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New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
SIGNS OF PROMISE.

II seems almost too much to hope tnat
the threatened revolt of upstate Demo
Gratis against Murphy in the SPECIFIC In
stance Of the naming of an upstate PUB
lie Service Commissioner VIII be more
than a fash in the pan. Too few Demo
cratic Senators believe that the coniir-
nation of Herbert p. Bissell, Governor
Dix's nominee whom Murphy opposes,
would be unadulterated good for the
state. Too small a percentage or the
public believes that anything good can
come out of Dix or Murphy to bother
itself greatly over their squabbles about
Democratic patronage. There cannot
possibly be the public support, therefore,
of any Democrats who choose to nght
Murphy on this issue that existed for
the Democratic insurgents In the sena-
torial contest last year, although the
fight would be the same in principle-a
revolt against the arbitrary exercise or
power by "the organization And the
Democrats who would have to make the
fight this year labor under the disadvan-
tage of having contributed in many
WAYS, by their personal and ofiicial acts,
TO make the hold Of Murphy on the Dem
ocratic machine in this state practically
unbreakable. The delicate and diplo-
matte way in which they begin proceed
ings by sending ENJOYS to Murphy to ac-
Quaint him with their views Is a sufti-
cient indication of his power.
However, as a sign the Bissell case Is
bound to present encouragement to the
lover Of his fellow men. 1t is encourag-
ing. for instance, that a few Democrats
can realize to the extent Of making pro-
test the spirit-crushing disgraceful bond
age in which Murphy and his sub-bosses
hold them. even though that protest be
futile i'm immediate practical results. 1t
Is encouraging that Governor Dix, after
months of subservience TO Murphy, has
developed a backbone and is willing to
defy the boss, even though the EXecu-
tives power and the boss's can only
neutraliZe each other and leave barren
victory for either The state has reason
to feel grateful, under the Dix-Murphy
regime, for small favors. If the Gov
ernOr and the boss can only continue
thus TO kill each other off they will be
entitled at the coming election to n GER
tifcate of the states gratitude in the
shape Of relief from all further official
responsibilities.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

tFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington, March 9.-The Austrian Am
bassador and first secretary, Count ivan
Csekoncs, returned to-day from Visit "
Panama, Jamaica, Cuba and other southern
points.
The French Ambassador and Nine JUS
serand entertained at dinner to-nisht 'he
Turkish Ambassador, the Minister rom
Norway and Mime. Bryn. the Chilian Mih-
lister and Sonora de Suarez, the Minister
from Uruguay and sefora de Pena' MAJOR
General and Mrs. Wood. the Assistant sec
retary of War and Mrs. Robert Shaw OH
YER, Brigadier General and Mrs. Wother-
spoon, Mrs. John 3. Henderson, NINE
Christian Hauge, Mrs. Julian James, John
Barrett, Benjamin Saunders Minor and Mr.
and Mrs. John Gardner Coolidge.
The Italian Ambassador and Marchioness
Cusani and their daughter Donna Beatrice
Cusani, entertained at dinner tonight IN
compliment to Miss Taft Their other
guests were the Postmaster General, MISS
Anderson, MISS Julia Meyer, Miss Alice
Meyer. Miss Hldegarde Nagel. Miss LIP
pitt, Miss Switzerland Miss Eudora Clover
Miss Marion oliver, Miss Julia Whiting
Miss Martha Bowers. Miss Elizabeth REID
Rogers, Mr.. Stauffer, Major Winship, Mr.
Richardson, ]. c. White, William Bowie
Clark, Frank H. Ellis. Mr.. Freyre y San
tander. OF the Peruvian Legation; Count
Ivan Csekonios Austrian first secretary;
Mr.. de Barros Pimentel, Brazilian second
secretary; Marquis de Constantin and Mr..
Rosso and Mr.. Ceccato, of the Italian En-
bassy.
The Russian military attache and Baro-
ness Elizabeth de Bode entertained at
luncheon.
Captain Vassilieff, Russian naval attache,
returned to-day from New York.
The Guatemalan Minister has gone on
Bengoechea is charge d'afaires in his alb
sence The legation has been established at
No. Stone street New York.
sehor Don Filipe Animal, recently ap-
pointed Chiian first secretary. to succeed
Senior Don Antonio B. Agacio, has arrived
in Washington.
Seflor Don Ricardo Arias, the new minis
ter from Panama, who presented his Gre
dentlsls in January, has taken No. 1850
Massachusetts, avenue and established the
legation there.
The British Ambassador is confined 20
the embassy by a slight indlspositon and
had to send his regrets to Mrs. William F.
Draper with whom he was to have dined
tonight.
The Danish Minister and Countess Moltke
returned to Washington to-day from Palm
Beach. where they stopped on the way
from Panama.
The German second secretary and Nine.
Kienin entertained at dinner tonight the
counsellor OF the Austrian Embassy and
Mime. Won Loewenthal Linau, Mrs. ]. d.
McLachlan. Miss Laura Merriam, Miss FL
sic Aldrich and Commander Retzmann,
naval attache, and Baron Hardenbroeck
and MIR. Won Bulow. Of the German Embas-
sy staff.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
TIE TLKLNG OF TIE SOUTH.

