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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
THE RIGHT OF MAJORITY
A Voter Who Has Sometimes Been of
the Minority Gets Mental Jolt.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir Having just read the contribution
to the subject OF woman's suffrage BY
Majority" I'm to-day's Tribune, I should
be grateful for further enlightenment.
have voted In the general elections
for moro than thirty years. also I'm clubs.
business meetings and societies. Some
times I have been on the majority side
and sometimes OH the minority side. and |
recognize the right Of the majority to rule.
but what IL new to me and the Justice OF
which I would lii" explained Is. What
right has the majority to say that the
minority shall not vote:
Il would seem to mere man that
every member Of society business or
ganization. inhabitant OF a town. city,
county. state or country who Is OF legal
age and sound mind has a natural inalien-
able right TO voice In the government.
and those who do not feel qualified to vote
or who have no interest or consider IL
a disgrace have no right TO prevent others
from doing their duty. no matter II 1t be
only one or any number. minority or ma
jorIty II this IL a government by the
ma jority let every one vote on every mat
ter.
II seems to me the public spirited wom-
en- OF this country have been pleading
patiently for long time. II women were
In power and prevented us men from II
voice In our government VIC would do as
men who belong to unions do dynamite
buildings and kill pcOple-or as others do
declare war and shoot down those whom
we believe tyrannizc over us. Miiitants
are tame to what We would be.
GEORGE NJ. BEERBOWER.
New York. Feb. 20, 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
CURELEsS PRIMARY CURES.

BY its platform the Democratic
party IL pledged to amendment OF the
election law which VIII simplify the
urinary and election systems, make
them less expensive and permit easier
independent or aDti-machine nominal
tions. Bills designed TO meet these
pledges and having the official ap-
prevail of the organization" are pend
ing in the Legislature. In great part
they accomplish only a leSsening or
the faults of the Tammany primary
and election legislation Of 1911. various
sections Of which the Court of Appeals
threw out on the ground that they
were unconstitutional and an invasion
of the rights Of the voters. They do
not provide for any extension Of the
direct primary system. They do not
cure the most glaring faults OF the
method under which that system Is
supposed 10 he carried out by the
voters OF this state.
Correction Of the primary and cleo
ton systems is vital TO New York City
this year. For the first time municipal
tickets will be nominated AT the pri-
lnarics Also il is probable that indie
pendent candidates for offices from bot
tom 10 top of the ticket will be nomi-
mated by petition. There should be no
primary ballot on which one faction
Of party might use the party en-
bIem. The pending bills do not change
that provision of the law. There should
he no fourteen-fOot primary ballot. and
unless the Legislature changes tie
system Of party committee representa-
ton now established by law the pri-
mary ballots next fall will he even
longer than they were last year. The
number " signatures required for in
dependent nominating petitions should
he lowered. This was enc Of the
points on account Of which the Court
Of Appeals declared the Democratic
law of 1911 defective Yet in the bill
attempting to cure that defect per
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
AN ECONOMIC QUESTION
Shall tho Fool Be Separated from
Folly or Allowed to Gamble?

TO the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Seats on the Stock EXCHANGE are
selling at half their former price. and
some newspapers are rejoicing in the fact
as the triumph FOR theiI anti gambling
crusade.
Are these newspapers willing. to accept
the twin facts that half the office space in
the districts below Chambers street j. for
rent as another triumph for the same
beneficent industry?
The savings banks and insurance com
panies. with hundreds OF millions OF the
plain peoples money out on mortgages on
skyscrapers In the financial district. are
commencing to inquire whether even SO
highly moral enterprise as an anti
gambling crusade may not develop into
too much OF good" thing.
II II he true that the skyscrapers down.
town are half empty, az n certain New
York paper says, and II ii he true that
the rentals from the half that Is leased
are required TO pay the taxes and the
operating charges. az many real estate
men think. then the skyscrspers In the
financial district are not earning one dol
lar OF III. millions required TO pay the
interest on the hundreds of millions of
dollars invested in mortgages down there.
The antl-racetrack crusade worked
mitch harm to the retail business of our
city. as the avalanche Of failures in high
class restaurants hotels and theatres
catering 10 the wants OF the pleasure
loving visitors from all over the country
bears eloquent testimony.
Cannot the safeguarding OF few fools
from the results Of their folly be pur-
chased at too cxtravasant \ cost?
QUESTION.
New York, Feb 70. 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

The stipulation OF the prospective
seller Of Stonehenge that the gigantic
relies Of a prehistoric age shall be pre-
served intact IL cordially 10 be com
mended. though IL may prevent some
enterprising countrymen Of ours from
bringing the famous cromlech over FOR
reconstruction as "a Consy lsiahd sue
show. Whether the megalitnic group
is Druidical Circle OF a Thing stead
or. as seems far more probable. Gem
eterv of the Iron Age. II belongs where
IL il, and should be maintained rev
erently az a national possession OF the
British Kingdom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
MEXICAN ANARCHY.

