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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02

high silk hat shall be worn in the street
only and that for all society functions
the chapeau claque-crush hat-shaii
take its place. II seems strange that we
should have been compelled to wait so
long for the hats temperance, because
the shape and the sensitive surface or
the silk hat have always made 1t cum
bersOme and difficult to keep In good
fern. The claque is going out. but the
hat which bears its name has returned.
Il see they are going TO revise the
tariff from agate to zinc
Lucky escape for me. l manufacture
zylophones. "-Louisville Courier-Journal
An cnterprising business house In
German city sends circulars advertising
its wares to guests at the various hotels
which are patronized by Americans ore
of these printed documents contains this
paragraph: English Is spoken and fluent
understood by ready lady and men sellers,
and the stranger visitor 20 inspect our
many ware We friendly invite. The hon
ored clients out OF America can here
find In the lowest fix prices most desiring
articles for taking home"
Ambulance Surgeon-Cheer up; you are
not going to die,
Motorist docking at wrecked machine
don't know about that-that was my
wife's auto.-Chicago News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02
BACKWARD NEW YORK.

one reform to which the new IegiS-
lature could profitably turn its atten-
ton is the revision of New York
antiquated arrangements for gathering
and handling election returns. 1t Is
diScreditabe 10 the state that II Shoulu
lag behind all the other forty-seven
COmmOnwealths in ascertaining ana
declaring election results. Complete
and prompt publicity is especially de-
sirable in announcing verdicts given at
the polls. but New York is still con-
tent with methods which could hardly
have been esteemed expeditions in an
te-railrOad days. The canvassing or
the vote for President and for state
officers is left TO county boards, many
Of which consume three weeks or a
month in passing upon record when
could be completed in one or two days.
No general rule Of procedure obtains
i'm the various counties. and some pup
lish canvasses while others do not. As
q result there are parts Of New YORK
i'm which access TO the vote is denied
except through a personal inspection
Of the records at the county seat.
Presidential electors are chosen ana
meet and ballot for q President before
the vote on which they receive their
certificates becomes public property.
except as summed up for the state at
large by the state canvassing board.
In handling election returns New
York has a great deal to learn from
states which have systematized tnelr
canvassing machinery. Pennsylvania
publishes early in December a pam
phlet delivered free to any one who
applies for il. giving the officia vote
of the state 10y counties for Preslden-
tial electors and state officers and the
vote by districts for Representatives
in Congress and members of the state
Legislature. II is easy enough to 90
this with modernized machinery. but
the idea ~ giving the public inforna-
ton to which il is entitled III so com
pletc and expeditions way wouin
startle officials ut Albany. who are
still satisfied with the stage coach
method of collecting returns and WHO
have never yet dreamed Of publishing
an abstract Of the vote at a STATE eiec-
ton until il is practically ont oil date.
In matters like this the efficiency OF
n states administrative machinery Is
unsparingly tested. There are those
who sncer ut what they call the crude
ideas and imperfect governmental
methods Of the far Western states. nut
there is no other commonwealth III the
Union which cannot contemplate win
satisfaction its superiority To New
York so far as the canvassng Of the
verdicts of the voters is concerned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02

i'm one Of the most contentious issues
between British political parties.
course which is described in New
Zealand as likely above all else to dis
solve the cement of the empire. Aus
tralia declares that while mutual pref
erence within the empire is desiiTl bic.
each member must decide for ltseli
what that preference shall be. Cana
dian opinion similarly insists that the
British tariff is matter OF British
concern. that the Canadian tarih Is Il
matter of Canadian concern. ANA that
the government Of each country must
be guided by its own conceptions OF IT'S
own and Of imperial interests. Oh
course. the leaders and papers opposed
To tariff reform are still more hostile.
This episode is the more trying Il"
Mr.. Law because ne entered upon tne
leadership of his party specifically as
n tariff reformer. with the intention OF
making his policy the leading issue IN
the next campaign. Now il is widely
said that in view of the controversy
raised by his speech. it will be Dest
TO shelve that issue for time ana
make the campaign one of attack upon
the doings of the present Liberal gov
eminent. In the face of such pro-
posals Mr.. Laws dissatisfaction ma!
be easily understood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02
EXPOSING WHITMAN's HAND.

