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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
The Bow Who Could Not Spell.

Arc snpllers born or made? And If they can DC
made what is the best process Of manufacture? We
are clad to present evidence upon these 1mpor-
tant topcs the case of Edward Corps, a small Brit
sher whose teacher tried teach him to spell the
word trough" in true Dotheboys Hall fashion
The case came before the Kings Bench Division
in the form of libel suit. weekly publication
criticised the teacher for his methods ana the
teacher sued for damages. Let it be said at once
that he recovered farthings damage, pursuant to
the true spirit Of compromise which pervades Brit
fish justice
As for the facts the teacher dissatisfied with
ruff" as a spelling for trough" and gave the boy
two strokes of the cane on the hand to make the
spelling clearer This improved the spelling, but
the boy still seemed uncertain so another blow OF
the cane was administered. And as final in
genious touch the boy was required to run around
the playground dozen of times lin a hot sun
spelling the word as he Finally the boy
mother arrived in response 10 q summons and car
ried Master Edward Corps home leaving behind
her remark that the teacher was not eft to teach
pigs"
The point of the trial seems to us not so much
the interesting standards of British pedagogy
the fact that the victim of the occasion did not after
ALL learn how TO spell the word rough" We quote
from the report of the trial
For the defence, the boy Corps was called. His
head just appeared the ledge of the witness box:
Mr. Justice Darng-How do you spell rough
now?
The Boy-R-o-u-t-h. Much laughter. in
quence of which the little witness began to sob
loudly)
Surely not triumph for the methods used. Yet
who shall say that any other system would have
worked better? The case rather supports the notion
that the boy who cannot spell IS quite as frequent
as the boy who will not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
A Great Duty for the Graft PrObers.

John Kirkland Clark, selected as counsel for the
Assembly graft hunters has been District Attorney
Whtman's chief assistant in the John Doe investi-
CATION here. BY taking him the committee assures
the public that it will work in harmony with Mr..
Whitman and gives evidence of its earnestness
and honesty.
1t is eminently desirable that Mr.. Whitmans
splendid work here should be supplemented by an
inquiry with power TO reach all upstate territory
and with more impetus than Governor Glynns in
vestigation of the Highways Department The high
ways weren't the only producers of graft in con
tracts and brides and backmail Several other state
departments need a bill of health in place Of the
contag on sign. The Assembly committee must
probe them a-not for political effect and cam
paign material, but to expose the ooters and help
10 restore clean conditions. Mr.. Clark is young
man and ambitious: so Is Mr.. Sullivan chairman
Of the committee They have great opportunity
and n great duty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
" Safety First" for MIR. Bense' l"
the Graft Inquiry.

cat. t,rcipaor Rensel is an ardent convert W wv
safety first" campaign Under tne tie
courts he had a right OF course. 10 reiuse ~
-. .to s,ociaI grand Jury regarding his ol'ci"'
--,.,,,,, 90, Immunity bath SO had poor Naluo
a right 10 refuse to sign a waiver OF immunity
his testimony regarding police conuluo"9 W."
sired Inv the Curran aldermanic committee 90 n"'
Kennedy but his apprehension OF the nNeS'le"''V"
g, ,,,,;trrop e conducting was great that lie
nreferred death by his own hand. Mt bense'
80 20 tho right amounts TO plea that his tesu
,nonv would degrade or incriminate him. Inc pun
-. -.d,c+ IN his conduct must be that he was
afroid IN stand the probe without a guarantee Oh
safety location
.e1,bo silent sow gets the swil" the explanation
civen nv Mr. Benseps lawyer, is appropriate enough
IN annIcation TO the whole graft pigsty out II Is
not entirely an ADEQUATE and convincing excuse LOT
Mr. Bensels conduct. The contrast between Ills
rasen+ nodlocked lips and his previous loquaclous-
roes for he has even carried the customary 1ranA-
ness regarding public affairs through Official reports
and statements to the point Of keeping press agent
e too striking and significant The political hogs
-. tho rublic trough have found much swil- Inc
era fling has been good: plumber plentiful. II MI
Ronsel knows ANYTHING which would help to expose
rho orafters and stop the thevery it is his duty
under his oath Of Office to tell about It, His relusai
n nerform this manifest duty can be Interpreted IN
only one way.
Fortunately his refusal cannot permanently olocA
the graft probe Mr. Whitman has more than one
approach 10 the grafters. There is about to he an
other investigation by the Assembly committee
which may he expected to unearth more graft ana
fresh leads TO the hooters. Each days developments
emphasize the need for the broadcast deepest, most
unsparnc inquiry into the shocking state of AFFAIRS
which has driven one official to suicide and another
10 omen admission that his testimony might land
him in iaiI. Public welfare demands that the rot
ten state departments be cleaned and the corrup-
tionists put behind the bars. Nothing less Will meet
the situations needs and the public will have noth
ing less.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
The Right Precedent.

