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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
NOT TOO POLITE.

There is such a thing in politics rs
being too polite. When Governor VII
son said at Detroit the other day that
he conld name six corporations when
made il impossible TO carry out reform
LEGISLATION In New Jersey an interested
hearer called out, "Name them! But
tho sneaker avoided an answer by re-
nIyipg: That would be impolite; II
81 we're in New Jersey I would name
them"
Possibly Governor Wilson will try
10 make the same plea when II comes
10 announcing his hostility to Muir
phy-made candidate for Governor III
This state. II he were over IN New
Jersey he might do such thing. over
there he finds it easy to acquire repu'
tatfon as a boss-killer by attacking a
decrepit and broken-winded autocrst
ike "Jim" Smith. But once he crosses
into New York he may find politeness
demonstrating him, just as 1t over
constrained him in Detroit
IL Mr.. Wilson were sincerely bent on
destroying bossism in the Democratic
party he would seize the opportunity
now offered him TO unhorse Murphy
the most powerful and probably the
most unpopular boss in any party To-
dav. He would set the Democratic
National Committee TO work arbitrat-
ing all problems which may arise at the
syracuse convention. Messrs. O'Gor-
man and McAdoO, not having been bur-
dened with duties as delegates TO that
convention. are available to serve as
members Of an arbitral board, and
.Tosepbus Daniels could back them up,
rs he did recently In eliminating one
of the candidates for the Senatorial
nomination In New Jersey.
state comfy ought not 10 be allowed
10 interfere with the accomplishment
of the great work to which Governor
Wilson has dedicated himself. New
Jersey is only a small commonwealth,
though an important one. Moreover.
the Democratic nominee for President
based his interference in the Senatorial
primary fight there not on his rights
as a Democratic Governor but on his
responsibility as the leader of the ma
tional Democracy. He cannot cOnsis-
tently waive that responsibility now
outside New Jersey on a plea that he
would be guilty of impollteness. Let
the national committee arbitrators he
recommissioned and sent to Syracuse
with instructions To see that no boss
tainted nominee gets on the Democratic
state ticket. In that case the world
will applaud Governor Wilson's APP
praisal Of the obligations of patriotism
as superior to those Of politeness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
ENDING THE sPoILs SYSTEM.

The spread of the idea that the hold
ing Of minor federal offices of all sorts
should be divorced from party politics
is illustrated in the preparation OF Il
petition, signed by twenty thousand
fourth class postmasters in the states
south OF the Ohio and west Of the Mis-
sisSippi, for their transfer from the I'M
classified to the classified service. On
December 1. 1908, the fourth class
postmasters in fourteen states east OF
the Mississippi and north Of the Ohio,
numbering about fifteen thousand,
were put under the protection OF the
civil service law, and yesterday Presi'
dent Taft assured the petitioning post
masters that he would be glad to place
them all under the civil service rules II
a practical basis for working under the
merit system can be arranged by the
Postmaster General.
The initial classification of fourth
class poStmasterS was an experiment
made in the more densely populated
''tNNH al OlNACi W NiNtNi W ANhNNt
il was practicable To apply a test OF
merit, ascertained by competition, In
filling postOffices in small communities.
The list Of eligibleS In such cOmmuni-
ties must be very limited In the nature
of things. But the experiment has
worked smoothly, and that It has APP
pealed to the postmasters themselves
as an Improvement on the spoils sys-
tenn is proved by the collection of the
signatures Of the inCumbents Of about
half the Offices now excluded TO the pc
tition to President Taft.
Narrowing the field OF purely politi-
cal appointments in the federal service
is In accord with the tendencies Of
the times. The people distrust the In
fuence OF OfiicehOlders IN state and
national politics and want to see that
influence eliminated President Taft
has shown his appreciation Of popular
sentiment by taking the lead In advo-
eating the inclusion in the classified
service not only Of fourth class post
masters but Of all postmasters and Of
other federal officials Of corresponding
rank, Ike collectors Of customs, col
lectors Of internal revenue, naval Of
ficers of customs, surveyors, assaycrS,
receivers and public land agents.
There is no good reason why such
functiOnarieS should owe their places
TO the recommendations Of Senators
and Representative in Congress.
When an Office i handed out as
reward for political activity its holder
is likely TO think that his tenure will
depend upon his usefulness TO his pa
iron, not his usefulness to the public.
All his time should be given 10 his
official duties, and it never win he so
given rs long as he has To- make
good on the outside as a political
agent. Some day Congress will have
to adopt Mr. Taft's plan for classify
ing the great majority of the federal
offices now exempt, and that day will
see the wiping out OF the last vestiges
Of the odiOus SpOils system.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
A CONTRAST.

