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New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
FOnEYTING CONTESTS.

The selection of Ormsby McHarS as
chief of the contest bureau at RooSe-
welt headquarters indicates that the
Roosevelt managers have decided to fol-
low the trail so unprOtitably pursued
four years ago by the "allies' who were
attempting to foreStall the nomination
of Mr.. Taft. Mr.. McHarg had charge IN
1905 of the cases Of the Taft delegates
from the South whose seats were con-
tested by claimants with credentials
manufactured by themselves or given
them by rump and irregular state ana
district conventions. 1t was compara-
lively easy for him to establish the
regularity Of the titles offered by the
duly elected Taft men, and as the con-
testants could submit no evidence to dis
prove that regularity the national COM
mittee made short work OF them. VI
more than two hundred claimants only
about twenty were seated-and then
, only in cases in which it seemed equl-
table to give representation to each OF
two well defined party factions.
/ Mr.. McHarg will have to dispute this
year all the principles which he laid
down four years ago and which the ma
tional committee and the national con-
vention both approved. He will have to
try to set aside as not binding the rules
governing the selection OF delegates
where, necessarily, the only practicable
test of regularity is conformity to the
procedure which the state and district
committees are authorized to employ and
supervise. He will have TO attempt to
show that delegates can be properly
elected outside Of and apart from that
procedure.
That is a herculean task under the
most favoring conditions But Mr.. Nc
Harg will labor under the additional
handicap this year that In most Of the
Southern states the ground has not been
cleared for contests as It was four years
ago. Then several active candidates for
the nomination had made plans ahead
and enlisted the aid Of local Southern
politicians. The "allies" were prepared
TO make a fight in Florida, Georgia,
Alabama, South Carolina. Mississippi.
Louisiana and Tennessee. But this year
there has been no organized opposition
anywhere. and in Florida, Georgia and
Alabama. which have already elected
nearly all their delegates, no record
exists on which a contesting claim can
be based except in possibly two or three
scattered Congress districts. 1t may be
possible to establish later some ap-
pearance Of an equitable claim in South
Carolina and Louisiana, where there are
two distinct and rival Republican state
organizations in the field. But it is the
height Of absurdity for Senator Dixon
to say that the credentials Of eighty
four Of the delegates so far elected are
subject to contest. Not more than a
dozen Roosevelt contestants are now in
evidence and most Of them bail from
Indiana, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mr..
Dixon and Mr.. McIIarg are sadly self
deceived if they are preparing to SOW a
lot Of trivial and bogus contests in the
hope of reaping Il quick crop Of South
ern delegates
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
CArSES OF CUBAN UNREST.

The current reports Of unrest in Cuba
probably have considerable basis in
fact. and the conditions which they cX-
press are by no means ineXplicable. or,
indeed surprising TO those familiar with
the history and characteristics Of the
island. IT is always matter Of some
delicacy and hesitancy to criticise even
by implication the political or other con-
duct of q neighboring and friendly ma
tion. But there is no cenSoriousness nor
anything but the kindliest Of sentiments
and most benevolent desires in stating
what appears to be the simple fact.
That Is, that Cuba is still suffering from
the effects Of generations of misgovern-
ment and of denial to her Of the privi-
lege Of learning not merely the literal
forms, but still more the essential and
indispensable spirit Of self-government.
Those effects are not 10 be expelled In
day or a year. as an unacceptable gov
ernment might he by a revolution. nor
are those lessons to be learned summar-
lily, as a constitution might be adopted.
Under the Spanish regime Cuba knew
little or nothing Of the collective benefits
of good government. As Il whole the isl
aud was governed for the profit Of Spain.
In details it was governed for the per-
sonal benefit of the government function
aries The people in general regarded
the government not as an agency for
serving them and bestowing benefits upon
them, but rather as an agency for taxing
them, abridging their liberties and other
wise expressing them. The question was
not how much the government was going
to profit them, but how much it was go.
ing TO exact from them. There were ex-
ceptiOns, but on the whole this was the
relationship between Spanish government
and Cuban people. Moreover. the govern
ment offices were chiefly filed by profess
sional OfiicehOders from the peninsula,
so that the people were made to feel that
they had no lot nor part In the govern
ment and Of course they could get no
practical training for the conduct Of 1t
when 1t should be committed to their own
hands.
In addition to this inaptitude for gov
ernment there exist among the Cubans
many factiOnal feuds and jealousies. The
veterans of the revolutionary army think
that they should have the preference
over all others, and they wish to pro-
scribe, or at any rate to exclude from
Office, all who were Spanish sympathiz-
ers. WHICH is not altogether unnatural
On the other hand the former Spanish
sympathizers include many of the former
ofiiceholders, who because of their ex-
perience are to-day the best fitted men
In the island TO conduct the business Of
the government. And both parties still
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
NEW YORK FROM THE susuRss

