Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-19
ONLY N EN AFTER ALL.

of the Titanic, ono question has oc- cupied foremost place in inquiries concerning the details-will it turn out that all the millionaires who were crowded rpon that floating palace have been saved while the many hun dreds who were not rlillionaires were permitted to go down:
 It has been thought that if th1t should be so. the result would be an intensiication of public sentiment against the very wealthy. That. per. haps. would naturally follow. though it ought not to do so for the mere possession of millions can make men neither braver nor more cowardly in the presence Of such an awful peril as the passengers Of the Titanic faced last Monday morning.
 All gallant men in those dread mo ments naturally stood aside and made way for the weaker women and child Ien. No man who took a place that might have been occupied by a wc. man or child was q gallant man.
 On the other hand we quote the following equally unnecessary obser- vation from the Associated Press dis. patches of yesterday:
 The picture that inevitably pre- sents itself. in view cf what is known. is of men like John Jacob Astor, mas ter of scores of millions; Benjamin GugeenAeim, of the famous family of bankers: Isadore Strauss, the mer- chant prince; William T. Stead, the veteran journalist; Major Archibald Butt. the soldier, and Washington Roebling, the noted engineer-of any or all of these men stepping aside and hraveiy. gallantly. remain to die that the place he otherwise might have filled could perhaps be taken by some sabot-shot, shawl-enshrouded, illiterate and penniless peasant woman of Eu- rope"
 The picture presents, whether ac- curately or not, just what should be presented. the stepping aside Of any man. every man to make way for the last "sabot-shod. shawl-enshrouded. il. literate, and penniless peasant woman from Europe" We do not think that any of the distinguished gentlemen named, in the moment of that act Of heroism would have claimed credit fer the performance. With so many other things to engross his attention, we are surprised that the correspondent ha' wasted his tune in rreferring such c claim in their behalf.
 IrreievantIy because 1t Is so much of an exception to tho rule. may te mentioned an incident in the Repub lie disaster a few years ago. Ther' was happily little loss of life but th, peril seemed imminent and there was an incipient panic. There was rust for the boats and the well disciplined crew vas caring for the women am children. A New Yorker, prominent T business and political life. for nc ment became panic stricken and al tempted to thrust vor1en aside. H' tried to argue the matter His great business interests. he said, made Il much more important that he shoulc live than that others who were beinl saved should survive An oficer tc whom all lives in that supreme mo ment seemed on the level and Of cqua importance silenced that argumen with a we'll directed blow. The in cident was given brief notice but thu name Of the excited passenger hal never appeared in print. It was vel enough that it has not. He repre- sented no class. In that moment h. did not represent even himself Fol the moment he ceased to represen PanPppod ;tA4W