II Champ Clark had been nominated
for President at Baltimore the Demo
cratic party would have had candi-
date with definite and explicit ideas on
the tariff question. Speaker Clark, like
Governor Wilson, was once q college
president, but many years ia politics
have cured him of the academic habit
Of using phrases to confuse and conceal
thought. The Speaker is always COM
mendably frank and consistent in his
public utterances.
At Lexington, KY, the other day,
where at a Democratic barbecue 1900
gallons Of burgoO were consumed and
even the chief orator Of the occasion
had TO scramble 10 secure a single cup
full Of that Blue Grass substitute for
the nectar OF the gods, Mr. Clark said:
The leading sentence in the Demo-
cratic tariff plank Is the first sentence,
and Il reads in this wise: I'VE declare
1T 10 be a fundamental principle of the
Democratic party that the federal gov
"ernment, under the Constitution, has
no right or power to impose or collect
tariff duties except for the purpose of
revenue, and we demand that the COL
lection Of such taxes shall be limited 10
the necessities of government honestly
and economically administered" And
the last sentence reads I'm this wise:
I'VE appeal to the American people to
support us In our demand for a tariff
for revenue only" The leading sem
tence in the Republican tariff plank is
the first, and IL IS In these words: I'VE
"reafflrm our belief I'm q protective
tariff"
The presentation Of the issue in these
two platforms is clear cut. 1t IS en-
tirely Ineligible. No man OF any con-
siderable information can doubt the
meaning.
No man Of any Judgment whatever
can doubt Speaker Clark's meaning
lie stands squarely on what he consid-
ers the most important declaration Of
the Democratic platform. Up to date
Governor Wilson has declined to take
any notice OF the Democratic platform.
lie has evidently done so deliberately
in order 10 leave himself free to talk
one policy to one class of voters and
contrary policy TO another class. He is
on record In his historical works as n
disbeliever In the leading sentence in
the Democratic tariff plank. He has
said that there is no constitutional pro-
hibition Of taxes on imports laid for
other purposes than revenue.
In many of his speeches the Demo-
cratic nominee has talked of the moral
iuiquity and economic folly of taxes
laid 10 protect American manufacturers
or American workingmen. Yet in other
speeches he keeps saying that indus
tries conducted on protective basis
should not be disturbed or interfered
with except most gradually and eau
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
NOT ALWAYS AGAINST SMITH
Philadelphia Says ex-senator was
Once Good Enough for Wilson.

