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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
THE G4YNOR ROOM.

The Democratic Association Of New
York for Gaynor for President, which
Just makes its bow to the public, is not
particularly impressive in its personnel,
but it will doubtless serve at this OPP
perfume time TO test the possibilities Of
! Gaynor boom without throwing any
/ responsibility either on the Mayor or on
Mr.. Murphy Mr.. Gaynor perhaps shares
the view Of State Engineer Bensel that
the man who announces himself a can
didate for Office before the people is an
ass. At any rate he showed skill I'm I'M
willingly embracing at the psychological
moment after SphinXlike silence, the
chance TO he Mayor. He discouraged
some talk about the Presidency started
last December by his official encourage
for which apparently he felt in a meas
ure responsible. He may, however, be
expected TO maintain an attitude Of I'M
concern toward this new organization
and await it's results with the philo-
sophie calm becoming to the Cincinnatus
on - homcly rural virtues his adj
mircls iu their circular Of nomination
dwell with enthusiasm.
The Mayor has not lost anything by
keeping out of the campaign until now.
The leading rivals for the Baltimore
nomination are not unlikely to find them
selves merely pacemakers for somebody
else's race Governor Wilson ut least
seems 10 have weakened himself by his
arduouS chase, and would he better off If
he were to come before his party now
for the first time as a scholar in politics
austerely devoted to his duties at the
Trenton State House. The Mayor has
the advantage Of fresh start, and If he
has the support Of Tammany's ninety
votes may easily become a formidable
figure in the convention. And If nOmi-
mated. he would certainly be lively
candidate. Probably his health, and eS-
pecially his voice, as the result Of the
attack upon him, would forbid any ex-
tensive speaking campaign. But that
might not be TO his disadvantage. A
candidate with gift for silence might
fill a deeply felt want after the ora
torical turmoil Of the last few months.
And Mr. GaynOr has a gift for letter
writing which might he far-rcachng and
powerful. His quaint and striking
phrases would he a new note I'm cam
paigning and might serve to bring an
interesting personality in its most favor
able aspect before the voters There
would be nothing commonplace in Il pO-
litical fight centring about him. We are
glad to see the movement started to
present his name at Baltimore. 1t will
add to the attractions Of that convention,
and in the end it may add to the gayety
Of nations
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twice as many as there are In Germany.
II is estimated that the yearly loss to
this country from that source is more
than S3OO,OOO,OO0. That is appalling
wastefulness, from a preventable dis
ease. And. Of course, there are others
We are said to lose more than $1,000
100000 a year from tuberculosis, which
If not as readily dealt with as typhoid
is still largely amenable to preventive
and curative agencies. The fact that
more than 100000 persons are con-
stantly i'll I'm the United States. and that
100000 die every year, suggests what
would he gained if the sickness rate
and death rate were to be reduced say 80
per cent, as competent authorities est
mate they could be through methods OF
known efficiency That would he the
greatest Of all concentrations of natural
resources
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
MTNLCLPAL INEORN4TLON