What purpose can such n proceeding
as the Sicily trial at Police Headquar-
tiers on Tuesday serve except 10 expose
the District Attorneys hand in his
graft prosecutions? The witnesses on
whom Mr.. Whitman relies to prove
his case against Skelly. Wolf and Mas
were put on the stand and examined
by counsel who will defend Sicily
when he comes TO trial. One Of these
witnesses, the negro maid, Sarah
Green. who corroborated Mary GOode
before the grand jury. was thus ex-
amined and cross-examined. with the
result that her testimony before the
grand jury is substantially i'm the
hands of Skelly's lawyers. The result
is as if the defence were permitted to
inspect the grand jury's minutes.
IF the desire at Police Headquarters
were to help the District Attorney in
stead of the accused grafters such an
exposure of the case for the prosecu-
ton would be avoided. 1t is within
the Police Commissioners discretion.
He can decline to serve as means
for putting the prosecutions case in
the hands Of the defence.
The witness Green's testimony need
not have been brought out even if a
trial at Police Headquarters were held
pending action by the District Attor-
ney. These police trials are not jul
dicial proceedings or governed by the
rules Of judicial proceedings. If the
trial commissioner were unwilling to
bring out testimony before it suited
the District Attorneys purpose to have
il brought out counsel for accused
officers could not force ii out: for the
courts have held that witnesses at
police trials cannot be compelled to
answer. "Florrie' Sullivan who i'm his
day used to have monopoly Of act
ing as counsel for accused policemen.
was accustomed to shout at witnesses
when he saw something damaging
about TO be elected. Don't answer.
He can't make you" One trial com
missioner turned TO Sullivan and said:
You're not playing this game fair"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02
INTERPRETING MR.. WILSON

1t is interesting TO see some oil poN
ernOr Wilson's earnest supporters III
the last campaign now taking up
the awkward burden of interpreting
him. During the campaign they were
QuieScent or aCquieScent They gladly
left il TO The Tribune and other anu
Democratic newspapers here and 10
the newspapers of London To try To
puzzle out Just what Il candidate
meant who kept saying one day tha'
the protective system was n cnrse 10
every man, woman and child III the
United States-persons engaged in the
protected industries included-and the
next day that there were as many
Democrats as Republicans i'm the pro
tpcted industries. and that the former
could not he expected 10 commit
suicide" by voting in an adnlnlstra-
ton which would upset an Industrial
order based on protection. 1t was IL
pretty hopeless task trying to recon
Gle the Wilson of the Tariff Chamber
of Horrors speech and the wilson OF
the perfected protection speeches III
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Our Democratic contemporaries were
content at that time to let the GoN-
ernor go uninterrupted. Now that they
have n President elect on their handS
they feel compelled to try to digest ana
explain his utteranceS. The Evening
Post" has been wrestling with the Kerr
mol of the Governors remarkable
spcccb at StauntOn. Va. which was:
The one thing that the business men
of the United States are now discover
ing. some of them for themselves aho
some by suggestion is that they are
not going TO be allowed 10 make an!
money except for quid pro quo: that
they must render a service or get noun
ing. and that in the regulation or Dusl-
moss the government-that is TO say,
the moral judgments Of the majority
must determine whether what they are
doing is a service or is not service,
and that everything in business ana
politics is going to he reduced To inns
standard: Are you giving anythlhe "
society when you want 10 take some
thing out of society?
OF this "The Post" frankly says: 1T
lis perfectly possible TO interpret THIS
las indicating a system Of government
interference with everyday business
so extensive. SO pervaSive, so over
"shadowing. as TO make Colonel Roose'
"velt's New Nationalism seem an airy
'trife." II is not only possible 10
draw that matter-of-fact conclusion.
out il is very difficult not TO do so.
Yet The Post" is unwilling to draw
II. and therefore attempts To demon
strate that Mr. Wilson did not mean
what ne seemed 10 he saying. but
something far wagner and radically
different. II may he that the Presl-
dent-elect didn't mean what he said or
failed to say clearly what he meant.
But IL SO. those Of his friends VINO
are going To undertake to straighten
ont his thoughts and language will
have an occupation cut out for them
for some time to come. Being official
or semi-official interpreter for Mr.. VIII
son will require as fertile an magma
. tion and as subtle second sight as have
been employed by those who have
cinherpd out the conclusion that the
real Bard Of Avon was Bacon. moi
Shakespeare
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02
IN THE 1ERKSHlREA
iBy TeleRr ,ph to The Tribune. /

