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New-York tribune., 1912-08-22

had for Years prevented such work, Dut
at this time there was the frst oppor-
tunity in years TO undertake II, ana the
DoIphin was the first fruit OF tue el-
fort But the Democratic hoStlilF
would not down, and since II could not
stop the building of the new navy IL
WAS directed to vilifyinc and running
if possibe. the builder Of the first ShIps.
4 Democratic administration came III
the next wear and to 1t fell the task OF
testing the Dolphin on her trlal trips
Thprpupon the vessel was promptly
condemned as "structurally weak, ana
similar attacks were made upon the
other vessels which had been ordered
of Mr. Roach until that great snip
builder was driven to suspend his work
and was broken down in health.
This little inCursiOn into ancient MS
torv-whlch may not he as familiar,
however. 10 the present generation as II
should be-iS made for the sake or
contrasting that condemnation of the
Dolphin with her record as il stands
to-day. "Structurally weak yet FOR
twenty-eight years she has been iii al
most constant service as general util-
ity vessel for the navy. "Structurally
weak: yet without rebuilding she mas
deservedly borne for many years the
reputation OF being one Of the very
stanchest vessels afoat. Structural
lv weak" yet past the age at which
naval vessels are usually consigned TO
the scrapyard she merely needs goou
overhauing TO fit her for further ser
vice We should like to have our moi
ern naval designers study her carefully
so rs to repeat her structural weak
ness" in other vessels. And we ear
nestly commend her story 10 consid-
Grafton. even by the 62d Congress. as
an object lesson in the unhappy results
Of partisan spite and malice In great
national work
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
IN THE BERkSHiRES.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. !

LenoX, Aug. 2l-Eighteen hundred In =
vitations have been issued for the we'd
ding Of Miss Frances Richards Newcomb.
daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Warren
Putnam Newcomb, to Lieutenant Donald
Armstrong. L. 5. a, ar Westover. the
colonel's country place in Pittsfleld. to-
morrow afternoon, II will be military
wedding. out OF doors, and the bride will
cut the wedding cake with her husbands
sabre. Many OF the guests arrived in
Pittsfield to-day for the ceremony and the
ante -nuptial entertainments. Tomorrow
General and Mrs James r. Burbank will
give n luncheon for the bridal party at
Brattle Farm.
Miss Caryl Spoor gave a dinner at
Blythewood this evening for the members
OF the Newcomb-Armstrong wedding
party. The dinner was followed bv dane
ing Among the guests were Mrs. Ellis
knowles Miss Beverly Richards, Miss
Lillian Aldrlch. Mrs. George A. Wildrlck
Miss Clarietta Armstrong, Miss Mar
garet Oeland. Miss Ann Cass. Miss Nellie
Keyser. Miss Edith Aldrich. Miss Margaret
Blair, James r. Walker. Duncan Bruce.
Francis Armstrong. Lieutenant Arm
strong, Lieutenant George A. wildrick.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
NO TWENTY-FooT BALLOTS.

Commissioner FoSdick's report TO
Mayor GaynOr on the unsatisfactory
working Of the primary election last
spring puts the chief blame for it on
the law under which that primary was
held Faults in the law are so nu-
merous and it is so poorly constructed,
he finds. that unless amended it is
likely to prove thoroughly unwOrkable
next year The fourteenfoot ballot
which was supposed 10 be the instru-
ment OF government Of free and ell
lightened constituency would then be
surpassed in some districts by twen-
ty-foOt ballot in the primaries. NO
intelligent voting can be done under
"such a system" laments Mr.. Fosdick.
He recommends that the law be amend
ed 50 that the ballot. instead of be-
coming longer. will he shorter. He
would have the election district the
unit of representation in party com
mittees. instead Of the Assembly dis
trict. and would have the election dis
trlct and primary district coterminous.
This would simplify the printing and
distribution Of ballots.
From these recommendations it is
plain to see that Mr. Fosdick is a
kicker and a SOrehead, no respecter Of
the sacred rights OF party machines
and i'm all probability an anarchist lie
would take from this law some Of the
very features which endear it to Tam
many. The Murphy Legislature which
passed and the Murphy Governor who
signed il were not ignorant of the pos
sibilities of those provisions which Mr..
Fosdick criticises. The effect Of max
Ing the Assembly district the unit of
committee representation was pointed
out I'm legislative debate. and rough
samples of the ballots which would be
evolved under the system were on ex-
hibition. But that made no difference.
BY making the Assembly district the
unit Of representation the party ma
chine would be virtually safe from at
tack; at least. no attack would have
much chance of succeeding. as IL might
II the anti-machine element In the
party could make fight in each Of the
election districts. instead of the As
sembly district as whole. II made no
difference If the ballots proved 50 long
that intelligent voting" was impossi-
BILE. Tammany wanted no intelligent
voting. II would he just as easy for
the obedlent Tammany voter to stuff a
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
IyNsEATING THE RIDERS

