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A Job Well Done.

BY their prompt and vigorous action
In and about Union Square on Satur.
day afternoon the police suppressed at
the outset An anarchical demonstrate ton
that unchecked might have had serious
consequences. The attempt to break up
the Central Federated Union meeting
was planned long in advance. the pur-
pose Of the anarchist leaders being to
provoke conflict which would give
opportunity for attacks on property,
the Invasion Of private establishments,
and general debauch Of disorder.
Too frequently in such cases the
police act after the fact instead OF
before. therein failing conspicuously In
the important duty of preventing dis
turbances which is specifically imposed
on them. Commissioner McKAr is open
to no reproach on this score. He took
heed Of the indictments to riot early
and was adequately prepared to pro-
tect the city and its people.
There will be talk Of interference
with free speech" The fact is that the
anarchists planned to prevent the Cen
trail Federated Union from indulging in
Its right to free speech. 1t Is worth
bearing this In mind when tho effort
Ia made to transform the prisoners of
yesterday into martyrs.
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The Patcrson-Pass Contest.

The Seventh Congress district OF New
Jersey includes the large manufactur-
ing towns Of Passaic county, and the
disturbed condition Of labor In the mills
Of Paterson and Passaic has given the
Socialists real hope Of carrying the spe-
cial election tomorrow and gaining II
representative in the House. where they
have been without a spokesman since
the retirement Of VICTOR BERGER. The
Socialists were quick to take advantage
Of the situation created by the Indus
trial Workers OF the World In last
years strike in the district, and have
been campaigning steadily and intelli.
gently since it began.
The district was represented by Sena
tor HUGHES for several terms. and was
carried in 1912 by DREAMER on the
Democratic ticket by $3.50 votes, against
a divided opposition. The nomination
Of O'BYRNE. Democrat. IN the primaries
was a victory for Senator HUGHEs
President WILSON took no active part
In the contest until the nomination was
made. He has come out In a letter for
OBY8NE, and thus given basis for the
assertion that should the Democrats
fail to elect their man the Administrn
ton will have suffered distinct re-
buff from the voters.
The Republicans have made their
campaign for DRuKKER on the tariff
assailipR the Underwood bill. and their
success would have to be accepted al
an indication of dissatisfaction with
the new schedules in an important man
ufacturing district. A Socialist VIC
tory, however, would be Of local rather
than general Significance
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the selection Of Federal reserve cities
does not consist In the probable normal
operations Of the Federal reserve sys.
tenn along the lines laid down. Under
wise administration Of the Federal
reserve act by the Federal Reserve
Board the new system should operate
az well knit structural whole. and
an intelligent location Of reserve bank
branches can I've made to remedy the
material difficulties Of a poor choice Of
some Federal reserve cities. The finan.
cinl map which has been drawn de-
serves criticism because Of its political
hints Of further meddlesome interior.
ence with the established conditions Of
banking and general business.
No real harm has been done by the
map makers II the Federal Reserve
Board contains enough strong and able
men on It to outweigh the McAdoo-
Williams element, but apprehension Is
caused by the fact that the Comptroller
Of the Currency. JOHN SHELTON WILL
IAMs. and the Secretary Of the Treas.
ury, WILLIAM q. McADoo, constitute
majority Of the organization committee
and will be ex oficio members Of
the Federal Reserve Board. More
over. they will be. not ex officio but Of.
ficially, the two most powerful members
Of the reserve board. II their ideas
Of the fashion in which the duties Of
the board are to be discharged are ex.
pressed in the organization committees
work, President WILSON has more need
than ever Of looking carefully to the
five appointments which he has yet to
make to IL.
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at much less cost than s50.000 a year
interest. The magnificent public bnth
and swimming pool at the foot of East
Twenty.third street will always stand
as a monument to municipal extrava-
game and lack Of foresight that pres
ent and future Boards Of Estimate may
heed as warning. So clever a bust.
ness man as Borough President MARKS
will not be led into building a fancy
swimming pool in a costly location. to
reach which the poor must pay carfare
when cheaper lots may be selected that
are nearer the heart Of the tenement
districts. by all means let US not stint
the people In refreshment from baths
but let them be for wholesome recrea.
ton Of the working people. and not for
those who can afford to visit the Coney
Island public or the private pools in
this city.
