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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-10
TAMMANY AND GRAFT.

In the gambler Purcells testimony
regarding graft Tammany makes Us
appearance. There were district lead
ers to be seen" and members OF a
family high in Tammany Hall are al
legged to have had their share OF the
graft. Who are the Tammany men re-
ceiving their rake-Off: An inspector IS
the highest officer of the uniformed
force That inspectors do not regularly
become millionaires is proof enough
that they have to divide up the i'm
menSe sums that 90 into their hands
The immensely of the sums is ap-
parent. One captain is said to have
paid an inspector more than $4,000
in five years from one source of graft
alone. and there are many sources Of
graft and several precincts in each in
spection district. The corrupt political
forces I'm this city would not let all
that wealth stop in the pockets of mere
inspectors.
The Tammany district leader is al
WAYS in the background of this graft
inquiry. When a diSordcrly hotel
keeper proposes TO start resort where
il will compete with another diSorderly
motel Of long standing il is Tammany
district leader who prevents his open
inc and bars competition. No pay
mcnt 10 the police will gain protection
when the district leader has forbidden
protection. When 3 civilian employe
of the Police Department is suspected
OF getting graft il is Tammany diS-
trict leader who hears of il and starts
lot Of iackalS watching TO see if he
does get it, In graft circles when a
man is caught taking il he is cont
PEELED 10 divide.
If an inspector is to purchase I'M
munity for himself he should be com
PEELED 10 deliver into the District At
torney's hands the big grafters who
connect the system with politics.
That no doubt. Is what Mr.. Whitman
has in mind if he is cool toward al
legged overtureS from Sweeney. If
Sweeney is 10 receive the same Consid-
GRAFTON 10 he shown Ia Walsh and Fox
he must enable the. District Attorney
10 put i'm iail some one bigger than IN
iuSppcfOr
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DETECTIVES IN SCHOOL.

Two per cent of detectives in the
public schools Of the city must be-
regarded n serious obstacle 10 ciil-
cheney. They add to the already dim
cult problem Of maintaining discipline.
Not having brains enough 10 bee inter
cSted in the work their ScEoolmatrs
are doing. they are likely 10 Ge diScr-
derby and 10 distract the attention 81
the class from t> studies They
should he put into classes 10y them
selves or sent To schools by them
selves where they will receive the nj
tentiOn Of experts capable at bringing
training may make the lcsS defective
useful i'm humble way and keep item
from turning 10 crime. as they are
likely 10 do without occupation fitted
10 their feeble capacity.
With a proper system those who are
so seriously defective as TO he likely
TO become dangerous 10 society might
be singled out and disposed of as the
state deems fit for its own protection.
The man who shot Colonel Roosevelt
was probably once in the New Iorl:
schools. Among the 1900 detectives
found by the HanuS expert i'm our
schools to-day there are probably
others Of his kind. persons Of unsound
hcrcdity. who will be the homicidaI
manacs Of the future. The city hav-
ing them in its schools has an exec
lent opportunity TO observe their ten
denotes and guard against them. and Ia
determine whether there are not some
who FOR the sake of~socicty should he
prevented from reproducing them
selves.
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THE TALK OF THE DAY.

schoolboy was spending weekend
with some grown-up cousins with whom
he was not we'll acquainted. They were
vegctarians, but the hostess, knowing
something of the appetite OF the average
boy, had supplied piece of roast beef for
the dclcctation OF her youthful guest. II
was served hot FOR dinner the first night
and cold for luncheon the next day, and
I'm order that tho boy might feel quite at
his ease the host and hostess at each
meal took a very small portion on their
plates. All this was not lost on the
vCungster. who did not know, however, OF
their objection 10 meat. When at sup
per. the joint made its third appearance
81 was evident that lac had been thinking
things over. and had almost come to a
conclusion. for when his cousin said.
"Nichol. you'll have some roast beef,
won't YOU" he hesltated n moment and
then blurted out: yes. ] would like
some bu-but has II to do the whole
week.
dreamer | ever met" said Dubbs
Really? How does he show IT, asked
Wimpleton
"Why, Sans the sort of man who would
actually 70 to a public dinner 10 get
something TO eat said Dubbs.-EIarper 5
Weekly.
Few realize how handicapped the negro
is in finding decent home for his fam
lily. His difficulties are pointed out In
The Survey" by Sophonisba i. Breckin-
ridge. OF the department OF social lnVes-
tigatlon in the Chicago School OF Civics
and. Philanthropy. She says: The negro
is not only compelled to live IN a segre-
gated black district. but this region of
negro homes Is almost invariably the one
I'm which vice is tolerated by the police.
That is. the segregation OF the negro
quarter is only a segregation from re-
spectacle white people. The disreputable
wl.itc element is forced upon him. In no
other part OF Chicago. not even in the
Ghetto. was there found whole neigh
horhood so conspicuously dilapidated as
the black belt on the South Side No
other group suffered so much from decay
ing buildings. leaking roofs, doors with
out hinges, broken wis55"S, unsanitary
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COLOMBIAN CLAIMS.