To the Editor Of The Tribune:
Sir: Tho Peerless One" has developed
irto hero worshipper and, being pro-
sresslve. could not bow Mt the shrine OF
any OF the old objects OF alteration. BEING
really I'D TO date. he made hts hero to
order by mat" as he would make the
governments money II he could. The
making was done at the Baltimore con-
vention. Mr.. Bryan says that when his
political legatee, Woodrow Wilson, VINO
has been only semi-occasionaily on ms
lob as Governor OF New Jersey turned
down James Smith, IT,. as Senatorial
asplrant it was the most heroic act
ever performed by Presidential cand'-
date.
This makes certain observations IN
order From the best available knowl-
edge Smith was no better in 1910 tnan
lie Is in 1912. yet he was good enough
then 10 make Wilson Governor. HAD ne
not done so New Jersey would prooaoiy
have had G. schoolnaster out Of q JOB or
it's hands. II Il is heroic to toss a lemon
overheard after the juice has been eH-
,racted. then Wilson is a hero.
Perhaps in one particular part OF the
foregoing should be amended. smith mas
done one bad thing since 1910. anu tha'
was opposing the nomination OF wilson
AZ Baltimore. It is a recognized fact that'
according 10 Roosevelt. Bryan and VIII
son. badness always consists in antag-
onizlng their schemes or opposing them
personally. But r. Smith Ia az bad as
Wilson paints him, he Is as good as some
Of the Governors Jersey pets and back
ers. some OF whom, II is said, 10 has
promised 10 take care Of II he is
elected.
II must be an abnornally formed
esophagUs which balks at Smith and lets
MARITIME and the rest slip down easy
FIFTY years from now II is likely that the
Presidential campaign OF 1912 will stand
out az containing the largest collection
OF "pious frauds" IN the history Of the
country. H. ". W.
PHILADELPHIA Sept q, 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY"

IL really does seem 10 be high time
for critics Of the administration TO
quit their silly patter of denunciatiOn
Of what has epigrammatically been
called dollar Diplomacy" To listen
TO them ar 10 read their outpOurings,
the visitor from Mars might suppose
the governmental activities in ques-
ton to be a cross between high trea-
son and the objectionable Sin, with
wife-beatlng and misunderstanding
thrown in TO fill up the chlnks. AS a
matter Of fact, however. that policy is
the very thing for which these finicky
faultflnderS have themselves been
clamoring, and now they either have
not intelligence enough 10 know It
when they see It or have not sincerity
enough TO acknowledge It.
More than century ago Thomas
Jefferson, whether or not he borrowed
from Washington the thought Of Thar
mOny and generous intercourse" as the
true foreign policy Of this country,
enunciated the phrases which have be-
come the stock rule of those who af-
feet most dissatisfaction with the con-
duct Of our foreign relations: Peace,
commerce and honest friendship with
AL; entangling alliances with none
If that did not provide very expressly
for dollar diplomacy" il would he in
teTesting TO know what Il did mean.
1t named three things which were TO
be the objects Of diplomatic activity
and effort, and the second Of these
was commerce The government was
to busy itself with the extension and
cultivation Of our mercantile relations;
in brief. with dollar diplomacy"
1t is easy to imagine the acute dis
tress which would be suffered by the
critics TO whom we have referred If
our diplomacy became warlike, or I'M
friendly, or tended toward entangling
alliances. They would austerely In
weigh against such policies as contrary
TO American traditions and would
quote Jefferson with JUNCTION as proof
Of their contention. Peace, friendship
and abstention from alliances would
b. emphasized as the foundations Of
orr legitimate foreign policy. But
commerce would be slurred lightly
over, though 1t was named by Jeffer-
son as surely and as emphatically rs
any of the others. Can il he that these
neo-Jeffersonians hold, with Dogberry
in paraphrase. that to he a peaceful
nation is the gift of fortune, but TO
have commerce comes by nature?
1t is 10 the credit Of the present adj
ministration, above, on the whole. any
of its predecessors. that while II has
not neglected any Of the sound princl-
pies Of the policy enunciated by Jeffer-
son II has brought forward this one,
Of commerce. equally with the rest. II
has given us diplomacy of peace and
friendship never surpassed in all the
nations history ard has avoided en-
tanglements with scrupulous circum-
spection: and II has ut the same time
developed the diplomacy Of commerce
10 an extent never before approx
mated. That Is its dollar diplomacy"
and il is one Of the things of which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
people and Social Incidents