Porfirio Diaz reigned for twenty-five
years Then Madero r2volted against
him and overthrow him, and himself
reigned something more than year.
Then Huerta played the traitor and
overthrow him and put himself upon
the throne And Immediately there
we're numerous revolts against him,
with q result which 1t is Yet too early
10 discern, but which it is not parhcu-
larry puzzling to forecast. Huerta.
Felix Dfaz, Zapata, Orozco, De o. and
how many more? What is there to
prevent return of the mad old days
of Comonfort and MiramOn? Rather.
what IL there to rid Mexico Of such an
era already returned to It?
The fault IL fundamental. Apprecia-
ton Of the essential principle of repub-
lican government is lacking. We are
not sure that II has ever existed IN
Mexico. unless in some rudimentary
degree IN the mind of that extraor-
binary Indian of full breed, Benito
Juarez Porfirio Diag had II not, nor
has any Of his would-be successors.
The notion that when once constitution
ally chosen to be chief of the state
man is to be respected for the sake
OF his Office and the suffrages which
nut him in It, and that however dis
pleasing he may personally be TO others
lie must not be displaced save by con-
stitutional means, does not enter their
heads. Instead, they practise the recall
the recall of the ballot with the
bullet
That practically means anarchy
There is no rule Of the people. There
is no rule of the constitution. There
is nothing but the rule of that individ-
ual leader who for the time can COM
mand the most followers and incite the
biggest crowd to yell Viva In the
words of the "Mikado' madrigal, 81
to-day and you tomorrow OF sus-
tanned loyalty 20 any government just
because it is the government there Is
not a trace. There is obedience TO Diaz
so long as his iron hand retains It's
force and cunning. Then there is 10y
atty TO Madero so long as he makes
loyalty profitable and no more fOrmida-
nle figure looms upon the scene. Then
there is enthusiasm for Huerta within
the radius Of his cannon range. 1t Is
all a euphemistic paraphrase Of an
archy.
Anarchy was once in history cured
with a whit of grape" That was
among a people who had thousand
times more conception Of government
than most Mexicans display; though
they for many years thereafter showed
that their conception of it was not
complete. Porfirio Diaz at least placed
end held anarchy IN allegiance for many
years. We had hoped that his stern
teachings had been effectual and that
through the benefits of a benevolent
despotism such as his reign was the
nation had come TO realize the advan-
tages Of stable government. That hope
was vain: and now, In its dissolution,
arises the question whether Mexico
shall have another benevolent despOt,
aud If so where she shall find him !;
or whether she shall seek TO learn the
still unlearned lesson OF government
through lack of government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