Why need the authorities in Washington look fur
Their for precedent to follow in the case OF the
nurderous bandit Castillo, now under arrest IN New
Mexico. than to our northern border? The best
precedent in the world that set by Canada IN
the case Of Thaw. Castillo, who wrecked the Cum
bre tunnel and caused the death of several Ameri-
cans is a decidedly undesirable Immigrant
There should he no hesitation about what govern
ment in Mexico 10 recognize. Justice should not be
defeated while this country puzzles over whether
villa is proper to receive the prisoner or not,
and the scandal OF interminabe legal actions for
the benefit of this robber and cutthroat should be
avoided He should he bundled swiftly across the
border
What Will happen once he is back on the other
side OF the Rio Grande will be sure to be Justice
which IS more than Canada could count on when
she hustled the bewildered Thaw out OF her terri
tory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
IN SUPPORT OF "MILLICENT"
To That Temple Upon a Minaret |,
Supplied Diagram.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
sir: Your correspondent Nv. A. p" must
be dense indeed not 10 understand the
letter by "Millicent." for the quotations
that he gives from her letter convey the
clearest kind OF meaning. and yet he says
that what she says seems TO him ''mare
words sisnifying nothing and illuminat-
ing nothing that Is dark within me"
For example. he says he does not un-
the "antis" are satisfied with founding a
temple OF manners upon a minaret Of
morals. The meaning may hurt his
vanity. but is so in line with true philos-
ophy that IL reminds me OF Emerson's
saying that want OF liberty strengthens
law and decorum and stupefes con
science" Nv. A. P.'s" conscience must be
stupefed or he would catch the drift OF
of "Millicent's" meaning
He further says that ne does not under
stand what she means by saying the
cause should not be judged By manners
or even by morals in a restricted sense.
but by the larger standard VI justice.
This indicates that wv. A. r." secs the
trees but not the woods" so TO speak.
That is TO say he Is an individuallst and
cannot understand the philosophic view
which comprehends causes as well as
results.
Speaking OF morals. the "antis' as rule
have n very weak idea that THE way 20
make good citizen Is to propol a child
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
Germany as Frankenstein.

They are surely coming to grips in Germany over
the relation between the army and the civil govern
ment representative Of the imperial ministry in
forms the Reichstag that ii cannot egisate for the
control of the army, 10 restrain it from exercising
extreme powers in time of peace. To forbid
the repetition of such incidents that at Xabern
would require an amendment Of the imperial con-
sttution.
Yet the army is created and maintained by the
Reichstag. Every increase Of the army has been
effected by parliamentary enactment. Every years
supply Of funds for military maintenance has to he
voted by the representatives Of the eope.
That may be good doctrine in the eyes OF some
underlings Of the War Lord who strive to be more
imperial than the Emperor But IL is gravely 10 be
doubted whether the German nation and its elected
representatives will permanently aud meeky sub
nit 10 having the role of Frankenstein thus thrust
upon them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
\ Whit from Between Worlds.

-, Whit NJ wood smoke gave Mr.. kipling his start
before the Royal Geographers. He chose ~ 'ouJ"''
with sense which polite civilized folk ignore ""e"
they can but which is tied up with the most viVlo
memories in all Of MS none the less. From the
smell Of dried fish. which is Burma. and the smel'
Of the camel which is Arabia. he came to WOOD
smoke
Whit OF il can take us back TO forgotten marches
o,or unnamed mountains with disreputaole compah-
ions. 10 dav-long halts beside flooded rivers IN te
rain: TO wonderful mornings Of youth IN pililallI
lighted lands, where everything Was poSsIo'e 9 1
generally done TO uneasy wakings under Tow
desert moon and top of cruel hard peppleS, anu,
bove ALL to that Gods own hour all the World over
when the stars have gone out and II Is 100 ga ~
clear and lies with the fuIhes Oh hiSt isht
embers in ones nostrils-lies and waits lor he"
horizon to heave itself up against new ha"h
SO flows the Kpng magic, a hint of that stlrrns
Of vague. primitive records in sophisticated brains
which made the Jungle Books And once TINS Jug
Cling with the centuries takes hold the sweep INTO
the future comes easily enough With the years
rushing by like stars, and tween worlds WIFI
cutting cold You presently arrive upon the lost
narts Of the world our own New York in the heap'
And as corner or two whips by you are SHOWN
these letters in the sky:
The old mechanism is scrapped, and the MOODS ana
emotions that went with il have followed ON! tIe
spirit of carries on unatered ana uhappedsdoe'
swift and adventurous life we lead upon
warm smelling and delectable planet. So runs the
Kipling philosophy which it is pleasure to believe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
False Argument Against the Police Re-
forms.

