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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
WAR OVER A SALUTE
This Reader Fails to See Why American
BIood Should Be Shed in Such q Cause.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: All patriotic Americans are one In
the belief that reparation for the Tam
pico affair should be demanded of Huerta {;
but will some one explain wherein the
refusal of Huerta to comply with our
demands makes It necessary for this
powerful nation of 100000 souls TO open
war on a little nation. already torn with
strife. of only 100000 people?
Why all this to-do and fuss? II Huerta
will not accede TO our demands, why not
lust sink two or three of his measly gun
boats and then have our fleet steam back
home?
very much fear the Presidents action
will only 1eopardize the lives Of Amer!-
cans in the interior of Mexico by melting
race prejudice among all classes Of Mex
leans. Because OF our trouble with Huerta,
certainly that is no reason for train
ing our guns on the Constituuonalists'
heretofore our friends.
The recent victories of the Constitution
alists give every assurance That II lett
TO themselves the MeXicans will be able
TO settle their own affairs as quickly as
We could for them. And the sending OF
two or three of Huertas gunboats 10
"Davy Joness locker will alone serve
the double purpose of bringing Huerta to
his knees and OF Fastening the end OF
tho war by the aid thus rendered the
rebels. Why. then. should American
blood be shed when the spilling OF Mex
lean blood alone will suffice?
Il seems to me il would have been FAR
better had the President just left the
whole affair in Admiral Mayo's hands.
Had he done go, venture 10 say II would
be ancient history now.
We don't want war. and there is no
need OF war. Just because Wilson and
Huerta can't como TO terms about "A sa-
lutte. j. {. LOthE.
Monticello. ". Y. April 90 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
THE CHRISTIAN LAW
The Sermon on the Mount Is Cited
Against the Death Penalty.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent w. {. {. IN
to-day's Tribune seems to forget that as
a Christian nation We are living under the
new dispensation and that the new
abolished the old.
All his quotations are Biblical but they
are from the old Jewish law and not
from the New Testament The Master IN
the Sermon on the Mount, distinctly aool-
ished this particular law that w {. L
urges as Biblical authority for capital
punishment. He said:
"Ye have heard that It hath been SAID
An eve for an eye and tooth for a
tooth: But | say unto you that ye resist
not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee
on thy right cheek. turn TO him the other
also"-Matt. V. So, SO.
The law he, W. G. g, quotes is JEWISH
but the founder of Christianity certainly
abolished IT in the word He spoke as
49,. T. n.
Morristown. y. j.. April %. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
The Regulation of Insurance Rates.

The progressive spirit of the Supreme Court of
the United States has again prevailed. Against
wealth of argument it has upheld the State Of
Kansas in its regulation Of insurance companies
Three Justices dissented and Justice Lamar, their
spokesman, exclaimed at what he conceived TO he
the revolutionary nature of the decision. In h.s
view, the findings Of the majority carried to their
logical conclusion would uphold the right Of Con-
gress to fix prices and wages in every business.
We think the country will approve the decision
in this without accepting the radical differences
drawn from it by the minority. If any business
has become affected with public interest it is the
business Of insurance to-day organized Justice
McKenna, in the majority opinion, pointed out the
striking characteristics which dinerentiae It from
other businesses and necesstate its regulation. The
interdependence of insurance contracts IS one point
the fortunes of thousands scattered wide
territory being bound up in one common fund. The
monopolistic character of the business Is another.
for under the present system, whereby rates and
contracts fixed in the councils Of the under
writers, the public has no actual liberty of con
tract whatever. third point is the public neces-
sity Of insurance.
In dra wing these distinctions the mai ority opin.
ion clearly intends to dscaim any such radical
intention as the minority seeks to place upon the
decision. Nor do think the country will suffer
for the somewhat indefinite state In which the law
is left The advisability of regulating such II bust
ness as insurance seems fairly clear. On the other
hand, the country is by no means minded TO em-
bark on the dubious project OF fixing prices and
wages generally. The present decision leaves much
ground open for debate. But it makes the fact clear
that changing conditions. whatever they may be,
make the public interest paramount in any particu-
lar business, the highest court Of this land stands
ready 10 extend the publics power of control there
TO. Such a stand seems 10 OF far more impor-
lance to the nation than over-precse definition
Of broad constitutional terms
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
Leading Minority of the Minority.