General Reyes j. right in urging that
justice should be done to Colombia III
the matter of the secession Of Panama
and the relations of the United States
10 that event We suppose that there
is no well informed and thOughtful
nan who will not agree with him in
thinking that as Il result of the 18TH
nian revolution Colombia is suffering a
leaVy loss. which is not unlikely to
.ause many of her people to regard this
country with less confidence aud cor
diality than we might wish.
hut if circumstances are likely 10
produce that rcgrettablc result, that
docs not prove that there is adequate
reason for their doing 50. On the con-
irary. Il dispassiouatc and equitable
consideration Of the whole case is al
together likely TO produce the impress
sion that Colombia'S grievance IS
largely, if not indeed chiefly. self-in-
nictcd. At the very beginning of the
episode. in the matter Of the HayHer-
ran treaty. Colombia was very badly
advised. The terms OF that treaty
were notably generous and advantage
Gus 10 her. and her Congress finally re-
jcctcd them. after a wantOn delay
marked by stiffness and insincerity,
not at all on their merits. but for sor-
did and alien reasons which it would
not he creditable TO that country TO re-
call II was that maladroit attempt
nj sharp practice that brought upon
Colombia the calamity Of the isthmian
revolution All that happened ten
years ago. but II needs TO be remem-
bcred r. the present discussion of the
desired settlement.
Also. we think that Colombia was
again Ill-advised in refusing to accept
the trlpartite treaty which was offered
20 her few years ago and which the
United States and Panama ratified.
It's terms were not all that Colombia
would have liked them TO be. But they
gave her q great deal more than either
Panama OF the United States had any
cause to Give. excepting 10 heal an In
lcrnational wound They were probably
inore generous to Colombia than the
award Of any impartial tribunal of ar
bitration would have been. Colombia
would have done well TO accept them,
or at least 10 manifest more amicable
disposition. Our government has NO
wish TO pcrpetuate the ill-feeling which
some still cherish over the matter. II
Is doubtless ready TO meet Colombia
AT any time and rather more than half
way. And II would be highly crafty.
ING IL such meeting could be effected
and a settlement he made in the near
future, 50 tina: the opening Of the 18th
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IF WOMAN MUST CHOOSE
Writer Suggests Man Have Choice
Between Privilege and Ballot.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your Issue of January 80 Miss
Alice I'LL Chittenden quotes from Assem-
blyman Levy's list OF laws (which dis
criminate In favor OF women" and asks
whether women arc ready 10 forswear
these privileges and immunities?
4 reading Of the list awakens a mild
curiosity as TO what IS properly 10 be
termed discrimination in favor OF WON
en-" Here arc two. for example. of the
determinations"
A married woman holds her property
entirely free from her husbands control.
4 married woman may bring n suit AT
law I'm her own name. and II the suit re-
suits in verdict for her the proceeds are
a part of her separate property.
This seems to the writer TO be about as
much a discrimination In favor OF women
as IL is a discrimination i'm favor of Hon
duras or Guatemala for the United states
to refrain from sending a warship down
to rob their custom houses. II the Law has
so far repealed the maxim for HUSBANDS
OF the Middle Ages that what's yours Is
mine and what's mines my own rs TO
permit" a woman 10 keep what by all
moral laws rightfully belongs to her any
way, IL would no more seem matter OF
decentralization than the fact that we
no longer burn our religious adVersaries
or drown our political opponents.
To lie sure, a man is required To- give
OF his money for the support of wife ana
children but. really. Is this not because lie
is Tor waD the only one who received a.
money wage, the wife's work In the
household not being paid for In an ex-
commodity? Further. the duty
to support wife and children was based
on "A duty to tie state. IN that such per-
sons must not be permitted to become
public charges. and only secondarlly IN
tho interests of the wife or children
But granted, il you will, that support and
alimony are laws favoring women. how
many laws can lawyer recall oifhand
which arc clearly determinations against
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THE nth AMENDMENT.