1t il most unfortunate thins' says
the North American Journal or Ho-
rnceonathv." that tho moral degeneration
20 which every drug h2bitue almost ine'l-
tably comes Is "a sin that almost AWAY
lies at the door OF some medical ADVISER
Few PATIENTS live 80 far from the doctor
Az 10 warrant him leaving supply ol
morphine tablets for them TO take II an
attack comes on The practice or medi-
Gin. seems 10 lie summed up In the pre-
scription OF opiates In the case OF some
physicians IL is better To wear out the
medicine case and let the hypodermic
rust out than vice versa. or course We
know that the hypodermic should not rust
and that the medicine case cannot; but
our readers are bright enough to read
between the lines.
The social reformer was inspecting the
slnms II have come to the CONCLUSION,
h. remarked that good men are mighty
scarce" And bad ones are apt 10 fnhhr
themselves 80 when they are Nahru,
replied the plainclothes man who was
showing him around. -Ph'ladelph'a Zee
ord.
SpAEkIN IN y SiEibh
Somehow or other. Sary Lane, said
Farmer John one night
81 cant say that like the way our Joe
courts Nellie Bright
He often takes her 10 the show and
treats her to a dinner.
Us buvs her candy by the box as II he
we're a winner.
lie totes her to the concerts. too, for
fancy. heightened singin'.
When she and he don't get back home
till the birds are wingin',
And when the snow is deep enough.
regardless Of his pay.
He gets cutter and a boss for sparkin'
In a sleigh
"Our Joe" said Sarah, with q smile. her
sweet face all aslow.
rs not unlike a handsome youth l knew
some years ago;
He took his girl 10 every show staged in
tire old Town Hall.
He bought her candy by the pound, and
flowers. spring and fall.
n. didn't hire a cutter. cause he had a
one-hoss pung.
But in that he did smart courtin IN days
when was young
So. John. wouldn't he too harsh; Joe
follers dads old way.
Remember. said Yes when you we're
sparkin in n sleigh
lis your great business enterprise the
result Of a gentlemen's agreement
Yes" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. ~
made II clear that anybody who dis
agreed with me would be considered no
gentlemen and would be treated accord
y"-Wsshington Star.
4 peculiar strike has been settled in a
New York home without the aid Of an
arbitrator Mrs. Blank has two chill
drcn, a hoy of seven and daughter
two years his junior. The mother. Il
widow, Is a wage Garner and spends four
hours every day away from her home,
leaving the children In charge Of young
woman who Is n distant relative. One
day the woman came home and found
that the chiidren's meal had not been
touched and the boy told her that he and
his sister did pot like Louise and would
not eat NO, never. till mother came
home" Thinking that this was only a
passing vhim. the woman went to her
work the next day. adnionishinE the chill
dren to be real good" On her return
she found tho children hungry with tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

prepared meal untasted. Fcarfui OF eNn
consciousness. the woman SURRENDERED.
Louise was sent TO her home and the
children have been real good" ever since
Thinking OF what the next demah" may
De. the mother wonders if she did right
"IIow's our son doing?" asked the man
who IL away from home a great deal,
'Splenddly." replied the ihuuisen.
mother. willie hasn't thrown Singlo
SNOWFALL at anybody this winter. WASH
incfnn Star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

The repeated demonstrations which
Governor Sulzer makes that he Is an
..avowcd opponent OF Tammany" must
be grateful to THE World" The ap-
pointmcnt of Murphy's brother-in-laW
and his ncphew's partner to the al
yisory commission on good roads Is the
latest effort TO enable our neighbor 10
consider" Mr.. Sulzer an anti-Murph!
man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Judging from the virulence Of his at
tacks upon the chief of the Weather
Bureau. Representative Akin, of this
state. must have got caught out in the
rain without an umbrella or have suf-
fered some meteorological vicissitudes
dispensing TO the Bull Moose cuticle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