Representative james Il. Manns impetuosity Is
continually getting him into embarrassments which
responsible party leader ought to avoid He Is
becoming leader whom his followers do not follow
When the conference report on the currency bill
passed the House on December % he made an III.
advised attack upon II which msrepresented the
feeling Of many Republican Representatives. and he
subsequently bad the cbagrin " seeing one. third
~ his Republican associates vote against him
On Monday in the debate on the resolution JUST
Tying the employment OF the military forces Of the
United States in Mexico he cut an even worse
figure ar party leader. He deprecated war with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22

Mexico and pictured it's evil consequences put
opposed the passage OF the sort OF resolution ied''
likely TO involve the country In hostllitles WIFI 'n
entire Mexican nation. In so dong ne did ho'
reflect the views of his Republican colleagues e''
when the vote was taken only twenty-eight VI "''
hundred odd Republicans voted with him.
Were Mr. Mann speaking only for hlmseil ho o"'
could properly criticse him for uphoidlhs HIS po'
sonal convictions But his usefulness as a eduei -
impaired when he seems to commit inc oPpoSi''0"
as a whole to views which are held by only po''
tion-and sometimes by the smaller poruoh-oi '"'
minority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
THE IMPOTENCE OF NUMBERS
Mr.. Barnes Says II Is Easier to Handle
Men by the Half Million.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: / have read with great interest
this morning your editorial with refer
ence TO the proposal made by Mr.. Hedges
that the Republicans this year should
hold an unofficial state convention for
the purpose of recommending candidates
to the enrolled Republicans OF the state.
to be voted OH on primary day, established
by law for September %. in which you
state: ITO most people it Will seem a
paradox that small coterie of politicians
should find the 10000 TO 10000 Repub-
Leans who may be expected TO take part
in the primary easier material 10 work
upon than the i,oIo-odd delegates who
would compose Republican state con-
vention."
IL may seem to most people paradox
that it is easier TO control half a million
men than a thousand but If that is true,
most people are deficient in knowledge
of what | had supposed WAS a patent
fact-that it is much easier to control a
large crowd than small one.
In group OF three no one man con-
trolls, because he must secure the sup
port of one of the other two on equal
terms with himself, whereas one man
can easily dominate a multitude
Your contention is occasionally made,
but it is so contrary to the facts of his
tory that il seems astonishing that you
should project it.
Perhaps the most notable instances of
the control Of crowd by one man were
shown in the election OF Louis Napoleon
to the Presidency Of the second French
Republic and the plebiscite whereby his
seizure of the government in violation OF
the constitution WAS ratified after the
event.
The nomination OF candidates by direct
primary lnsures control by one man or a
small group. The fact that their plans
have been ratified by vote, which is in
the nature of plebiscite, gives them a
certificate of popular approval of their
proposals which they could not secure
in a convention OF delegates unless. II
there is contention. they prove their case.
For the benefit OF your readers permit
me 10 quote from Mr.. Emerson's essay on
"Self-reliance" 1T is easy in the world
to live after the worlds opinion; II is
easy in solitude to live after our own.
but tho great man is he who in the midst
Of the crowd keeps with perfect sweet
ness the independence of solitude"
IL is truism that It is only in a crowd
that a man loses the mental security and
lxity OF will which he possesses in soil
tude. Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM BARNES.
New York City. April Is, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
THE COST OF SUFFRAGE


To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Marjorie Dorman. in this mornings
Tribune, asks one OF your readers TO state
what will be the extra cost to New York
City and New York State to double tho
electorate.
In the last special election the cost was
just as much for the very small percent
age OF men who voted as II would have
been If every man had voted. No more
polling places would be required and the
only additional expense would be the cost
of printing the extra number OF ballots.
Since the 'antis" assure us that only S
per cent of the women are interested in
voting. this would not be worth while es-
umatlng.
The present high cost OF living exists
without this extra cost OF running Off 8
per cent more ballots. and Is due largely
TO tho graft and cost OF investigating and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
MEXICO.
BY MAwRUsS PERRIN

