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New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
At TIE WHITE HOUSE.
IFrom rhe rrIbune Bureau.l


Washington, Feb. 27.-Politics, the Aeh-
can situation and the Lawrence striho
were the principal subjects discussed "
this mornings Cabinet meeting.
The President received many encouraging
reports from every section Of the country
promising support in the campaign Tor re-
nomination and reelection. Mr. taI'
chances In the West are growing brighter
each day. said Senator Warren, VINO as
sured the President that the intermountaih
states would send Taft delegates TO the
convention.
Among the White House callers were
Senators Brown and Townsend and Repre-
sentatives Campbell, Pickett, bartnoiot'
Hawley, Wilson and Calder.
Accompanying four-leaf clover, sent 10
the President by Mrs. S. G. Wightley, OF
Philadelphia, was the following: "One ieal
is for health, one for courage, one for risht
and fear not and one is for success next
June and November, and four years more
of splendid achievements"
This afternoon the President, accom-
panied by Major Butt. took long walk
and this evening spent short time at the
University Club dinner.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28

THE ISSUE IN THE BRANDT CASE.
Mr.. Schiff's statement in yesterdays
newspapers makes it clear that he hdd
good reasons for desiring to see Brandt
nunished. Mr.. Schiff was the victim OF
a domestic outrage which arouses SYM
pathetic indignation indeed, so far as
that feature Of the case IS concerned, ne
has all along had the sympathy OF rlght
thinking persons. Brandt was evidently
q scamp who deserved to he sent TO jail,
but when all this is granted there still
remains the question whether the judi
cial processes were not abused In send
ing him to jail in the way In wnlch nc
was sent there, for a crime which In the
opinion Of the Supreme Court the evt-
dence fails to show that he committed
with the aid Of a false criminal report
from the police, and for an extraordinary
term Of years. That is the real issue III
the case, and unfortunately Mr. Schlp s
statement throws no light upon IT.
The sole public concern is In having IL
ascertained whcJner the courts OF thls
state have been used by friend OF the
District Attorney at the time. represent
ing a man of great wealth and influence
to give effect TO private vengeance upon
a prisoner by furnishing him for an Of
fence against the law greater thar and
different from the one he may have been
guilty of. If the weakness of judges oe-
fore wealth and influence, the cornplaiS-
ance Of district attorneys and the scoun-
drelly activities Of the police are suf,'
cient to cause severe sentences for fell
onies to 20 by favor, then no man is safe.
So far as the rectitude Of courts IS colt
cerned there is little practical difference
between sending to Jail a man innocent
Of any offence and sending man to Jail
for different and graver offence than
the one he actually committed. II the
processes of law can be subverted to the
extent Of producing the lesser 1t will be
only a short step to the greater injustice.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
"ATAV VISM."

