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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
First Fruits of Democratic rome!
in the Philippines.

I, is difficult to determine the precise gravity
- the Philippine uprisings at TINS distance Wv
ernor Harrison persists in denying the eAioCe"O'
. ,bat various responsible correspondents nave
.ser With their own eyes, and there is thus no
.aoi.l source Of information. The country must
cot AZ the truth as best it can 1t certainly can
lot whit until an official graciously consents 70
lift the curtain and make public facts VIII" u
is every ones right and duty to know.
The insurrection IN the nelgnoornoou
Manila seems to have been easily suppressed anu
there is no occasion for alarmist views OF ""a'
NAV follow. The army is able and willing 10 "c''
and The possibility Of widespread consequences
mood not now be considered. The really sgnh-
cant feature Of the outbreak IS It's location III Ut
,ear Manila. These arc not Moros, living III
state Of savagcry. but citizens Of the most CIV
u;-ed nortiou Of the islands who have thus con-
.nired The afront to Mr.. Harisons senu-
mental administration comes from the very sec
tion Of the FilipinOs upon whom the burden ol
sAf- Government. when granted, would principally
fall.
II is not hard to surmise the psychology OF I'M
rest which lies behind this ill-tcmpered and I'M
polite revolt The policy which Mr.. Harrison
has pursued at President Wilson's direction IS
nerfectlv calculated 10 awaken every childish
grievance and stir to impudent defiance. Inc
American people have ceased to be vigorous
and keen-eyed parent; We have become, IN FIJI
ipno eyes. blind and indulgent anxious only TO
abandon our responsibilities and turn our
charges adrift with few kind words. The pas
sage of the Jones bill through the House and It's
progress in the Senate arc just so many signs to
patriots of the Rcartc school that America can
and should he foutcd
The significance Of these uprisngs to Congress
will scarcely be overlooked The more the ad-
mnistration seeks TO minimize them the more
it is borne i'm that here Is grave matter for de
bate. matter seriously affecting section of
foreign policy upon which the administration
has sought to lay down the right with scant
hearing Of the facts. The Senate is to be con-
graduated on its present hearings, and the fuller
and wider their character the better for the coun-
try. In the course Of them it would not be with
out interest for the Senate to inquire by what
right an official of the United States seeks TO
cut off his couutrymen from the facts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
The Century Of Peace.

There is grim irony in the fate Of Client at the
present hour Our century Of peace with Urea.
Britain was begun by treaty signed IN that e~-
ccllent town; and to-day. when We should be ce!e-
brating that great achievement, its birthplace
lies in ruins, the victim Of the most terrible OF
wars. No wonder that the celebration STANDS
postponed until happier time
Yet our one hundred years Of peace with Eng
land form a very solid rock TO cling TO IN the
present maestrom Of enmity and hate and N
particular. we can rejoice thankfully IN the
comfortable arrangement by which our Canadian
line is utterly freed from military significance.
Nearest neighbors are not always best irenGs.
We have had our Champ Clarks to irrltate ana
vex Matter for dispute has seldom been lack
ing. That 1914 finds us stanch friends shaking
hands across 3,00O-mie line which 1t never
occurs TO anybody to fortify is no small achieve
ment The state Of Europe as our century OF
peace ends should make US supremacy thankful
for the good will and friendly understanding be-
tween the two great nations Of North America
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
Foolish Protests Against the Municipal
Employment Bureau.

1t is natural that the private employment
agencies should raise protests against the work
Of the Municipal Employment Bureau, as they
have been doing. Nevertheless, it would be fool
ish for the city authorities to let such protests
interfere in any way with the furnishing Of ade-
quste funds TO operate this badly needed enter
prise Il may cut down the profits of the private
agencies to some extent. Yet if it puts unem-
ployed into Jobs the individuals will be benefited
and the community relieved Of the burden their
enforced maintenance would be. If obtaining en-
poyment through an agency depended on ability
to pay a fee thousands of those now out Of work
would remain out of work permanently-a per
maucnt drain on the working members Of the
community.
Every private business which feels competi-
tion or interference from some form Of public
activity complains that il is being driven to the
wall and having bread taken out Of honest citi-
zeus' mouths 10y public competition, Private
water companies cherish that attitude toward
municipality operated water supplies. Some
Physician have violent antipathy 10 the pre-
vcntiye and charitable curative work of the
Health Department cf this city. Yet the city has
10 intention of abandoning either line Of work
Nor should Il. There arc some things the city
should do even if it drives private workers in
the same field out Of business. Furnishing lob
70 every needy unemployed person whom It can
place is one Of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
The Shovel Mightier Than the Sword!