BY MAWRUSS fERLMtlrth
MEXICO CITY the 2lst Apr.-Ninety days i
been now here and what is the result: Nothing.
could give it to you straight, Mr.. Cohningthauer,
there is ,cahrhdftg nothing TO get excited about and
am leaving New York on the midnight
seen Werther this noon and he assures me on
his honor there is use my remaining longer For
my part | don't put value on my life at all and
you could ask practically anybody in the cloak trade
excepting g. Schuldenfre which that sucker has got
it grudge against me- is Mawruss Perlmutter
coward oder amt he. You know me, am grad so
brave as the next Teller. But owe certain duty
10 my wife and Abe Potasl. my partner, so | am
leaving this here Mexico. AID if you want to fire
me- duch recht. you could do so.
/ got enough Mexico for my game lebtdg, believe
me | am mighty glad to get away from this place,
and so happy I composed kind Of a. now. poem
about it which goes like this:
/ draher sell goods in Sarahcuse
Than be In a town like Vera Cruz.
and oblige NJ PERLMUTrER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
BIBLICAL PENALTY FOR MURDER
A Reader Refuses to Regard its Pre-.
cepts as Infallible.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In this morning Tribune ". c q.
presents several Biblical statements by
which he attempts to prove that the pen
atty of murder is in accordance with the
word Of God
1t is a pity that there Is such a LARGE
number Of otherwise broad men Who re-
gard as infallible a position that can he
supported by a quotation from the Bible
II is a mere platitude TO state that the
devil himself can quote Scripture 20
Justify his acts. All creeds, no matter
how Numerically opposed, maintain then
tenets by producing extracts from the
Bible.
What ". c. c. and other Bible quoters
should bear in mind is that the admonl'
lions and regulations contained IN the
Bible were for the guidance OF the people
who lived in Egypt several thousand
years ago. Were a man to attempt
lead a life in accordance with the script
ural teachings he would find himself
limited TO the few dishes that were known
bv the ancients. he would be obliged 70
remove his snoes upon tHlSii"e "
and in the cold winters Of the north ths'
custom would entail severe hardships' ne
would lend money 10 WhomsoeVer IT,
quested a loan, etc. OF course, l DO MOI
mean to imply that every Biblical pas
sage is antiquated The Ten Commanu'
ments are as true to-day as they were III
the time of Moses.
We should not permit the Scriptures 10
bind as in our thinking. The Blo!e Is
history Of the times OF long ago. we can
as consistently transplant into our mora
life all the customs prevailing four thou
sand wears ago as we can administer the
laws of a fifteenth century european
notify TO-DAY HARRY SHAPIRO.
New York. April 20. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
An OpenF Forum
IEOI LIZ AOLONIA> Debate.

prosecuting graft. Most women who are
public spirited enough 70 vote would OPP
pose the election of officials who permit
or promote graft. and they, combined with
the men who are in favor of honest gov
eminent, would create majority and
save the state a thousand times the total
cost Of elections. regardless of how many
voted
The cost Of elections. however, has
rothing 70 do with the right TO discrimi-
rate against half of the citizens merely
on account of sex.
JOHN s. DUNCAN.
New York City, April q, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
REFORM IN THE CRADLE
But Who Will Reform the Mothers
First?

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Marjorie Dorman In YESTERDAY 2
Tribune presents great scheme for re-
forming the voters of the country VIM
is 10 go back TO the cradle But SID
the mother is presumed 10 90 the ieio'
ing. some one will have 10 reform 'H'
mothers 10 make them reform the ~
spective voters. .ts
Now since only per cent OF ~,
women are suffragettes' ana sun go
cannot bear and rear children
TO the "antis" 10 effect this reform
Probably the mothers have been do'ns
the best they knew how to BRING W W" Ia
boys. so that Marjorie Dorman shO''
Give directions to the present mothers -
bows. and as each boy is born suppl
mother with the book Of INSTRUCTIONS
II viii take twenty years for those ~
a., the cradle TO vote, and probaOp
hundred years before the ordinary -.
will have died of and the improved s'v
established. We hope the anus ~,
commence this method right away SO w.,
our grandchildren may rave 'he W.
Of il. .,, %.
am lust wondering If there mism
"a so,,,o dificultv i'm enforcing the Ioi'
born mothers OF the lower classes -
form their boy tables and MAKE 80,
that there will re not more but Ue
voters" We have teard that 'he'e
en- are TO be feared. .stsal
or course. Marjorie Dorman mas ~" n o,
worked out II lifts great ou'ue" ,rc,
our minds To have the positive Ass ane
that all this highway. water system ,,nu
cana, yrafting will be stopped WIN"
nfty or a hundred years. -ox
JOHN NJ WILklNSo''
N.w York city. April 90. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
DE VERSIBUS ROMANS.
THE G. S. or j