Mr.. Roosevelt's comment in his Co
lumbus speech on the United States Su'
preme Courts decision Of the income tax
case by a narrow majority, which he uses
to buttreSs his suggestion that IF there
"must be decision by q close majority,
then let the people step in and let it be
their majority that decides" irresist'
ibly recalls other criticism of that tri-
bunal The characterization Of the In
come tax decision which Mr.. Roosevelt
quotes with evident approval seems al
most like a paraphrase Of the Demo
cratic platform Of 1896 on which Me-
Bryan ran for the Presidency. That
platform complained:
But for this decision by the Supreme
Court there would be no deficit in the
revenue under the law passed by q
Democratic Congress In strict pursuance
of the uniform decisions of that court
for nearly one hundred years, that court
having in that decision sustained consti
tutional objections to it's enactment
which had previously been oVerruled by
the ahlest judges who have ever sat on
the bench.
That rather mild criticism 1f the
United States Supreme COurt--far mild
er than Mr. RooSevelt's statement that it
has "set up standard Of injustice"
about which he feels so strongly that he
says he has difficulty IN making the
Statement with any degree Of modera-
"tion"-was sternly rebuked by thought
full patriots throughout the country. One
OF the most sweeping condemnations OF
it which we recall was this:
Furthermore. the Chicago convention
attacked the Supreme Court. Again this
represents a species Of atavism-that Is,
of recurrence to the ways Of thought Of
remote barbarian ancestors Savages
do>not like an Independent and upright
judiciary. They want the judge to de-
eide their way, and II he does not they
want to behead him.
This striking exhibition Of insight into
the meaning of the Bryanite attitude
toward the courts as q survival of the
primitive method of recalling judges and
decisions with an axe was published hy
DR.. Albert Shaw's eminently Progress
sive Review of Reviews" in September,
1896. 1t was written by Theodore Roose-
yplt
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
JERSEYS CORPORATION LAWS.
Past Attempts and Future Hopes lot
Their Amendment.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Criticisms OF the corporation lu"S
of New Jersey are we'll founded. In Mayor
Gaynors forceful arraignment OF those
laws there was much truth and some error
He overlooked, however, not only Cover
nor Wilson's inaugural address rererrihs
to that subject, but was apparently uh-
aware of the efforts made for several years
past to have these laws properly amendeu.
In 1906 the New England Society OIL
Orange, on my recommendation, appointed
n committee to investigate the whole SUD
ject and report. We were nearly year
I'm our Investigations, and In the report
TO the society early in 1907 made deanlte
recommendations for amendments 10 Ihe
law. A bill was drawn In accordance there-
with, and soon fterward-February, 4N'-
introduced I'm the New Jersey Assempi1'
The Committee on Corporations, yielolns
TO the corporation influence then so potent
at Trenton, allowed the bill to siumoer,
and II was finally rigeonholed for the rest
OF the session.
A year ago bill providing for the ap-
pointment Of a commission to look up the
subject and report TO the present Lssls-
Iature was on the last day OF the session
passed by the Senate. 1t was not now
ever acted upon in the Assembly. a SIM
lar bill introduced by Senator Colgate iast
week is now before the Senate
Why Governors Fort and Wilson have not
taken official interest in this proposed legis-
lation has not 10 my knowledge yet been
made public. That interested promoters
and the beneficiary attorneys VINO have
.; Of tbaea
made laws" enormously profitable should
lnterpose objection to proper revision Is
readily accounted for. and that certain cor
porate interests should line UP squarely tor
letting us alone" is also generally under
stood. But why public officials appreciat-
ing the good name OF the state and desiring
creditabe laws should be silent on his
great question is q source OF earnest thought
20 those who recognize the vicious cnarac-
ter Of these laws.
What is likely To- he accomplished by
abusing the trusts and the conditions re-
sultlng from them, while ignoring the
urinary cause Of their existence? How can
remedies be effectively applied so long as
the laws creating the conditions remain In
full force, and the supreme authority or
the state is conferred upon any promoters
to organize ad lib. the holding company
the modern trust-and like authority to
continue in unrestricted control its opera
tlons2
Those who know Governor Wilson cannot
doubt his sincerity In the views he so well
expressed in his inaugural address relative
to the New Jersey corporation laws, Let
us hope that others I'm authority In dealing
with this vital question may unite In formu-
lating sane, safe, constructive policy
both state and national, that will efectuai-
~ remedy present conditions, and revise
the law so that II will no longer be by
word and reDroach throughout the country
New York Feb. 49, 1912. +. w. Is.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
CHANGES IN WATER TAX RULES

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: A law was passed by the Legislature
this year changing the procedure IN the
collection OF water charges by this depart
ment, compelling the return to the con-
troller of unpaid bills and the imposition
OF the per cent interest penalty several
months earlier than formerly. Under the
old system this department returned the
unpaid annual charges and the meter
charges to the Department OF Finance on
August of the following year. and they
were subject to per cent interest II still
unpaid after June l of the next year. IN
der the new procedure the return VIII be
made on March 1 Of this year Of the un-
paid annual water rents and penalties for
the water year ending April 80, 1872, and
the unpaid meter rates and meter settihe
charges for the calendar year ended De-
cember 81, 1911. The Z per cent interest
penalty will be imposed on these bills IL
still unpaid after March /. 1913.
These changes In the law were made in
order to conform with the new seml-an-
nual collection of real estate taxes
HENRY s. THOMPSON. Commissioner.
New York, Feb. q, 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
rHE LANGUAGE OF SOCIALISM