10y letS8T 10 Ano lrlUuncl
Lenox, Jan. Mr.. and Mrs. sanausi
rockingham gave q buffet luncheon for
eighty-hve guests at Overles this sftsr-
noon, the men Of the party serving woman
at small tables. A negro orchestra, which
Malcolm ID. Sloane brought to Lenox for
the holidays. furnished music.
Mrs. John ID. Staples. Mrs. John u
Alexandra, Mr. and Mrs Robert B. Minis
and Mr.. and Mrs. d. II. Coddington re-
turned to New York this afternoon.
Mrs. Russell A. Hibbs. OF New York. 10
guest Of Miss Edith Bartlett. In Pitts
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. stickney, who have
been guests Of DR.. and Mrs Austin r.
Riggs, in Stockbridge, have gone TO New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. William 3. Osgood Field,
who have been at Highlawn House sincs
last July, will close their villa tomorrow
and go TO New York for the winter.
Miss Clara B. Comstock and W. o. Com
stock. jr Of New York, are visiting Mrs
William Bryce I'm Pittsfield.
Mrs. Henry L. Higgin0n, OF Boston.
Hotel to-day.
Dinners were given tonight by Mr.. and
Mrs. Glraud Foster at Bellefountaine. and
Mrs. George E. Turnure entertained a
party of young people at the Curtis Hotel
Miss Elin Buckler and Miss katherine
g. Colby. who have been guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander Sedgwick in Stockbridge
have returned to New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02
MIR. LAW STRIKES A SNAG

Mr. Bonar Law, the British CnlOnist
leader and protagonist of tariff reform,
appears i'm cOlloquial phrase to have
struck a pretty bad snag in his recent
speech at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and
there are intimatiOns that he may re-
sign his leadership in consequence.
unless there is some cessation of the
storm of criticism which has arisen
both In the United Kingdom and the
chief colonies. Other Parliamentary
leaders are Loyalty supporting him and
insisting that the policy which he out
lined must he maintained, but the
leaders are not the whole party and
they are unable to control the utter
snces of the press.
The gist of Mr.. Laws remarks was
that the United Kingdom ought to i'm
nose a tariff on wheat and other food
products with marked preference to
the British colonies. but ought TO do
so only on the initiative Of those col
onicS. If the colonies, that is TO say.
were TO ask that a duty he imposed
on wheat from countries outside the
empire. while their wheat continued
10 be admitted free, the United King
dom ought to adopt that system. Now,
the end thus to be gained Is precisely
what Mr.. Chamberlain and other tariff
reformers have been aiming at, but
the means proposed by Mr.. Law are
repugnant even to many of the strong
est Protectionists, while in Canada and
Australia there is almost universal re-
volt against them.
II is pointed out that Mr.. Laws plan
would practically make the colonies
the dictators Of the fiscal policy Of the
United Kingdom. and that is some
thing to which Englishmen would not
submit. while ii would impose upon
the colonies a responsibility which
they would be unwilling TO bear. IL
would mean that they would intervene
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02
AT TUXEDO PARK.
[By Telegraph to Tho Tr,bu,,