T. 7. A. pr1cIarlsslmo columne
conductor s. p d. contributor in
solitus B. r.
Editoribus Nassau Magazine LiterariG
illutrissimis qui primum TURKS Concinne
hodierne carmen tuum Latino reddtum po-
suerc, premium librum iii pollicentbus qui
falsam in hoe carmine quantitatem in-veniret,
ego Jam etsi temere Responded: dcbere esse
brevem verdi tottw penultimam. guam
tamen seXto eorum versa pro Tonga perperam
scribunt.
Coumnam nihilo minus alb lis iocundam
atque mlCantem scrptam eSse censeo, adco
ut qu nisi ipsorum voluntate acrius ibi pee
cata qu9reat, tetrlcum putldumque eXisti-
mandum. Vale
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
Al One Conductor to Another.

At colyum conducting, dear old Nassau Lit
Congratuatory, slip you our mitt.
Though Yae's got its Record, and we've got rep,
Your soulful illusions displayed lots OF pep.
If three united we'd match F. p. A.
Permit pasteboards-
TIE C. I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
THE STRAIGHT OF IT.

lfrom the Dansvie IN. " Daily BreezeJ
For the benefit OF some people both here I'm Seuben
Co. ana IN Livingston County ! settle little
matter right. Now quite often people speak OF South
DansNille ~ town while matter fact So Dams
VINE is Only the name or our post Office. town
IS the only town OF Evansville there is New York stat.
rms tWon is dansvlle, Steuben Co.. the post office is
>. Dansville. The little hamlet here called or rather
named Rogersvile. named after William C. Rogers and
once In while we hear some say, town OF Rogers
Vile or s. Evansville meaning town OF Dansve North
Evansville was taken from this town and the village n
~ Dansve Ia wrongly called Dansville Will. the pos
once only has the right 10 the or DansvIs
on this matter. 'e"'
We know 1t Is wrong but Mexico always seems TO
us like another of those semi-pro countries
The treasured Evening Post eludes the proofroom
with gorilla warfare
Well, grlm-vsaged war hath smoothed his
wrlnkled front
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
CANADIAN RATES.
FOREIGN RATES.
Entered at th. Posonce New York as Second C''


The Tribune uses its best cndeavors 70 lnsUte md
trustworthncss of every advertisement ~ ont in
70 avoid the publication of all advertisements N
ing misleading statements or CLAIMS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
and oblige

Among the matters our ignorance embraces is
advertising. And among its mysteries is this baf-
fer: Why don't typewriter advertisements always
state the price OF the machine?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
Nir in turro alto Tribunorum,

tt TT IUTIO dIIO ITIDuHOTU1,
Carissime:
lncipis, vidco, loquare inguam Latham
loco in vostro. Neritabile novum est i'll
seculo nostro rerum ct laudable. Quidquid
agis, prudenter agas
Pro hodie, habeas tc in pacem.
CAROLUS LUDOvICUs.
Mexico awaits with tranquility runs Huerta S
cabled statement 1.-The development of events grow
ing out of the controversy One wonders what
would ruhe Nictoriano.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22

o,.. and rubli,hed daily by The Tribune Assocauon
. New York corporation ogden NJ Reid presoens. "
v.rnor Rogers Secretary and Treasurer Address
building No 1854 Nassau street. New YORK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
The Coming Ioqver
Catalan Mathematics.

