
ing the workers. One way to do Il wal
to show they were lawless users of dy
Mantle.
THE public Is anxious to know VIII,
the mayor OF Lawrence did not have
thorough investigation of the dynamit,
case.
"As contrasted with this great. grind
Ing money power. these men Of higf
political. social. and moral position
was group OF underpaid foreign work
| ers. without organization, unprotecte,
strangers at the mercy OF a protected
and specially privileged power.
When the story Of financial greed
heartlessness, and determination shall
have been established, the world viii
have confirmed previous criminal con
spiracies OF merciless and unscrupulou
capitalist antagonist to organize,
labor"