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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1915-04-06
CLERICAL FORCES
ARE CHANGED UP

Little Rock, April 6.-There have
been few minor changes in the cler-
ical forces at the state house on ac-
count of the appropriation bills. Bush
Binley of Phillips county, leaves the
office of the secretary of state, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
International Higher Law"

From the outset of the discussion be-
tween the United States and the German
and British governments, the American
case has beef admirably handled and the
vital concern Of this country clearly
perceived.
The announcement in Washington yes
terday that President Wilson intends to
ask for an explanation from both the
French and British governments of the
method they purpose to employ to en-
force their present policies indicates
continuing determination to protect
American interests and assert American
rights.
There is very clear and a very con-
siderable difference between the German
and British programmes. The former
does violence both to international prac
tice and common humanitarian consider
ations; the latter strikes only at inter
national usage and precept.
But if both Germany and England
have been driven by what they conceive
to be their own necessities to suspend
the operation Of international law, their
decision cannot be binding upon neutral6
upon the United States, the greatest
of all neutrals, with a duty to protect
neutral rights the world over.
Higher law" in international society
is hardly less dangerous, hardly less per-
ilous to the nations than it is in the more
familiar field of the police court. What
Germany and Great Britain are now
pleading is the higher law which, in
the end, is not law but anarchy.
We Americans shall be doing less than
our duty to all future generations of
our countrymen if we now passively per
nit the repeal of those customs and
pzctices which have long been accepted
as giving protection to the neutral en-
gagged in legitimate commerce and pur-
suing his own business without preju-
dice to any just right Of belligerent.
President Wilson and his subordinates
deserve the confidence and the common
dation of their fellow cOuntrymen for
having early perceived and steadily as
serted the American rights in the pres
ent crisis, which are not to be over
ridden by any effort to assert a doctrine
of higher law" in international rela-
tons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Another Experiment in Getting
To6ether."

II is easy to exaggerate the value OF
the present experiment to bring Repub-
lcans and Progressives together which
the Republican Publicity Association is
undertaking. The most useful and the
most active influence in reuniting those
who were once Republicans will doubt
less continue to be Democratic rather
than Republican or Progressive.
But no Republican should refuse to
recognize the value to his party in the
remote as well as the immediate future
Of q return Of the larger fraction
of those who marched with Colonel
Roosevelt in 1912 as a protest against
what they deemed the abuse OF party
power by party leaders.
The fact that this secession was the
cause of Republican disaster is Of minor
consideration now. Defeat was by no
means politically undesirable for a party
which by long years of easy victory had
grown too confident Of the duration Of
its lease upon the national government
and its hold upon the people.
What is a real and permanent concern
to all thoughtful Republicans is the fact
that the secession of 1912 took out of
the Republican party thousands and
thousands of young men, men of char
acter, courage and ideals, men needed
to contribute to the making of the fut-
ure of any political party destined TO
live and continue to exercise its hold
upon new generations.
To go no further away from home
than this city, it would be a simple task
to name score of young men just begin
ming to make themselves felt in the coun-
ellis of the Republican party, 10 the profit
of the party and quite as much to that
of the public life of this town and state.
who went out in 1912. Many, bat not
all. of them have not returned. a party
losing them must necessarily be poorer.
Any effort made by Republicans to
open the way for the return Of these Pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

gressivcs, an honorable way which does
not call for the sacrifice Of essential
principle on either side, is more than
useful-it is intelligent. 1t Is recog-
milton that the party has been poorer
without them and will be vastly better
qualified TO render public service If it
can win them back.
But it is idle TO suppose that such n
reunion can be made merely on the basis
of prospective victory of anti-Demo-
cratic policies. If there was an incalcu-
liable amount of rubbish in the Progress
sve platforms there was much that will
last in American politics. II many Of
the grievances within their party were
or are now-imaginary. some Of them
were real. Failure to recognize this on
the part of Republicans will be more
disastrous to them than to the Progress
sives, who, having votes, will have a
place in the sum-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
SchOOlboys and Potatoes.