Miss Angelica Brown, Of Tuxedo, O ru.,.
Of Mrs. Richard T. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Olmsted viii n.
close their season until the early par, -
November. Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Cih.o.
Will remain the greater part OF Octon..
before going TO Washington.
Mrs. Amos Tuck French ana H..
stuyvesant lie Roy will go to Baby,or
Long Island, tomorrow 70 visit Mr. 49,
Mrs. Samuel J. WagstafY.
Master Mclean, the young son O, ".
and Mrs. Edward 3. Mclean, who >.
manned here when his parents were call.
away by the death of Mrs John r n.
Lean, left for Atlantic City TO-DAY n
join his father and mother. The Aov
who was accompanied by several se,'
wants and detectives, who always A..
watching him, had a private car fro,,
Wexford Junction
Mrs. Charles II. Baldwin and Mrs. Van.
derbilt were luncheon hostesses TO-DAY
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Biddle are plano,,.
10 leave for a visit at Palm Beach a, -.
end Of the month.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Allen Clark are M,
10 close their season until some time 4,
November.
Ambassador and Nine. Bakhmeter nav
return 10 Washington this week.
Miss Harriet Ferry has gone to South.
amptOn 70 visit Ir. and Mrs. William
Manice.
Mr. and Mrs Pembroke Jones will leays
tomorrow, closing their season.
Cornelius Vanderbilt left for New Yorh
on the steam yacht North Star to-day
Arthur Curtiss James and T.. Hayward
Ferry have returned to New York on us
Aloha.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
WONDERS WHERE COLONEL WAS

10 tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: / am daily reader OF your val
uabie paper and have been for years. I
noticed IN this mornings edition the ar
ticle wherein Colonel Bacon declares Mr..
Roosevelt IA coward and that. no hid In
long grass at San Juan. also a great
many more cowardly acts.
cannot refrain from asking you Z
Colonel Bacon was also In the grass with
Mr.. Roosevelt. since otherwise no could
not prove that this was 80.
JOHN J. HASSELMAN.
Brooklyn. Sept. ~ 1872
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
NO NEED TO VOTE FOR WILSON.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The third term movement is already
on tho decline, and according to the well
known laws Of initial and acquired
velocity lts descent from now on Will be
so increasingly rapid that long before
November II viii have become so abso-
lutely- negligible factor In the Preslden-
tlal campaign that no hitherto over
anxious Taft Republican need any longer
be scared into voting for Wilson with the
idea Of thus making more sure the third
terra party's defeat. STANDFAST.
Pittshcld, Mass, Sept q, 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
AT NEWPORT.
By Telegraph 70 The T1bnne)

CBy Telegraph % The I1hlneD
Newport Sept. 3-Mrs. William eros
venor entertained several guests at lunch
con this afternoon.
Hanlel Won Haimhausen, counsellor OF
tho German Embassy. was a dinner host
this evening.
Dr. and Ms. Roderick Terry Observed
the anniversary OF their marriage yester-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. f. Lothrop Ames VIII
close their season tomorrow and go 20
North Easton. Mass.
Registered at the Casino to-day We're
Bertram do ~ Cruger. Of New York;
Harry Parsons Cross, OF Providence; Mr..
and Mrs. G y. Hatch, OF New York, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