President Taft will return from New
York tomorrow in time 10 entertain forty
WASHINGTON correspondents at dinner IN
the state dining room tomorrow night
Miss Taft and her brother, Robert Tait.
their house guests, Miss Edith Morgan OF
New York. and Frederick Eckstein' OF
Cincinnati. motored 10 TIE Dover House
in MARYLAND. to-day for luncheon. Win
them were Miss Dorothy Williams. Miss
Gladys ingalls,. Miss Sophy Johnston Miss
Bissell. OF Princeton: Miss Martha Bowers,
TON" Bowers. Chauncey IIackett CAP
tain Louis Little. Or. Grayson. Lieutenant
Greble and others 20 the number OF
eighteen Miss Taft and her friends na'N
made no formal arrangements for their
stay. which will last until MondaN
The Cabinet.
The Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer entertained AT dinner tonight AMI
anerward there was dancins.
The Oiplematie Corps.
The Brazilian Ambassador and Mm- "a
CANA went 10 New York this morning
TO remain until Monday. They viii return
in time to hold en- afternoon reception
that day.
The japanese Ambassador entertainer
at dinner tonight Major General and Mrs
William r. Biddle. Rear Adnlirt and Mrs
Bradley Fiske. Rear Admiral and MES
Philip Andrews, Rear Admiral and MIA.
y. C. Twinins. Rear Admiral and Mrs
Richard NJ. Watt, Rear AdmirM and Mrs
Hutch T. Cone. the Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury and Mrs. James,F. Curtis
CAPTAIN Charles c. Marsh. Captsin am
Mrs Joseph J. jayne, X. Shidehara, ooun-
sclior of the Japanese Embassy, Saburo
Okabe. second Japanese secretary; Tame
kichi Ohta. third Japanese secretary ana
the Japanese attache and Mime Nagahsge
Okabe.
Lieutenant Colonel Moretpn =. Gag
British military attache. and Mrs Gage
entertained at dinner tonight Brissdier
General and Mrs. Albert I. Mills. the sec
ond French secretary and Nine. L. dc
Laboulaye. Mrs. Nathaniel T. Wilson MISS
Pstten. Mr.. and MrS George tustis COM
mander Macmillan Burstyn, Austrian
naval attache, and Commander BOY E''
German naval attache.
The second Spanish secretary anu
Senora Condesa de San Esteban dc 'sn
ongo entertained at dinner tonight MI
and Mrs. Chandler Anderson, the counsel
Tor OF the French Embassy and Nine ~
Pcrctti de la Rocca. the French military
attache and Countess de Chambrun. Mts'
Spencer Cosby, Mrs. Rogers. Mile. 'e
Garde. Mr. dc Bach. Of the Russian YIN
bassy: Seior Don Manuel Walls. nrs'
Spanish secretary. and Theodore u. Roai
In Washington Society.
Senator and Mrs. Warren occupied inc
Presidential suite at the New Wiiisr"
Hotel tonight with a large dinner party
Their guests were Justice and Mr''
Holmes, the Spanish Minister and M'n''
de Riano, the Danish Minister. Senator
and Mrs. Wetmore. Senator du Pont' Sen
ator Brandegee. Senator Burton. Senator
Llppitt, Representative Cannon. Miss Can
non. Representative and Mrs. Dwight
Mrs. Richard II. Townsend. Miss Board
man. Miss Mary Patten. Miss Wetmcre'
Mrs. Frank Ellis and Mr.. and Mrs C. T.
Glover.
An unusual number Of dinner parties
were sntertained at the Chevy Chase
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Germany an opportunity afforded TOT
Germany to increase her land forces
along the Rhine II is an unhappy SIT
uatiou. from which escape seems every
day 10 become more difficult.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

The Goddess Of Liberty on BedloW .
Island will feel that she has been asked
to go away back and sit down wheh
the American Indian gets ready 10
greet the world from me he'snts VI
Fort WadswCrth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
schools cannot fail to suffer when cdli-
cation ceases to be the work 'of edn-
Gators

The British government honors i'seh
by acting promptly and without eruos-
ing for the permanent relief OF the be-
reavcd dependents OF Captain Scott ana
his heroic comrades.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

II the suffragettes carry their pref!
feminine tricks into the Kings palace
as they threaten. they may discover
that the law Of treason cannot De
evadcd even by hunger strike.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

France is glad TO send. and Russia de-
lights TO receive. Mr.. Delcasse as AM
bassador 10 ST Petersburg, but the
emotions which prevail on the WI
helmstrasse are not publicly expressed
at such appointment OF the strenuous
patriot whose presence In the French
Foreign Office was so obno1 ious To Ger
many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

The citizen who is seeking JOB Al
so a week so he may get ma'ried
probably never even heard OF that c.ub
OF young women which solemnly agreed
that marriage on less than S1O,WO a
wear was unthinksble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Inspector Sweeney evidently didnt
find stock speculation as profitable as
did that other police official who ad-
mitted that he'd made a fortune trad
ing in corner lots in Japan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

The last week Of short session Oh
Congress is the heyday Of the filihus-
ter. How many new regulations VIII
be made by a simple exercise OF The
power to block action
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
Nttu llork Uribnne'
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY %. 1913.

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Association. a New York corporation; Oedeh
NJ Reid President. condo Hamlin, secretary /,
lanes y; barrett treasurer Address. Tribune
Rujlding. No. I54 Nassau street. New YORK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
WASHINGTON.
At the White House.

