El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-16
MURPHY To Be
ABSOLUTE IN
new YORK
Patronage Which the Leader
Will Control Will Make
Him a Political Gar.
NEW WORKERS TRY
TO CONSERVE SANITY


/ least viii have the most powerful po-
litical car which this state. or any
( state in the nation has ever known,
is one Of the most significant facts
on which insiders in politics are com
menting, now that the smoke Of the
I general battle Of election is clearing
away From any point of view it
now seems certain that Charles I.
1 Murphy, the Tammany Hall and state
Democratic leader, will exercise a
power far greater than any Tammany
leader has ever known, great as
many OF these have been.
As a result Of the mighty patron
age, city, state and national which
Murphy will WELD his name it is now
believed will go down in history as
that of the most powerful leaders
since the organization Of the Tam
even those of such famous leaders as
Van Buren,, Tweed and Croker. 1t
IS doubtful if any Democrat in the
Tammany organization, or any leader
in that organization since it was
founded had the power at his COM
mand of Charles T. Murphy. Martin
Van Buren, may have had and Samuel
j. T1lden 10 great extent had almost
similar power But, according to the
records Martin Van Buren,. William ii.
Tweed and Charles Murphy are the
only three Democrats in the annals of
Tammany Hall who have been both
leaders OF Tammany and Democratic
leaders OF the state. Great as is the
federal patronage of this state con-
corning the distribution of which it is
expected Murphy will have practi-
cally final say as state Democratic
leader, the patronage of the state and
this city which viii come into his
hands as Tammany leader is estimated
to be five or six times as large, so
that altogether he will undoubtedly
rank as the greatest political car in
h. let Of "a r,-
the distribution of offices goes and far
outstrip the records Of even Tweed
and Croker.
New Burden Threatens the ePOOr.,
A new scheme to Cypress the poor
and raise the cost of living is sus-
pected by some sensitive souls who
are questioning the newly adopted
metric carat" The metric carat will
not affect the contents of Irish stew
or of the standard New England boiled
dinner. But 1t may very easily put
up the price Of diamonds, and the !
price Of diamonds, as is generally /
lately that the average WOrkingman's /
family can only purchase its yearly !
supply by the most careful economy
in food, and even in articles OF luxury.
Precious stones, it seems, have been
weighed for centuries by the carat.
But there has been no general stand
ard--tO show how much the carat it.
self weighs, and in different cOun-
LLlGS1 ana even IN QlILereQL parts OF
the United states. It's weight has va
ried materially The standard which
has become almost universal in this J
country is one of 2O5.3 milligrams-
whatever that may be.
The jewellers Of New York, however,
met the other day in the National
jewelers. Board Of Trade and voted to /
adopt the. metric carat" which is /
zoo milligrams, or exactly one fifth /
Of a gram in weight The change will !
States on the first Of next July. 1
Here is where the danger turks. A /
one carat diamond is about as big as 4
q small pea The customer can /
whether it weighs the 205.3 milligrams ]
Of the good, old, honest American Z
carat, OF the 200 of the Frenchified J
metric" carat. VIII the jeweler
tell him the difference, or will he /
charge him the old price for new
short weight stone? And with a cold
winter coming on, and with the in
creaSlng prospects Of a tariff which
Will take precious stones off the free /
list and charge a heavy. duty on them.
It begins to look as if me poor man 4
would have to take the diamonds
from his hungry childr3n's threats
and give them pearls instead.
To Conserve Family.
Conservation Of sanity is the key
note Of a movement, the first Of its I
kind attempted in this country in
which New York is particularly in
crested this week. That there is need ]
or such a movement is indicated by
he figures which show that the in
zane in this country Outnumber the
enrolment Of all its universities and
hat their care costs the nation an
annual sum greater than the pay Of
he standing army. More than ESQ.,
100 insane persons it is stated are now
larbored at public expense IN institu-
ions throughout the country and the
&c rfG nj
100 100000 yearly. While 25 percent
# the cases treated in asylums and
hospitals are cured it is the belief of
he investigators that with proper
this figure would be
argely increased and the financial |
urder Of the public correspondingly
educed.
The realization Of the gravity OF
his situation has led to the holding
ere Of the first congress Of mental !
ygiene which has ever been brought I
ogether for the purpose Of making an I
rganized and intelligent fight against
trated that many cases if taken in /
heir incipiency could be cured and
hat such a conservation Of the ma
ional sanity would mean a saving Of
many millions annually. What is
nleLy needed to bring about this !
nd is a better understanding Of the
auses Of insanity, and accordingly '
series Of tests have been compiled
or the detection OF delayed mental
evelOpment or weakness from which
o many cases of insanity develop S
nd which if discovered in time could 7
e successfully treated. IA
Several hundred thousand New
Orkers are now busily applying these
7sts not only to themselves but to U
heir children as well and while san I 7
y has not heretofore been included / :
mOng the national resources need
lg conservation, the first congress a
mental hygiene has proved so sue {
assfUl as to indicate the birth of f
ew and important movement to
lis end. s
To Treat Servants HumaneIy. Z
A new and apparently satisfactory b
1lutiOn Of the servant problem is d
DIV being tested by at least a few of i
lie housewives here in New York
here the question is perhaps harder
settle than anywhere else in the
orld- And the solution, like most S
anuine remedies, is simple. It con-4 @
SITS simply in treating servants like
lman beings. New York is rubbing p
S eyes yet over the remarkable dis b
very, though, as usual New York { e
lard the story hindside foremost fha l h