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New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
PROTECTING THE FOREIGN SER
VICE

Representative William SulZer. chair
man of the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs. has introduced bill which, If
passed by this Congress. will effectively
protect the foreign service against re-
currence of the abuses of the spoils sys-
TEN. II follows the lines Of the LOwden
measure. which was submitted to the
last Congress with the hearty approval
of the Secretary of state. It's main pur-
pose is to give statutory force to the reg
ulations governing appointments and
promotions in the diplomatic and coll
sular services which have been EN-
bodied In executive orders by President
Roosevelt and President Taft.
The present administration, by the or
der issued November 26, 1909, bound
itself to observe certain rules in making
nominations and promotions, these rules
being intended to eliminate favoritism
and political influence, to secure proper
proportional representation to all the
states and to establish fitness as the sole
qualification for entrance into the for
eign service or advancement within IL in
all grades below that of minister BY
limiting initial appointments to vacancies
in the lowest class Of consulates. or in
third or second secretaryships, and pro-
viding for promotion from one grade to
another solely on the basis Of efficiency
records the door has been shut against
unworthy applicants and influences.
But the orders of one President may
be cancelled or ignored by his successor
1t would be wise, therefore, for Con-
gress TO give legislative sanction to the
regulations now established by executive
action, so that no future administration
could Of its own motion undo the nOta.
bic improvements made in the conduct of
the foreign service in recent years.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
(From The Tribune Bureau

washington, March 12.-The President
has again made II clear that ne WIN nv
order intervention in Mexico until |oh.
gress so authorizes him. that he does no'
expect any such authorization unless no
is compelled to recommend 1t. ana Una"
from the present outlook, there VIII Do no
necessity for intervening.
Tho Mexican situation was the ohie.
tonic of discussion at to-day's CABINET
meeting. Mr.. Taft also discussed this SUD
ject with Senator Culberson ano REPRE-
sentatives slayden and Burgess Garner IL
the day.
In a message 10 Congress to-day. Presi-
dent Taft recommended that the state Ok
Texas be reimbursed for the amount eA-
pended by It In policing and patroihng the
Mexican border in the last fve mohthS'
Mr.. Taft and Chandler p. Anderson
counsellor for the State Department. con-
ferred at some length on the arpitfa''o"
treaties.
Two cases In which the question OK
whether a Republican or Democra.
should be appointed postmaster-ohe a'
Savannah, the other at Gulfport. MISS
have engaged the Presidents attention
A delegation from Savannah saw the Pres-
Ident to-day IN the interests Of Joseph L.
Day, a Republican. who Is strohsty ~.
dorsed. Mr.. Taft Informed Hepreseh'a'''o
Harrison that he had decided TO name q
Republican for the Gulfport once.
p A. stanton, actively interested IN tne
Presidents campaign for renomination' re-
nor,ed that the men and women OF South
ern California are fast swinging to tart
ard assured the President that California
u,i,I send a practically solid Taft delega-
ton to Chicago.
Governor Clark reported that another
judicial district Of Alaska had elected iait
daleaates TO the territorial convention ana
said. so far as I know, federal ONCE
bolders were not active in the two tudiciai
d,str,cts which have elected delegates, ana
the instructions for Taft represeh. .no
genuine sentiment of the masses u 'no
voters in Alaska.
Among the White House caiiers Weio
Senators Cullom, Townsend, Gugsehheiin
and Crane, and Representatives McCleary'
Kendall. Needham, Mckinley FranciS'
Taylor and Utter.
The President and Mrs. Taft entertained
at dinner tonight Mr.. and MIS-. George
T. Riggs, the latter known TO the readihs
world as Kate Douglas Wiggin. Follow
ing the dinner. the President and MIS-
Taft occupied two boxes at the New Ma
tional to see Mrs Riggs's dramatized story
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Win
them at dinner and at the theatre were
Mrs Charles Anderson. of Cincinnati the
sister Of Mrs Taft. and Miss katherine
Anderson. Miss Helen Taft, the Attorney
General and Mrs. Wickersham. Lieutenant
Rogers. Lieutenant Manly and A herr
clark Kerr. OF the British Embassy. VINO
has just returned from India: Bo.h the
President and Mrs. Taft take keen delight
in Miss Virgins stories. They applaud
ed the play and congratulated the autnor
many times. A distinguished audience
filled the National, including many dlplo-
mats and others in official life
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
TILE REClLL At ALBANI.

