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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-19

So, they come to me when even brings
the shadders round the place.
An they tell me all their troubles
with the sunshine in each face:
An some day, / reckon, when I'VE
counted all my years,
I'll meet 'em where my home is, an
they'll kiss away my tears.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
TURNING TO DIAZ. "

There ought to be no reason why
LortraitS Of PurnriO DiaZ should not be
restored 70 places Of honor in Mexico,
even i'm the government buildings.
Whatever his faults. ne has been one or
the historic figures Of that country. IN
scparally associated with its greatest
material achievements and growth.
Even those who were foremost in driN-
ing him from the Presidential chair.
which he made Il throne. must recog-
ui2e the immense value Of his services
and the fitness Of communicating them.
even in his lifetime If il is not safe To
do So Tor fear Of political consequences.
81 much the worse for Mexico.
II would be profitable also 10 turn
back 10 the spirit of DiaZ i'm govern
mental affairs in certain limited Ie-
spects. There are needed in Mexico
The tirnneSS and resolution. the conSis-
,cncy of purpose, the breadth Of mate
lial vision aud the constructive energy
ot the earl or and better wears Of Don
porfrio'S administration. and certain
Il the freedom from revolutionary
changes which the republic enjoyed for
many wears under his vigorous rule.
There is need Of the spirit which ae-
cured for Mexico full recognition by all
The powers Of the world even by Aus
tria herself after many years. There
was much good in the work Of DiaZ
which Mexico should not permit 10 he
lost.
But Ia turn back 10 DiaZ. in the sense
Of reSuming the practices and the the
cries Of government which in the end
made his administration hateful 10 the
nation would be an intellectual blum
der and moral crime II Is not per
Sonal but popular rule which Mexico
needs moi the sovereignty of one man.
however great Int that of the people.
enlightened and conscious Of their free
dom. The ideal III Nladcro. realized
through the force and energy Of Diaz -
that is what Mexico needs for her full
redemption
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
MAYOR AND GRAFTERS.

MAYOR Gaynor tells the Wagner leg
iSlative committee investigator" the Po-
lice Department that the police are
good. only about fifty members Of the
force being dishonest. So They are.
though we don't subscribe 10 the pre-
else number. fifty. as being thc maxi
mum of the corrupt. any more than we
could little while ago when the Mayor
put il al onc-"onc little lieutenant.
OF course, most Of the force are honest .
no one prctcnds anything TO the con
irary. The ma iority of the police never
get any chance 10 collect graft The
srafterS in the department keep il in IA
comparatively few hands The "sys-
fem does not want 10 divide with too
many. And even if this were not true
there j. 10 reason 10 suppose that hui
man nature is any worse in the police
force than anywhere else. Honest men
prcdominate everywhere.
Put does that gel the city anywhere
Does that excuse Mayor Gaynor's al
lacks upon every one who il trying 10
drive the fifty dishonest men he says
are OH the force off il and Ia punish
Them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
A HOLD-UP.

The refusal Of the Manhattan Rail-
road Company to approve the terms on
which It's elevated railroads We're to be
third-trackcd il an answer 10 the ciarg.
that the proposed contract with the
lnterborough company was unfnvOrable
t. The city. Here is one part of the
contract. al least. which. according 10
The stockholders interested. l. not SUI
ficiently favorable 10 them. In order
10 obtain from the city terms which III
other respects suited il the Interior
oueh company was willing 10 take a
limited franchise with recapturc
clause for its elevated railroad eXtcn-
sions. For wears il had held out for Il
perpetual franchise. Now the stock
holders II the elevated railroad com
pany. which leased lis lines 10 the IN
terbOrOuch are dissatisfied. Those WHO
have criticised the proposed subway
contracts in some RESPECTS have failed
to take into consideration the conccS-
sions Oh the part of The lntcrboroush
company, like these IN which oDIec-
ton is now made with which these
favorable terms were bought
But the failure of The Manhattan
stockholders 10 make known their m
Willingness 20 accept the provisions al
fccting them until the last moment,
when The dual system contracts We're
about 10 he signed, is inexcuSablc Nc
cording 10 the Intcrborol@h company
the Manhattan company was kept IL
formed throughout regarding the ne9o-
tiations and the terms proposed. No
objections were raised. and apparently
il was supposed that the terms We're
satisfactory Coming at the last mo-
ment as il does, the refusal 10 agree 10
them is no better than Il hold-up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
THE ASEPTIC DOOR-KNOB.