Captain Amundsen's personal nara
tive, cabled from the antipodes and pub
lished here by 'The New York Times, "
is necessarily concise, almost to meagre-
ness; but it Is equally straightforward
and modest He tells Of his doings, not
Of himself. There is no touch of senti-
ment or of purple SHOWS. The nomina-
tive is 1--WE" not az" The one ire.
pressible outburst Of praise is for the
ship which bore him to the shore Of Ross
Sea and for her captain. Significant
and praiseworthy, too, is the entire abb
sence Of reference Of any kind to rival
expeditions, or to the one rival expedition
Of Captain Scott, even at the expense of
leaving the world unenlightened as to
whether he met with any traces thereof.
Had he reported that he had seen no
traces Of Captain Scott there would have
been danger of at least involuntary exul-
tation over having outstripped him in the
poleward race. Had he reported meeting
him or finding him there would have
been danger Of a suspicion of misreport-
ing or Of trying to anticipate his rivals
announcement. In such circumstances
silence was the course Of prudence
1t is interesting that descendant Of
the vikings should have won this great
honor. Through centuries the Morse
men of various branches have achieved
some Of the most noteworthy feats of ad-
venture, discovery and exploration. It
was Norwegian who first led Europeans
across the Atlantic to North America.
1t was Dane who discovered the Ameri-
can continent from Asia by crossing the
Pacific. It was a Swede, or more truly
Finn, who first circumnavigated Asia
through the Arctic Sea. It was a Nor
wegian who sailed Norwegian ship to
the furthest point north ever reached by
such a vessel, and now It is another Nor
wegian who takes the same ship furthest
south, and still another who thence
pushes on to the actual Antarctic Pole.
The sagas Of Eric and Olaf and the Vol
sungs contain no more thrilling and ro-
mantle tales than these true records Of
actual achievements by that heroic race.
Nor Is this latest achievement the
mere qualification Of the passion of what
a German newspaper calls daredevil
mankind" to reach the ultimate goal. 1t
was a not unworthy work simply to
reach the pole, and 1t is quite true that
to do so was Captain Amundsen's prime
object. Yet 1t is clear, even from the
brief narrative already published, that
geographical and other scientific results
OF great interest and Of practical value
have been secured. 1t will be observed
that Sir Ernest Shackleton, than whom
there is no more competent authority,
In his generous discussion Of Captain
Amundsen's performance reckons the
geographical results Of it to be "of the
highest Importance" The entire advent.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
AIRSHIP SANITY.

The chief fault found with air flying
by man up to the present time has been
the tendency on the part of the aviator
to perform circus stunts. Instead Of
seeking scientific stability his mind has
been filled with daring dips and spiral
glides. In consequence OF this the air
ship as a common carrier has not made
much headway in spite Of its rapid
progress. To 1t also are to he attributed
a total OF one hundred and eighteen
deaths in the last four years, with count
less cases Of manning and minor in
juries. Aeroplane critics have contended
from the start that so long as spec
tacular effects were sought just so long
would the alrship as a commercial trans
porting agent be a failure. 1t Is true, Of
course, that deaths have resulted in ad
ditional knowledge, have pointed the way
to betterment Of air craft; but 1t is also
true that the deaths which have brought
about such information are not more
than ten, and that the further loss OF
life has ensued because Of foolhardiness
or "stunt turning"
Comes now cable dispatch calling
attention to a logical use of the airship,
forced, 1t would seem, by the coal strike
in Great Britain. In such wise is it
than an Ill wind blows some good some
where Henri Salvey, a French flying
man, was in London when called to Paris
on urgent business. Channel steamers
were not plying on account of the short
age Of coal. Salvey, who in past times
must have sat In his hotel room and
cooled his ardor, made ready his mono
plane, turned 1t In the direction of
France, and SCARED away unhampered by
the scarcity Of black diamonds and
caring only that the supply of gasolene
remain untampered with. Formerly the
Channel fight was made in sections
Now, however, aviation has surmounted
difficulties, and Salvey not only made
his flight from London to Issy-les- Mouli-
New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
"ALL ABOARD FOR THE JUNG
FPAUw