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your articles on socialism, published
I'm the Sunday Tribune, are highly com
mendable. and your publication OF them
certainly deserves the gratitude OF your
readers, since they enlighten and educate
the public mind on the real meaning Of the
much distorted term socialism. Yet II
seems to me that the effect OF the publica-
tions would be intensely further reaching
II they were held more popular. |. e., more
understandable to the common minded peo-
pie They should be more concise, in plain
language and studded with more examples,
such as the one I'm Mr. Schurman's article.
OF the thrifty man OF Schenectady who OK
tablishes cast and the one OF the producing
capitalist with the aid OF machinery, and
so forth
To the simple mind an object lesson is
invariably more instructive than hypo-
thetlcal one. Such lessons would go closer
to the understanding OF tho working and
laboring classes. OF whicn the so-called So
cialistic element is chiefly compoued. The
higher educated classes welcome these ex-
ploitations as their own convictions but
the so-called socialistic class, owing to
their inferior education. win hardly under
stand them. cHAS, +. KEPPLER.
Elizabeth, N. j., Feb. p. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
People and Social Incidenfa

at home this afternoon to large contIn.
gent of the social world. Assisting her
were her debutante daughter, Miss Janette
Ayres, and Miss Ruth Hover. of Denver
Mrs. John Hay has as guest for the
spring her niece. Miss Constance Mather.
of Cleveland Miss Constance Parnely.
also of Cleveland il the guest OF her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. James Parmeles
One of the largest and most distinguished
audiences seen at a concert this season at
tended the professional debut of Miss Eliz-
abeth Reside at the Columbia this after.
noon, when she appeared with the Wash
ington Symphony Orchestra
Mrs William +. Draper entertained a
dinner company tonight. invited TO meet
Cardinal Gibbons. Much regret was or.
pressed at his absence. Her guests wers
Monsignor Russell. the BRAZILIAN Ambassa,
dor, Justice and Mrs. McKenna, Mrs. Rich.
ard II. Townsend, Mrs. Henry c. Cor lin
Mrs. Stanley Matthews, Mrs. Bowers. Ms.
Cannon, Miss Janet Fish, Miss BoardInan
Miss Draper. Representative Cannon. Gis,
Blair John c. White, Count de Chabsnnes
Major Horton. Mr.. and AIrs. Edward BeaIa
Mclean. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis b. Crown
inshield, Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion 1ohn.
ton, Henry du Pont and Burrell Hun.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
ASoTHER wooDRorIAy ENIGMA.

Mayor Gaynor has returned with vigOr
to his attack on the incorporation law
Of New jersey and renewed his express
sion Of surprise that the head OF tie
state government vehement critic of
the abuses which result from the grant.
ing of dangerous powers to corporations
has not devoted himself to amending
New jerseys lax and culpable incorpo-
ration statute. In an interview in 1.-The
New York World" the Mayor declares: /:
'And so for generation this public
''swindling under this swindling statute
has gone on, and still goes on, and no
effort is made TO repeal II or make it
''strict and honest by amendment"
When the Mayor first attacked the
government of New Jersey for its ill
ingness to grant undue favors to corpo.
rations in return for Incorporation and
other fees the friends of Governor VIII
son tried 10 parry the thrust by explain
ing that In bis first message to the Legis-
lature in 1911 he made recommendations
on the subject of improving the incorpo-
ration law. They urged that it could not
be his fault il the Legislature had turned
a deaf ear to his suggestions. But the
text Of the message cited showed that
the Governor had not recommended the
repeal Of the provision of the law allow
ing the creation Of corporations intended
merely TO hold the stock of other corpo-
rations. His remarks were Of general
nature, and when the Legislature, ap-
parently unwilling to sacrifice the reve-
nue. which New Jersey gets out of ''for-
eign corporations" failed TO pay any at
tention to the subject he also prudently
dismissed 1t as one on which IL was not
practicable to harmonize academic the
ory and practical interest.
Mayor Gaynor is not satisfied with
the mastery inactivity displayed by Gov
erpor Wilson since he sent 10 that first
message. He cannot understand how Mr..
Wilson can find time to advise the Legis-
lature as to it's duty to ratify the income
tax amendment to the federal Constitu-
tiofl--a matter with which the Governor
has no direct concern--and yet has no
spare moment In which 10 indite a spe-
clal message urging the Legislature to
undo the wrong It has done not only to
its own citizens but to the citizens Of
every ether state In licensing corpora
tions with excessive powers and scanty
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
.rrnn rhn Tribune Bureau. !