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Is the Overman Rule Necessary?


Senator JONES Of Washington State
Incorporated in his speech on Panama
Canal tolls a number Of letters attack.
ing President WILSON viciously for his
stand against the exemption section. and
directly impugning his motives. These
assaults on the President were used to
illustrate the temper Of some Of the
Senator's constituents, and their pro-
duction in the debate was severely crit
icised inside and out Of the Senate.
So strong Is the feeling aroused that
Senator OvEsMAN has proposed new
rule for the protection Of the Presi-
dent In the future:
mo Senator in debate shall directly or
indirectly. by any form Of words. impute
to another Senator. or to other Senators.
any conduct or motive unworthy or unbe-
coming in . Senator. or in any manner
refer Unexpectedly or Extensively to the
President Of the United States or the
Vice President of the United states"
The object Of this broad proposal is.
Of course, to eliminate from debate ex.
hibitions Of had manners. But Is II
necessary for the Senate to 20 to the
length Of adopting such drastic regu'
lation to keep its members in order?
Are they naturally 20 impolite that
only rigid discipline can enforce
observance Of the ordinary amenities
among them? DO they actually need a
formal guide to the common proprie-
ties Of debate?
We do not think the Senate Is In 20
bad way as Mr.. OvERMAN's proposed
rule suggests. 1t is q well behaved
body generally. even In its most vio'
lent political heroicA
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TIE UNIVERSAL THREE.
Judge Gortion's Rhapsody on the Mystic
and Omnipresent Disit.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
publication In THE SUN OF several letters
on the subject OF the number three
and the number seven" reminds me OF
this Interview with former Judge James
Gay Gordon at the time of some political
excitement In Philadelphia In 1907:
Former Judge Gordon was asked his
Views as to the action OF the Committee
OF Seventy IN choosing three lawyers 10
look into the filtration evidence, and what
he thought these three lawyers could or
would do In the matter. He answered In
part: 1t is really extraordinary what
a part the number three plays IN history
and In all the affairs OF men. There are
the three wise men of Gotham and the
three tailors OF Tooley street: the three
sides of a triangle the three divisions
OF the day. morning. noon and night
tho three threes that make the Committee
OF Nine and the three tens that make the
thirty pieces OF silver that Judas got
There are the three regions OF the back
bone. the dorsal. the lumbar and the
pelvic. and there are tho three degrees OF
thirst. dry. extra dry and dry as a COW
cred bridge. There are the three prongs
TO Neptune's trident and the three RS OF
a rudlmentary education.
There are the three witches in Mac
beth" and Thrice the brindled cat hath
mew'd" There were the three Hebrew
children In the fiery furnace. and there
are the three extra cents for an exchange
ticket. There are three balls in the pawn
brokers' scutcheon and three stages in
equity pleading. the bin, the answer and
the replication.
There are the dauntlees three who
kept the bridge at Rome aud the three
expert engineers who inspected the Ultra
ton plant. There are tho three forms
OF matter. solid. liquid and gaseous. ard
there are the three years composing the
term OF the District Attorney. There are
the three unities OF time. place and cir
cumstance and Or Johnsons three grada-
tons OF liquor. claret for boys. port for
men and brandy for heroes
You could ms soon escape calumny
as avoid the omnipresent three. The
three constitutes tho larger end OF a full
hand and the minority OF the supreme
Court. The promissory note has three
days OF grace and the batter has three
strikes at the ball There are three es-
tates in the British Government and three
departments also IN ours. executive, lesis-
lative and judicial.
There Is the three ieaved clover which
the Committee OF Seventy found. and the
three leaved shamrock which the Irish
man prizes There are the three branches
Of the Susouehanna and the three times a
drowning man sinks before no fails TO
come up again. There are the three colors
In Old Glory and the three cheers" that
always greet It and an appropriation.
" 'Inslstent. irrepressible, irresistible.
triune unit The three orders OF the
clergy and the three stages In the prog
ress o. reformer tentative. victorious
and sangunary. The three members OF
the Civil Service Board and tho three
cups OF the thimble rgger The three
letters in Bah" and tho three cards Of
tho monte man.