Mr. Jerome, opposing Mayor Mitchel's police re-
form bills in letter 10 the chairman Of the Senate
Cities Committee draws an affecting picture of the
hardships they would produce for the force Men
who had entered the service expecting TO give their
lives TO It and by faithful performance Of their
duties had antagonized powerful people, even poll
ticians would have no fundamental safeguard
against improper removal If the court review Of
notice trials We're abolished, Mr. Jerome insists He
finds it Incredible that any Police Commissioner
would confess himself unable TO handle his force
without unrestrained power 10 do injustice to his
subordnates.
All this would be important well as affecting
if II were true. But it isn't. Mr. Jeromes rhetoric
is better than his reasoning. No injustice would
be done TO any subordinate by an intelligent and
honest Police Commissioner If injustices occurred
they would be attributable directly 10 the chief ex
ecutive OF the force and IL would be much easier
10 change him than TO get rid OF corrupt inspector
intrenched behind legal technicalities. On the other
hand nobody knows better than Mr. Jerome that
the present condition he defends is bar TO perse
cuuon OF an honest policeman by politician
whether member OF the police system or civilian.
Nobody knows better than Mr.. Jerome, TOO, how the
laws technicalies prevent the doing of Justice for
il was he who once promised 10 follow the trail OF
crookedness inside the doors of the Metropolitan if
necessary. He didn't. and he would be no friend OF
anybody who said It was anything but the impossi-
bility Of surrounding the technical obstacles that
prevented him.
II want to break the police system declared
Mayor Mitchell at the meeting Of the Charity or
ganization Society. Il want 10 give every patrol
man the chance 70 be an honest man II he wants
10 be" IL cannot be broken while the courts can
reinstate policemen whom the Commissioners has
dismissed from the force.
II is hard to how an honest. hard working
policeman could suffer without this privilege OF Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
A TRUST WITHOUT PROFIT
So Member of Convicted Pssr
Dealers Band Declares