New York City owns s14,ooo.ooo worth OF
idle, unimprcyed land. This SHOWS ha' 'aH'
many occasionally suffers from shsentmincso'
ness.---Troy Standard Press.
New York chiropodists desire q law 'As'
will nut their profession on a surer footing
Boston Herald.
Students OF the University OF PennsyNanio
who were shown the ins and outs OF 80
sales At the New York Stock EXCHANGE ~,
other day would have learned more vaI"SS'.
lesson II the brokers had shown them ~
downs and outs.--Louisville Courier-Jou'pa"
Eggs direct from the hen are now oom"'s
into New York from the South al tns
of i25. 900 cases a week. with thirty doIeA "a
a case, whereas in the winter only o-V
cases got TO the city and some OF them
storage eggs. AZ g result the price
dropped. Blessed be the Southern "s"
Ithaca Journal
Some time ago II was stated that tne
Of women teachers In New YORK e0ua'
with men would certainly lead 70 0's go,
crease in the number Of men tsacnsr" -,
d:tions in New York City do not e' p', !,
bear out the pr Iphecy, for there as .,,
that city that enough male teachers
he secured. Only a small number OF tp9f ~,
appointed &c the schools OF the ms -.
have accented, the reason given oeihe ",
,padeouacy Of the salaries Just what "0- S,s,
happen II women ceased teaching IN 'h7
schools is sppallinS 70 think Of for men
rule do not nowadays take kindly 70 -
teaching. II would be we'll for the .,,,
though, II men changed their visN
Misunderstanding NswA
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
THE ADVANCEuENT OF EFFI-
CIENCY.

No one called the movement which re-
suited in the great inventions that reyo-
Iutionized industry a movement for etli-
cheney, but that is what it was. Men
with imagination and filled with the new
knowledge of the physical sciences looked
at the tools with which mankind had
been working by hand for generations,
at the imperfect systems Of transporta'
tion and communication existing, and
found them crude. They sought to i'm
prove them, and devised other tools run
by steam, and later by electricity, which
done by the simple instruments of the
fathers. The productive capacity of hui
man labor was multiplied many times.
The new movement for efficiency is
similar in its aim. AS those who pro-
duced the great inventions made scien-
tifc examination Of the tools which man
kind was using to see if they could not
be improved, so those who would now
increase the productive capacity Of hui
man labor insist that a scientific eXami-
nation be made Of the way in which the
present tools are used The aim is to
eliminate waste in unnecessary opera
tions by individuals, in the bad arrange
lnent Of shops, through the failure to
have the planning OF work in shops done
by experts, through the lack of proper
incentive among wOrkmen to put forth
effective efforts and in various other
ways. 1t is Of Importance to the public,
because only through some new method
of greatly increasing the efficiency Of pro-
duction is any great improvement in hui
man conditions probable or any relief
from the present high cost of living, eX-
cept such as comes from temporary fiuc-
tuations in prices.
But the problem Of efficiency Is not
merely one-sided, involving only the pro-
ductiyity of labor In factories. 1t
touches governmental institutions and
their operations. And one utility Of the
national society for the advancement of
efficiency which has just been organized
Is that It calls attention to the universal
fly Of the problem. When its general
character is recognized the shibboleth of
deficiency" will not be, as 1t is to many
uniformed persons now. merely a cry
for the speeding up" Of industrial la
borers. What is needed Is a wider ap-
probation Of the fact that the benefits
from increased efficiency will fall upon
all classes alike; that the workingman,
If science can do anything to direct the
use of bis energy to greater effectiveness.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
PARCELS POST.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: During the week beginning March
IS a concentrated fire of letters Is to be
made on the Senators and Representatives
at WASHINGTON on the subject of A parcels
post. The public is awakening TO the fact
that all, or nearly all, the civilized nations
OF the world are enjoying vastly better
facilities for the transmission of small par
cells Cf merchandise through the malls than
are provided IN the United states. The
question is being asked with increasing per-
slstance, why should the United States
be so amazingly behind the other nations
of the world in this natter" John Wana-
maker. when Postmaster General In 1852
found the answer. It was the four great
express companies.
In the House Of REPRESENTATIVES the Com
mittee on the Postofiice in reporting the
annual appropriation bill proposes reduc-
ton In the rate for fourth class matter
from IS cents to u, and an increase TO
eleven pounds in the weight limit. 1t would
also provide a rate on rural routes as fol-
lows. One cent for two ounces, two cents
for four ounces, and so on up to five cents
a pound, with two cents for each addi-
tional pound up to eleven. II proposes a
Congressional commission to investigate the
subject of a general parcels post. This
Congressional commission business is get
ting tiresomc. With the experience of the
whole world for the last twenty-five years
as a guide, why not stop talking and do
something worth while? Now Is the time to
write 10 Senators and Congressman and urge
them to co all in their power to effect the
adoption Of a parcels post system at least
as good as that enjoyed by most OF the
civilized nations OF the world.
]. J. WILSON.
Silver Bay, ~ Y, March lS 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: At this time, when the high cost
Of living has become problem. vital in It's
Significance to q majority of the peoples on
this earth, when high priced commissions,
increasing the extravagant expenditures OF
our governments and serving to blind the
ignorant only. are being appointed every
where to investigate the causes that con-
tribute to the advance in the prices or our
necessaries, q simple matter which any
intelligent schoolboy can explain, 1t de-
wolves upon our Representatives In Con-
gress to disclose, without any subterfuge'
the reason why the express trusts nave
for so long a period, been permitted 10
carry on their rapacous methods In exact
ing exorbitant charges for their transporta-
ton services and have heaped dividends
upon dividends at the expense of the long
suffering consumer G. a. l..
Keuka Lake, n. Y, March ls, 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
MARY WALKER QUITS HOSPITAL
Woman Physician SCOTS at Idea Of Her
Serious Illness.

