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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
THE POSITION OF Mr.. BARNES
He Is Opposing the Peoples Wishes,
II Is Asserted.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Barnes's reply 20 my letter OF
recent date which appeared in The Trib-
une brings the issue that Is now pending
before the extra session OF the Legsat-
ure 10 a commanding and decisive point.
Mr.. Barnes's contention is that the Re
publican platform adopted at Saratoga
has been vigorously adhered TO by the
Republican members OF the Legislature
and that many attempts have been made
20 Introduce and pass bills that our Dem
ocratic friends failed TO do
Good
But suppose. in the lapse OF time since
the Saratoga convention, conditions and
situations have arisen which necesstate
the abandonment OF those principles and
the acceptance OF new ones that mean
further and more forceful step 10 accom-
plish a proper result
II at the time of the state convention
the primary bill decided upon by the Re-
publicans-that OF maintaining the con-
yentlon-should now be seen TO DO an I'M
necessary detail. why adhere TO Il? Why
try to force II against the peoples wishes
and their implied and expressed demands?
The Republican party. nor the Demo-
cratic party, nor tho State OF New York
owns the people The people own the
state. and whatever channel OF the state
refuses to work for its master. the time
is short when Il will not have an oppor-
tunty 10 work at all.
Would Mr. Barnes be willing to adhere
TO the principles OF the Republican party
OF twenty-five years ago? DO We not hold
conventions for the purpose Of formu-
lating plans for advanced lee.astion? And
must We be so clannish that II TIE change
does not come at the regularly specified
time. or because change OF conditions
demands n broadening Of laws In six
months, instead Of in one year. or two
years, or ten years, that we should not
work for Il?
II an opportunity of success is thrust
upon us. should we decline and postpone
it 10 a future date?
II is surely not my love for Governor
Sulzer that prompts me to favor his d.
rect primary bill. because | had as little
faith In him as any could have; but when
1t comes TO an Issue OF the peoples rights
against individual preference | humbly
submit to the former. as |. too, am Of the
conviction who cares not who leads, so
long as the people win"
II Mr. Barnes will favor the abolition of
the old and stagnant and labor for the
new and advanced; IL his activities and
efforts are in behalf of raising the stand
ard of the individual and diminishing his
cares and worries, especially in govern
mental matters so az to insure him more
freedom to develop his individuality. then
Mr.. Barnes will not have more loyal,
more earnest. more sincere or more la
borious and enthusiastic supporter than l.
JOSEPH LEWIS.
New York June 20 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
Fair PLAY for the Railroads.

It begins to look as if the Interstate Commerce
Commission would soon take up the question of al
lowing an increase Of freight rates in Eastern terri
tory. An order announcing inquiry into rates in
that territory issued on Saturday and then
withdrawn, for the purpose, 1t is understood In
Washington, Of changing its phraseoogy.
Certainly the complaints Of the railroads deserve
the commissions attention. For the last four or
FIVE years the carriers have been in the unenviable
position OF being forced to increase their expenses
without being allowed to enlarge their income. The
cost Of everything which they have to purchase
equipment, supplies and labor-has been going up
but they have been restrained by the government
from increasing the price Of transportation-the
only thing which they have to sell.
Federal control has been for them an absolutely
one-sided bargain. Congress has passed law,
which public opinion strongly supports providing
for the arbitration Of wage disputes between the
carriers and their employees. The railroads have
gone into many such arbtrations and the result OF
each has been TO give the employees substantial
Increase in wages. More arbitrations are in sight
and the railroads virtually asked by the gov
eminent and the public to go on increasing their
expenses of operation while they are debarred by
federal authority from seeking the higher returns
for service needed to meet the added cost.
That attitude toward the carriers is grossly I'M
Just II is the duty of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to see that the railroads are allowed 10
earn enough to Offset the new burdens constantly
put upon them as agencies responsive to govern
mental supervision. Under the present scheme OF
regulation the balance has been running steadily
and strongly against them. In the interest Of fair
play II ought to be redressed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
THE PARLIAMENTARY TERN
Reduced from Seven Years to f's
by Recent Legislation.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: VIII you allow me TO cores
popular error in your editorial Dfl"9s
Political Prospects," that the iesa' va
of the British Parliament is hve yeas
The legal term of Parliament Is
years. The average life Of ParlafneH
five years. and that is perhaps the '''
of your mistake.
/ do not remember a Parliament 80
it's full term. | cast my first vote a.
general election In 1850. and II my MENU
is correct believe one Of W. Il o'a
stones terms ran TO six years !
great pleasure in reading your eo'O
and they are as a rule so correct
JOSEPH @. TARH
Huntington. n. Y, June 20 lsla'
[Our editorial was correct. our
respondent overlooks the ParIia"''"
act OF 1911. which. among otner nv.
important constitutional changes pr
vided that Five years shall be suo'
tuted for seven years as the time ia
for the maximum duration OF ra.n
ment under the septennial act l'l''s
Ed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
Where and Why Suffrage Gains Most.