The plan for n central bureau Of
municipal information, favored I'm res
olution adopted by the Conference OF
Mayors Of Cities of New York State, has
much to commend It. Details Of financ-
ing the proposed bureau and rules and
regulations governing its management
are TO be worked out by special com
mittee and submitted TO a referendum Of
the mayors But there may not be much
difficulty I'm financing such an institu-
ton or I'm having the cities participate
In the project
Municipal administrators these days
face serious problems, usually without
adequate time or opportunity 10 study
theories Of government, or even the prac-
teal solution. OF such problems else
where Hiring experts 10 handle the
situation is frequently Of doubtful bene-
flt as their advice might prove 70 he
useful In theory rather than I'm practice.
and In any case the municipality would
have big bills to pay. That is where the
proposed bureau Of municipal informa-
ton would come in. II would be able 10
report what had been done with similar
problems in other cities, how successful
the course taken had proved and what
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
PENSIONS AND THE NAVY.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: II IS entirely consistent that Con-
gress, after voting many more millions for
pensions. should strike out OF the naval
appropriation bill provision for two battle
ships. The legitimate pensioners are rapidly
diving out, but the income OF tho horde Of
Pension Bureau employees and agents must
not DO endangered. The only way IN
which this colossal fraud can be Indefinite
~ prolonged IS by fresh harvest OF in
vallds and widows and orphans Such
crop can only grow out Of a war, and what
better way to bring II on than to push us
back to fifth place on the sea, an easy
mark FOR any first class naval power,
Should this day Of humiliation come
through the petty game of politics, let US
not forget the names OF those who voted
TO bring about such a dire result, so that
they may be placed with Arnold and the
other traitors In the nations Han OF
Shame. CHAhLEo ' Lin
New York, June 5. 1912
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r. cost If would obtain and distribute
among the cities that it represented STA
tistlcs relating to municipal problems
and information about new ideas ana
theories Of municipal government lt
yvould he q clearing house for improve
ments devised by city officials. 1t would
collect and distribute municipal reports
for reference. or digests Of the essential
narts Of them. 1t could follow legisla-
fion relating to cities and furnish compe'
tent opinions regarding its merits to the
Municipalities. II should foster ac-
ouaintance and good feeling among the
men who do the practical work OF city
government by this Interchange of Ideas
and at the same time stir them to a
friendly rivalry in departmental ell
cheney.
Somewhat similar organizations main
tanned by one or two states for obtaining
and disseminating information regard
ing work Of state departments nave
proved their value. There is no reason
why this proposed municipal bureau
should not he worth I'm practical help IN
governmental problems to the cities
which supported It far more than its cost
to any municipality.
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STILL MAKING CLAIMS.

A majority Of the delegates TO the ma
tiOnal convention is for Mr.. Taft. And
no reason to doubt his denomination eX-
lists except the claims Of the Roosevelt
managers that some Of the delegates In
the Taft column, either under instruc-
lions to vote for the President or rep
resenting communities that have de-
clared for him, will desert to the colonel.
This is what the Roosevelt men have
been claiming all along The break
from the President has been promised
over and over again. It was to come
after the colonel's victory in Pennsyl-
vauia. But Mr.. Taft went right on get
ting delegates, and those he had stood
fast.
Ohio was to end Mr.. Taft's hopes. But
it produced no impression upon the 10y.
atty of his support The victory in New
Jersey was to be followed by rush TO
the colonel's band wagon. The rush did
not materialize. 1t has not materialized.
The colonel's trip to Chicago has come
without any sign Of effect upon the
strength Of Mr.. Taft. The convention Is
at hand, and still there are no indica-
lions that the cOlonel's agents have made
any inroads among the Taft delegates,
much less shaken the loyalty of the great
number whom it would be necessary to
dislodge in order to defeat the President
and nominate the colonel.
These claims Of mysterious masked
support are necessary to keep alive the
Roosevelt boom. On the face of the fig
ures the colonel is beaten. The situation
is as it was when the contests in the
South were filed, not in good faith, but
to weaken the force Of the advantage the
President possessed in the figures.
Twenty or thirty more than majority
! in the convention favorable to Mr. Taft
does not "lOOk we'll" so deserters to the
Roosevelt camp are claimed, but without
making public who they are or what
! delegations contain them. Having begun
| by pretending to a strength that it did
not possess, the Roosevelt campaign has
to keep it up. The public will know
from the revelations concerning the
Southern contests how seriously to re-
gard the present claims Of strength put
forth by the Roosevelt managers to
hearten the ColOneIs minority Of known
| supporters.
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CONSERVING LIFE AND HEALTH.