Dr. Mary Walker has left the Presby-
terlan Hospital Mrs. Van Slingerland. her
secretary, said last night the doctor, while
not exactly a Christian Scientist. still did
rot believe that she was ever Ill when she
did not feel so mentally and that the
nurses at the hospital constantly reminded
her that maybe she was Ill anyhow.
So Dr. walker left the hospital and went
to the Hotel Gerard. in 44th street. Yes
terdsy afternoon she had bowl Of oysters.
and last night she said she was feeling In
fine trim. She objected to any one saying
she was or had been III and scoffed at the
idea. Dr. Walker has not called in any
doctor She believes in the adage: ply
siclan, heal myself
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

! Mr.. and Mrs. Pliny Fisk and Mr.. s,s
Mrs. Riccardo Martin gave an interestir.
entertainment last night at the Home cIuh
J in East 45th street. near Fifth avenue 7,
was styled an Arabian Nights Masous -
and the guests, as we'll as the hostessa.
| were all masked and in Oriental Costumes
| There were Turks, Bedouins, Hindu,
| Japanese, Chinese. Arabs, Dslmatians .rs
slave girls, with their bespangled Jackets
turbans and draperies. The ballroom and
banquet room of the club was draped Ui,s
Oriental hangings and lighted by Turkss
and Persian lanterns hung from ths ceiI.
ing, and the scene at the height OF tha
| dance was a most picturesque one Tbs
music was furnished by an Hungarian
band, who were I'm their native costume.
Mrs. Fisk and Mrs. Martin were Persia,
women, the former being in a costume N
green. pink and silver with jewels, and
besides veil she wore a black velvet rnask
founced with lace. Mrs. Martin was IN
green, gold and saffron, embroidered IN
jewels. She also wore a black mask. Nj
Martin appeared as he does In the char.
| acter Of Engo in the first act OF La Glo.
conda," as a Dalmatian sailor.
trct," a sort of parody on the turkey
trot," and which proved most amusing.
AS those taking part in 1t entered the
room the music was stopped and the meas.
ure altered, while the dancers went through
their burlesque. There was dancing until
about / o'clock, when supper was served,
and this was followed by more dancing.
The guests numbered about one hundred
and thirty-five and included Magistrate and
Mrs. Frederic Kernochan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Hastings, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson, Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry
Hammond, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G. Oak
man, Mr. and Mrs. George r. Sheldon, Dir.
and Mrs. Arthur Scribner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur S. Train, Mrs. William P. Douglas,
Miss Sibyl Douglas, Mr.. and Mrs. Stowe
Phelps, Mr.. and Mrs. V. Everit Macy, Mr..
and Mrs Frederick Y. Dalzlel, Mrs
Leonard NJ. Thomas, Mrs. willard B. King,
Mrs. NJ. Lawrence Keene Miss Marjorie
Curtis, Miss Diantha a. Fitch, Charles \
Mum, Reginald Waterbury, Mr. and Mrs.
j. Carroll Beckwith, DR.. and Mrs. Albert
Ely, Ashbel II. Barney J. Ellis Hoffman,
j. Henry Forbes and Arthur Hyde.
Miss Elizabeth Stewart Clafin, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs John Clahin, OF this city.
will be married to Abbot Augustus Low,
jr, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Abbot A. Low, OF
Brooklyn, and a nephew OF Seth Low, on
Saturday, April %. in the Church OF the
Ascension.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick c. Havemeyer
will return to town from Aiken, 5. c., next
month
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Rutherfurd have