Dr. John II. Finley is true socialist.
He has had before him for his inspection
at the State Education Building exhibits
of potatoes, apples and other farm prod
ucts raised by country schoolboys. But
transcending his interest in what boys
can do to farm products is his interest in
what these potatoes, apples and the like
make of the boys. This attitude toward
industry is at the root Of all socialism.
1t seems particularly appropriate when
assumed toward industry among school
boys.
II happen to know" DR.. Finley says.
"of one seemingly worthless boy who
has been made into a promising man by
a flock of white chickens" And many Of
us have known Of boys, encouraged early
in gainful avocations, who have turned
later into narrow usurers or unscrupu-
lous promoters 1t does not follow that
because boy raises splendid potatoes
the potatoes are raising a splendid boy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Causes tor Congratulation.

Commissioner Woods, his detective
bureau. and especially the youthful
Emilio Polighani, are to be congratulated
on the excellent work which resulted IN
the arrest, red handed, of the anarchist
assassin and his accomplish In the Ca
thedral. 1t was a desperate service, skill
fully carried through TO a conclusion
which makes punishment of the danger
Gus criminals certain.
Over this there Is bound to be general
satisfaction,i and there ought to be-
Whatever the social or economic wrongs
which these misguided individuals
fancied themselves called on to redress,
the bomb is not the agency of reform
which can gain approval in this land.
Even the intelectuals Of the Berkman-
Goldman persuasion stick to argument
and considerit more desirable than dyna-
mite. The public's satisfaction, there
fore, is twofold-because dangerous
malefactors, ;enemies of society, are I'M
der restraint, and because the Police
Department In an emergency rose to the
highest possibilities of service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Elihu Root, Statesman.

Elihu Roots term in the United States
Senate ends tomorrow. His retirement
will be deeply regretted by his con-
stituency in this state, by the Senate and
by the country. The public service too
rarely attracts men Of Mr.. Roots calibre.
In his career in Washington he has stood
out from the mass of politicians, leglsla-
tors and administrators. In every post
which he has held he has demonstrated
superior capacity and judgment.
AS Secretary of War. under President
Mckinley, he reorganized the army and
brought our military system into touch
with modern ideas. As Secretary of State
under President Roosevelt he conducted
the country's foreign relations with the
utmost suavity and distinction. In the
Senate, fortified by his valuable expert
ence in the Cabinet, he became at once a
natural leader. Colonel Roosevelt said
of him some years ago that he was the
ablest man then in public life. In his
aptitude and experience he recalls the
practised statesman of the early days OF
the republic-the statesman of the type
of James Madison, Albert Gallatin and
John Quincy Adams.
Congress and the country lose much in
the retirement of such a man from ma
tional politics. His own state also suffers
in so far as the maintenance Of its in
fluence in national affairs is concerned.
But New Workers have the consolation
that Mr.. Root will continue to give them
his invaluable services in the field Of
state politics. He will have the leading
part in the remaking of the state con-
stituton next summer. There may be
other tasks which he will accept before
he rounds out his political career. At
any rate, New Workers can always count
on him as disinterested adviser, ready
to give them the benefit Of his melowed
experience and ripened craftsmanship.
May we long enjoy the privilege!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
The Dacja Case.