From Tho Tribune Bureau.
Washington. Feb. 27.-The French Ambas-
sador and Nine. Jusserand entertained at
dinner tonight the British Ambassador ana
Mrs. Bryce, the Italian Ambassador ana
Marchioness Cusani and Donna Beatrice
Cusani. Justice and Mrs. Hughes Senator
Lodge. Senator and Mrs. Newlands, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Crane, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
White, Major General and Mrs. Greely, NJ
and Mime. Diehl. the former member OF
the French Institute; Or. Thomas 5. Lee
Mrs. Helen Morton and the French naval
attache and Viscountess Benoist day.
Viscount Chinda, recently appointed AM
bassador from Japan, to succeed Count
Uchida, presented his credentials TO the
President to-day. He was accompanied Dy
Mr. Hanihara, first secretary, and, untiI
tho arrival OF the ambassador, charge d al
faires: Nombumori OzeIi. second secretary;
Nagakage Okabe, attache; Hlroshi Saito
attache: Captain Tokutaro Hiraga, nava
attache. and Lieutenant Colonel kazutsugu
Inouye, military attache. The PRESIDENT
aida were present and the presentations
vere made by a member of the State De
partment. -.,....-. ,,.,..---
The Minister from Uruguay and Sehora
de Pena entertained at dinner tonight for
sefior Don Alexandra Herquiniso, Chilian
second secretary who will leave here on
Thursday for his own country.
The German counsellor and Nine, Haniel
Won Haimhausen entertained at dinner to-
night the German military attache and
Nine. Won Herwarth. Lieutenant Won Her
warth and Alfred c. Horstmann. attache
OF the German embassy. They later occu-
pied a box at the New National
Henri Martin, Swiss secretary. went to
Baltimore this evening to meet some social
engagements
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Spence's School Society will give An
entertainment on March % and q az tha
Plaza, for the benefit OF the Fresh Air
School for Tubercuar Crippled Children.
Miss Margery Clinton is the chairman az
the entertainment committee, and assocl
ated with her are Miss Carol Hartman.
Miss Grace Henry. Miss Margaret schief.
felin, Miss Dorothy Shepard and Miss Alice
Damrosch. THE Mikado' will be given.
and the cast will include Miss Carol ,Harri.
man. Miss Grace Henry. Miss Caraaal
Carroll and Miss Alice Blaine Damrosch.
Tickets may be obtained from Miss Harri.
man, No. East 69th street.
The sewing class Which works for the
Fresh Air Fund Of the Cathedral os 81.
John the Divine met yesterday morning at
the residence of Mrs. John X. lselin, No
SO East 18th street There was music by
the Bernard-Sinsheiner String Quartet
The members Of the class include Mrs
BENJAMIN Nicoll, Mrs. Lewis Cass Led
yard. Mrs John Clinton Gray, Mrs Gus
tav Amsinck, Mrs. Frederick Roosevelt
Mrs. Theodore r. Pell. Mrs. Charles Steele
Mrs. Henry NJ. Tiford, Miss Beatrice Bend
at the residence Of Mrs. Franklin b. lord
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Fahnestock are re.
ceiving congratulations OH the birth Of a
daughter on Monday at their house. No.
81 West 52d street.
Miss Sarah Cooper Hewitt gave a re-
ception last night at her house. in Lexlng-
ton avenue. which was followed by moy-
ing picture exhibition.
Mrs. NJ Orme Wilson viii give a dinner
this evening at her house, in East Gth
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Heckscher are
booked to sail for Jamaica to-day. 1-
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph II. Choate, jr, are
receiving congratulations on the birth Of
a son few days ago at their residence, in
East list street Mrs. Choate is a daughter
of the Assistant Secretary OF War and
Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Goadby Loew. who vera
the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. L. f. II. Belts
In North Carolina for a few days, have
returned to town.
Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting will give a
dinner this evening at her house. in East
I'D street.
Mrs George B. dc Forest win give
dinner tomorrow at her house. in East
5Qth street
Charles b. Alexander. Miss Harriet and
Miss Janetta Alexander left town yester-
day for California
Mrs. Charles ]. Welsh will give dinner
on April 13 at the Gotham for Cardinal
Farley.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