AZ. y OGDEN Chisolm, Mrs. Edward D.
unann Mrs Howard Henry and Mrs. j.
,Iarhort Johnston have organized ne"
series OF dances for debutan'es inns VII"
,or a, sherry's The dates selected are
December 6 and 26 and January a inc
suhscribers include Mrs. c. Ledyard biair'
Mrs Schuyler n. Warren, MIS- hooer'
,ror,r,e Enmet, Mrs. Henry G. Trevor
NJ Archibald Rogers, Mrs. William
Nan,ce and Mrs Ramsay TURNOUT
u,ss Allison Douglas Pierce, daughter
y, Mr. and Mrs winslow 5. Pierce VIII
~ ,,,arr,ad n Louis dc Bebian Moore, son
~ Mr. and Mrs. John Chandler Moore OF
No. Is East 10th street, to-day at DUN
s,able. the country place Of her parents
NJ BayvilIe. Long Island speciaI Train
r,,u taLo tho guests from this city to the
wedding and Will return with them altcr
the reception, which will be heid Oh inc
lawn. Miss Pierce, who was introduces
10 society last winter, was one OF inc
bridesmaids at the marriage OF MISS
Viylen Gould TO Lord Decies
Nrs Marcus DAILY and her daughter
Mrs. James ". Gerard, will return to the
CITY from Montana on October 10.
Niss Helen Gourd, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Eugene Gourd. VIII be mar
r,ed 70 DR.. ]. Pierre Hoguet, son OF Mrs.
Robert ]. Hoguet. on November H. IN d.
Patrick's Cathedral.
Mrs Joseph Marie has announced the
engagement of her daughter MISS Leon
tine Marie, to Charles y. Harris, OF NO.
q East 10Th street Mss Marie Is niece
~ the late Peter Marie. Mr. Harris j.
vidower. No date has been set for the
wedding.
Among those booked 10 sail Tor Europe
to-day are Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay' her
daughter Ellen and Mrs. William X VAN
derblt. jr. Mrs. Mackay VIII join her
husband IN Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Parsons Will take
possession on Monday Of their counT!
place al Rye. where they VIII pass the
fall.
The Duke and Duchess OF Sutherland
have arrived in the city from canaan anu
are at the Ritz-Carlton
Mrs. Gouverneur Kortright has gone 10
Hot Springs. Va, TO spend a fortnight OF
three weeks.
Mrs Elliott Z. Shepard will arrive in
the city to-day from Bar lIerbor. where
she has been the guest Of Mr.. and MIS-.
Dave Henncn Morris.
Or. and Mrs Malcolm McBurney VINO
were married in June IN the Church OF
the Incarnation, will sail for Europe to-
day on board the Kaiser Wilhelm H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heth Lortor, who spent
the summer at their country place, Matoa'
near Garden City, Long Island, VIII 20 10
Hot Springs Va, next week. TO remain
until the end of October. Mr. lorton -
recovering from an illness which nearly
caused the loss Of an eye.
Mr. and Mrs W. Delaney Kountze
have gone 20 Hot Springs, Ark, TO re-
main until November.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. Egcrton Webb have
sailed from England for New York and
are due here on Friday on the Maure-
tan!a.
Mrs. William 1. Bu. returned 10 town
yesterday from the Adirondacks.
Frederick q. Bourne has gone 70 his
rlace on Dark Island on the 81. Law
renee River, for a short stay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24

tiously. What his real tariff policy is
no one can guess. The only thing GER
tain is that he does not feel any obi
CATION to respect the declarations or
promises made by the Democratic party
In its last national convention.
When that convention preferred Mt
Wilson TO Mr.. Clark it turned down an
apostle of explicitness in politics for an
expert in dust-throwing and obfusca-
fiOD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
THOUSANDS HINGED ON SOLD
Y. M. G. A. Gets $3,376 in Dispute
with Rome Nursing Home Over Will.

Fond du Lac. Wis, Sept. 2S.--Settlement
between attorneys Tor the Anglo-Amer-
lean Nursing Home. of Rome. Italy. and
the Fond du Lac Young Mems Christian
Association to-day stopped all litigation
over the will Of Miss Lillian Flint and
gave the Y. NJ c. A. $3.50 from her es-
ta!e.
The institution at Rome was made re-
siduary legatee. and n dispute arose over
whether tho Y. H. c. A. should receive
$1,000 or $4,000. the contention being over
what construction the court would make
on the word sold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
HARVARD OPENS WITH 1850
Old Library Goes to Make way
for New Building.