BY standing firmly against the tu'h-
ing away Of obnoxious riders IN the
appropriation bills Mr.. Taft has won
victory and AT the same time dealt
lasting blow to that lnischievouS
practice. Congress failed yesterday TO
pass the legislative executive and Jl-
dicial appropriation bill over his veto
with the provision abolishing the Com
merce Court. Even In spite OF the
natural disposition OF Congress 10 in
sist upon its right 10 try TO force the
Presidents hand by sneaking measures
that he is known 10 oppose In DIS
which he Is under some pressure 10
sign. not enough votes could he mus
tered in the Senate to pass the bill
over the Presidents veto.
The Senate should now refuse 10
lend It's hand 10 any cheap scheme of
the Democratic House 10 get square
with the President. The country is
solidly behind him in the position he
has taken IN respect Of riders 10 ap-
preparation bills. The Constitution did
not give thc Chief Executive the veto
power for the purpose Of having ii
virtually taken away from him by IA
legislative trick. and the country
would regard with impatient contempt
any effort Of Congress 10 obtain re-
venge for its defeat.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
AT NEWPORT.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. !


Newport, Aug 2l.-The crowd at the ca
sno this morning for the tennis matches
was the largest OF the week and about
the largest in a number of years
Registered during the morning at the
Casino Were Hamilton II. Durand A. c..
Hoffman. Robert r. Livingston and Mrs
4. Rassy. OF New York: Mrs. Buchanan
Merryman. OF Washington; Miss T. Alice
Kissel. Of New Jersey, and J. F. Brown
OF Boston
\ large part Of the social colony gath
cred tonight at The Breakers. where Mrs.
Vanderbilt gave a dance for her daughter.
Countess Szechenyi. who assisted her
mother IN receiving the guests. Guests
vent 10 the dance from all OF the dinner
parties, the largest OF which was given
by Mrs. Etuyvesant Fish at Crossways for
100 guests. The entire east end of tho
veranda was nclosed. and tables were set
i'm the dining room and on the veran1a
Yellow ard pink flowers were the table
decorations.
Mrs William s, Loew and Mrs Elisha
Dyer were luncheon entertainers to-day
and this evening the other dinnsr enter
tainers we're Mrs. Edward G. Post and
Mrs. Paul A. Andrews.
Some ~ those taking part in the tennis
tournament at tho Casino were entertained
at luncheon to-day by Mrs Barger Wal
lach at Edna Villa
ldiss Martha Goldman had large COM
pany at her Bellevue avenue home to-day
tor an afternoon reception.
Mrs. Fish will give her farewell dinner
on August -. She and Mr.. Fish have de-
c.Ced to spend short time az Hot
Springs. Va, before gang to their place
at GarrIson-on-the- Hudson
Mr. and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt have
returned from New York. and there il a
small army Of mechanics working at
Beauicu, preparing the theatre that is TO
be used for the theatrical performance
End costume hall there on Friday night.
Preceded by dinners given by Mrs !.
Gordon Douglas. Mrs. Forsyth Wickes.
Mrs. Craig Biddlc and a number of 9th.
ers Mrs r. r. Wilson will give a dance
tomorrow evening for Miss Beatrice
Whitehouse
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. jr..
are expected at the New cliffs tomorrow
there include Miss Marguerite Shonts.
who came from Bar Harbor Me, Harry
S. Black and George NJ. Church.
August Belmont is still at work upon
the idea of having coaching parade He
has set Saturday as the day, and II is
his plan to have the coaches meet at his
summer home and drive from there 10 the
West Chester Polo Club for the match
on that day.
Miss T,ota Robinson. OF Baltimore. and
Frederic Jewell Dieter are at the Muen-
chinger King.
Miss Edith Deacon plans to sail for Eu-
rope on August 2S 10 visit relatives.
Captain and Mrs. Isaac f.. Emerson
have gone TO New York for a short stay.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mckinney have
returned from New York
Ambassador and Nine. Bakhmeteff. of
Russia. are to return from Bar Harbor
on Friday
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
THE DOLPHIN.