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: | have read The Troum
twenty years. and / am surprised ''s
paper Of your standing should puo'~
editorial Jail Terms for the hl'n
OF Living" / thought At least you "
take the trouble to investigate ana
out the true merits Of the i've P''
case before condemning us.
The District Attorney has ne'o
intimated that our old ASSOCIATION
an undue profit The books. "n''"
now in his hands. and which. II you
YOU could have investigated oy an ."
would show that the gross pron' I"
association was only A., per CENT ~
il costs more than 3 per cent 10 :"
ness it left a net profit OF aoou'
cent on the last years in when 'H'
citation existed. s,|
This certainly does not look !"
were making the sky the hn"
charges and. as matter OF fact W.
ceipts Of live poultry since 'ne a.
I'M Of the association have Increases
2 oo0 cars TO almost 5000 cars am
average price is about three ''"
Mound higher This certainly doe'
dictate that the association hsd o.
70 do with increasing prices
contrary. the only effect that 'he
alton had upon prices was 10 ~"
standard market and prevent
fluctuations. ,As
As convincing evidence that We ~
monopoly OF the business you COZ
see by examining the sworn -, .
tho di0erent witnesses that While y.
socia,ion MANNERS were handling =
cent of the business when orsa'" s.,a>
matter of fact they were on' ., -
2 bout SIS per cent when the S'uv"
sniracv was started against ,ns~
certainly never intended to v''-
law. and before the association q ~
ganlzed legal opinion was oota'n.s,
,hs District Attorney o. "o
County. and prior to that OUT ...S 70
doing business had been suO'"' v.,k a
then District Attorney OF New .sSsS
and he assured Us that II VS.
legal Srp
Now We certainly never ~sn''
,.,e env law and all that s0as ~
been necessary for tine Disu'r ~
to have done was 10 say ths', Al
ion. We we're violating the A'..,,s5
association would have oeeh .s
broken up. II Was not pron'A, -
US. and we certainly did not '0'. -
other. The nercest compe'.,
among the members. ana cur ,,.ss
for hanging together was TO man,
commission OF per Gen
Personally. my Arm did .ne .ss ~
the association more than ~, ~
OF business and made prom ~
our books are open to p'o' 49,
ment at any time. II TINS e.xsr
money squeezed out OF 'h' "a ~
fail TO see. Live poultry j. ~.
NJ people the bulk OF who"' 40
irresponsible. and oui al -
formed principally To pro''.' mp
New York. Feb 10. l'i@
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
A SQUARE DEAL FOR RAILROADS
Also There Is Due a Square Deal for
the Stockholders.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We usually find The Tribune on
the right scent. as in your editorial to-
day: "Postponing the Square Deal Which
Is Due to the Railroads" When wages
have greatly increased and material for
equipment of our railroads costs much
more than formerly. is it not reasonable
that higher rates should prevail for the
freight which our railroads handle?
Our great railroad corporations are not
some monsters springing out of the
woods TO prey upon the people. Take the
great Pennsylvania Railroad "a an ex-
ample. Its stockholders Uhat is its own
ers) number some 5000 persons. and al
most one-half Of these are women. The
necessaries and the comforts of life are
thus by many secured from investments
in this railroad. Many purchased the
stocks OF this company at over $3.50
share Tor rather two $50 shares. but to-
day il one must for any reason sell his
interest If he can get only about SIP.
loss of almost 10 per cent on cost price.
And why is this? Because in large part
that railroad cannot get a just return for
services rendered the public The Inter
state Commerce Commission. instead of
instant and wise action in favor of the
railroad, postpones the matter another
six months. In the depots Of the Penn
sykania Railroad Company are seen
posted on the walls printed arguments
for granting higher rates TO that corpora
ton. Verify, must railroad get down on
its kpeea hafors tho nublic md tho nou-
ers that be and plead simply for justice?
JOHN X. JONES.
Metuchen, y. j., Feb. Il, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
Precedent, or None, at Panama.

"In the United States" says Representative Dore-
mus In standing pat for tolls exemption for coast
wise commerce at Panama, 1--WE have never charged
domestic commerce a toll for the use of any water
way improved at the expense Of the government.
To do so at Panama would be an innovation.
The United States has never before constructed a
waterway under an international treaty prescribing
the terms and conditions of its operation and man
agement. Its doing so at Panama is AL innovation.
Is IT not logical 10 assume that new conditions
Justify new regulations?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
A HINT FOR Mr.. FETHERSTON
Clean the River Streets First, Urges q
Reader.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: For the last twenty-five years
have watched them try TO remove the
snow from our streets, and hope before
my death TO see them try 10 do il right.
when they tunnel mountain they start
from the ends and work into toward the
centre. The snow cleaners start from CEN
tire and work out II they cleaned South
and West streets then few cross
streets. such as Chambers and Fulton.
when snow trucks got TO the river they
could unload without delay.
Just as am writing this have noticed
a truck loaded with snow stuck twenty
minutes at James Slip and Water street
WILLIAM O'BIERNE
New York. Feb. II, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
THE RIGHT TO VOTE
Its Existence for Either Sex Chai-
lenged.