CONSERVING LIFE AND HEALTH.
There is much suggestion FOR thought
in the announcement Of the local De-
partment Of Health concerning typhus
fever. We are told that that disease,
which in earlier ages was Of widespread
prevalence and peculiar mallgnancy, has
now disappeared from a considerable
part of the earth and is no longer to
be regarded as a menace to the world.
This happy result has been achieved
not by virtue Of any great discovery
concerning the cause and cure of the
disease, but chiefly through general adj
vance in sanitation and in simple clean
illness. The question arises, if that has
thus been possible, how much more
NAV not be achieved. particularly in
this country, which, with all its Wanted
progress. is declared by some supposed
authorities TO be still one of the least
Clearly.
There are other facts which point in
the same direction. In our Spanish war
the army was afflicted with 25,000 cases
of typhoid fever. In the BOer war 81 900
British soldiers were invalided home
with it. In the Russo-Japanese war it
was almost unknown in the Japanese
army, averaging only 161 per cent Of
all sickness, and the entire number of
deaths from all kinds Of communicable
diseases being only 1,24 per cent. In
Oku's army Of $4,000 men there were
only 66 cases Of typhoid in six months.
and in KurOki's among total Of 26.923
cases Of all diseases there were only 80
of typhoid. These almost miraculous re-
suits were obtained purely through SAM
tatiOn. Later, the British army I'm India
and South Africa, which had been
scourged with typhoid, tried incubation
against II. This was voluntary. but
about half Of the men submitted 10 the
test The result i'm 1908 was that there
were only 60 cases of typhoid In the
thousand among the inoculated against
395 among the nOn-inoculated. Latest
our own army i'm Texas last year
showed the results of general inocua-
ton. Among the 1880 inmates Of the
camps at San Antonio and Galveston
there is said TO have been in four
summer months only a single case Of
typhoid.
In this country we still have more than
400 deaths from typhoid yearly in each
million Of population or four times as
many as occur IN England and nearly
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long labored The other groups were en-
titled, respectively. THE Prayer anu oiu
Age" Commenting on the occurrence ''ie
writer saws: Truly the editorial pen 10
niebtIer than the sculptor's tools
Mucgins--I was seventh son,
Buggins-Dfd It bring you luck oor thu
Muggins-Not much. | had 10 w.Lare -
castoff clothes Of my six older prothei
Philadelphia Record.
Speaking Of the housefy and how 10 cur
uuer II a physician said: "When INC 'oe'
stages OF houseclosing time nave pee"
reached. when trunks and furniture nave
been sent to the country, shutters cIoSeu'
gas and electric light turned off, telePhoi'o
disconnected and the house placed III 'i'e
care OF a protective agency last iooh ~
the lower regions usually reveals some IeI1
overs from the last meal, and THESE eo
into a garbage can in the yard there u
remain until the family returns In the au-
tumn. The Industrious hy soon discovers
the SPOT and unless these breeding places
are reported TO the authorities they pro-
duce more harm than can be remedied by
many fly swatters.
The Best Man (maklng arrangements
And-er-it is Missionary to cuss inc
bride--Sketch.
Detective Inspector Francis Powell. who
was a guardian OF kings and a determined
enemy Of anarchists, has retired from
Scotland Yard after twenty-eisht years
service. Powell. who was connected WIN
the special branch. has received presents
from nearly every crowned head In Europe
and has faced bombs and shrieking SUI
fragists with equanimity. When the oomo
was thrown at the King OF Spain ana MS
young English wife on their return from
their wedding. Powell was walking only
few yards behind the royal carriage lie
was the first to enter the room from whicp
the bomb had been thrown, and helped IN
arresting the anarchist who had escaped
by a side door. Iatterly Powell has been
engaged in defeating the illegal plans OF
the suffraglsts and he arrested the male
sympathizer who assaulted Lloyd George
last wear. He was also largely concerned
I'm the raid on Clements Inn and tho ar
rest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Pethlck Lawrence and
Mrs. Pankhurst.
Alice-I like this style Of coiftUre. You
see my hair has natural part.
Tom-Hou don't mean 10 tell me thdt
some OF II is false.-Boston Transcript.
when you come TO Leipsio next year,
writes a tourist from that city, "one OF
tho show places OF this interesting city
will have disappeared, and you will know
that even German sentmentality and love
for the antique must fall before business.
the destroyer The old theatre built In
1865, and where in 1901 Schiller's Maid
of Orleans had its first performance, will
soon be torn down"
II has heard" said Uncle Eben, dat
politics makes strange bedfelows. But
dat don't make much diffunce when dar 8
sech a rumpus dat nobody kaln't sleep
nohOw. "-WashingtO Star.
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rotary Of Judge" payments to policemen
and payments after a trial to a physician
who had testified for a claimant and
who on a retrial was a witness for the
defence. In his opinion Justice Ingra-
ham says:
What is charged here is that this re-
spondent (RobnsOn), who had assumed inc
responsibility Of an attoTney-at-laW, mas uy
his action approved and justified the pay
ment OF large sums Of money for the pur-
poses which tended to impede and obstruCt
the administration Of justice, and winch
were made for that purpose.
Every one who has 10 do with the lltlga-
ton OF actions to recover damages Tor per-
sOna injuries Is constantly impressed VIII
the perjury and fraud that are connected
with these cases. So far It seems 10 nave
been impossible to devise any enectVe
methods by which witnesses committing
the most evident perjury or those engaged
I'm inducing such witnesses 10 commit per-
Jury can be made accountable. But what
the court can dc is to see TO II that bs
officers who appear for the various paruee
shall have no hand in this bribery or WIZ
nesses or subornation of perjury ana y! 20
hold its officers to a strict accountability
for their acts.
We think these expressions fully JUS
tifv The Tribune's editorial-Ed.1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
WANTS TO VOTE FOR HUGHES