Fighting is still an absorbing game. we con-
tnue to believe, despite the reports which lay
stress on trench digging and other similar ac-
Invites. Building the Panama Canal was pretty
absorbing work for steam-shovel men and engi-
neers alike, and that was no more than trench
digging. There is no question, however, that the
present war has finally swept out of existence
the last Of the old trappings which once were
Synonymous with martial doings in the popular
mind. If war is still thrilling. interesting oc-
cupation, it is not because Of any decorations with
which it is idealized.
Symbolic Of the whole change is an interesting
statement by al English officer la.ey returned
from the front Writing TO The London Times -
nc says:
As regards equipment, sword IS very uncom-
mon object m she icd. 10 IS iuconyeaicn 20 carry
very awkward 20 tuck away IN trench, and when
one Is 81 close quarters with the enemy 10 is dis
t.ncty inferior TO - 0ayoaet. ! would personally far
rather carry battle-a%c, but as prefer a rife my
wants arc more easily supplied
\ battlefield without swords may be a very
scientific affair but it is certainly long way
from fighting as We have been brought up to re-
gard it, As a matter OF fact. the sword has act
ualy been discarded, by official order, in our
American army. Instead on officer carries a
magazine gun, amounting to a miniature rife.
Evidently the British officers arc working out
the same result as a matter of practice nd
necessity.
The same officer speaks Of the great usefulness
Of a new sort Of intNnching tool, which has al
ready saved thousands Of lives, he declares. II
the digging i'm game continues. subterranean
warfare may become much the war Of the
future ss submarine activity by sea. Tn that
event, officer will 90 into action waving
shovel Iu the air, and common sense, if not the
poets will have achieved another notable victory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
The Coming Tower
COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON.


porb.,s vor,ve noticed. T. 2. A., that in the cur
rent year
Ny offerings to your column were less frequent,
Less often have my gems Of wit humof' anu
graceful versifcation sclntillated mere
Than in the years Of nineteen eight or nine
and sequent
Believe me, sir, my silence speaks no absence o.
desire;
No lack Of zeal or loyalty or enthusiasm loI
your column has bid my muse be mute
But the inexorable demands Of an unsympathe'lc
competitive commercialism have quenched
my lyric fire,
And the grim necessity Of devotng my time 70
earning a living has stilIed my lyric flute
But none the less, Old Top, I'm still roofing
loudly for your turret,
And despite the fact that I'm not keen aoou'
the Tribune Except, perhaps Briggs
pictures and Mr.. krehbiels arJIces)'
souander cent on it every day.
And 50 at the approach Of the justly famous
Yulctidc season, sir, IT
Gives me great pleasure to wish you q Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year.
j. p A.
FLACCUs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
Plays for Reading.

The Pebble Library has done much for the
public and much for the stage Of this country
IN distributing among its forty-three branches
lists Of plays which may be borrowed. Several
hundred plays representing stage literature Of
thirteen countries, arc thus ready 70 be loaned
1t is TO be hoped there will be good demand
for them.
or course, play belongs on the stage; if il
isn't good for the stage it isn't good play. It
is almost equally true to say that play isn't
good unless it will make its merits apparent away
from the stage-that Is unless it has sufficient
force and appeal to the imagination and emo
lions 10 make d. value felt without the aids Of
scenery, light effects and the personalities of the
actors. The more good plays the public reads
the less willing 70 will be 10 accept bad plays
on the stage and tac less excuse managers will
haze for putting on tritc, conventional pieces
with the Statement They're what thc public
1xnts.' A huge reading public hasn't YET pre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
CoIunbia'S Accounts.