returned to Palm Beach from Nassau
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis VI. Weld and Non
cure Robinson are among those booked 10
sail to-day for Europe.
Mrs George Seymour Hastings has
moved from No. IS East 18th street to the
Mayfair, No. 4B Park avenue.
Mrs. William Earl Dodge has returned
TO the city from the South.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
LADY WARWICK.

To the Editor ot The Tribune.
Sir: Referring TO your article on Peace
Work for Women" there may be some
who regard the at least picturesque onset
OF the Countess Of Warwick as merely In
cldental to the passing fad Of a perhaps
bored and dlsllusionse woman Of upper
birth caste. good intellect and generous
impulses seeking an outlet for her energy
and altruIstic tendencies.
To others. however-few though they
may be-whose childhood and youth have
been rassed In a home atmosphere sur
charged with advanced thought on re-
lgious. political, professional and social
questions, Lady Warwicks present advent
urous-or at least Xperimental-role In
this country seems natural enough and en-
tireIy commendable. She is, doubtless. well
equipped for what she apparently has In
mind: for the reason that her mental and
ethical affiliations by birth, knship and
marriage have been largely such as 10 be-
speak her personal share of q broad out
look. advanced views, good intentions, in
sight and courage-all very useful qualities
for public spirited work She has, there
fore. a fair clam-quite irrespective of the
accident OF her exterior status-to respect
ful bearing from the thinking class and 10
sympathy for what she regards as feasible
projects toward establishing universal
liberation and peace, equal Justice TO the
sexes and the steady advancement Of in
ternational comfy.
II Lady Warwick proposal for a Peace
Congress Of notable women at the famous
home of which she is the chatelaine is a
well thought out one, and not simply an
impromptu and unguarded utterance Of a
kindly and hospltable nature and liable TO
recall, Warwick Castle may have another
glory added to It's record and stand in line
with Mr.. Carnegle's Palace Of Peace.
A. j. BLOOR.
New York, March l6, 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

He must travel circumspectly and never
give or take anything, except on the ad-
vice of counsel. New MeXicO's lawmak-
ers. we believe, will gradually acquire
the poise and caution of their brethren
in the older states and learn to blush at
the credulity and crudeness Of the four
backsliders who celebrated their first
week at Santa Fe by falling" for de-
coy offer of $500 apiece and then being
transported as malefactors to the county
Jail.
The good old times are past even In
New Mexico.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

case of almost every important invention a
number of claims for patent rights are died
at almost exactly the same time, SO that it
frequently becomes d question of very deli
cate legal Interpretation as to which one IS
entitled to the patent showing clearly that
a sort of mental germ has been permeating
the minds of many different men.
When We take all these things into con-
sideration it is certainly an open question
whether our system should not be radical
ly modified. as, for instance, in the line
of granting an inventor the right not to
exclusive use, but 10 the first benefits in the
way of royalties to be fixed by = patent
court. any one being allowed to use the
invention subject to such royalty.
r. J. SCHRTVER.
Nn,,. N...rI. lnrcL Il 1ulo
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