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The situation in our country Is most
distressing to every patriotic citizen from
any and every point OF observation. MI
Taft has given us a good all around admin
istration, and It is not his fault that reel
procity and the peace pact failed or
that tho tariff was not graded downward
according to promise. He IS really entitled
to an Endorsement by all the allied forces
Of progressive Repubicanism. On the other
hand Mr.. Roosevelt is a private citizen
without even a postoffice behind him. This
wonderful man has q tremendous grip on
the people in the country and wherever ne
goes awakens great enthusiasm among the
masses There are multitudes who now be-
lleve that he Is fighting not for the empty
honors OF third term, but for the Hoerty
Of the common people, Mr.. Roosevelt ana
Governor Wilson. with the exception OF
the recall OF the Judges. represent the same
principles and policies. and there Is danger
that while the former is blindly puilns
down the Republican temple the Jersey
schoolma ster will slip into the "hlte
House. There has been so much not pad
blood generated and the breach between
the contendlng factions IS so wide that
neither side can be brought into harmonl-
Gus action for success at the polls ALREADY
a compromise candidate is in the air. and
Il would be a mighty nice thing II the
President and Justice Charles e. Hughes
could exchange places and thus bring har-
mony 10 the party OF Lincoln and Mck1n-
lev. Mr. Hughes did carry the Empire
State, in spite of the petty bosses twice
and he would carry It again and carry
the party 10 victory in November. Yours
for progressive politics. T. c. FLOYD.
Binghamton. n y, June 10. 1912.
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WOULD LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Being a regular reader OF The
Tribune and a lifelong Republican, beg
TO say I think II unwise and unjust or
those proclaiming themselves true blue
Americans to oppose the nomination and
reelection OF President Taft. Inasmuch
as he has caused the enactment Of legis-
lation so much demanded. has enforced
the laws I'm those cases where private In
terests were infringed upon. met the gen
eral ways Of tho world by his recommen-
dations, got our government on stable
basis, maintained neutral relations with
foreign powers and has always been loyal
to our country, his party and his friends.
| think Il best To let we'll enough alone.
ANDREW BANNER.
New York. June 10. 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
OLD VIoLINs WIN HONORS
But Fiddle Made Three Years Ago
Takes First Prize at Chicago.

Chicago. June 1s-Old violIns carried oft
first honors over new ones at the meeting
Of the American Guild OF Viollnsts yester-
day. The same air was PLAYED on nineteen
Instruments by Thomas Purcell, or Chi
cago. violin made three years ago. but
listed as an old instrument, took first prize.
The wood from which 1t is made is said
20 be centuries old. Ludwig Wrangell, OF
Milwaukee, is the owner.
One OF the instruments entered was made
by Nicholas Amati in 1913, and another was
made by Jacob Stainer In l6sl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
AUTHORITY TO PREPARE IHH
ROLL