The recall is knocking at the door III
the shane of proposed CONSTITUTIONAL
amendment pending at Albany. AS draft-
ed it would apply TO all elective officers
including the judges. Probably there IS
no likelihood at present of its acceptance,
but 1t may be worth while to state briefly
some objections to il, lest the growing
prejudice among some classes In faVor
of everything political that comes out OF
the West cause 1t to find incOnsiderate
acceptance. Applied to judges, the re-
call would he only less harmful in de-
stroying the independence Of the judici-
ary and weakening the restraining force
of a written constitution than would the
twin scheme for the recall of judicial de-
cislOns.
APPLIED to ther officers whose elective
terms are brief. the recall would be an
unmitigated nuisance 10 the electorate.
When an official serves only two, three
or even four years and can be removed
easily for miSfeaSance or any conduct
actually preiudlcial 10 the public interest
il is absurd TO talk of the necessity OF
being able TO recall him. Moreover, i'll
communities oGe-sided politically the re-
call would prove Il less effective means
than the public already possesses OF get
ting rid Of the incompetent official. For
example, it is probable that the recall
would have failed to eliminate Ahearn,
Haffen or Gresser. so Overwhelmingly
Democratic are Manhattan. The Bronx
and Queens.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
PEOPLE and Social Incidents

! to-day to visit her uncle and aunt N.
and Mrs. James C. Bishop. At No. q ra.s
S5th street.
The fortnightiy leap year dance w.s 49,
en- at the Congressional Club to-nixht sra
this morning Miss Jane Adams CAV. !.
lecture at the club.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood says ,hs
use of her drawing rooms this afternoon
for O. talk by Miss Sarah Borst. of Nsv
York. on the coronation of King George.
At noon on March 25 Maurice, the Nsv
York teacher Of the turkey trot." vbo
numbers ali the Washington smart a..
among his pupils, will give an exhibition
not only of the turkey trot" and othor
similar dances. but everything that is up-
to-date, at the washington Playhouse. All
the seats and boxes have been taken.
Miss Alice Letterman. Mrs. Tafts social
secretary. was taken suddenly i'll at mid.
night and was hurried to Providence Hos
pital, where she was Immediately operated
on for appendicitis. Miss Letternan is rest.
ing comfortably this evening.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
pARTIsAYsHIP OYER JUDGMENT

An instructive but not inspiring illus
tration of the triumph of partisanship
over judgment and justice is now visible
in the State Senate of New Jersey. A
member of that body was recently
charged with grave offence, to be guilty
Of which would unfit him to retain
his seat. A trial by his colleagues was
held and he was found guilty. That
verdict was rendered however, by bare
majority and carried with It no penalty
other than the implied rebuke and moral
stigma, expulsion from the Senate re-
quiring a two-thirds vote which could
not be obtained. AS the Senator refused
to resign, the spectacle was consequently
presented Of man retaining his seat in
a legislative body after majority Of his
colleagues had declared him guilty of
conduct which made him unfit to be
there.
That In itself was nothing short of
scandalous. But still graver consider
alton appeared in the circumstance that
the vote on the Senator's guilt was di.
vided exactly and invariably on party
lines. Every member Of the Senator's
own party voted not guilty, some of
them amiably adding the explanation
that while he had acted like fool they
did not believe he was knave, while
every member of the opposing party
voted guilty. That division was not un-
Observation-Disclosures not even uncom-
mon in such cases. There may be those
who Will regard 1t as not unnatural or
unreasonable To most it will be dis
heartening.
For credulity would be staggered by
the pretension that all Of the Senators
voted according to their. sincere judg-
ment and were not influenced by partl.
san considerations They were all men,
bers Of one body, all under the same
rules and practice, all Of the same gen.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
THE LAWRENCE STRIKE.
Writer Sees Public Service in Presenta-
tion of Vital Questions.
0 the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: There are several questions In re-
gard to the Lawrence strike which / should
like to ask. Were not the mill owners
evading the law and defeating its manifest
intention when they decided to pay less
wages for fifty-four hour week than FOR
a flfty-six hour week? Has the great state
OF Massachusetts, taken steps to punish
them? Should not foreign-born workers in
the United States receive as fair treatment
as natives? Is II not bad policy to stunt
the bodies and minds OF young laborers by
keeping them on starvation wages, when
We consider that their children will be ma
tive-born American citizens? What power,
except their trade unions, protects them
against an indefinite decrease OF wages?
How many millions or surplus and how
large a dividend must an Industrial concern
make sure OF before 1t will condescend to
pay a decent living wage? Finally, have
not the "agitators" at Lawrence performed
a real PUBLIC. service in forcing people to
think of the& things?
ONE OF THE AGTTATED.
Princeton, n. j.. March II, 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
STATESNAN AND &EEUSNIN