Qualifications 10 the amendment 10 the
federal Constitution providing for the
direct election 0r United States Sen
atCrs are Being reported from many
parts of the country. Few ratifying
states have taken the trouble To send
formal no,ice 90 Congress or TO the
State Department. hut from press re-
ports il appears reasonably certain
that nj least seventeen states have now
approved the seventeenth Amendment
in the list are Massachusetts and New
York. in the East; North Carolina and
Texas. i'm the South: West Virginia,
Michigan. Ohio. Iowa and Minnesota,
III the Middle West. and California.
Oregon. Washington. Nevada. Idaho.
Colorado. Arizona and New Mexico. in
the Far West
The only states in which ratification
has been refused are Utah and Georgia.
The latter state not only declined 10
consider he amendment hut adopted Il
memorial to Congress protesting that
IFS submission was not regular In
Utah the state Senate has voted down
the amendment The movement for
direct election is weakest in the South
ern States. and the accession of North
Carolina and Texas i therefore sig
nificant. Thirteen states can defeat
the amendment. and South Carolina.
Georgia. Alabama. Florida. Mississippi
and Louisiana may he counted as
SteadfaStly ia opposition. Whether Ar
kansas. Tennessee and Virginia will
join them or not j. uncertain. but they
will probably not be in hurry to
ratify. Vermont Rhode Island and
Connecticut are not expected to favor
the direct method of election. and with
Utah the states above named would he
able tO prevent ratification.
However. since the Democratic party
j. thoroughly committed TO the change
and Democratic strength in the legiS-
laturcs Of all the states is exceptional
this year. the amendment seems certain
Ia make rapid Roadway. Opposition 10
il is less widespread than was the op-
position 90 the income tax amendment.
hut the peculiar conditions in the Far
South which make direct election sub
iect to federal regulation unpalatable
are difficult 10 overcome. The income
tax amendment cot stronger the longer
il was before the legislatures. The
hardest fight on the Seventeenth
Amendment will come after il has been
ratified hy thirty-two or thirty-three
StDtpS
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THEY ALL SAID: II SEEN"
Policemen at Night Court Guilty of
Crimes Against Kings English.

TO the Editor OF Tho Tribune
Sir; l am resident Of savannah on
a visit To New York on Wednesday even
ing | stroled into the Jefferson Market
night court, where I watched proceedings
for about an hour. In that time nine po-
licemen. as they made their charges be-
fore Magistrate Herbert, used the words
81 seen" | was nexpressibly shocked
and my sensitive feelings suffered rude
jolt. | always thought that New York
policemen were we'll educated, as | was
told that the civil service examinations
were severe and to pass one had to reach
high standard But it looks TO me as
though classes in English would not be
amiss for many Of these utterers Of sole
cisms. However, some Of them seem to
need no schooling in graft.
JAMES RICHARD LORING.
New York. Feb. s, 1913.
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in pursuing further Investigations and
IN stopping the atrocities.
There would he no profit, however
in any international recrimlnationS.
Few nations have always been free
from reproach i'll their dealings WIN
subject tribes or with dependents. our
own treatment Of the Indians ana lhs
record of our chain gang system al
moniSh us against Consciousness.
though. Of course. nothing could debar
any civilized nation from exertlng ap-
propriatc influences for the abortion
of such practices as have produced
red rubber" in the valley OF the
Amazon a. well rs Of the Congo.
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ANENT THE FALL or MAN.
The Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We lately read THE Truth About
the Bible" by Sidney c. Tapp. giving
some startling views on what he terms
the dual creation. We would be pleased
TO see the views Of some theologians ex-
pressed through your columns as to the
truth OF his contentious. Was the fall
OF man due to some other cause than the
eating Of an apple as he contends?
We trust YOU will publish this letter so
that some OF your theological readers
may set us right on these matters
through your columns.
J. CAMPBELL.
kansas City, Mo, Feb. 4, 1918.
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women? One or two sihp'0
selected at randCm:

women. Olle OI wv
selected at random:
First-A wife dies intestate ,o,nns.,, nv
children but $4,000 in persona p, 49, III
her husband takes IL all bu, rnt vi
case and the widow WILL III ~ az 80 &c
fly. not get more than s2IVVV anu pei"'p'
only $4,000 .s ora
Second-A father has TWO sois. Onre
dies intestate and unmarried, leaving per per.
sonai estate-the father takes 1t all Bnt
suppose IL was a widow WIZ nau ~"
sons-then the widow would get pul ohe-
half of the deceased sons personally
Now, what basis in equity or common
sense can Miss Chittenden find Tor THESE
determinations, irrespective of any ques-
ton OF suffrage?
Miss Chittenden ends her article with
the statement that perhaps the men VIII
repeal the laws in woman's favor ana
give them the mere ballot as substitute
for the special privileges they now ENJOY
Perhaps: but. If so. men should have the
same opportunity to choose between the
ballot ard special privileges, for they
have had both, 10. these many years
AGNES NJ. MUNSON.
New York, Feb. 3, 1913.
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Aisles Set in Motion by Attendants
Suggested

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
sir Has anybody ever suggested the
movable sidewalk principle for the play
houses at times of fire or panic? IL is
a we'll known fact that the danger is gen
orally confined TO certain places only in
the aisles and at the foot Of stairways.
Now, il these aisles or platforms were
movable, why could they not be set in
motion in time OF danger by an attendant
by touching an electric button? A house
could be emptied in few moments. or
course. the condition of some of the
rescued might not be wholly satisfactory.
but il certainly would beat cremation or
mangling. which so often occurs. Only
the parts Of the asles near the exits need
move FRANK G.. HART.
New Brunswick, y. j., Feb. 7. 1918.
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plumbing, rotting floors and a genera
lack Of repairs In no other neighDorilo''
were landlords so obdurate. so unWiiiihs
to make necessary improvements. or 70
cancel leases so that tenants might seek
better accommodations elsewhere.
He-Do you think kissing is as danger
Gus as the doctors say?
She-Well, ii has certainly put an enc
10 a good many confirmed bachelors at
any rate.-Tit-Bits.
THE "COP" AT THE CROSSING.
Say. bulsing bulk OF buttoned blue
That dams the traffic passing through
From north and south and east and west
In wheeling currents of unrest,
And. ready handed ministers
TO needs Of crossing passengers.
A host of hearts that quickly beat
A double host of hurrying feet
Combine in grateful thanks to you
That you have got their bodies through
And safely landed them where they,
Alive and well. may so their way
All, bullying bulk of buttoned blue,
There amt no graft in that for you;
There's nothing but the good, old plan
OF helping out your fellow man.
And knowing that each setting sun
VIII crown your days work with wei
done"
Say. bullying bulk OF buttoned blue,
There's millions owe a debt to you,
And il that debt they never pay.
You dam the traffic-so do they.
w. j. HAMPTON.
what makes you think the new SO
prano won't do? AT first you sald her
voice was good
II know / did. but none of the other So
pranos seem to he Jealous OF her. --
Washington Herald.
4 collection of picture postcards snow
iug scenes i'm German East Africa ma,
been received by New York commission
house. On one Of them the sender wrote
You can see by these what work - done
I'm this country by women one card
shows group OF water carriers-all
women. with great carthen vessels pal
anced on their heads. In another picture
can be seen women Of gigantic proper
fions breaking corn in stone Nessels pN
means of heavy sticks. while thlrd cara
shows a group of women Dehdine uhoci
burdens OF sugar cane which they nave
for sale. In all these pictures there Is
dearth OF raiment, but that dressmahihs
is not an unknown art is shown In a
street scene Between two rows OF sra"
covered huts woman sits at seNlhs
machine surrounded by Interested spec
tators. Still another card has the picture
col a native brass band-these are men
playing before the Bismarck statue al
Tansa.
DO YOU mean to say that you compare
Yourself 10 Shakespeare .. .,
why uot?' inquired the lndlldpcl VI
the ClOthcslinc Burlesque 'oHlpauy
shakespeare had pretty much my eNpe
rience Tn, critics roasted him ana the
authorities were always threatening ~
closa his Washing star.
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The last years record Of the muniel-
pal baths at Concy Island amply de-
monstrates the success of that enter
prise. both AS a boon 10 the public ard
as piece Of city business. But Or
Hale. the Superintendent Of Baths TO-
Brooklyn, is right in urging that stop
be put in some way TO the abuse of tn;
baths 10y all day occupation. bath IS
a bathing place and not dwelling or Il
lounging place. and when person goes
there at = o'clock I'm the morning, gets
room and a suit and retains posses
sion of them until the place closes in
the evening he commits wrong
against perhaps a dozen others whom
he deprivcs of opportunities 10 take a
dip in the surf It ought TO be possible
10 prevent such conduct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-10