For quarter Of century professors and
students of political economy and government
have inveighed with not a little vltuperation and
sarcasm against the poor bookkeeping and waste
in our public administrations. Columbia Univer-
sity possesses one Of the strongest departments
of political science and economies in the country,
yet Columbia also possesses, apparently sys-
TEN Of accounts 50 feeble and inadequate that no
one can know which departments Of the uniyer-
sity are self-supporting and which are not, where
economies are possible or necessary or where eX-
penditures should be made. The tange has led
to somewhat strained relations between teachers
College and the central body and threatens con-
sderably more trouble unless the uniyersity's
financial house is completely oyerhaued and set
in order. and that promptly.
The moral, of course, is conspicuously obvious,
and it ought to teach academic gentlemen with
an inclination to Scold proper lesson in humil-
ity As matter Of fact, Columbia University is
suffering from much the same maIady that
afflics the entire nation, growth too rapid to be
strictly orderly. What both need is modern
budget system. Columbia can do Uncle Sam more
good by setting him the proper example in this
matter than by decades of lecturing to him in her
classrOOmS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
THE VOICE OF THE FRESHMAN
II Is Raised to Protest Against an Eng
iishman's View.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent Stephen
Haweis ironically asks as an English
man what Irishmen intend TO do with
the guns and ammunition supplied
them. In reply quote from ireland"
of November 80. 1919, a daily paper
printed In Dublin. From to-day the
sale Of military weapons and stores
throughout ireland is interdlcted. 4
full list Of all such articles in the
possession Of shopkeepers is demanded
with a view to their purchase by the
British authorities" Evidently Eng
lishmen in authority know what Irish
men mean 10 do with their arms.
in England the voice Of the furious
freshman is seldom heard What a
chance for a handful of Irishmcn
among England's millions. The lesson
OF the Manchester martyrs explains
why. The methods Of the Scottish
Borderers in Dublin arc another reason.
English fair play BIS too much for Irish
right. THE Irish party rules the roost
in tho Commons" when the fact is
80 Irish members are opposed by
nearly 600 British members. Evidently
figures don't count in the logic Of
Stephen Haweis.
we give the same old age pensions
AN over the British Isles" I'm other
words. Irish taxpayers ought 20 be
grateful TO England for being allowed
TO contribute increased taxes TO make
old age pensions possible. According
20 a late British government commits
sion, Ireland has been overtaNed at
the rate OF 100000 a year for over
sixty years. \ decade of old age pen
sions for the Irish hardly makes a
dent IN that debt Of England TO ireland.
II "tnglishmen love the Irish" why
don't they show 10 by removing that
military and despotic government OF
grafters from Dublin Castle and allow
lrishmcu 10 work out their own destiny
.n their own way. 80 that Ireland may
be allowed 90 take its place among the
smaller nntionaIitics" for whom Eng
land. with an altruism 50 truly admi-
rablc, has gone 20 war?
FRESHMAN.
New York, Dec Is, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
"NOBODIES"
Some Comment on the Men Of NV
National Security League

To the Editor Of The Tribune ..
Sir: According 70 an account 10 W.
issue Of the 10Th inst, ec''e.'
rabbi, speaking at one Of the eD.
military meetings in New fo'''
raised a cheer BY describing the OF.
ganizers of the movement TO s'l'''''-
interest in the national defence
people who are nobodies' ieu w .
pettv LAWYER who sent TO some %. H. l,,
chums 10 save the nation. 20 10Y,
tho rahbi vas right; the organizer o.
tho r,oycp,ent NAV have been unhho' %
"a hin, Rnt certainly such men ~
~ Frodcric Coudcrt. Herbert SAL
terlee, Paul Fuller, John ii"' 1p;.Ssri
moud. Cornelius Nande, e.
Harding Davis. Edwin Gould ana u,
MANY other organizer OF loe n.y..
mcni are not "nobodics' and mig.
With nropricty say 90 the raooi 'quV.
ing Milton: mot TO hno" me arsu''
yourself unknown. en-, 10TH .he
Certainly 10 should be- bcnnc!a3ih 'as
dignity Of a man TO class Dos leiioN 80.
"nobodies." and especially 30 Wh'" ,,.
sneaker Processes 90 preach tht uv,
trines of brotherly love and Alhdi'ii ~,
This is no time to dwell on pcrsonai'Vs5i
when each is seeking the Wclia'S
the nation. Let us keep our eye NN,
on the goal of national service AZ ~
see il. and not throw stones, cspe''''
when we live iu glass houses.
j. W. LONELAND, Jr'
Pearl River. y. Y. Dec ~. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
SUFFRAGE IN NEVADA
The Women Do Want the Vote There,
II Is Asserted.