While convicted mitants In London shrek that
they are rebels and will remain rebels until they
get votes die in seeking them, Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait tells the Women's Suffrage Congress at
Budapest that "the cause" Is making more progress
in the United States than in any other important
country There is no better authority on the sub
ject than Mrs. Gait and her statement may be ac-
copied true.
1t will also be perceived by appreciative observers
that in the United States "the cause" is promoted
with less hysteria and militant violence and with
more womany dignity and grace than In other lands
The contrast between the beautiful and Impressive
Fifth avenue parade of few weeks ago and the
dsOrderly mobs which have ragged In Trafalgar
Square and on the streets Of London is great as
that between success and failure.
It is moot question whether the demand for
votes for women is wise and commendable But
there can be question that the manner I'm which
it is made is wiser and more commendabe, and far
more successful, in the United States than in the
United Kingdom or perhaps anywhere else in the
world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
Poetry in the Butchers Shop.

With a truly British faith in the gores OF his
trade butcher of FolkeStone has written porty
volume of art, philosophy, poetry and butchery
under the engaging title Of THE Purveyors Path
to Success" We are indebted to the London DAILY
Mail" for the meat of the work.
As a frontispiece the author presents colored
picture of the most perfect mutton chop he can
recall Window dressing he treats with all the
taste of a florist Once he relates, he excited all
Fokestone by a scheme of decoration done entirely
in beefsteaks-like a particularly ruddy Rubens.
From this fairly British creation he turns to row
of silver vases with single outlet IN each-a deli
cate conceit Of almost japanese restraint.
The rarest poetry and philosophy lie in the mar
ket day. however Here you find Sir Izaak Walton
and Borrow rolled into one. The lowing beasts
and the bleating sheep call him like drums speaking
to a soldier day at Ashford is voyage of adj
venture He begins, as might be surmised. by
slowing away n breakfast with an appetite as
keen as the edge of my trusty cleaver to enjoy the
delicate favour and rare tenderness of gried
Southdown chop" In the thick Of the bargaining
he pauses for such beautiful thoughts as these:
was particularly struck with the appearance Of
two black bred runts; especially Of one long
massive head with most kindly, sleepy, self-sats-
fed sweet countenance and honest broad face. Just
such l had sometimes noticed with show beasts
and occasionally at market-a good doer, thought
She stood chewing the cud with her forelegs wide
apart enough to let wheelbarrow through.
gentle and lofty soul, 1t can be seen, for all his
deadly habits. 1t is far cry, but we cannot help
noting that another Britisher, Mr. Rudyard Kipling,
found something approXimating poetry in the Chi
cago stockyards Which only goes to show, we
suppose, that when a thorough Engshman sets out
to find anything why, he finds it. whether it Is
there or not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
A Hundred Years of Locomotives.