The fact that the Dacia is to go into
a French instead of a British prize court
will be generally held to tighten the case
against a transfer of flag during hos
tilities. NJ. Edouard Clunet, a French
authority on international law, is quoted
as saying that France may apply the
edict of July 26, 1878, which refuses to
recognize the transfer of an enemy ship
TO a neutral owner after war has been
declared. Great Britain would have been
obliged to apply the article of the Decla-
ration of Paris. which merely says that a
transfer is void unless it is proved that
it was not made "in order to evade the
consequences to which an enemy vessel,
as such, is exposed
France may decide, however to ignore
her own Anticipated decree and use the
Declaration Of London as basis for
action. There is ample warrant in that
declaration to question the transaction by
which the ownership of the Dacia was
shifted Evading the consequences Of
internment is a phrase which may be
stretched practically TO the point Of pro-
hibiting any sale Of interned ships. One
of the gravest objections to the earlier
drafts Of the Wilson ship purchase bill
was that they seemed to open the way to
the wholesale purchase of German ships
marooned in our harbors. Such trans
action, as The Tribune several times
pointed out, would merely mean buying
into a lawsuit In a foreign admiralty
court.
Mr.. Breitung has bought such suit.
The decision OF the French court will
be very likely to discourage any further
efforts to convert Inferred beiligerent
merchantmen into American freight
carriers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Woman, as the Bible Depicts Her.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May | inform DESTROYS to Know"
of what "Femnism in the Bible" consists ?
| Will merely mention some passages. in the
hope that your correspondent will search
the Scriptures" and learn, according TO he
Bible, the position of woman. AS a point
of interest, it may be we'll to mention that
when the word scriptures" occurs in the
New Testament the Old Testament is meant
thereby. However, Will cite passages from
both the Old and New Testaments:
Genesis iii, 10; Exodus xxi. Z; Deuteron-
omy xiv, /; xxi, 1913; Judges xxi, %;
II Samuel xii, Il; lisa xii, 10; | Corin-
thians VII ALL. xiv, 3I-35; Col. III. ~;
Eph. ', "a; Peter ill., Is; | Tim ii, ll-14.
trust these few references Will satisfy
DESTROYS to Know" where the BiCle stands
on the subject of woman
Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton has said
that through theological suDerstitions
woman finds her most greyous bondage
"W oman is the organ of the devil" says st.
Bernard and from s.. John ChrysostOm we
learn that of all wild beasts, the most dan
gerous is woman" IL is also well not to
forget the prosecutions Martin Luther. John
Wesley, Cotton Mather and others of that
age inflicted on women thought to be
witches. Is. B.
New York Feb %, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
NsriCk Street.

The Board of Aldermen proves itself
on occasion a truly representative body.
It did so in voting down unanimously the
proposal TO change the name Of Varick
Street to Seventh Avenue South. The
community, grown more sensitive to the
continued CELEBRATION of its past, owes
II a debt of thanks not only for the de-
feat of so callOus a proposal, but for
its unanimity on the point, establishing
a limit of inexcusable legislation beyond
which not even a single city father per-
mits himself TO go.
Varick Street has been known as Var
lex Street for a century. The name is
distinctive, derived from an old New
York family, and reminiscent of that
mellow past when Greenwich Village
housed New York's most prosperous and
fashionable folk, and the beauX and
bellies made brave showing in their
ante-bellum tinery walking home of a
Sunday noon from st. Johns Chapel, or
promenading in st. Johns Park. Now
the quaint old st. Johns Park, after
which Gramercy Park was patterned, IS
Che site of an ugly freight terminal, and
tire dignifsd old dwelling houses with
their Ceor{ ian fanlisht doorways haze
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Give Suffrage q Trial.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: From the remarks of many whom l
hear talk on the subject and such state
ments as that of one Of your correspond
ents that women should be teaching boys
oeacc in stead Of seeking votes for women
I am convinced that many of those VINO are
opposed 10 government by all the people
sincerely imagine that women who want 10
vote. or all women, if allowed TO vote, could
not or would NOT do anything else.
We GOTTEN hear the remarks, Women should
be bearing children instead OF voting,
'Womans place is in the home" and the
ike. If these people would only be honest
with themselves they would know that vot-
ing by women does not prevent or hinder
the bearing and rearing of children or m
terfere with "the home" in the slightest de.
gree. In Colorado, where women have voted
for twenty-one gears, the percentage OF
children under five years of age and also
the children between the ages OF five and
ten 10 the women is larger than the aver
age Of states where women are rot citizens.
The best way. however, Is TO try 1t out.
Let the women have the vote and then the
"92 per cent who are opposed will have
to vote only once TO make male" the quail
fcation for a voice in government Of both
sexes Woman suffrage will thon be killed
for all time Nothing Q Sc will stop II.
ONE WHO HAS SEEN WOMEN VOTE.
New York Feb. 25, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Help the Legal Aid Society |!