ThhC
1t is perhaps best, for their own COM
fort, that Tourgenieff and Ruskin are
dead, now that a railroad has been built
to the upper slopes Of the Jungfrau.
The Russian genius devoted one OF his
most inimitable Poems in Prose TO
an aon-lOng conversation between the
Jungfrau and the Finsteraarhorn, scorn-
ing the inSignicance Of men and pro-
claiming that those little two legged
beetles" had never ascended TO their
SUBMITS, though. in fact, the Jungfrau
itself was scaled more than a century
ago. AS for Ruskin, with his hatred of
railroads anywhere and his reverence
amounting almost to alteration OF the
mountains. IL can be imagined how his
matchless marshalling of epithets would
have stormed against such proclamation
of that virgin p'1k.
Yet the thing is done. After fifteen
years of work a railroad IS now In opera
ton to within 2,3l1 feet of the summit
Of the Jungfrau. and It is forthwith to
be extended, with an aerial lift, to the
very top, so that any one, without
climbing a STEP will he able to make
the ascent of 1860 feet. 1t will be the
highest railroad in Europe, and with
perhaps two exceptions the highest In
the world, two in South America rising
I'd more than 1900 feet on the slopes
Of the Andes. in consequence Of this
achievement the plans for railroad up
the Matterhorn, which a few years ago
were laid aside in Difference to popular
protests. have been revived, and It is not
improbable that they will he executed.
It is easy to understand how strongly
the sentiment of some men revolts
against such enterprises, which seem 10
them PROCLAMATION of Natures holiest
shrines. The conductors cry Of "All
aboard for the top of the Jungfrau!' will
doubtless seem to them like sacrilege.
And, OF course, it would be possible to
vulgarize and disfigure those noble
heights. On the other hand, 1t should
be possible TO operate the Jungfrau rail-
road and lifts with decorum and proprle-
ty, so as not to degrade the mountain,
but rather both mentally and spiritually
as well as physlcally-to elevate the
visitors. There is no scenery in the
world too noble to be seen by all men,
and II these Alpine railroads result in
opening those glorious panoramas to
thousands Of eyes to which otherwise
they would be forever closed they will
perform a service which we may hope
will not be unnecessarily marred with
sordidness and vulgarity Of detail.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-10