There is cause for wonder at the failure Of the
industrial world TO commemorate ttingly this month
the centenary of the locomotive steam engine. It
is, Of course still less than hundred years since
the building of StephensOns Rocket" and there are
many who think Of it as the first locomotive but il
was not, nor was Stephenson the original inventor
Of steam traction railways. Doubtless his genius
well deserves the fame which it has won, as does
that Of Fulton and Morse; yet 1t scarcely be
disputed that all three Of those illustrlous bene-
factors of the race did their great works I'm the
successful adaptation and combination Of elements
which had previously been discovered and employed
by others
The germ Of the locomotive first displayed by
Trevthck at the end of the eighteenth century but
he lacked the genius the persistence to bring IL
to perfection. 1t was left to William Hedley chief
engineer of the historic Wylam coliery, near New
castle-on-Tyne, assisted by his colleague. Timothy
Hackworth to produce In June, 1918, practical
locomotive steam engine for use the coiery rail-
road This epoch-making machine, which was named
Putting Billy" and which is still preserved in the
South Kensington Museum, worked satisfactorily
and was the prototype of many others which were
widely used for fifteen years until in 1929 the Liver
pool & Manchester Railway Company encouraged
Stephenson to devise and build the Rocket"
II is doubtless true that it was Stephenson who
gave the impulse to the marvellous development Of
the locomotive which has since occurred II is
equally true that it was Hedleys great invention
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
THE ASTOR HOUSE IN lS43
What an English Visitor Thought Of
It's Luxuries.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir. In view OF the near demolition
OF the Astor House the following descrip-
ton of the old edhce will doubtless be in
teresting to many readers of The Tribune.
II was written by an Englishman, J. r.
Cooley, who was travelling In our coun-
try in lSi3. II will be inferred by the
tenor OF the article that there was moth
Ing like II in England:
Il dined with a friend at the Astor
House Hotel. which is really quite curl
osity, from its enormous size and admi-
raole arrangements There are no less
IMAM lS5 servants, and 500 guests can be
accommodated, notwithstanding which
there is more order and regularity and
good attendance than In almost any coun-
Try Inn that | ever saw. The walters
are drilled like regiment OF soldiers. and
your bell on the fourth floor is answered
IN TWO minutes. We had most sumptu-
Gus dinner. with literally all the deli
cacies Of the season. What is more as
tonishing is that you are allowed TO take
your meals at any hour you please with
out extra charge. yet for board. lodging
and attendance the price is only 81 day;
II Is to me quite inconprehenslble. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
An Open Forum for
Public Debate

ed by the four years OF the interval be-
tween that convention and the next sue
ceeding one. Colonel Richard W Thomp-
son. OF Indiana. was chairman OF thu
committee on resolutions, and by order
OF the committee on resolutions he suo-
mitted 10 the convention the following
resolution, which was adopted
Resolved. That the adjournment Of
this convention shall not work dssolu-
ton Of the same, but 1t shall remain rs
organized, subject 10 be called together
at any time and place that the Repuol.
can national executive committee sha!
designate"
While this resolution was adopted more
than forty-five years ago and eleven sub
sequent Republican national conventions
have been held. an investigation Of the
proceedings OF all the subsequent CONVEX
tions will not disclose any attempt what
ever at any subsequent convention TO re-
peal the resolution given above. The res
oution so adopted became the law gov
erning that convention and all subsequent
conventions.
The method OF selecting delegates TO
Republican national conventions was 50
fixed at the convention OF $3.50 thar me
several Congress districts at the tine
designated in the call would select TWO
delegates 10 the national convention sep
arate from any other district ana Tue
four MISUNDERSTANDING representing me
votes given In the convention on accom-.
OF the two United States Senators, Would
be chosen at a state convention called ioF
that purpose. Those who have read or
who may read the proceedings OF the nc
publican National Convention held N
Chicago in 1850 will become Thoroughly
advised of all the facts attendant up'h
the selection Of delegates and the manner
indicated OF issuing the call for the selec'
ton OF delegates. In this way the stas
or district committee acts upon the sa'
thority OF the rule laid down at the con-
vention Of 1850, and the rule so fixed ms
been followed continuously without queS
ton.
The rule in Democratic national con-
ventions OF requiring a two-thirds WV
of delegates 10 make nomination lO
President or ' lce-HreSident Was oNNF'
at the Democratic National Convention
OF 1874 for the purpose OF defeating NV
denomination OF Van Buren,, at "n',A
convention he obtained more than na'
jority of the votes Of delegates lns
Democratic national conventions nave
since adhered TO the rule requiring wv.
thirds vote. without any further acuva
on tho part OF the convention than resi-
flrmance of the rule through the conif'lF
tee on rules, and because the convehu0H
OF 1874 definitely determined what nun
Der OF votes should be required IN orue'
10 obtain the nomination.
The resolution at the convention
1858. given above. is still in force anu =
the law governing the national cofn"n
tee. II provides absolute authority ~
the recalling OF the Republican Nauoha.
Convention Of 1912 at any time or piS'
that the national committee might desN'
nate. ALBERT W. NlsiiAH1
Indianapolis. June II. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
A Blow to Free Art.