Cambridge, Mass. Sept. 2.-Hsrsn
University opened to-day for It's 1sth yea
with an approximate enrolment OF Ass.
Many improvements are being mace "
college buildings. Gore Hall, the oA y
brary, Is being razed. and new suuc'u0
are under construction. To-day was w
voted to registration OF students
The annual reception TO the fresnns'
class will take place tomorrow nisnt W
Thursday evening. at tho Harvard oI'V.
another reception Will be held TOT Wv
new students, and addresses VIII pe l.s-,
by President Lowell, DR.. Eliot presids"
emeritus. and others
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
FEAR FOR MRS. ROOSEVELT
Pneumonia Complicates Condition Of
Sayville Patient.

Mrs. John Il. Roosevelt, who is III at
her summer home in sayville, Long ISL
and. has only a slight chance OF recov.
cry, II was said last night. Pneumonia
has set In. and this has aggravated the
typhoid from which she suffers.
fT Harmon Bedder, OF New York and
DR.. w. II. Rose, OF Sayville, are attends
ing her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
DECENCY OF SPEECH
Is 1t Exceeded by Too Free Use Of
Term BLACKBOARD in Campaigning?

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Hiram Johnson, Governor OF CALI
fornia and candidate of the Third Term
party for Vice-President. recently called
President Taft humlliating spectacle,
whereat you properly described Mr.. john
son az n BLACKBOARD.
Theodore Roosevelt in his speech at
Sutton, Neb.. September 20. is reported
as saying: 1.-THE bosses know that Mr..
Taft Is dead cock in the pitt To APP
ply such an expression TO President OF
the United States, whoever he might be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24

The New York correspondent or Inc
London Daily Express" reports rece''-
ing the following telegram from Gov
ernor Wilson:
p,,u,ao,r,,o SAINT 2l.-Tnere is no foun-
datinr Tor the statement that | advocate
free trade for the United states CH nga
the present system OF div,sioi, y, t1e stste
OF taxation between leuciait ;,nnos
governments free trace "ouiu
slhle.
That dispatch ought to be added 70
the exhibits in the Union Square 'ariii
Chamber OF Horrors
II any LITTLE. pettv politicians try to ASK
me questions lust TO embarrass me woi.
tolerate it.-Civl Service Conlinis'ioi'oi
Creelman.
Mr.. Creelman is a man after the
Mayors own heart. He, TOO opJeo''
TO inquiries which may embarrass ni'''
Mr.. Gosse says that language Is SO
worn and rubbed by use that there
will never be another great poet But
this campaign viii soon be over ana
then the words can have rest.
II would be q good idea 10 invite
Governor Wilson TO see the naval re-
view in this harbor on October Ia. he
might be inspired by the spectacle mere
TO tell tho country whether he faVors
two new battleships a year, one ne"
battleship or no new battleship.
The would-be sensation which en-
anates from Chicago about whiskey IN
the German Emperor's automooilc
tires is no sensation at all. 1t means
nothing but that the Emperor uses
tires Of artificial or synthetic rubber
which is made not from whiskey but
from the stun from which whiskey Is
made. That is TO say, starch from
corn. potatoes or other matter Is Ter
mented and thus transformed into ono
third ncetole and two-thirds butyl al
cohol, and the latter IS transformer
after passing through several interme-
date stages. into synthetic rubber.
This product is chemically and me-
chanlcally indistinguishabe from the
natural product Of the rubber tree, and
is no more conducive than the latter 10
Toy riding" despite Us alcoholic ORR
gin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
CORNELL FRAT HOUSE BuESS
Seven Members Escape from flan''
in New Bandhu Building.

Ithaca. y. y, Sept. 29.-The p,
Bandhu fraternity house at Corneii pun,
to the ground early this morning eve"
ing a loss of $4,000. The seven mehO.
In the building escaped. The hre .'S..s.
in an unused room from an unA'
cause. A..
Cornell has had fraternity n'uS'
every year for the last fivo years