| To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: b. X Eisner, In your issue OF the
18th inst, seems 10 insist that ut IS
woman's ethical and constitutional right
to vote" and some | know call it natu-
raj right. Now. in contradiction TO this,
Senator Elihu Root says: Suffrage is not
natural right. but simply a privilege
granted by the state on certain conditions
being complied with. and is simply
means OF government" and the real ques-
ton is whether government by the sur
frage of men and women will he better
than by the suffrage of men alone
AS | look at It, this question is not one
Of tyranny of one sex over the other-a
sort of male monopoly-but one OF ex-
pediency.
In New Jersey women could formerly
vote In 1907 the new constitution took
away this voting power, and some doubted
the constitutionality of the measure. hold
ing that the people of the colonies pos
sessed, under the common law of England.
the franchise as a right attached TO the
freehold, and women as we'll as men were
freeholders.
And so the question arose AS 10 the
meaning of the courts when they held
that immunity from discrimination IS
the right to exercise a political privilege
in a property right" and. according to
the Fourteenth Amendment of our Const
tuition. citizen cannot be deprived of
valuable property rights without due
process of law
But we note that lately at Trenton.
~ j.. this discussion was set at rest by a
decision of the Supreme Court that no
woman is entitled TO vote at the state
election also that the laws OF New Jer-
sey refusing TO permit women to vote are
constitutional.
Your correspondent says: IF there
were only ten women who did want 10
vote the ten should have that privilege"
Now, suffraglsts themselves say that only
per cent of the women OF this country
favor woman suffrage, and ar a referen-
DUN in Boston in 1895 for granting women
municipal suffrage emily per cent of the
women OF the state took the trouble TO
go 10 the polls and vote. Also, in San
Francisco. where women can vote, only 26
per cent of the women voted at the last
election.
Surely one may we'll ask Do our women
folk really want the vote?
j. c. PUMPELLY.
New York. Feb. Il, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPyS.

February 17-Mstress Hda to call upon my wife
and n. and | did go for long walk through the
town albeit at the end OF it was surprised TO note
the distance we had gone II. is home from being at
Palm Beach. and told me Of the great style that Is
affected by the Palm Beachcombers. one lady, she
said having changed her gowns ten times in single
day and in the evenings at the dances it is common
for the ladies TO 90 to their rooms and change their
gowns between dances. Which seemeth To me to be
the widest folly, but scarce enough to grow wroth
over, forasmuch as there be many sensible women In
the world and If these ladies did give no thought to
dress. happy they might never think soever To my
Office and did my stint betimes, and thence to the
playhouse and "Sari' and enjoyed it greatly.
large crowd there to it, too, shelving that decent
plays do please the publick too.
1S-To my Charless, who is stopping indoors
with misery in his throat poor wretch, and played
at casino with him and gayned thereat "a and my
luncheon too To my office where was Henry Har j.
son the tayle-wrter. but he in a hurry to leave.
can stay long enough, Mr.. Pepys, saith he, to see
your desk But nay, saith |, an so be you wish
to be at the playhouse when the curtain rseth, you
will not tarry here TO my desk, so he went on.
The town is filled with snow. and what is to be done
with it all | do not know, doth any other.
The cars do not run upon Broad Way, but while
hold It an outrage. yet I glad in secret, since
no longer hear the great brakes screaming Their
ineficency the world at six o'clock In the morning
Speaking OF the excellence OF "Sari" the lyrics
particularly and unusually good. They are
written far less prosy than those in most other
tertainments Of the sort. and with considerable skill
in versifcation. They so good that 1t makes one
regret the scarcity of performers with sense OF
articulation II is difficult TO distinguish than
quarter OF the sung words
An adroit versfer is Adrian Ross who wrote the
lyrics for The Girl the Film" but Miss Connie
Ediss and Mr.. George Grossmith the only ones in
the show whose diction projects across the FL
Perhaps Of the difficulties with lyrics is that
many of the singers don't know what the
words mean. II you doubt that, attend the rehearsal
of musical comedy some time And another trouble
is that the composer frequently Is DESTROYS to
have his music heard than IN have the public know
what the song Is about But there 20
again. Discussing matters we have no knowledge Of |
Turning 10 themes we may anmadvert with au-
thorty, it, seems that f. A. Winter runs summer |
garden In Jersey City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19
THE PEOPLES COLUMN
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.

with ignorant admonltions from IN f~
of the home rather than to lx =
with an enlightened intelligence o.
the world" The invalid remoteBes -
genuine life of the old-fashioned mn
needs a little OF the rough sagach .
humor OF public affairs before L f1t
be possible for women generally
efficient mothers Of children who are y
Of the swaddling clothes period II
ANTS seem 10 think that nothsfrs'
consists Of taking care Of chlldrep W
their tenth year only. ANYBODY eau r
that suffrage will enable them 10 b "
ter mothers after that period. WAIT
New York. Feb Is, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-19

appreciate very much correction OF this
statement, as Mr.. Porter resigned as sec
rotary Of the Efficiency Society I'm Sep
TENDER. 1918.
EFFICIENCY SOCIETY, INC.
r. W. Walker, Secretary Membership ana
Publicity.
New York, Feb. II. 1914