An unfortunate change made in the Underwood
bill by the Senate Finance Committee has escaped
general notice. 1t is the frightening from twenty
years fifty years of the age limit foreign paint
ings and sculptures which may be brought in free
Under the Payne law duty OF Is per cent is
levied on paintings and sculptures produced within
twenty years of the date Of Importation. That pro
vision was a compromise between the interests
which wanted to let all art in free and those which
wanted to give protection to the American
artist against the entry Of foreign canvases or
sculptures of the cheaper grades. In removing the
duty entirely on art over twenty years old an inn
portant step taken in the direction of free art
which The Tribune has always advocated because
Of its educational utility and its beneficial effects on
the standards Of public taste.
The Underwood bill as IL passed the House Of
Representatives went still further than the Payne
law and admitted free paintings, water coors pas
tells and original drawings, regardless OF the date
of production. 1t also admitted free twenty i'm
pressions Of any etching engraving. So much
progress in enlightenment had been made since the
Payne law experiment was first tried that pro-
test raised from any quarter against free art.
Yet the Senate Finance Committee, moved by some
mysterious influence. has voted to put on the duti-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
FOR A PARTY CONVENTION
Authority Is Cited for Recalling the
1912 Gathering at Any Time.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Considerable controversy has been
had and much difference OF opinion eX-
pressed upon the question of the right OF
the Republican National Committee 10 re-
call the delegates in convention that conf
posed the convention at Chicago In June,
1872 at which ex-Presdent Taft was re-
nominated. or to call a convention COM
posed OF new delegates for the considera-
ton OF the question OF party reorganiza-
ton. Encouragement of the apportionment
OF delegates 10 the national convention
and for other purposes that have been
discussed
From a study OF the proceedings OF the
national conventions, both Republican
and Democratic, find the rule 10 be that
motion made at one convention cover
ing any subject presented by the motion
may. II adopted. become the controlling
rule of action for any purpose compre-
hended by the motion during the exist
ence Of the convention at which the mo-
ton was adopted. Resolutions, however,
reduced to writing and formally adopted
become, after their adoption. organic and
continuous. and not only affect the con-
venton at which they were adopted but
subsequent conventions until they are
repealed by motion in writing for that
specific purpose.
The question is whether or not the Re-
publican National Convention, duly or
ganized, after a regular call OF the ma
tional committee, and where delegates
are chosen in conformity with the rules
provided by the national committee, De-
comes simply a temporary body for the
purpose of adopting a platform and NOM
mating candidates at the particular time
the convention has been called or TO such
time as the convention itself may adj
journ, or. whether the convention when
organized regularly and pursuant TO the
call OF the national committee becomes
not only an existing. active body for the
purpose at the time to adopt a platform
and to nominate candidates for President
and President. but also a continu-
Gus body. with self-perpetuating exist.
ence until the national committee shall
subsequently for the purpose OF the adop-
ton of q platform and the nomination OF
candidates for President and Vice-PresI-
dent. four years subsequent, call another
convention.
Much has been said and written on this
subject. An examination of the proceed
ings OF the Republican National Conven-
ton held at Chicago on May 20. 1868, at
which Grant and Colfax were nominated,
shows that the committee on resolutions
presented to the convention resolution
that was adopted which think fixes the
rule definitely. making the continuity Of
the convention when once organized UNI
broken during the entire period represent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
Political Blackmailers.