cling far too much to the old notion that
government Office is meant for private
profit. Of course, there are many III
Cuba who do not share these errors, but
they are not strong enough TO control the
island in their way Of thinking. And so
unrest and discomfort and factlonal AMI
mosities. ambitions and intrigues vex
the insular republic. 1t is a case not tor
condemnation nor for consciousness, out
for sympathy and patience and for sucn
aid as it Is possible to afford.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS.
he Editor OF The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the letter OF your cor
respondent printed in to-day's Issue of The
Tribune. signed p G. s.. with questions
concerning the subject OF comparative re-
ligions. may I commend to his attention
that very able and highly interesting book
by the late James Freeman Clarke, en-
titled. Ten Great Religions" believing
that in that work-especially the second
volume-he will find much Of the desired
information? l.. G. NJ.
New York, March IL, 1872
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
TWO FRENCH CARNEGIE HEROES
Doctor Gets Diphtheria While Attend
ing Child-Would-be Rescuer browns

Paris, March 1.-THE French commission
OF the Carnegie Hero Fund, presided over
by Emile Loubet, ex-President OF the re-
public, to-day made awards OF medals sno
money in twenty-eight cases.
Gold medals were awarded DR.. Veau' VIC
in attending a child professionally acquired
diphtheria. complete paralysis ensuing, ana
TO the family OF Lieutenant Dusannie1'
who was drowned in an attempt 70 rescue
n soldier
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

Sydney James Stern. first Baron Wands-
worth. who died recently. leaving no heir
to the title. was the son of Viscount de
Stern. from whom he inherited the title Of
viscount in the kingdom OF Portugal and a
large estate. The father established in
London the firm Of Stern Brothers. Ct
which he remained the head till his death.
BESIDES this business the son held vast
amount Of freehold property in London
He was elevated to the peerage In 1895,
after four years in the House Of Commons.
Lord Wandsworth never married.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

IBy Telegraph 10 The TTibunel
Newport, March l9.--The coming OF spring
weather has started the Improvement work
among the summer Villas. Mrs. William
Watts Sherman. who is expected the latter
part Of April; Mrs. Harold Brown, who is
to arrive between ApIi Is and %, and R. l.
Gammeu are all having Improvements made
70 their summer homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. George 3. De Forest have
again leased the Train villa, near Bailey's
Beach, and they will cpen their season
early.
Maximilian Agassiz. Of Cambridge, was
tho guest OF Roland King to-day.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

Governor Wilson has written another
letter explaining his infelicitous ref
erences to the Poles, Hungarians and
Italians, who have come to this country
in large numbers in the last three dec
AIDES. The gist Of the explanation is
that Mr. Wilson always entertained the
highest possible regard for these lumei-
GUS arrivals as Poles, Hungarians ana
Italians, but did not think so highly or
them as immigrants. That explanation
may insure him increased popularity
back in Poland, Hungary and lraly,
though it may not be entirely satlST
factory to all of those belonging to tie
three nationalities who have dropped
their former allegiance and become
American citizens.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

The Hughes bill taxing. white phos-
phorus matches is now before the House
OF Representatives, and ought to, be
passed at this session. 1t will put an
end to a process of manufacture which
costs many lives and much unnecessary
and dreadful suffering.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

Opned and published daily bU me
Tribune Association, q Ner YORK co'F'.
ration: ogden ~. Reid, President; C0hae
Han,Iia, Secretary; James IL. BdFIet''
Treasurer. Address. Tribune Battah0'
No 154 Nassau street. NeU York.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

The colonel will go on the stump So
that If the nomination seeks him 1t VIII
be sure 10 find him.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
MILLIONS FOR ORPHANAGE
Lord Wandsworth's Will Pro-
vides $6,250,000 for Institution.

London, March ia bequest Of Sc
100000 figures in the will OF the late
Baron Wandsworth for the foundation OF
an orphanage
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
People ana Social Incidents
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

arrive here tomorrow for a short visit "A
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Braol.v
New-York tribune., 1912-03-20

The bill introduced by Senator Dlll!ng-
ham in Washington provides for the e1-
clusion of laborers and artisans Of races
ineligible for American naturalization. It
vas understood that this meant both JAP
anese and Chinese, and later on, at the
suggestion OF Senator Lodge, the clause
was amended so ihat the suscepubll!tes OF
the Japanese would not be offended.