Another inspiring step toward purity
aud health is being taken in Pennsyl
vania in the legisla i've progress Of a
bill requiring the thorough antiseptir
ratification Of finger bowls Immediately
after they are used. or. az least. before
they are used again. II is ~ Last real
lied that in these complex rcccplaclcs
of morbihc bacteria have lurkcd some
Of the grayest menace~ 10 the public
health. There are differences Of 0pin-
ION AZ 10 the rficacy Of vaccination.
The paSieurizaIion Of milk has It's
critics. Even the question of all wool
or part cotton underwear has not been
decided Ia universal satisfaction. fnt
il is simply incOnceivabie that any One
should dispute the utter dcadlinesS u
dipping he unshiclded fingers into even
the purcsl water in q silver or glass re-
ccptaclc which. since il was last thus
used has not been thoroughly boiled
and treated with peroxide. fornalde-
hyde or corrosive subliInatc. The fact
that these precautions have hitherto
been neglected is an indcliblc blot upon
our civilization. and incidentally cx-
IlainS the high death rate and fine wide
prevalence Of corns and Bull Moose
dogInas
The cilecting of This Indispensable
reform will embolden us 10 hope for an
other. 40 less urgent in character and
even more widespread in application
We refer TO the establishment Of u SyS
fem Of aseptic door-knobs We have no.
yet received the census bulletin con
| tanning thc enumeration cf finger bows
and door-hnobs. but competent statlsti-
clans calculate hat the latter are abort
GS.31 times aS numerous az the former
and are used some 6t3.i9 times as
often. And in the very nature of things
il is in the vast majority Of cases nee
essary to touch the dOorknOb with the
mngloved hand Health. not 10 men
ton dccency. and not even 10 thinl, Of
delicacy. shlddcrs at the thought.
OF course. il would be- 4 laborious
and expensive task 10 stcriliZc each
and every door-knOb every time il is
used. though we maintain that even
such task should not Ice shirhed when
the public welfare j. al stake. Eut il
may not be necessary to do that There
j. reason TO believe hat it will Ice pos
sible 70 elaborate Il serum with which
each knob may be imocilated and which
/, will thcrcupon render il immune against
all noXious bacteria aud assure it, re
naming in a permanently aseptic con
dtiOn. The twentieth century thus
awaits. 20 crown him rs not. The least
ing Of rhe inventor of the steriized
dooT-hnOli
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27

The deadlock naturally seemed 10 most
people a wasted employment of poilt-
ical energy.
The tribune has not been III favor oil
substituting direct for indirect eiec-
tOnS. because il has never been COLI
WINGED that the former method VIII gen
erally turn oul better Senators IMAM
the latter has done for more tlian one
hundred years. It has felt that II bel
t,r legislatures we're 10 he chosen there
would be little occasion for charging
that the present plan had broken down.
II the Seventeenth Amendment Is rati-
lied the legislatures will have been
themselves chiefly 10 blaluc. Under the
direct method they will at least nave
one excuse less for not di>chargih@
their ordinary business diligently ana
cXpeditiously. However The new method
works. that advantage will be gained.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
WASTED ENERGY.

The deadlock in the West Virginia
Legislature over the election Of a
United States Senator was broken last
Friday with happy results But if had
lasted until the very end OF the session.
DeadlOckS still continue in New lamp
shire and Illinois which may or may
moi outlast the session. IN Delaware
and Tennessee there was also Il mate
rial delay before choice for Senator
was made. interfering with the Ordi-
nary work of the Legislature and di-
vcriing its attention from purely local
needs. The days o. the present method
on clecting Senators are probably num-
bered. but even in the shadow Of its
those who have been long asserting the
rndesirabilily Of requiring legislatures
which have enough other burdens on
their shoulders 10 tangle themselves III
clccting Senators.
Thus Zine Wheeling Register says
of the West Virginia deadlock
NO SuDiSft LiDtlt itl pOpIidi
election Of United States Senators
could he made than a simple recital of
the truth concerning the contest at
Charleston since the beginning Of the
year. with particular reference to the
bribery scandal and the subordination
Of legislative business 20 politics.
In states where the sessions of the
legislatures are limited 10 sixty days
the time spent in factional disagree
ments over SenatOrship is Il serious
loss. In this state. where there is no
time limit. the Sheehan deadlOcl, Of
1911 ran through two months and
helped 10 cause a session Of inordnate
length. II was just as true here then
as it was in West Virginia this year
that legislative business was practically
halted while members Of the majority
gave their time and energy 10 Sena-
torial Jockcying aid electioneering.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
A SENSIBLE IDEA.