".Then Hipi Hipl Hipl Three cheers
for the three"
HENRY y. McLoUoHIIN.
PHILADELPHIA, April 1.
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CONNOLLY FIGHTS FOLEY BILL
Queens President 10 Direct trm'
paign Against water Nessurc.

Az the request ~ many res,derts .
Queens borough. President Nsur.' p.
Connolly took command Of the ces' .'
IL being made TO persuade Gov Glvrr '.
veto the Foley-Maier water hNl
he believes, gives special p-'y,'rr p"
private water companies. Al the a..s.'
OF the Borough President a lct'c-
to every civic organization In tNr
ough, II said IN part:
I'VE are all familiar with tN. So. -
taken by the private water comp
eur borough. The COMPANIES have
In many instances TO pro, de itr'i
pressure have failed To- eNt'-
mains, when requested have g.
believe. to treat the residents '.
the question OF water rates
various other ways have not r''''
degree OF service To tho eta i~ ..
borough to which they are cW'i'
Efforts have been made ON ,a.'
cas!ons to compel the cor pdi'tS ''
the citizens fairly, but unfortunate
efforts have been mostly uUaN t..'-
withstanding that the efforts ~
payers we're haci"d ny 10y this 90.
departments ~ the city.
1T would seem 70 nc that '.'
OF III. Foley Maier bin Would I''"
continuance OF the present ut'.-
intolerable conditions
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Woes Of the Working Horse.

To Tur EDITOR % THE sCN--ST? II cheered
me sreatly to read the letter by Louise
Rice to think the good, faithful animals
have one moro loyal friend. Wa hear u
great deal about the working mans truu.
bles. but what about the horses troubles
when he IL fastened In the shafts with a
workingman driving him supplied with IL
ano,ted whip In England have often
seen an overloaded horse taken out ~ the
traces by order OF u policeman,
Our way to help the horses Is to rrfpse
to trads with the merchant who employ =
u cruel driver after he has been Informed
certainly think business men ara shoti
sighted who send out horses not property
shod. r. $. U
INV YoRg, April l.
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scheme for Emcient Supervision sub
mitted to Governor Clyun,

scheme for Emcient Superyision Sub.
mitted to Governor Clynn.
TO THE EDITOR OF The svN-str: At
TIM present time there 10 a sufficient
number Of Idle. high class. honest. COM
petent graduate engineers. who have had
practical experience in the field, to con-
struct every road yet to be built under
the vast appropriation that 10 gradually
disappearing without even giving the State
run for Its money. and the men of that
profession are about the least likely Of
any men In construction lines to become
interested In crooked business. Add to
their number the skilled superintendent
with fair knowledge OF engineering. and
from them the State could make selections
Tor the supervision required in its High
ways Department
fecting such q body OF men would sug-
gest that the State employ in Its High
ways Department only engineers and in
spectors acceptable to the American So
ciety OF Civil Engineers. I feel that this
recommendation really should not come
from layman but that It should have
smanated from the engineers over on For
tleth street 1t may be that collectively
the engineer 10 difildent and shy. but
speak from experience when I say that
individually he does not suffer from such
hindrance to his success.
Now let tho American Society OF Civil
Engineers come to tho help OF Governor
Glynn. II as body they should speak
right out In meeting and agree In the in
terests Of the public and Of their own pro-
fession to cooperate with the Governor,
could find ways and means for imposing
intelligence and honesty on the State De-
partment Of Highways
NEW YORK, April l. ALBERT OLIVER.
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In continuing to deny the fall Of Tor.
rcon General HUERrA displays the same
faulty that appears to have governed
his course during the siege. In other
words. he seems to he unable to deal
with realities. He should know that
he cannot deceive all the world on a
matter Of fact Of which the conclusive
proof is spread broadcast by his oppo-
nents, and he should know that he is only
discrediting himself by circulating false
hoods, yet he keeps on substituting the
thing he desires for the thing that is
and expects his utterances to be &C.
copied with blind faith.