[By Telegraph to The Tribune.l
Newport, Feb. N.-Mrs. Vanderbilt was
Newport visitor to-day. She inspected The
Breakers and lunched at the Muencmnger
King. After making a short visit at the
farms Of her sons, Alfred and heginauo
Vanderbilt she returned TO New YORK
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Little have returned
to New York after a short visit with hr'
Little's father. Captain William McCsfU
Little. who is fast improving In health
Extensive improvements will begin at tns
Clambake Club on April J.
Mrs. J. @. Mclaughlin and Miss NC
Loughlin, Of New York. are at the huenenr
niger King.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Caslmir de Rham arc
TO open their cottage In May
Reginald c. Vanderbilt. who Is soins
abroad next month, is to return In unS
to open his Portsmouth estate In July.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

[FOm Tho Iribune BuItluI
Washington. Feb T.-Miss Taft ana her
cousin. Miss Katherine Anderson. were the
guests at dinner tonight of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Parmelee. OF Washington and New
York. other guests were Miss Constance
Mather and Miss Constance Parmely OF
Cleveland; Henderson B. Gregory, Charles
+. Wilson, J. Cotton Smith and Robert NJ,
Parmelee
Illness prevented Cardinal Gibbons from
coming TO Washington last night for the
dinner given in his honor by Mrs. Henry Z.
Corbin, much to the regret OF the company
she had invited to meet him. He was also
unable to be here tonight.
Mrs Steven B. Ayres, Of New York. was
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
an enemy of the true faith and a traitor

an enemy of the true faith and traitor
70 the Congressional household.
The average Congressman zeal lor
pensions is based more on what pen
sions will do for him than on what tney
will do for the pensioned. From tna'
point of view private pension iesisla,
ton is highly demoralizing and shouiu
be held within the strictest possloie
bounds. 1t probably would be were
there more men in Congress with cour-
age enough to expose its generally Hill
sy and inequitable character.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28

RESPONSIBILITIES. Mr.. Wilson owes IL 10
fbe Mayor to explain why he has suf-
fered from paralysis every time he mas
been moved to try to remedy an admitted
fault in the New Jersey law. The Mayor
saws that he knows Of one man In New
Jersey. Mr.. c. II. Kelsey, who has been
waiting on successive Governors ana
asking them to send special message
to the Legislature for the repeal or
amendment Of the Incorporation statute
But Mr.. Kelsey, he adds, "has been
turned aside one way or another" Who
turned him aside" from Governor VIII
sons hospitable office door,
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
THE TAxICIB ROBBERY SOLVED.

The success Of the police in arrestlng
those responsible for robhing the East
River Bank messengers In taNlcao
and In recovering a large part OF the
stolen money is an occasion FOR praise
and conratulation. In this case the
work was made easier by the obvious
flaws in the story told by the chauffeur
Of the taxicab. The route he TOOK, his
slowing up sufficiently to enable tne
robbers TO board the vehicle, his failure
70 give the alarm promptly when they
left It and to follow them when, ac-
cording to his story, they fed in an
automobile, all suggested his compllclty
in the affair. Considered from the posi-
tlon I'm which their crime would leave
the chauffeur, it is hard to see how the
robbers expected TO escape detecuon-
Nevertheless, the police are entitled 10
feel satisfaction in their complete
success.
The completely of taxicab owner
and driver in the robbery enforces the
necessity of guarding against the grant
Ing of licenses for the operation or sucn
vehicles to any except persons OF known
good character. To be sure, this par
ticular chauffeur had not before TINS
crime a criminal record. But his eX-
plot shows how dangerous TO the COM
munity these vehicles in the hands OF
criminals may be made. 1t is disquiet-
ing. indeed, to be told, as the public has
been within the last few days, that sew
eral garages in this city are owned by
men with police records. The use OF
motor vehicles by criminals will proba-
by. as a rule, involve completely on the
part Of the garage owners or chauHeurs'
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
A LOOK INTO SOCIALISM.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Eureka! The discoverer of new
planet could hardly feel greater salts
faction than would come to the careful
reader of DR.. ]. C. schurman's thorouShgo-
ing exposition OF the many sided SUB
feet OF socialism as found on the pages OF
Yesterdays Tribune. This feast of knowl-
edge so generously prepared exceeds ones
most sanguine expectation. Darkness and
light are So different, and to be usbered
into a whole full day OF calm, clear hsht'
revealing and unfolding all along the way
80 impartally and pleasingly convincin%
every puzzing question on the right mean
ing OF socialism is an appreclauve incl
dent OF beneficial education for which one
feels deeply grateful. MARY LOUIE.
Brooklyn, Feb. 20. 1872.