The average Congressman still takes
garden seeds. His heart may always be
depended upon to beat true TO the old
flag and an appropriation, and so long
as he thinks that he can persuade his
constituents that he is giving them
something for nothing when he franks
them envelopes full Of more or less nour-
ishing food for the birds and the chick
ems he is going to fight, bleed and die for
the appropriation which perpetuates his
present seed purveyorshlp rights.
revolutionary statesman from Kan
sas-Mr. Jackson, Of Eureka-suggested
In the House Of Representatives the other
day that better results would be obtained
If the same amount Of money for the
purchase Of seeds were appropriated an
nually and their distribution left to the
Department Of Agriculture. which would
send out packages only In response to
actual requests In that way, he said,
the dispersal Of the governments seed
stock would regulate itself Those who
wanted seeds would receive them and
those who didn't want them would not
be honored by an unexpected, II not I'M
desirable, token Of their Congressman's
esteem.
But that purely commercial and utili-
tartan view naturally raised the gorge
of the real seed missionaries, who are
anxious TO cast seeds broadcast through
out their constituencies, even though
most OF them fall on stony soil. The
true Congressional purveyor and propa-
gator believes that he is the best possible
judge OF the amount, variety and quality
OF the seeds needed by the folks back
home, and he is not going to vote to turn
his constituents over to the mercies OF
an Agricultural Department bureau
which Will supply them only with what
they want when they say they want it.
Such an ideal Of fitting the supply to the
demand did not appeal to Mr.. Ellerbe. Of
South Carolina, who I'm denouncing its
impracticability to his colleagues. ex.
claimed Indignantly 'If | did not know
more about my district than the Agri-
cultural Department does ] would not
"be willing TO represent 1t any longer
Mr.. Ellerbe is right. He knows better
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
rTaIO.yTPEjSH UEDJ4TIOV.

The advances of the powers toward
mediation I'm the Ttaio-Turkish war are
belated. and yet not untimely. They be-
long 10 the category of things which are
practically always in order Moreover,
the need, we might say tho urgency.
Of some such action IL steadily increas-
ing as the war drags on lndeterminately
with no prospect Of conclusion. 1t Is
not n particularly costly or destructive
war. and II does not greatly disturb the
commerce and the genera tranquility or
the world, yet any cost, disturbance or
destruction Of the kind Is too much,
while the danger of almost immeasurable
extension and aggravation OF the evil Is
always present.
The action taken by the diplomatists
is also in accordance with the Treaty II
The Hague, which provides that a
power or number OF powers may at any
time offer mediation. either before or
during hostilities. There can he no
cause of offence in such an offer, and
neither can there he offence in dcclina-
ton Of the belligereDts or either Of them
to accept it, OF course. precisely such
offers could be made without the treaty,
and in fact often were made before the
treaty was negotiated, and there is moth
ing TO prevent the exercise of any diplo-
matte influences or pressure which may
be available The valuable service of
the treaty is i'm somewhat facilitating
mediatOry offers and in more perfectly
precluding suspicion Of Interior motives.
The evil feature Of the case Is that,
after so much fighting and so many
losses. the feelings Of both belligerents
are embittered, and the obstacles in the
way Of Cancellation are correspondingly
greater than they were at the beginning.
But, on the other hand, the difficulties
which each has encountered In its cam
paign against the other and the hopeless
ness OF either side achieving speedy
conquest may incline them toward ac-
ceptance OF an opportunity Of at once
Saving their face" and escaping by an
easy way from an increasingly unwel-
come situation.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
PLANNING SEWERAGE REFORN