Senator Francis g. Newland> Of
Nevada has been talking sound sense
about the futlity Of the present
method of making appropriations for
'ivers and harborS. He says il is I'M
scientific and wasteful. and he has in
duced the Senate 10 vote 10 shift from
jae shoulders Of Congress responsible
" for all details Of river and harbor
Improvement. Under the present sys-
TEN Of grab bag legislation the details
.re OF fay more consequence TO The av-
era-c Congressman than is the general
result II {, Senator or Representa-
;iSe caI get an allowance. deserved or
.;aiesespcG Tor some project in his
state or district he cares little what
mn? happen 10 any other project. Con
.lass thuS iegislates blindlv in detail.
-uhordinating general results 10 indi-
vioual considerations.
Il would be far better 10 turn over
lie pO,liOnmcnt Of the sums voted
tor .!ver and harbcr PURPOSES TO expert
liver aud harbOr commissions. The Ge-
yclopment of navigation facilities is a
.3mplicajed task. and each project
undertaken ought 10 bear some den
lite relation ~ 4 general scheme
adopted IN advance. What benefit can
csult from digging ouL the channel 81
some smaller stream if the river TO
which il is tributary is not capable or
floating an Increased commerce? I'M
provements in navigation In any great
river basin should all lac correlated,
and a large percentage OF the money
voted by Congress must he wasted #
projects continue 90 be treated as pure
Il local enterprises.
Moreover. in any thorOughs0ng
scheme OF improvement the co-opera-
lion Of the state governments ought
10 be enlisted Congress has a right
10 expect the states 10 share the bur
den o. deepening rivers ana harbors
ana the states would respond more
promptly than they do now If federal
liver and harbOr commissions were
created and authorized to deal in a
.argc way with the problem Of water
ways. Pennsylvania. Connecticut and
Texas have shown disposition TO put
money OF their own into local improve
:Yent. but most Of the states still ca
3act .5air Senators and Representa-
lives TO get all the funds that are
nsadcd out Of the federal Treasury.
q ~ooai be far better If Congress
should appropriate lump sums for the
USE ~ tysr and harbor boards ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
LUxURIEs AND NECESSITIES

The willingness Of the Democratic
majority in the House Of Representa-
ives 10 sacrifice the navy in order to
salvage "pcrk barrel appropriations
for public buildings and rivers and
har1Urs Was demonstrated again yes
,1rday wien The Nava. Affairs Com
mittees authorization Of two new bat
,lce;iips went down Ia defeat. The
committee had been patriotic enough
10 admit the mistake which it made
If the last session when il tried TO
stlspend battleship construction alto
scther Il was then opposed 20 any
Few dreadnoughtS. but the House was
finally stampeded into authorizing one.
'chis year the committee tried 10 re
cover the ground lost by providing for
rwo new battleships but the ''por'>
barrel contingent has mustered
strength enough 10 keep the increase
IN fighting vessels Of the first class
down ~ one
The House is in The desperate posi-
ZION of householder who is spending
more than his income He has 10 cut
mis- budget and if he has any pro
nounccd streak of sclf-indulgencc iii
his makeup he will try 10 economic
first on necessities and let the iuNullcN
20 unrcbuked. Naval development is
public necessity II is one of the most
Unsuitable forms of federal eNpendi-
ture since il amounts practically 10
national Insurance. II provides means
of defence available in all cmergen-
cics. II can make little difference
whether ninc-tenthS of the projects
of river and harbor Improvement
which Congress sanctions are under
taken next year or i've years hence
and il is OF no general consequence
whatever whether the government
business in hundreds 81 small towns
and cities is To he conducted in rented
quarters or in buildings erected at
federal expense.
But members of Congress put more
store on tie absolute Injuries in fed
cral housekeeping than they do on the
necessities Of national life. Provincial
ism run to seed IS responsible for the
fantastic inversion of values To which
the Democratic majority in the House
has willingly fallen victim. The
country thoroughly realizes the folly
OF letting the United States sink from
the second rank 10 the fifth or sixth
rank as u naval power, simply in order
TO push it into the first rank as Il
decorator Of the landscape with super
fuous public buildings. II will call
any Congress 10 account which tries
10 starve the navy and at the same
rime emptieS the Treasury for the
benefit of river aud harbor drcdgcrs
and public building contractors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27