The first secretary OF the Navy was
named i'm 1901 under jefferson. New YORK
World
The FIRST Secretary of the Navy was
Benjamin Stoddert, Of Maryland, VINO
was appointed on May u, IDS, by
President Adams. Secretary St0ddert
was one Of the members Of Mr..
Adams's Cabinet who remained in OIL
fee to receive jefferson. lie walked
with jefferson in the procession from
his boarding house to the Capitol 10
take the oath of office, and continued
at the head Of the Navy Department
under the new President until April
/. 1901.
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Saws sheriff Julius Hamburger.

II were the Police. Commissioner OF
this community YOU wouldn't have ANY
graf smouc tie force. as I would otadi-
cate IL. aud see 10 10 that proper com
pcnsation was paid To- the men Tor the
work they performed. and ] would make
il the best. IN" most cihCent ana most
honest department iu tn. world
VIII MAYOR Gaynor jump at THIS
glorious opportunity? Julius intmates
that hc might not accept the Police
Commissionership. because he already
holds superior" county Office. That
ought not 10 make any difference. Let
Mayor Gaynor arrange TO have him
hold the two offices at once.
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How many heads there must be in
this city stuffed full of vice and crime.
Chicago Judge suspcnds sentence on
lawhreaking scorcher on condition mat
h. pledges himself not to run or even
ride i'm a motor vehicle of any Kind for
year. All right. solomon. But the
dav after that year expires, when Jchu
starts To make up for lost time. better
keep of the streets of the Lutctia Of
the West
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miau canal might incidentally demon
strate the prevalence of UNIVERSAL
amity and confidence among the Amer
ican republics.
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The Other Ono Was Lost.

No one knew what had become OF tho
third until 1t turned up in 1861 among tho
crown Jewels OF the Emperor OF Austria.
The latter, when about to visit the Court
OF the Tuileries, in connection with thu
great international exhibition OF than
year i'm Paris, had sent to the keeper OF
his crown Jewels before his departur3
from Vieana. directing him 10 see If thers
were not among the treasures connded ID
his care some jewelled insignia OF the
order of the Legion OF Honor which rs
could wear in Paris. The keeper turned
over to him a long forgotten superb ana
jewelled gold collar of the Legion OF
Honor. which il seems that the Flrss
Napoleon had had made for his Austrian
father-in-law. Emperor Ferdinand, and
had after the great Gorsican's overthrow
been relocated 10 the darkest recesscs or
the crown Jewel treasury at the Hofburg
Francis Joseph inquired of Napoleon
III whether Il would be agreeable 10 nm
that he should wear at the Tuileues THIS
collar. in lieu of the ordinary grand cor
don. and of course, received request 10
do so and his confirmation az collar
knight Of the order. Napoleon III, tn his
customarily silent manner. said nothing
about IL 10 any one else, and the result
was that when Francis Joseph appeared
In the French capital wearing this par
ticular collar the existence OF which had
passed out of remembrance, II aroused
extraordinary interest and created SEN
satiOn