4 TEST WOULD BE WELCOME.
1t is reported that some of the nomi-
mating petitions filed by non-organization
candidates for national delegates in the
Congress districts of Manhattan are sub.
iect to criticism, in that a certain per-
centage. of the names on them are not
those of qualified signers. While there Is
good reason for observing the intent OF
the law TO require petition TO represent
the wishes of at least D per cent OF the
enrolled Republicans Of a district, 1t
would be regrettable If any Of these pc
titions, valid in the main. should be
thrown out on trifing technicalities. All
the advantages in naming candidates for
national delegates and party committee
men are with the regular organization
Petitioners are handicapped by being
put in the attitude Of outsiders and by
being required to go to the expense Of
preparing nomination papers. In the in
terest of comfy and equality within the
party the way of the petitioners ought
not to be made too hard, for as Repub-
licans they are entitled to a fair chance
10 express their opinions and preferences
at the coming primary.
The primary law, defective as 1t is, IS
first step toward popular party gov
ernment 1t is a step which is not likely
to be retraced, for public opinion now
demands that every Republican and
every Democrat shall be assured Of the
right to take part directly in making
party nominations. 1t would be mis-
fortune If Republicans, trying to take
advantage of their privileges in the first
primary under the new law, should en-
counter any unnecessary obstruction on
the part of other Republicans or Of the
election officials.
A test of party sentiment such as the
primary here will furnish will be well
coined by all believers in the principle Of
direct nominations. 1t will be welcome
also to all supporters of President Taft,
since it will put at rest the foolish con-
tention that the Taft managers are
averse to popular tests and fear count
Of the rank and file.
The contrary is the case. Mr.. Tafts
canvass will be helped by direct vote
for delegates in this city and state, as it
will be helped. everywhere else, because
the majority of the Republican voters are
behind him in nearly every section Of the
country Nothing would be more dash
ing to the hopes Of his opponents than
The result of such test in this city will
be enlightening. The more complete it
is the better it will suit those who are
supporting the President for renomlna-
ton
New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
FIFTH AVENUE SHOCKS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. one would not suppose that on as
cold a day as last Sunday any one would
hc on Fifth avenue who did not have to be
there. but there were several, | am sure
who could have remained at home II they
wished. walked through mile or H. ana
,yhiIa sprinR costumes were not much IN
evidcnce. others were For instance, a
Young woman OF twenty. pretty and wear
ing a leonard skin wrap down to her white
spats. Spotted? Well, rather; not only in
her apparel. but by every one who passed
her. She wore turban OF the same ana
II she were not a speckled beauty then my
eyesight failed me.
Two blocks further down an even more
startling costume showed up, on tall
slim shape. built on the spaghetti model
Her wide hat was greenssh-brown ana
she wore wrap of white fur reaching to
an indefinite point about the knees. This
was thick and stood pretty well out from
her person, and from its bottom TO point
Immediately above her shoes a white. lacey
sort OF double skirt futtered In the breeze
looking more like an embroidery continu-
alton Of the wrap than real skirt. But
II was n skirt The shoes and stockings
matched the rest OF the outfit. The sight
gave me a nervous shock. because the sud
denness OF It made mo think there was
fire I'm the neighborhood and the lady was
escaping in her night fxings-that is to
say, II they wear fur nlghties. This figure
attracted more attention than the other'
because II glared so like a snowdrft
A little further along there was one all
in brown-brown cloth and velvet, brown
ftlrs and a brown hat built with due
sense OF proportion. Oh, she was dream
a symphony in brown a rest Tor tlred
eyes. and one could scarcely believe that
she belonged to the same species as the
others. Yet she did, for they were all
women. and each one had man with her'
and the men OF the other two did not seem
10 notice II any more than the man with
the one. And yet they say the women
dress for the sake OF the men,
Speaking OF men, also observed batch
Of the style Of large silk hats with small
men under them-small men who went so
far up into their large hats that to the
casual observer they looked like hats walk
ing. I heard several women remarking
that Il was about the best display OF hats
they had seen on tho avenue In some time
OBSERVER.
New York. March ., 1917
New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
AN ADMIRABLE ANSWER.

An ADMIRABLE ANSWER.
In his Toledo speech President Taft
met squarely and effectively the issue
recently thrust into politics by Colonel
Roosevelts Columbus address-the re-
call Of judicial decisions which rest
upon disputed interpretations Of state
constitutions. AS was to be expected,
the President condemns the recall Of
judicial decisions OF the sort indicated
as vigorously as he had already con-
demned the proposed recall Of judges
whose opinions do not happen to suit
a majority OF the voters who put them
In Office.
Mr.. Taft's long training as a lawyer
and judge has given him a firm
grasp on the fundamental principles on
which our American conceptions Of lib
erty are based. and perhaps the most
important of those conceptions is that
of fixed constitutional restraints on the
impulse of a temporary majority to
work its will at the expense of minor
fly to which guarantees have been given
of security in the enjoyment Of life,
liberty and property. 1t was the notion
OF the founders OF the Republic, ac-
cepted by its leading statesmen and
jurists, that real liberty can be main
tained only by the operation of sys-
TEN of checks on rash popular action,
and to that ideal of restraint, order and
deliberation in governmental action Mr.
Taft Loyalty adheres.
The President justly says that the
recall Of judicial decisions is "reac-
tionary' proposal, because It involves
departure from the system of checks
and balances to which the nation has
become accustomed, and will inevitably
open the way to confusion and tyranny.
The recall of specific judicial decisions,
as he points out, will lead to popular
judgments turning not so much upon
the constitutional points at issue as upon
the material interest Of persons, organi-
cations or classes TO be affected by the
verdict. Every decision subjected to the
recall would be decision I'm par
ficular lawsuit, and the people would
be prompted to vote not on the merits
of the Interpretation but on the merits
OF the suit, regardless Of the question
of constituhonality Under such a ju-
dicial system the general principles
would soon be lost sight of, and instead
of amending the Constitution so as TO
cover an entire range of cases we
should fall into the demoralizing habit
OF suspending the Constitution to fit
the requirements Of individual instances.
Moreoyer, the President shows that
New-York tribune., 1912-03-10