killed as sort OF proxy. the klilihH
Of the son seemed only to round OUT
the original scheme Of Vindication'
The precedent thus made opens up 9"
field Of great possibilities. In Ch'lh'
the most serious injury which can u
done = man f. 10 dcfiie the tolnDs VI
his ancestors That sort vi Outlet
micht proiitably be provided for tho'e
who suffer from the American ihau-
nos. 10 90 out and shoot up Il
ccmetcry might relieve the Impulse 10
murder 70 which convention compeiS
some nersorS 10 Weld under circulh-
stances like those revealed III llie
Texas trial. Ex-senator Edward W.
C,rnark might be alive and active ~
Tennessee politics today if the ohehc'
he gave by humorously critlciSln2
nolitical opponent could have been
wippd ont ut the expense OF sonieo"'!
higher NJ in the family tree. nc
dcolor fine better in such emergencies.
Tolerance OF the plea az d"mehf''
bicricaRG is 10 be dcplored III Il So
ciety which calls itself civilized. bi'
if that form Of insanity is 10 persiSl
il NAV on the Whole be better ror II 70
he accompanied by Texas trimmings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
SENATORS HONOR CULL0M
Colleagues to Provide PORTRAIT
of Retiring Statesman.

Washington. Feb. p. shelby NJ Cullom'
ranking member OF the Senate. aud chah'
man Of the Foreign Relations Committee
WHO on March will retire after thirty
years continuous service-the third long
est record Of any Senator since the iou"'
dation Of the government-rccev
unique testimonial to-day from members
of his committee at its final meeting
Senator Bacon. senior Democratic mem
Der OF the committee. started movement
10 supply tie committee with por''""
of it's retiring chairman, and In maAhe
the suggestion spoke Of the affections"
regard In which the venerable ILLINOIS
Senator was held by all members
Ny Cullom was strongly affected a.
other members followed with similar re
marks ~ appreciation. dwelling on MS
fairness and considerate treatment. IMAM
imously they expressed regret that i'
ties existing SO long were about 10
severed.
Mr.. Cuilom - eighty-four years old w
ing ranked I'm point OF age only BY Sen'
tor Isaac Stephenson. who ~ fve mof'n'
older His record of continuous service
exceeded only by that of Senator MO-
rill. of Vermont, who served thirty-sN
years. beginning in 1861. and Senator AnF
son, of lowe. wao served thirty-lve years
beginning in 1873
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
WITH TRIMMINGS.

Down in Texas they have dcmcniia
imc,ic0nG with trimmings 4 jury of
Vernon. in that state. has Just ac-
quilted Il husband OF trial for killing
the man with whom his wife cloped
10 Canada some two years ago. Suca
an incident in Texas life might have
passed generally unnOticed had not
the outraged husband been previously
acquitted Of killing the father of the
offender soon after the clopcmcnt oc-
Cured. The son being in faI-off Mani
toba. where no such thing is recos.
niZed as dcmcatid AmcricdHd or de.
mentid Icricaad. the taking Off Of the
father was condoncd 10y Jury AZ
probably more or less inevitable under
the circumstances.
Texas vengeance thus reversed the
Biblical course. II was the old idea
that the children should suffer for the
sins Of the parents. but under the new
plan the penalty sscends instead of de
scending. The father having been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
LIGHT FROM ABROAD.