by Telegraph to The Tribune
Tuxedo Park, Jan. 1.-Perfect weathe,
combined with number OF social attrac.
tons kept nearly all OF those who CANA
out for the New Years Eve ball at the
Tuxedo Club here over New Years Day.
In addition, there were many arrivals nv
motors, and special holiday train
brought many guests for the day. There
tage, and many large luncheon parties
were given. The skating on the small
lakes was good until noon, and attracted
large crowd Of young people. The new
toboggan slide On Camp Comfort Moun-
tain is one Of the finest ever erected in
the park, and will prove a great attrac.
ton during the winter
Mr.. and Mrs. p. s. Stuyvesant Pilot.
Of Washington, are spending several days
at the club
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Spencer Morris
have opened the Coster villa for the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G.. McVickar have
leased the Tams house, on Wee Wah
Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. I. Blair are in the
Porter house.
Other late arrivals at Tuxedo include
r. L. kiIbourne, William WilliamA 9.
Osgood Pell. George Henry Warren. r..
Robert Ludlow Fowler. jr, Stoddard
Hoffman C. A. Hoffman, Ernest Tray,
Fl. c. Philips, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Maurice
Heckscher. Miss Rosamond Burr. Mrs.
Lewis Hancock. Miss Dorothy Hancock,
H. A. Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Rossra
Paul Tuckerman, Bayard Tuckerman.
Mrs. Daniel Chauncey, F. s. Rives, p. c.
r Ansley. Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Andrea and
Miss Andrea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02
PROMISE OF BETTER THINGS
The Old Year Gone Means New Hope
and New Opportunity.
he Editor OF The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: once more the New Year once
again the sweet and solemn bells OF mid
night sadly speed the parting year and
warmly welcome his youthful and worthy
successor.
Nineteen hundred and twelve has indeed
died. lie now lives only In the minds OF
men and amid the archives OF history
Another cycle OF life. with It's successes
and failures. with it's sunshine and IFS
shadow. has passed away forever! once
again every one OF us IL a year further
from his cradle. q year nearer to his
grave. In the 3S6 DAYS behind us many
new lives have been born into our world
while many other lives-those. IL may be
Of dear friends and even peTchance OF
our own househod-have been ruthlessl y
snuffed out by tho hand OF relentless
Death. Az the final departing hour OF
the old year draws nigh we look back
ward with a keen sense of dissatsfac-
ton, and admit with sorrowful reluctance
our many errors OF omission and commits
sion. Far. far. too little has been ac-
complished: far too often have we wan
dered from the true highway of life
But the future-the new year--lies right
before us-before you-before me, The
bells that announce the opening doors
OF that future are just about TO ring
and We stand once more upon the thresh-
old OF other and nobler opportunities. OuI
past. alas! has gone wholly beyond re.
call; but there is no life. however blight
81, -
career Of usefulness. There is no heart
however broken or sulIied, that cannot
be revived and rescued from its despond
of defeat, to beat again with the encour-
agement of victory. The lessons of in
Vulnerable successful men and women
shine like Hopes beacons all around us
even II may be at our very thresholds
The world. 1t is true. has dealt harshly
and unfairly with some of us. and III
fortunes. not at all our own fault. have
hitherto blighted our most heroic efforts
But the future-the new year-is at hand
we still live. and the golden promise of
to- morrow can wholly redeem the sad
and successive failures of to-day and
yesterday.
So. as We watch silently at midnight, in
church or at home. hearkening to the
joyous chorus OF the midnight bells, let
us not mourn hopelessly over the past.
but heed It's better lessons. Let US, in
deed. even forget that past In our new
resolutions for the future, and solemnly
promise ourselves that henceforth We
shall live srander and nobler lives. so
that the year 1913 shall be at least little
better and brighter because We ourselves
have lived and toiled I'm IT,
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
Northampton, Mass. Dec. IS, 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02
TIVE TRIBUNE ALMANAC.