To thc Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: VI, attention has been called TO
q letter written BY am anti-sufragist,
recently published IN The New York
Tribune. This letter states:
I'D THAT in Nevada iu the larger
towns. whore homes arc most uumer-
oue. suffrage was defeated nearly .
to /.
- That ln the mining camps.
where there we're no women .hc vote
was practically unanimous iu favor Of
suffrage. From these premises the sur
rrsing and entirely unfounded conclu-
sion is drawn
49, That "this is a confirmation Of
the contention OF the anti-suifragists
that women do not want the ballot
A. the president of the Nevada Equal
Franchise Society. iu charge Of the
campaign which has just been won in
Nevada. during which ! made per
aoual canvass and spoke iu every
county and practically every corner Of
the state, permit me 20 reply TO these
statements.
ID No town ir Nevada with a large
number Of homes or otherwise went
against suffrage nearly . TO 10 Reno.
the largest town boo the state and the
Chict centre Of auti-sufiragist opposi-
ton, with 400 votes. cast 300 votes
against the amendment and 900 for h.,
an adverse majority OF only 500
Carson. Virginia and Eureka were the
only other towns chat defeated it. cast
ing very small maiorlties against the
amendment. Every other town and
every other courtg, excluding those ia
which these towns are situated, carried
woman suffrage By largo majorities.
And many of these towns and counties
contain large number Of women and
of homes notably Ninucmucca. Elko.
Lorclock. Battle Mountain, Austin. etc.
AZ OF which gave large majoritics.
am leaving out OF the discussion the
large mining camps like Goldacld.
Ionopah, Ely. McGili. etc. where men
are iu larger proportions and. az Miss
Bronson states. cast heavy majoritcs
for woman suffrage.
- Miss Bronsou's statement that i'm
many mining camps. where there we're
no women, the vote was practically
unanimous 100 favor OF suffrage" u.s., am
very glad 20 say. absolutely true. The
fact ls also true that in many small
towns and farming communities where
there were many women the vote was
practically unanimous in favor of suf-
iragc.
t3I Miss Bronson dcduces from the
bo'c premises .he startling conclusion
"that the contention OF anti-sutrragists
that women do of want the ballot is
thereby confirmed,
I'm reply 10 thi7 conclusion lct me
state that the majority Of the women
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
A LETTER FOR YOU. MISS RoDMAN.

Miss Henrietta Rodman,
Out in the Open Air,
New York City.
Dear Teacher: Now that the Board O: Education
or isn't it?has suspended you, and now that the
teaching season is over didn't tive suggest
that you enter new and uucrowned profession
that Of lcttcr-writing
Your letter Of Nov. 10 TO this EiGel OF Erudition
establishes a record in literature. Rudyard Kipug
and Robert ". Chambers receive forty fifty cents
word for their published work; Booth Harrington,
Edna Fcrbcr and Julian Street get from ton TO forty
cents word. But you, dear lady, have paid for
your letter about 50 a word.
That letter, however, proved you 20 possess
powerful gift for expression. IL showed you to
have a strong talent for satire. commodity the
American public, notorious for g. sense of humor
"a sense Of humor tina. he comic in comic
supplements greatly delights n. See how the
sstire-loyiug public has rewarded. with glory and
gold, those great poct-satirists, Will Carleton and
Henry Van Dyke; those peerless dction-satirsts,
Harold Bell Wright and Eleanor Halowell Abbott;
and those relentless masters of pictorial satire, How
ard Chandler Christy, Harrison Fisher and J. c.
Leyendecker.
1t is on suggestion that you hire out as com
p,e:e lctcr-vrter. Ever so many letters are fairly
screaming TO be written. For instance:
LETTER TO The PUstC SERVICE COMMISSION.
THtHKIHG y COR THE PRIVILEGE Of RIDING IN
WOODEN CARS 20 CROWDED THAT ~ TrE COURSE oF
. DAY YOU NAY SEE LOT Or TYPES.
LETTER TO THE LEGISLATURES OF STATES THAT
Allow caiLDRG. TO LABOR UHRESTRlCrEOLY: SHOW.
ING The FfEEoon OF our BROAD LAND.
LETTER TO MEN VINO CONSCIOUSLY UaOEFPAY
THEIR HELP: THs.KisG Tsta FOR THEIR EFFORTS 10
aiNinizE TIE Evils AGlslHG FROM DIAMONDS AND
ALCOHOL.
LETTER 10 MANAGERS or THEATRES WHICH ARE
SOLO OUT % MINUTES AFTER The SEAT SALE OPENS.
LETTER TO NEWSPAPER PROPRETORS VINO PRINT
PATENT MEDICINE ADVERTISEMENTS. THANKING THtm
ron GIVING THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO GET OUT or
The CLUTCHES or PHYSICIANS.
If these subjects fail to interest you We shall
be glad, with contributorial assistance, to submit
others.
VIC were unable TO attend the athletic celebration
you mentioned in yours Of the 10th ult.; nor could
VIC be present last "Wednesday, when you lost the
standing broad teacher event
Thanking you for past favors as ,hc case may
be- or vice versa,
We arc
Yours truly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH
Miss Rodman's Punishment Called
Grossly Indefensible