Governor Sulzer is TO be congratulated upon MS
success in fighting political blackmail For tnat Is
what the Tammany threat to ruin him II ne ola NOT
obey orders. followed by McCabe's hint about the
Vermont perjury charge, was.
The boss is said to have more stuff Of TINS sort 10
bring out regarding the Governor in an effort 10
carry out the threats of ruin. The political black-
maiers in Fourteenth Street said to have caused
the Governors record to be searched. Every accu-
sation that could be obtained against him has peen
collected or purchased to hold over his head AS
the most damaging charge would naturally be USED
first the Governor probably has nothing to fear
But what revelation of Tammanys political
Matchmaking methods the incident affords. Murphy
according TO the Governor, was anxious TO Duy
Curtis's forgery charge evidence when 1t was hrst
offered-to suppress 1t, presumably, if Suzer re-
manned obedient; to hold it over his head If ne
showed any signs of independence
The public obtains a fuller view of the boss sys-
TEN. Not only does the boss control the making OF
nominations and thus secure obedience by method
of rewards and punishments, but he reinforces his
authority by a kind OF terrorism, If he can Let
man make a misstep, or let him have been merely
the subject Of unjust but embarrassing accusations
and the boss has them In his card index to hold
over him and threaten him with exposure and eX
pulsiOn from public life. His agents whisper IN
the officials ear reminders that the boss has some
thing on him. And If that course is not sufficient
the McCabes for their boss drop their hint that
leads to exposure" All Of this is as honorable as
the methods Of the common blackmaier and as
courageous as the ways of the foul anonymous letter
writer.
It is good to see one attempt at such pohtlcal
Matchmaking fail and react upon the blackmailers
Governor Suffers vindication is complete. The
Judge the District Attorney, the chief counsel OPP
posed to him in the Vermont suit out of which the
perjury accusation grew unite in saying that there
was no perjury. They bear out Governor Suffers
explanation that the perjury charges were made IN
an effort 10 use the court to discredit witness in
Governor Suffers suit who expected to testify
in further suits affecting a considerable estate
such attempts to misuse the courts are not uncom-
mon The judges and the District Attorney saw the
intent in this instance and defeated it. The old
charge was promptly forgotten until 1t was raked
up to serve the purposes OF political blackmaiers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23

able list at Is per cent dd Uotorem all works OF art
less than fifty years old
No reason was given for adopting pohcy 50
Philistne and reactionary. If any age limit 10
thought to be necessary the present twehyyear one
ought to be ample But no such safeguard IL
needed American artists will be benehted more ny
the improvement Of art knowledge ana taste mere
through free mportations than they VIII ny par
tial closing of the home market to foreign artists
The Senate ought to go back to the far saner pro-
vision of the House bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23

which gave the inspiration and the impulse TO
Stephenson The Newcastle engineers achievement
Of just century ago may therefore he regarded as
the beginning Of what must rank among the three
or four most valuable and influential mechanical in
ventions in the history Of the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23

Mayor Gaynor has not yet written letter about
the police shakeup made necessary ny the exposures
in the East Side truck robbery scandal Isn't II re-
markable that many unpleasant incidents force
themselves on public attention in the management
Of so nearly perfect institution as the New York
poiice7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23

President Wilson will Chautauqua again to-day in
the hall OF the House Of Representatives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23

Il always dislike the people l agree WITH" says
Mr.. Edwin Pugh. They make feel that either
| have no mind OF my own or that they haven't"
Whoa, Edwin! Let popularity gradually.
Don't snatch!