PLANNING SEWERAGE REFORN.
The report of the Metropolitan Sew
eragc Commission would few years
ago have seemed insane. At the pres
ent time it may seem to some visionary.
Yet it is earnestly meant and is backed
up with expert knowledge and with the
practical experience of many other CIT
les 1t cOntemplates nothing less tiiah
the redemption of the harbOr waters OF
New York from contamination, by so re-
modelling the metropolitan drainage
system as to divert the sewage from the
rivers and bay and dispose Of it else
where and in another fashion tian DI
simply pouring the crude stuff into the
nearest water. The examples of Lon
don. Paris and Berlin are cited IN sup
port of the proposal
Berlin is. of course. an inland clty.
situated on q stream entirely roo Sihali
10 serve as an open sewer. and there
fore another system of disposal had to
be devised The interesting feature or
the case is. however, that complete DIS
poSal of all sewage through purifying
works and farms is not only practicable
but also economical. The same may De
said of Paris. 1t is on river larger
than the Spree. but still too small to
dilute and bear away the sewage. Ac-
cordingly no sewage at all is permitted
TO enter the river, not even the limpid
LIQUID residue, which is almost pure
enough for drinking water, but which is
used for the irrigation of sewage farms.
London is on tidewater. at the head OF
vast estuary, but it does not pour
it's sewage into the Thames. 1t purifies
IL. pours the innocuous and inoffenslve
residue into the sea, and carries the non
utilizable "sludge" out to sea and
dumps it into deep water, the cost of
such disposal of the ''sludge" being 3
cents ton.
The remodelling of the sewer system
of New York would doubtless be a CO.
lossal task But then New York is Il
colossal city. 1t would not be regarded
as extravagant for Il town of Il few
thousand inha btants TO provide for the
disposal of its sewage without pouring
it into the nearest water. 1t remains
to be shown that it is proportionally
any more extravagant to ask a city Of
q few millions 10 do it. If the task is
greater the ability TO perform is greater.
Already the example has been set right
here by New York's insistence that the
sewage OF the neighboring New Jersey
cities shall not he poured in its crude
state into the harbor. Its logical sequel
is that New York itself shall refrain. so
far as possible, from the same pollution
of the waters Oh vastly larger scale.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
fFrnr, Tne Tribune Rureau.

From The Trlbunf BGreaul
Washington, March IA recital by
Ernest Hutcheson, Baltimore pianist, at
the Playhouse this morning enlisted the
attention OF a large number of music low
ers. Mrs. J. Sinclair Bowen having ar
ranged the affair. Two other recitals by
Mr. Hutcheson will follow, on March 10
and 2s. Among those who heard him this
morning were the Netherlands Minister
and Nine. Loudon, Nine. Ekengren Mrs.
Henry Cleveland Perkins, Mrs. Buckner
Randolph, Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. William
Barrett Ridgely. Mrs. Walter Tuckerman,
Mrs Wilmer, Miss Martha Goldman, Miss
slebert. Mrs Henry Wood and others.
TRIPS TO Panama seem still to be in
favor. and the lsthmus Is actually replac-
ing other Southern resorts as an objective
point. Several parties will sail on Wednes-
day. among them being Representative
Butler Ames, Representative and Mrs.
Weeks and Miss Weeks, Mrs. w. W.
White and Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wads-
worth, all of whom will be absent for
about three weeks.
Representative Cannon and Miss Cannon
have as guests Mr and Mrs. ]. L. Loosee,
of Kansas city. who are here on their way
10 New York. Miss Cannon will give q
tea IN compliment to Mrs. Loosee on
March 1S
Mrs. Lloyd Wheaton Bowers entertained
al dinner tonight for her house guests.
DR.. and Mrs Satterwhite, and later took
them to the theatre
Miss Dorothy Williams entertained Mrs.
George T. Summerlin and others at din
ner tonight, preceding the departure OF
Mrs summerlln for Old Point Comfort,
where she will spend the spring.
Senator and Mrs. Oliver. Mr.. and Mrs
Chandler Anderson and Mrs Shepard were
among the hosts entertaining at dinner to-
night
Miss Laura Merriam went TO New YORK
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13