Commend to us the Dolphin. We
mean the vessel. not the mammal ;
though. indeed, in some of these An
gust days the latter is to be envied by
hapeSS seekers after comfort. But of
chief interest, 10 point d moral or
adorn a tale. is the trim little vessel
which on the navy list ranks in a spe-
cial class as an unarmored dispatch
boat and which in her somewhat eX-
tended and variegated career has
served many purposes and traversed
many seas. Announcement IS made
that she is in bad condition, really
scarcely seaworthy, and will have TO
come TO the Brooklyn navy yard for
extensive repairs, instead of continuing
i'm commission as the cruising vessel of
the Secretary Of the Navy during this
falls manpuvres: which Is not ut all
surprising. but is interesting and not
void Of profitable suggestion.
For this same little Dolphin is the
senior ship Of the modern United states
navy She was launched i'm April, 1884,
when Chester \. Arthur as President.
William r.. Chandler as Secretary Of
the Navy and John Roach as ship
builder were 90 operating to restore the
American navy 60 its fitting rank.
Democratic parsimOny and hostility
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
AT SOUTHAMPTON.
IRy Telegraph 70 The Tribune


Southampton, Long Island Aug. Il
Mrs J. Worden Lorimer and Mrs Ernest
8 Iorillard have left Southampton for a
visit 10 Newport Mrs. p. p Thompson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Grenville Emmett also
nave gone to Newport 10 witness the
championship matches on the Casino
courts.
The unsettled weather OF the last few
days has kept many OF the usual hathers
away from the beach, although a few Of
the braver ones among the younger SCI,
have enjoyed their daily swim just the
same
Richard Newton. jr.. master Of hounds
of the Suffolk Hunt club. and Henry Mw'
ply. head huntsman, are preparing for
the opening of the annual hunting season
OF the club on Saturday of this week
Among the southampton people who are
expected to ride are Miss Ida Ia Flel.
mann. Miss Adele s Colgate. Miss Betty
Bliss. Miss Julia Robbins. the Misss,
Chisolm, Miss Beatrice Claflin. Henry D.
Babcock. s. Brice Wing and Miss Still
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Blake. sn
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. j. Scar
Barclay, ir, have returned 10 Pine Me-
dies. their country place in the Berkshirss
Samuel l.. Parrish has left Soutnsmpto'
for an extended trip abroad in compsn
OF twenty members OF the American ib'
stitute Of Architects and Of the Archf'
illogical Society OF America. Miss Helea
Lee, Mr. Parrish's niece. Accompanies
him also. The yacht Athena has been
chartered al Naples. la which the paru
will cruise along the coast of Sicily ana
the Greek islands for five weeks. MI
Parrish will return to Southampton IA"
in October or carly I'm November
Mr.. and Mrs. c. p. Keep will remain "
the Meadow Club until after Labor Day
Mrs. Walden Pell will be a guest at tns
club until late in the autumn
I'm the tennis tournament at the Meaaos
Club for the J. Bowers Lee cup. T. D.
Robertson defeated Arthur Coppcll by ae'
fault In the first round. III. Sproul deiear
ed IL. G. Brokaw 6-3. SIS. 6-2, and u y
HOWE defeated J. A. Clark 90 o-l /"
the second round. 5. A. Johnson detes'
ed w. Chambers by default and Goodnu,
Livingston defeated 6. ID. HOWE 81 -
ir the third round.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
DUMPING RUBBISH IN THE RIVER

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. I noticed on your editorial page a
letter from n motor boat owner, who pro-
tested against the floating driftwood ana
other debris on the river. on the ground
that il was dangerous for motor boats.
have occasion To go several times q
week from New York 10 the Lower Bay
and n is disgusting 10 see the quantities
OF loose newspapers. empty china barrels
with excelsior. dead animals. water
soaked logs. and other articles lad lib-
itum" floating on tho surface Of the
water. Much Of this is unnecessary. and
what We need Is a campaign OF education
for the people. and I'm addition TO this a
rav making IL mlsdemeanor 10 throw
omptv boxes. barrels. or rubbish OF any
kind. including loose bundles or news
papcrs end large rotten logs that become
vatcr-soakcd and arc a menace To small
craft
Several weeks ago I was on a river
steamboat and as the boat pulled out into
tho river some one who sold small articles
ON thc boat threw three empty tierces
filled with meadow grass overheard 10
nOat around anu p'lHdiH " ""'''N' ~
eventually on ono OF our bathing beachs
know that AT this time we cannot
take care OF the sewage or this city In
any other manner than the present meth
od. but II must be obvious 30 any observ-
or that the waters of the bay and the
bathing beaches are polluted TO an un-
necessary extent.
There Is. / believe a committee or as
sociation in this city working along the
above lines. and would be very glad II
any one could give me the name and ad-
dress of the above society or committee
II is the common belief that the river
flows out TO the sea-" Recent expert
mcnts. made | think by the Senate or
government prove that the waters OF the
bav are not emptied into the sea. but on
the contrary. this polluted water OF tie
bav or river Gibbs and flows with the tide,
SO that there is never an entire change OF
water in tho bay I think If people gen
eraIly understood this they would be
more careful. WILLIAM II. HOOPER.
New York, Aug. II, 1872
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
THE GAME OF ASSERTION.