"viromus mca Lesbia otque amenus"-Carm V.
Nv Lesbia.' let US live and love!
For VIC should worry II score
Or iaundiced hasbeens dsapprove!
Suns that have set must rise once more
But Loves brief candle, Tor us twain {.
When once extnguished, leaves night
From which no sleeper wakes again
So give me now, my hearts delight
A thousand kisses! That's the stuff!
And now hundred more, my. sweet,
And then thousand Not enough
That blissful hundred we'll repeat
Which means, OF course, thousand more
AS vet untried Then let us take
A hundred that missed before,
And as Our thirst we strive to STAKE
Bv thrilling thousands, on the sly
Wen fake the totals, and keep num-
No hoodoo with an evil eye
Can queer us then, nor guess the sum ,
O''' 4"N F. H. NJ.
wife M.u :, c; a t. a.; A.s lf. Mrs swift
Are those artificial flowers in the glass cornuco-
ria in the automobe:'
Yes my dear. Have you some silk roses Vioie's
and pansies to wear on your new too-hght dress
"Oh. yes Have my black-uppered tan shoes come
home:'
"Yes. And your gold vanity bag, with the COM
plete makeup outfit, is here too
by the way think the monogram on your new
silk shirts is lovely"
isn't it? Well, get my derby and put on your
ighly-polished black straw hat and we'll 90 down
TO that Exhibition Of Bad Taste Id love to see
those silly things people used to have in their houses
and the atrocious things they used to wear twenty
five years ago"
An roncal makeup man-if that isn't term
run the story of the Bad Taste
Exhibition next pure obituary poetry"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22
WHY THE QUoTEs7
From the New York Herald
Dodgers Drive "Matty" from, Bor BY
Terrific Attack, Netting Victory.
WHY THE QUoTEs7
ROBBIE" OUTWITS MAC"

Twenty-Five Thousand Fans See big Six Fall at
EbbetS Field.
According to f. w. r., Villa is all dressed I'D
and noHuerta 90.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22

Well. grlmvisaged war hath smoothed hi
wrlnked front
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-22

An ironica makeup man-if that isn't a term
ontradicton-might run the story Of the Bad Taste
Exhibition next pure obituary poetry"
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SUBSCRIPTION RATEs.-By Mall Postage PAID ou''' q
York:
ralv And sunday IS Daily only seH.,n...''
f,siy / Sunday only, 8 moh'hs'' IN
Teiyy oniv month. 80 sunday only year -'V
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eth. wife O, O M.t.lIu. Ceer, Ansce Mrs swift II
history speaks truth, she lived up 10 the ute
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-01
Governor @ Neal
GclnloI tely solved


Hs Montgomery, Ala. March 81. aoy-
EeFnor Emmett 0sNeai was car, = = 4. ... =
uDaoITed Today by Il grand Jury that
iryast tigated public charges made upon
him by Theo. Lacy formerly an Of
lticial OF the state convict department
and now Under sentence for embezs
element Of tie tepattnlant's funds
s. - . riu INEy 8 reporti presented to
= z IITIsslead Brown, Was as fol-
idtssa
The grand jnry begs to report az
& ifssi 5iIiy eyiuence eonnectiIig Governor
emmett o'Neal with the Lacy defalca-
ticii.
The arand pury insestl lon was
Iliade at the instance OF the governor
who vigorously denied statements
Hhlngle by Lacy. Five witnessed, In
9einding Lacy, Were exAmff.Ad
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-01
MOI lgT1ch
Negro Girl
She Had SIZED Young White Man
ACT of cringing Barbarity
Jails Overpowered
tBy AakoeIated Press.l

Muskogee.i Okla, March sl.-Marie
Scott, q negro woman who killed
Lemuel Peace q young white man.
Sunday by driving q knife into his
heart. was taken out of the Wagoner
county Jail earl today and hanged TO
u telephone 10 The mob oyerpow-
cred the ialser frsw a rope over the
wornan's lead #nd dragged her ogt of
the Jail.
A knock at tho Jail door aroused the
sleeping jailef alone in the office.
A voice oiitsidh said an Officer was
there with pr oaers. The 3ailer op-
ene9 the door md laced twelve reVoI-
Yers. He was bound quickly and his
keys taken.
The mob bzl5esl the screaming wo.
man from he cell, tied a rope about
her neck and Sfagged her to teIe-
phone, pole. q Block from the jail. An
hour later the sheriff cut down the
dead body.
=. Fhe county attarnay has started an
Investigation OF lle lynclling.
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Passengers Ride re
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lBy Assoriated PFessli

s Toledo, o.. March, St Thotisaads aR
citizens or Toledo q day Continued -
ride free on cars nneratSd By the To-
leap Railway and .eIit Co. tile eits
solicitor having advised fl1e tSassaI. <
gers to refuse 10 Il Cen E % Ssr,S
ofsmpre than tire g cant sie prnvided
by an ordfnace that -; en ~ erk tnfo
effect, assd the cosnbany decilniug u
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they you'd pay D more i5an the.
three cents fafe 3 &ii0Wed tfs side
free. tho. ccInpepy Il iaiur lo rs cos
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tton has been init +