ROLL.
If the Roosevelt men in Chicago CON
test the right Of the national committee
to prepare the temporary roll or the
convention they will be fighting against
precedent and common sense. Before
convention sits the power must eNlst
somewhere to determine who have a
nrima tdcie right to sit in II AS delegates.
If a temporary roll is not made up, then
either all the contestants must he al
mitted or else all the contested seats
must remain vacant until the convention
determines who is entitled to memDer-
shin in il. Admitting all the contestants
would result in confusion and. contested
districts would have two or three times
as many representatives on the moor as
uncontested districts. 10 exclude all the
contestants temporarily might result, II
the contests were sufficiently numerous,
i'm there being no convention at all, since
there might be no delegate whose seat
was not contested, or in placing all the
power of the convention in the hands of
a very few uncontested delegates.
A temporary roll is necessary to do
business. And in the absence Of an Of
fetal determination of contests there is
no one to prepare such roll except a
permanent party committee. 1t is this
practical situation which has resulted i'll
the national committees exercising the
mower which IL does William Finn, OF
Pennsylvania, calls attention TO the fact
that the convention call does not author
ize the national committee to prepare the
temporary roll. The committee has the
authority Of precedent and Of the neces-
stiles Of the case.
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"As TRUE AS STEEL"
tor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me to add my view to those
Of the various kinds of merchants who have
entered The Tribune columns discussing
the redoubtable colonel
Let the good old gentlemen who are so
fearful get into the modern spirit and real
ize the change that has come over the Views
Of the American people. These are not like
the good old days." it is true. but great
and necessary things are being done I'm a
big way by the modern knight OF American
politics. Teddy" is as good as gold. as true
as steel and absolutely governed by de-
sire to benefit the great mass of tho Ameri-
can people, merchant as we'll as
NON-MERCHANT.
Brooklyn, Juno Z, 1912.
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QUARANTINE CONTROL

From The Providence Journal
The control OF Quarantine properly oe'ons.
TO the United states government and ths
transfer OF the station at this port to ts
national Marine Hospital Service. which wa'
accomplished recently. is desirable enshSN
There is no reason why New York ana Boston
.bould not follow the example Of Providence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
COST OF A BABY.

From The Milwaukee Journal
Mrs. wilbur c. Phillips discussed ehld "e'-
fare Sunday night at the Young People, "oos'
ing in Grand Avenue Congregational Cnu'o's
che roirted out that as about n thousand
bahies had been cared for at the South SIDE
station. and as the cost OF the work had been
So 600. the cost per baby had been only So 0s
9 cAnts per day.
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Nfm Cork Uribune:'
MONDAY, JUNE II, 1912.

O,onei and published daily ov me
Tribune Association, a Nelo YORK corpo,
ration; ogden II. Reid, President; Conae
HamIin, Secretary; James VI. BdrTe't'
Treasurer. Address, Tribune B"''d'a9'
M 154 Nassau street, Ne,0 York.
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without cooking them and without uan-
ger Of infection. At the present time
the danger of infection is very small ',s
but no danger to human health anu lie
is altogether negligible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17

The more we see of new tangled forms
of marriage service the more we are i'm
pressed with the dignity and entire ade-
quacy Of some of the old ones which
were good enough for generations Of
men and women who were really pro-
gressive and intelligent and self-respect-
ing. incredible as that may seem to some
Of their descendants.
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A few cheerful losers would do much
TO relieve the present overstrain at Chi

10 relieve the present overstrain at Chi
Cago.
Governor Wilson's friends arc politely
confident that good Mr.. Bryan cannot
date into a cooked hat. He will be too
appreciative OF the fact that he is now
the "one fixed point in the Democracy"
In the face OF Mr.. Heney's vocabulary
the national committee did wrong in
making up the convention roll He
proved beyond question his right TO be
seated as a representative OF Billings
gate.
Greeley, Col, has set out to become Il
"nyless city" II It succeeds corner lots
ought TO be a good investment there.
A Chicago man, fearing the excite
mcnt OF the Roosevelt attempt to STAN
as a cyclone cellar and immured himself
therein. Perhaps he is wise beyond his
fellows.
The Wyoming Indians are suffering
from the trammels of civilization. Since
they became citizens they are forced to
resort to the divorce courts. an expen-
sive and troublesome procedure as COM
pared with their simple tribal customs.
OF course, Mr. Woodruff is disinter-
ested. AS New Yorker he cannot hope
10 see another Teddy and Jimmy
ticket. And nothing less would be ade-
Jquate.
The more we see of new tangled forms
of marriage service the more we are i'm
pressed with the dignity and entire ade-
quaCy Of some Of the old ones which
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Greeley Col, has set out to become n
"nyless city" II It succeeds corner lots
ought 10 be a good investment there