There Is no small reason to think that
he might have saved Torreon and even
turned VILLAS attack into n dlsaste
II he had shown any appreciation Of
real conditions. A counter attack by
mere handful Of soldiers advancing
from the capital would have caught the
rebel commander between two fires. A
turning movement by few hundred
cavalry threatening his communicat lions
with Juarez would have placed him in
a most perilous situation. ny either
or both Of these methods he might have
been compelled to retreat, and his re.
treat might have been converted into
a rout.
But General HUERrA showed no ac-
tivity. Reenforcemcnts for General
VELAsco were talked Of after It was too
late 10 effect a junction, but nothing
was done. Blind faulty ruled in Mex
leo city. Boastful prophecies as to the
staying power Of the garrison at Tor
reon were given out and fictitious sue
cesses were proclaimed In order to give
color of reason to the policy Of inertia.
Now there Is talk Of force advancing
from the south, but the most It can be
expected to do Is to save the rem
nant Of vELAsco's force. An attack on
VILLAS victorious hordes and the recap
ture Of the lost stronghold Is almost
unthinkable.
The TOrreon episode BODIES badly for
HUERTA's fortunes, not merely because
Of the intrinsic loss but even more from
the demeanor Of himself and his Gov
eminent in the crisis. They seem to
have no power Of helping themselves.
Unless internal strife or some other
force Of disintegration destroys the
efficiency Of VILLAS army, there Is
no apparent reason why II should not
sweep on to the capital in the course of
few weeks.
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A STATUTE RIDDEN LAND.
Tho Pruning Hook, Not Grating knRe.
Needed In the Legislatures.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: In
the article "Jurist Calls Laws OF New
York Nonsense" there Is food for the
gravest thought of the entire citizenship
of this country. We should send to the
LEGISLATURE men not to enact more trash
and trunpery Of the kind that now bur-
dens our statute books. not men with a
knife to engraft more Of the same stun
but men with pruning hooks.
We do not need more laws What we
do need Dire statutes which say what Is
meant. We need them couched In simple
the unwise enactments which litter our
statute books like the trash heaps In a
junk yard.
New York 10 not the only sufferer. New
Jersey at the last session passed 867 acts
OF a public nature. covering 100 pages
II Is safe to assert that not more than
fifteen Of them were In any manner
needed.
The multiplicity Of statutes In placing
the lawyer in the position OF tho Con-
gresham when he inquired, Mr. Speaker
where was I at?'
There 10 a remedy which could sus-
gest, but I am afraid the politicians
would not be inclined TO fall In with 1t;
II is this: elect every good man over ana
over again to our various Legislatures
This would make them expert. Much of
the jumbled condition OF our statutory
law 10 due to Ignorance by that do not
mean general ignorance. but Ignorance OF
matters pertaining to legislation.
have been 20 situated In the last
twelve to fifteen years that have had to
keep my fingers very close on the stalls
tics and what might be termed the me
chanics Of legislation. have observed
that the first year q man goes to the Leg
islature he carries his measures" to the
Capitol In . dray. so to speak. but II he
IL Hn,,S In Gttn
cession. in the last year or two he gen
orally carries what he wants to intro
duce in his waistcoat pocket. In other
words, have known some legislators
who have been elected for three or four
terms who at their first session introduced
from twenty to forty bills. and In the
last session one or two, and would then
be as active voting down fool PROPOSE
tons as they were indignant In their
FIRST term at the then "old timers voting
down or rendering innocuous their own
pets With experience they recognized
the foolishness OF their former years.
Courts do not need any more pro
cedure," As General wickersham states.
but We do need moro expedition" and to
get that greater care should be exer-
cised In the admission Of attorneys to the
bar The trouble with procedure has
been in times past that there has been
more Of holding to the letter than to the
spirit, and therefore greater and still
greater amount OF legislation along those
lines has resulted to the infinite confusing
of all. Too many times have we heard
practically tho exclamation OF Shylock.
lis II so nominated in the bond tcode 2"
II not. then don't bend the procedure TO
At the case and cause Justice to be done.
but throw 1t out of court. and then have
some one try to put In a patch which Will
prevent a like recurrence.
JOHN II. PALMxH.