Tho Tribune Almanac for 1913, when
hos inst been put on sale, Is the COM
pletest issue Of this standard reference
work ever published. 1t retains all '"o
meritor,ous features OF past volumes
and engagements due to special events
and dcveIopments in 1912. Last year
was one Of notable activity In natiohai
notifies a new political party having
been launched and the controi or the
country turned once more from Repup-
,ican TO Democratic hands. From lis
first appearance long ago the Tribune
Almanac has been an accepted author
ity in the field OF politics. The ne"
issue records in great detail and with
entire trustworthiness not only the re-
suits of the vote Of 1872. but the cir
cumstances which brought about an
exceptional three-party campaign
Great pains have been taken to present
an accurate statement OF the popular
vote for President and the vote OF each
of the four leading parties in each OF
the for.y-eight states.
As usual. complete summary Is
given Of the federal legislation OF the
year. and the Almanac contains the
only available public record OF the
many important laws passed by Con-
gress and the many important treaties
ratified by the Senate. That record Is
invaluable to any one who wishes to
keep posted on public affairs.
The foreign section has been en-
larged and now offers vast amount Of
useful information about the Latin
American republics and the chief pow
ers Of Europe, including IL new chapter
on Bulgaria. More space than usual
has been given 10 sports. in keeping
with The Trbuns's policy OF dealing
with that feature OF modern life in an
authoritative way. Moreover. the book
has been made easier TO read by even
clearer printing and more attractive
makeup. The index has been en-
larged from fifteen to seventeen pages
and now contains about three thousand
separate entries NJ, one who buys
the 1918 Almanac can fail TO find II "a
satisfactory reference book for every
day use.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02

Washington were bad. and though ne
used a carriage and pair on OCCASION
the most convenient way to get from
the White House to the Capitol was on
horseback. and, while President. JET
ferson frequently on his rides would
dismount mt the Capitol. leave his
horse ut the shed provided for Con
cressmen. who also found horseback
better than wheels in Washington
ouacmires. and consult with his
friends in the Capitol. That habit was
probably the suggestion out or whicn
Davis fabricated his tale of the lnau-
CuratiOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The "Sekai-ro Nippon" contains an ar
ticle by Professor Nagai. OF the Univer-
sity Of waseda. in which he criticises
the newspapers and the newspaper writ
ers OF Japan. He says that the reporters
are VIGOROUSLY INSCRIPTIONS and that
they write Of personal matters regard.
less OF respect 10 the characters Of the
men and women referred to. Reports OF
news, says Professor Nagai. are neither
complete nor fair. and on the whole the
japanese papers are deficient in courage
and honesty and make no effort to form
public opinion.
The Wife-Dont YOU think marriage
has improved you. dear?
The Husband-Sure thing. | was an
idiot when married you,-YOnkers
Statesman.
Probably one reason why no echo of
the high cost OF living alarm has reached
this country from Australia may be found
In a paragraph printed In a produce Jour-
nal which says: "A traveller says that
in China eggs can be purchased all year
round at from two to three cents a
dozen The bulk OF the supply is sent
to Australia. Packing at Hong Kong
costs about 81 and the freight to Sidney
is 81 ton. These eggs are sold at six 20
seven cents o dozen, which allows a good
profit"
Tommy-Pop. ennui is merely being
tired OF doing nothing. isn't II?
Tommy's Pop-Ycs, my son, with the
addition Of being too tired to do any
thing else.-Philadelphia Record.
out of the wardrobe Of long ago."
says Vienna fashion journal. strange To-
the young man. but recalling to his
father the evenings when he could not
go to a ball or to the opera without IL.
comes the chapeau claque.' The makers
Of mems fashions have decreed that the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-02
THE SCOTS GUARDS LAMENT
Strains of Martial Dirgc in Memory
of Mr.. Reid

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: At the funeral OF Ambassador Reid
In London the Scots Guards were made
prominent IN the escort in recognition OF
his Scottish ancestry. and they could not
express their sympathetic feeling more
deeply than BY their pipers playing tho
sad strains OF The Flowers Of the For
est" as II ono OF their own had fallen IN
battle.
This is a lament for the soldier dead
and comes down from two centuries, hay
ing been inspired by the great loss OF
Scottish troops In one OF the border bat
ties. when the flower OF tho clans fell
I'm the foremost Some OF the lines are.
The Flowers Of the Forest, that fought ave the
foremost.
The prime Of our land lie cauld In the clay.
Women and BARNS arc heartl.ss and wac.
Signing and moaning on ilka green loaning:
The Flowers OF the Forest are all wede away.
SOMERLED ALEXANDER.
New York Dec 81. 1872