Mr.. John II. Rockefeller ir.. make,
the wise suggestion on the subject oi
police reform thai no legislation be al
tempted until the public Is i'll posses
sion Of full information regarding the
British and other European systems OF
police administration. Because the III
reau of Social Hygiene. in which he -
interested. feels that the efficiency OF
the police force will Largely determine
The success If whatever plan may be-
adopted for dealing with the social
evil. if has sent Mr. Raymond Il. ! o.
dick. the former commissioner of A.
counts. abroad To- study the police NyS-
tens there.
His report. which will be available
this year. will help 10 4 correct under
Standing of the defects OF police admin
istration in New York. Probably some
of the difficulties here will be found to
lie i'm he cosmopolitan character al the
population. with its various standards
of morality. Where people are of one
race and are agreed in their attitude
toward regulation Of the vices the OF
por,unities for selling the privilege ri
violating the laws may easily be less
nncd. Then. too. municipal government
is Il work Of experts abroad. Here !,
j. a work Of tyroS. We have carried
the tyro system Ia extremes in the ad-
ministratiOn Of the Police Department
with three commissioners in about fonr
narS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
WHEN WOMEN GETTHEiR RIGHTS.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Mere man seems TO be worrying
some as To where the suifragette crusade
viii end. II viii end when they obtain
their rights"
The fact that women demand and fight
Tor more privileges than the man-made
laws have seen III 90 accord them Is SUI
ncient evidence that they are right. Wom-
en- are not so unreasonable in their de-
mands. There should b. equality Of priv
ileges. and when the voice Of woman is
heard 80 plainly and firmly In America
and England Il shows great strides tow
ard higher order OF civilization. and
when the apex is reached II Will be found
that the fair sex has not lost any OF her
charms. but rather they will be found en-
HANGED. and the ros.buds of wonanhood
blooming more beautiful than ever. Let
w help rather than hinder them i'm their
efforts 10 reach the heights
i. j. SHERIDAN.
stamford. Conn. Feb. e. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
THE PARDON POWER.
Of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Has not the time arrived to take
the pardoninS power away from the Gov
error" In speaking with many of my
friends and acquaintsnces on this subject
they are ogrced that this is a relic of colo
NAL days. when most OF the people were
honest. IL seems ridiculous that any poll
t!cian who may happen 10 be elected Gov
ernor should have the power To turn loose
any criminal he wishes Murlercrs and
thieves who have cost the public large
sums Of money 10 get them into prison
are released without publicity to again
prey on honest people. II the question
were submitted TO the voters there would
be no more pardoning OF criminals by
either Governor or President. j. II. T.
New York, Feb. %, 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
AUGUSTA TO BE TAFT HOST
City Will Bear Expense of His
Trip South.

Washington. Feb. &c Final arrange
ments FOR the departure OF the President
and Mrs Tart for Augusta. Ca. March
4, were completed to-day They vii!
leave Washington in a private car. ana
probably by special train. over the At
lantic Coast Line RAILWAY shortly after
8 o'clock on that day and are due III the
Georgia city early on March ). COM
,nittee of citizens of Au2usta'is expected
10 come here TO escort their guests south.
Augusta will bear the expense Of Mi.
Tart's trip. and he will be a guest OF the
city at winter resort hotel for three
weeks. Miss Helen Taft. Mrs. Laughlin.
Mrs. Taft's sister. Secretary Iiillts and
Mrs Illles probably will be in the party.
Mr. and Mrs Henry w Tart Mr. and
Mrs. g. I. TAFT and ttcir daughter Louise
are expected "a join the Tafts later az
Augusta.
Mr.. Tart will spend most Of his three
weeks In Augusta resting and playing
golf. From Georgia he will go 10 New
Haven to take up his duties at Yale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
NEW HOME FOR HARVARD MEN
One Thousand Torches at Laying Of
Cornerstone in Boston.

t.oston. Feb. 26.--The corner stone Of
The building which IL TO he the home OF
tho Harvard Club Of Boston was laid to-
night. with ceremonies conducted in the
glare OF Thousand Crimson torches.
prominent alumni of the college smoke 20
members OF the club at preliminary eyer-
cses held indoors
President Emeritus Charles ". Eliot.
who was 10 have been a principal figure
H. the ceremonies, was prevented from at
tending by a slight cold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27
AT NEW PORT.
~ TcIcgraph - The Tn5uue

bN ITI'sfaUH ~ no T'0.Ne
Newport Feb. 26-Mr. and Mrs. ogden
Mills who are 20 return here next SUM
mer after seasons absence. nave
directed that extensive interior improve
mcnts be made 10 their villa.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin I.edya'd SANDS
Of New Hamburg. y. Y, are the guess
of Mrs Frederick u. Sands
Philip Herlick. who was operated upon
late Tuesday night Tor appendicitis at tne
Newport Hospital was reported a. peih'
very comfortable to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27

Young Turk YOU fancy seeing big ro-
bust man; but that il where the camera
PLAYS you false. Erver. who has eve"
teen credited with killing Nazim Pacha'
il little fellow
"Who can tell me tie golden text!
asked the Sunday school teacher. .,,n
Johnnie's hard vert up eaSeGP. -"
tL"t t,Imneth himself shall be exalted!
he rcpcatcd triumphantly.-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-27

itself stop wrestling with details
Then ambitious Congressman woulu
not be driven to log-rolling in sef-dc-
fence. Congress would have more
time to give 10 more important tliln-S'
and rivers and harbors would De IN
proved more satisfactorily ~ about
half he present cost.