JERSEY CITY, April 4.
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The Real Menace Of the New Fl.
nancial Map.


So far as the tumult Of protest over
the new banking map Of the United
States drawn by the Federal reserve
organization committee Is merely an
expression Of sectional jealousy and
local pride. 1t does not count for much
in the scales Of reason. The commit
tees Ill advised swing around the cir
cult Of sectional and local rivalries was
bound to excite precisely such a dis
turbance as Its division Of the country
into reserve districts has caused. New
ertheless, as unreason Is as much OF a
factor in public sentiment as reason. II
is quite likely that some troublesome
manifestations will follow the official
designation Of Federal reserve cities
and tributary territory.
OF more concrete Importance Is the
committees failure to comply with the
terms Of the law that In defining re.
serve districts due regard should be
had to "the convenience and customary
course Of business" A survey Of Clear
ing House figures shows that both Gus
tom and convenience have been sighted
In preferring Cleveland to Cincinnati
as a Federal reserve city; in RELOCATING
Baltimore to place Of subordination to
Richmond; In naming Atlanta instead
OF New Orleans. and in putting Dallas
on the map at all. while great COM
mercial and industrial centre like Pitts
burg is ignored. and no account Is taken
Of the tendency Of banking business to
flow to other unnamed points.
In assigning three Federal reserve
cities to the South, the total Of banking
capital and surplus which the commit
tee was able to include in the Rich
mond. Atlanta and Dallas districts was
about s274 100000. The combined capt.
tai in the Boston. New York and Phila-
delphia districts Is nearly three times
as much. The disappropriate distribu-
ton Of reserve districts Is further de-
noted by the aggregate Of about $4S4,-
100000 for the capital and surplus Of
the banks In the Cleveland, Chicago and
st. Louis districts.
In order to set up q few weak re-
gional banks by processes contrary to
the requirements Of the Federal re-
serve act the committee had to make
heavy drafts on the areas naturally
dependent on the stronger financial
centres. It Is this and the purpose
implied. together with the financial con-
ceptions exemplihed, that makes the
work Of the organization committee a
menace. There Is more than sugges.
ton in the Federal reserve map OF an
effort to dig new channels for banking
on the theory that the vast volumes OF
ordinary banking business will have q
tendency to follow artificial regional
routes. 1t Is automatic that any at.
tempt Of tho sort must fail. but the use
Of political power to that end can pro
woke unsettling influences in the bust
mesa and financial situation.
Tho practical Ggnihcance OF the I'm.
intelligent discrimination exhibited in
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"pUGGY" AT FUNERAL.
hoy Who Caused Tragedy Attends
Service Over Fathers Bod,.

Thomas Pussy) Horgan returnei 90 80
Tombs yesterday afternoon after attend
Ing at his home 636 East Eirhty-e.ga'h
street, the funeral OF his father. William
Morgan. who was shot TO death py i.e..
Haerle on Thursday night.
Piggy. sobbing at the news % =
fathers death. wanted TO plead Gl''f
in General Sessions on Friday 10 a. '..
dictment for the robbery about 49, q
Moser testified against tho boz s.'
reused his father 10 seek vengeance. JI'rs
Rosalsky would not take the plea. SAY !.
that the boy was dlstraught and sent t.n
to tho Tombs in default OF S35O0 BAL on
= plea of not guilty.
The boy then expressed desire % .
tend his fathers funeral. Judge Rcsns,v
signed an order giving him perm.ss .1 -
do so and Deputy Sheriff Miller ilr> p go
10 the house yesterday.
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To rHn EDITOR or THE sus--Sr: Tim.
was when Hernard shaw WAS really rather
humorous. or at least amusing. Bu, In his
'rshuc endeavor to remain what the Eng
lirh call card" he succeeds In one thing
only. namely. impressing tho public with his
sillinesa
HIS latest nonsense about paid mother
hood shows his lack OF really clever ideas
No doubt his admirers still claim that his
object Ii to startle his hearers and then
laugh In his sleeve at them, douh,
whether many people stlll md Il worth
while to pay any attention 10 hts alleged
wit. BENEDICT PHrErn
NEwARI. n, J.. April I.