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Editors and so-called political lead
ers and officeseekers may write and say
what they please in advocacy of Taft and
to the detriment OF Roosevelt. but II all the
states I'm the Union were permitted to hold
a,reot primaries Roosevelt would be the
Republican partys nominee for the Presi-
dency in 1912 The people. the mass OF the
Republican and independent voters-not the
insIncere politicians. who are always ngur-
ing for place-are for Roosevelt.
II cannot be successfully denied that some
NJ the decisions Of the courts ought to be
recalled by the people. You have only to
call I'D I'm your mind many decisions. from
the Dred Scott case on down to the pres
ant. to see that some decisions are trav-
esty on justice. In the case just named
the only thing worth reading in 1t Is
the dissenting opinion OF Justice Curtis
except, perhaps. as a means OF satisfying
curiosity, the bundle OF sophistry Chief
Justice Taney packed into this decision.
And what OF some more recent ones which
you have read? And, 10! what Of the lower
interior, local decisions, with packed juries?
Roosevelt. like the majority OF the
masses, is for justice. which is 'everlast-
,ngly right" B. f. GRIGG.
Lincolnton, N. c.. March 2. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-10

the recall Of judicial decisions would
make the process Of constitutional
amendment much easier than 1t ought
70 be. We have been taught to think
that constitutional revision should be
so hedged about as to insure suffl-
cient delay and deliberation. An amend
ment must be considered and approved
by the Legislature before it goes to the
voters. But in a moment Of popular ir-
ritation a recall might thoughtlessly be
voted, destroying one Of the basic guar
antees Of Anglo-Saxon liberty. Mr.. TART
expresses the feeling of every friend or
progress yoked with order when he thus
deprecates the rash suggestion that the
constitutions Of the states be made SUD-
ject to hurried popular amendment, de-
tail by detail:
I agree that we are making progress
and ought to make progress In the
shaping OF governmental action TO Sc
cure greater equality of opportunity. TO
destroy the undue advantage of special
privilege and of accumulated capital, ana
to remove distractions to the pursuit OF
human happiness; and in working out
these difficult problems we may POSSIBLY
have from time to time. to limit or
narrow the breadth of constitutional
guarantees in respect OF property by
amendment
But II we do it, let us do IT deliber-
ately, understanding what we are doing,
and with fun consideration and clear
weighing of what we are giving UP OF
private right for the general welfare.
Let us do it under circumstances which
shall make the operation of the change
uniform and just and not depend OH the
feverish. uncertain and unstable deter
mination of successive votes on different
laws by temporary and changing MAORI
ties.
That is "a position which the country
will sustain because it is sound. courage
Gus and truly American.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
FURNISS WILL FILED
Daughter of Merchant Prince"
Leaves Millions to Sisters.

The will OF Miss Sophia r. c. Furniss.
who died on February II. at the age OF
ninety years, was filed yesterday i'm the
Surrogates office. the testatrix leaving her
one-third life share i'm the sioOO0,000 estate
Of her father. William Ponsonby Furniss.
to her two sisters. Miss Clementina Fur
Miss, seventy-fve years old. and Mrs. Mar
garet Z. Furniss Zimmerman, widow,
who is eighty years old.
Mr.. Furniss was known as 'the West
Indian merchant prince" There is row
pending in the Surrogate's Court an action
to compel an accounting from his daugh-
ters. The father died In 1871. and there has
been no accounting in thirty-three years.
The action has been brought by Miss Gracs
Livingston Furniss, a playwright and niece
of the three beneticiaries of the estate; her
brother. william Ponsonby Furniss, I'd. and
the latters son. Clinton Chalet Furnss
These three have reversionary interest in
the large estate.
A motion has also been made TO have the
Surrogate appoint a trustee to take ire
place OF Miss Sophia r. c. Furnss, who
was the trustee for her two sisters OF Their
share in the estate. The sisters always
took the position that they were the only
ones who had a residuary interest, ana
therefore no accounting was necessary
The persons who will eventually have IN
terests in the estate made friendly inquiry
as to the standing of the estate, ana
brought about the estrangement between
the sisters and their blood kin.
The will of Miss Furniss did not throw
any light on the situation. She appointed
her sisters executrices Of her will and gave
them power to dispose of all the real ana
personal estate left by her. The value OF
her share was not shown by the will, the
petition filed with the instrument bearins
the formal statement that the real property
and the personal estate were each valued
at mora than t10. 900"