Attorney General WiCkersham makes
completely convincing reply to Mr..
ROOsevelt'S criticisms of the dispoSi-
ton of the Standard Oil and tobacco
cases. but he need not expect that Ii
will prevent the colonel from continu-
ing TO misrepresent Mr.. Taft's achieve
ments in those proceedings. Mr..
Roosevelt long ago realized the truth
which is formulated 10y GuStave lie
Bon in the statement. "AfiirmatiOn
pure and simple, kept free Of all
reasoning and all proof. is one of the
"surest means Of making an idea enter
"the minds OF crowds" Therefore. he
will doubtless continue 10 denOunce
the antitrust decisions secured by this
administration and declare that their
results are different from those Sc
cured by him.
OF course. muck rakers who go about
making a perverse scrutiny Of facts
may point ont that the Northern Secu-
rites decision resulted in raising
prices for the mOnopOliSts precisely as
the later decisions did. Mr.. Wicker
sham says the Union Pacific interests
! sold their Northern Pacific shares at
profit Of $63. 3.0O0OOO after the
! colonel had broken mp the cOmbina-
| ton. Mr.. Hartman, indeed. attacked
the Roosevelt plan Of distributing the
| Northern Securities assets on the same
ground on which Mr.. Roosevelt now
| attacks the similar pro rata distribu-
tlOn Of the oil and tobacco trust as
sets He urged that the administration
| scheme ''for Il pro rata distribution
would leave control in the hands Of
"the same people who now control and
would defeat the ruling Of the Su-
| "preme Court" Mr.. Roosevelt would
! not take that view. hut put through
the plan afterward followed in the
tobacco and oil cases Now he finds
! the argument Of that "macfactor Of
great wealth" very convenient
weapon with which 10 belabor Mr.
Taft for following in his own foot
steps.
But what difference does It make?
| Mr.. Roosevelt doesn't expect 10 con-
vince those who study facts Of finance.
Such persons are the Glasses" He
seeks the masses" He deals In en-
| thusasms and knows that one fiat
assertion, phrased to fire prejudice or
passion. IS worth half a dozen arg1l-
ments to demonstrate truth And
when he gets cornered, all he has to
say is that anybody who defends what
he attacks is not worthy to receive
any further attention from any sincere
man. It's a perfect prescriptiOn-for
some people. The man WIN advertises
"SmithsOn's salve is q sure cure for
cOrns, all others are limitations" also
! knows the game.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22