The announcement that the Merchants
Association of New York is so extending
its activities and increasing its MEMBER
ship as to make itself broadly represeh-
tative of all parts of the metropolis
promises much civic good. In smaller
cities IL is less difficult to form organ
izations thus representative of the whole
New York is so vast and the character
istics and needs OF its component parts
are so varied that generally repre-
sentative body must of necessity be
large in numbers and catholic in dis
position. The common interests CT ali
parts of the great city are. however SO
important that there is need of an alert
and aggressive organization Of this kInd'
and consequently there are strong IN
ducements for public spirited citizens 10
ally themselves with and to sustain one
which is as excellent in both perform
ance and promise as the Merchants AS
sociation.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
ASKS HELP FOR THE BLIND.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune has done much to make
the work OF this association possible and
we are very grateful. but ] hope that we
may make still, another draft on your kind
ness.
Although we have acted as a life saving
and training station the receipts from our
sale OF blind work have been in five years
so 2sI O6. and we have come personally in
contact with over 100 blind people.
We are still IN urgent need of money to
finish the new lighthouse. the cornerstone
Of which President Taft laid. and funds
for running expenses and to extend the
work
We can only get the money which We
need IL the press viii call the attention of
the public TO the report which is being
sent out and TO our poverty.
Hoping that this earnest request made
on their behalf may not be in vain, am,
with high appreciation of your past help,
wINIFRED HOLT,
Secretary the New York Association for
tho Blind.
New York, March IL, 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rEror The Tribune Bureau.


Washington March R.-The brazlhdh
Ambassador entertained sixty guests at Tea
this afternoon, and had as hostess for the
occasion Nine. de Lima, wife or the Bra
lillian counsellor Also assisting MT ia
Cana in the hospitalities Of the embassy
were Mr.. de Lima, counsellor; Lieutenant
Commander d. r. Marques de Azevedo'
naval attache. and Mime. Marques de Aze-
vedo. 7 F. de Barros Pimentel, second
secretary: +, de Barros Cavalcanu de Lar
cerda. also second secretary, and VI GA
Costa Barradas. commercial delegate
Mr.. Pezet. recently appointed Minister
of Peru 10 succeed Mr.. Pardo, who has
been making a visit I'm Peru, has joined
Nine pezet I'm Panama, and they will sail
from there on Thursday for Washington.
Their coming is OF social interest here, as
Mr. Pezet was secretary OF the Peruvian
LOCATION when Mr. Calderon was minis
tor. and several OF their children were
horn here. Their soE, George Washington
Pezet was horn I'm this city on washing
toms Birthday.
The counsellor OF the German Embassy
and Nine. Haniel Won Haimhausen enter
tained the Secretary OF the Navy at din
ner to-nisht, and had as other guests Miss
Julia Never. the Danish Minister, Mrs.
RoIston. OF New York; Mrs. Wesley Mer-
ritt. Mrs. Preston Gibson, Colonel and
Mrs. Spencer Cosby. Count Ivan Csekonics.
Austrian first secretary; the German mill
tary attache and Nine. Won Herwarth, and
Lieutenant Won Herwarth, OF the German
New-York tribune., 1912-03-13
CHEVY CHASE HUNT CLUB BALL
Washington Organization to Give
Brilliant Affair on April IL.
[From The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureaul
Washington. March 12.-The Chevy Chase
Hunt bali, which has come TO be one OF
the most brilliant affairs of the spring sea-
son, will be given at the club on April l2
The Meadow Brook. Green Spring Valley
and other hunt clubs OF New York, Penn
sylyania Maryland and Virginia will be
invited, and everything on the programme
ID arranged TO make the affair worthy OF
the name Several hundred guests are ex-
pected. and the men will wear their pink
coats, while the clubrooms will be deco
rated with riding trophies. For the cotillon,
which Will be the chief feature OF the
evening. there will be all sorts OF driving
and vaulting figures, and the yfavors Will
be crops, saddles. spurs, Jockey caps and
such other appropriate trifies. At the Old
English supper, which will follow the dance.
there will be such famous old songs as
"Drink, Puppy, Drink" and "The Hunters
Horn" These songs will be played by the
Marine Band and sung by all the guests.
The officers OF the ball are Gist Blair,
president OF the Chevy Chase Club. and q
COMMITTEES composed Of Brigadier General
Edwards, George Howard. William Mar
row, who has the arrangements for the
hall I'm hand: Captain Sowerby, OF the Brit
ish navy: Murray Cobb. William Hitt
Hugh Legare, Walter Denegre. William
Corcoran Eustis, j.. William Henry. Cap.
tain Symington OF the Mayfower; Viscount
de sibour, John i. wilkins and Clarence
Moore, master of hounds.