From TIE Tribune Bureau
Washington. February y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Brilliant among the charity entertain
ments on the list is the masked ball to-
morrow night at the Plaza for the bene-
ut Of the South Side Hospital. on Long
Island Mrs. George H. Rives, Mrs. sam
uel Stevens Sands, Mrs. Henry W. Bull
Mrs. Stephen H. =. Pell, Mrs. Amos TUCK
French and Mrs. Archibald c. Thatcher
are moving spirits in the affair. There VIII
be a floor committee consisting Of Aym1r
Johnson, August Belmont jr., Robert e.
Watson, Theodore Grain and William
Wood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Sailing this week for Europe are Mrs
r. II. Hartman and Miss Carol Harri.
man, who leave on THURSDAY and Mrs
William Birney. who is booked TO sail on
Wednesday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Entered a, the Postonice at New York as
Second Glass Mail Matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Mrs. William Church Osborne house
will be the scene on Tuesday afternoo, at
4 o'clock of Miss Maud Moygan's harp
concert. under the patronage Of Mrs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

The engagement OF Miss Sophie Oily
phant. daughter OF Robert Olyphant, TO
Paul Victor Koechl. of Montgomery Place.
BROOKLYN. which was announced toward
the end Of last July, has been broken of
by Miss ELEPHANT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Adrian Iselin has arranged 10 90 abroad
on Wednesday week to visit MS son-in.
law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin r.
Laushlin. in London. where Mr.. Laughlin
is acting as American charge d'affaires.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Is. Vanderbilt will
also sail for France on Wednesday week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Mrs. ". X. Vanderbilt. Jr., left town
yesterday with her children for Pain
Beach, Fla.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

The Stony Void Sanatorium will have
charge OF the Japanese Tea Room at the
Woman's Industrial Exhibition. which
opens at the Grand Central Palace Thurs
day, lasting until Monday night The
proceeds will he used toward the support
Of patients at the sanatonum In the Ad-
irondacks. Mrs. Morris *. Jesup. Mrs.
Frank S. Withcrbee. Mrs. Henry w.
Sackett and Mrs. II. De Berkeley Par
sons are among the patronesses.
Another feature OF the exhibition will
be the booth belonging to the New York
Exchange for Woman's Work. at No. $40
Madison avenue. the first OF the many
hundreds Of similar exchanges which
have since spread over the country. II Is
to Mrs. William G. Choate that the honor
is due of having conceived the idea OF =
mart where gcntlewomcn could sell such
articles as they were able to make In
their own homes For thirty-fiye years tho
work has gone on. steadily growing all
the time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
The Cabinet.

The Secretary OF the Navy and MIS-
Meyer entertained al dinner tonight an
afterward there was dancing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge and several
OF her friends are arranging fef a fancy
dress ball at sherry's on the night OF
Easter Monday for the benefit OF the
Jewell Day Nursery. Associated with
her in the affair are Mrs. J. Ksnsett Oily
pnant. Mrs. Louis du Pont Irving and
Ms. Marshall ]. Dodge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23

Mrs. Frederick r. Van Bsuren, Mrs.
Schuyler Van Rensselaer,. Mrs. Hilborne
l.. Roosevelt and Mrs. Frederick Van
Lenep are among the patronesses OF an
entertainment To be given at the l.yceum
Theatre on Tuesday afternoon for the
benefit of the CITY History Club. The
feature OF the affair will be the first pub
lie presentation of a playlct by Rachel
Crothers. entitled Revenge; ar. The
pride of Lillian a Mar !"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-18

ingo Mir vick is assistant secre- tary of the Democratic national com mittee and was secretary of the inau- gura1 committee that had charge of the arrangements for the inaugura tion of President wilson. They called him the stage manager of the inaugura- ton. He has been a live wire from the start in Wilson's behalf. He is a native of North Carolina, and practices law in New York. When Woodrow Wilson was a candidate for Governor of New Jersey MT. Wick took charge of his political interests in Bergen county. The county was carried by the Democrats. MT. VAck then became active in the effort to nominate Gov ernor Wilson for the presidency and managed the Wilson pre-conv entdon campaign in the tier of south Atlantic States from North Carolina to Florida inclusive. In the presidential cam paignf he was in charge of the New York headquarters Of che Democratic national committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-18
EAST SIDERS IN
 COURT TELL OF ODOR FROM SEWER

A delegation of East Bridgeport res idents who have complained of the odor from the Berkshire, sewer appear ed in the superior court this morning to testify in the action brought by Frederick L. Bradbury against the City of Bridgeport Bradbury, who lives at 1oS Stillman street, alleged that the odor is annoying, that it pre- vents people from sitting on their porches, makes it necessary to keep windows closed in hot weather and decreases property values. He wants the court to enjoin the city from us- ing the present sewer and asks that the city be compelled to carry the sew age into deeper water
 Those who testified at the morning session were Henry F. Lyle, Harry Nichols and F. L. Chapman. They said the smell from the sewer was very disagreeable and made it inn