gressive women are depending upon their
party TO secure il in the various states
where the woman's vote does not yet
exist. Votes for women is state ISSUE
and the attitude OF the President or the
United States on the subject is OF no
great Importance unless he chooses 10 use
his personal influence in it's favor.
There is no need to give scorn to those
negroes organized to back Colonel Roose-
welt. The Southern negroes were not seat
ed, II is true. but there were Northern
negroes at the Chicago convention who
were given recognition never before
publicly accorded their race.
We have no wish to Withdraw from the
Chicago convention. The Progressive
party has made good" up to the present
and will continue TO do so in the future
ALICE CARPENTER.
New York Headquarters National Pro-
Gressve party. Metropolitan Tower'
New York, Aug. 10. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
A VOICE FROM THE TOWER
Miss Carpenter Doesn' t Indorse Mrs
Harper's s Neutral Policy.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: May ! take exception to your re-
cent article IN The Tribune by Mrs. Ida
Hustled Harper I'm which she states that
1T seems more than ever an act Of Wis
dom for the women sunragists TO main
tain a non partisan attitude? n this be
true. then the wisdom not only OF many
hundreds, but of many thousands. OF WON
en- must be an appalling thing to so prom
inent n suffragist leader. Does II occur
to her that the action OF the Progressive
party has already accomplished so much
for votes for women that II has demanded
that women confess their political prefer
ences now that the vote itself Is so near?
The case which she cites concerning the
inability OF the Socialists and Prohibition
lists to control the votes OF their parties
on this question but brings out in greater
contrast a party where the women have
already been accepted on equal terms with
men and where they are In a position To
demand allegiance from the men running
on the Progressive ticket. Her attitude
merely emphasizes the failacy OF putting
any hope in the other parties who have
proved 30 false to pledges.
Mrs. Harper lays great stress on the
fact that Mr.. Roosevelt can do little for
suffrage. and explains carefully why I
should like to refer her statements to the
Democratic women who have appealed to
Mr. Wilson instead OF Mr. Roosevelt.
The difference between the Democratic
and the Progressive women In this cam
pagn is that the Democratic women are
looking TO the leadership of one man who.
by his very position. could give little
II any help. even IL he believed In SUI
fraRe (which he does nnN. and the Pro-
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22

fourteen-foot ballot into the box as q
ballot Of pocket handkerchief size since
he had read neither of them.
The features Of the law which helped
TO bring about last springs scandal
were put into it. with others. 10 make
II unworkable and to bring general dis
credit on the direct primary system III
this state. The law has survived that
and bad rs it is, il is unlikely that any
great demand could he stirred up for
it's repeal There is demand for sim
pie amendments to make it Il decent
law
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
AN ANGEL AT THE SOURCE.

Colonel Roosevelt told the people the
other day that Mr. George ". Perkins,
of the harvester trust, was supporting
the Progressive party, according 10 MI
PerkIns's own professions. because lie
wanted 10 make the country better
one for his children to live in. To TINS
end he desired to see justice done 10
improve the relations Of the govern
ment and business and get capital ana
labor together on a better basis. III
vnrd. Mr.. Perkins was q Progressive,
ready TO devote his abundant means 10
the Progressive cause. not because the
head OF the Progressive party once
called Mr.. Perkins's harvester trust a
"oood trust" but because Mr.. Perkins
was a social reformer. anxious TO see
This made better world for everybody
to live In.
WHY. then, doesn't Mr. Perkins, as
director and one of the chief owners
of the harvester trust, begin at home
and improve relations between capital
and labor? The testimony taken be-
fore the state factory investigating
commission shows that the condition
of the workers in the harvester trusts
twine mill at Auburn. y. Y. are shame
ful. Even laws made for the protec-
tion of labor were not observed there
when this testimony was taken, one
week ago. for though the law requires
that seats shall he provided for the
workers and that they shall be al
lowed to sit in them. all Of the wit
nesses testified that they were com
pelled 10 stand during the long hours
of their employment, and although the
law requires the use Of devices TO eX-
haust the dust in the mill, no such de-
vices had been installed The hours Of
work were extremely long. and the
earnings Of the workers barely enough
To keep them from starvation. lnJu-
rieS to workers were frequent. Night
work prevailed And the persons who
were thus forced to work ten hours by
day or night. standing in badly lighted
workrooms, in an atmosphere so laden
with dust as to he unhealthy, were
chiefly women and children. the very
classes for which the Progressive party
is lOudest I'm demanding justice.
Young mothers work ten hours a
night, What about making this bet
ter place for their children? And at
once. not when some millennial pro
gramme' has been legally adopted:
Has not the colonel been vigorous in
denouncing the exploitation Of women
at night work? Mr.. Perkins and his
Progressive convictions are one thing
But how about Mr.. Perkins's dollars
his dollars gained by employing WON
en- because they are cheaper than mer
and employing them under such condi
tions as unfit them for motherhood anC
deprive the young children OF those who
are mothers of their mothers care?
New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
HISTORIC MANSION SAVED
Washington Headquarters in White
Marsh Valley in Danger from Fire.

Phns.ielphia Aug. 2i.-Fire last night
destroyed big barn on the farm of
Alexander Van Rensselaer, AT Camp Hill,
near here, one Of the show places OF this
vicinity.
Amateur firemcn succeeded In saving
the old mansion. which was occupied by
General Washington while the Revolu-
tionary army was encampcd In the White
Marsh Valley. The locality is rich In
historical associations. and thousands OF
persons yearly visit the old house to View
the relics it contains.