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The condemnation Of MISS
Rodman By the Board Of Education IS
only what was 20 be expected from
that extraordinary body. Il MAKES
grave mistake if 10 expects 10 gain
the respect of the public by annlhils.-
ing the right Of free speech, m 80 iaf
as the teaching body is concerned. IN
employing public instructors ih's
board seems to forget that it rs Simply
the servant Of the people and that ib
one duty is not to surround lta Own
imaginary dignity with prepostetou'
safeguards appropriate only TO VT
entail despotism, but solely TO secure
the most efficient possible teaching
staff. When IL abuses It's transfer.
power to crush personal independence
and the right OF criticism IN order to
avenge its wounded vanity, 10 violates
the confidence Of the public and com
mits a grossly indefensiblc act.
Free speech is the right Of ne
teacher, as of every other citizen. Inc
teacher is not the slave Of the Boarl
Of Education, but simply fellow ser
want with II Of the general community,
and one servant has an absolute riga'
to criticise the acts Of a fello" ser
want. In "A land which boasts Of prs
freedom from cars and kaise-s, there
is no room for lee majesty ruling"
even on the part Of so august and quo,
cratic a body as the New York bosr9
Of Education. The outrage committee
on the entire community IN the wrohs
inflicted on Miss Rodman Is one iVl
which the perpetrators should be ne'u
strictly 20 account. -
JAMES r. MORTON, Jk
New York. Dec. u. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26

with no influential backing 20 help him
10 a good position stands AZ least as
good a chance OF making a living, nm "a
trccr. purcr atmosphere. supplying
foodstuHs 10 those who enjoy the real
stuff" of "thc biggest show ON earth,
as does the same average boy who
spends his life GlIjng some position
FOR which a hundred others are look
ing.
And. finally. 10 seems 20 mo that TO
be a big man I'M q small community Is
preferable TO being a small part OF
even "the biggest show on earth and
30 Of every 100 iu a big city are simply
very small coce iu q vcrg big wheel,
whether that whec. represents religion,
politics, business or pleasure.
n. W. 3.
West Saugcrtics, y. T.. Dec. 22, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26

vented the publication Of bad novels, and pup
lie better educated in dramatic values VIII not
prevent the production Of all bad plays. II
should. and undoubtedly will, in time make pos
sibe the production Of many interesting Sog-
gestiye comments on life, put into play form,
for which now there would be no commercial
market.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26

We had noticed. Flaccus, the conspicuous 'nlIe-
ouency Of your contributions this year; and VIC
wondered whether your having won the "atcn last
year had anything 70 90 with your dorcliction' We
are glad to know it has not Contribute as often as
you like, and only when.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
Pearl River. \. y. Dee. u. 1914

inc Trbuur IciyhrS 20 rfHiid
rsq,ie.s mot GH0HVriDH, ifirfs ttH-
Dr. printed ui This column fof 81.
oool fdifh. u0nie and address nia., y.
gignDd W cr,rv tusC. These uH n''
published o. thc Uritcr 50 requests
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
HONORABLE MENTION FOR oFFlcEF 259,.

HONORABLE MENTION FOR OFFICER -'e-
Sir: Even the ris, OF lowering Oicer -o'- u. l.'e
oei,ratiop of the proud and naughty members Of the
force won't YOU call for equine vote Of thanks or
what he did Christmas Eve az Madison avenue ana
,ard street. Pm sure thcrc'd Doe no ueghs.
\ team OF horses was slipping and Ealing in zine
vain effort move huge lead OF coal on tic 'sph''
which was like glass with thc melting SNOW; traffic
mas blocked: the driver helpless drive mostly are
when into the confusion charged officer 2i92 wheeling
a barrow piled with ashes. With his glovcd hands Inc
seized q spade from tho wagon. and pausiug only 10
say whoa. boy. Whoa. bog TO the painting horses
lie scattered the ashes over The asphalt
II vas irregular. but il relieved not only uc horses
but also the situation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26

Intoxicating liquors cost the American people Tor
1918 two and oue-hslf billion dollars. Whom besides
the seller was benefited Representative camp
bell. Congre ssional Record, Dee %. p ol9
The Horrors Of Prohibition, or Whom Was Bcnc-
ited?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26

No, we have not forgotten that We offered gold
watch for the best, in our judgment contribution TO
the Tower in 1914. The leader thus far Is GeletI
Burgess. who wrote the first Of typographs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26

Christmas celebrating, from an s!cohohc stand
point, might almost be called an act ol-"c naru''
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.