The modest appeal which the Legal
Aid Society makes for contributions to
prevent curtailment of its service this
year should be answered generously. No
charitable organization does worthier
work. None could handle this work more
cheapy, as the record of 1914 shows.
Last year the society cared for the cases
of more than 10000 clients, at a cost of
about $4,000. That is, It brought that
number of bewildered unfortunates out
of legal entanglements and their attend
ant anxieties, at a cost OF a dollar a head
no small achievement
Large gifts are needed now TO pay off
$4,000 accumulated debts and maintain
the society's work at its normal state. 1t
is to be hoped they will be forthcoming.
It would be great misfortune, this
year of all years, if any part Of its &C
customed service had to be abandoned.
The hard times have brought unusual
difficulties upon the pOor-unemployment,
disputes with landlords, entanglements
with rapacious instalment house collec-
tors and the like. The advice and help Of
the Legal Aid Society are a sure solace
for the overburdened, ignorant individ-
ual who feels the laws clutches on him,
why, he knows not
Those fortunate persons who are able
to help the needy could choose no better
way to dispense their help than through
this society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Keeping Money in the Home.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In this 35th Police Precinct there
was "a tightening up from midnight Sat
urday TIL this morning for the saloons.
But evidently il was not the Mayor who
did the tightening up.
Your article on the situation was fine and
full
BY the way. the item saying that the
Brooklyn sa.oonkeepers' caution cost them
about sl50.000' struck ME. What became
Of the Sl5o000' ! imagine a good deal o.
it reached the home and some wives and
mothers and children are better of to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

given way to warehouses, themselves be-
come antique. About all that remains to
link this neighborhod to the heyday of Its
youth are st. Johns Chapel and the
names of its. streets.
st. Johns Chapel has been saved to the
city after years of agitation and con-
troversy. Varick Street is just now torn
up in typical New York fashion for the
construction iof the new West Side sub
way, and is to be permanently widened
It's name will possess an even greater
sentimental value after the change. St
Johns Chapel, on Seventh Avenue
South7 Fiddlesticks!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
THE PEOPLES COLUMN

So the saloonkeepers' loss is the homes
gain.
In this parish | estimate that in the III
saloons there is spent every Sunday from
$4,000 up think that yesterday not
more than $4,000 or $4,000 was spent, and
therefore | do not expect so many calls
this week for groceries, rent, etc
Any limiting of illegal sales by the adj
ministraton or by the Liquor Dealers As
ISOLATION rejoice in, fer it helps the homes
in which Gods people dwell
am much more interested in these
homes than am in the question of whether
the enforcement or non-enforcement Of the
liquor tax law by the Mayor will help or
hurt his future political course.
JAMES V. CHALMERS.
New York, March /, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
This Goose Honks High.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: A couple of weeks ago somebody
sent Manager George Vivian of the Punch
and Judy Theatre, where We are working
en- the stage, live goose, and then the
papers told as how the goose was going TO
lie given to the stage hands for 10 rattle be
tween themselves, first time we shortened
the wait between the second and third acts
OF The Clever Ones" We done it, but there
is no sign of a goose rattle. Now, | want
TO know, is this fair play?
JOE BERNSTEIN.
New York. Feb %. 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
They Shave Themselves.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Not long after the present admins
tration had become Installed a friend Of
mine had occasion 10 be in Washington.
Entering a tonsorial and manicurng es-
adjustment he queried as he slid into a
chair:
We'll. Sam, how is business"
Business? Dey amt no such thing. Dis
am de orneriest bunch ever did see Dey
shaves dems'efs, and bites der fngernails."
GEORGE NJ. DUDLEY.
Three Tuns, Penn, Feb. 26, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03

You can purchase merchandise advertised
In THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-tor
~ dissatisfaction results in any case The
TRIBUNE guarantees TO pay your money
back upon request. No red tape, no quib-
bling. We make good promptly if the adver-
tiseT does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
BY Wireless TO olympus.

Even in world war which fills each
edition Of the newspaper with new won
ders there is a passing thrill in the
laconic cable dispatch which announces:
French monoplanes arc darting over the
plains Of ancient Troy. Fighting between
landing parties and Turkish infantry is
occurring within a mile Of the tomb Of
Achilles.
If Zeus still rules on Olympus, is it
too much to imagine that he interrupts
his ambrosial draught to read the bulle-
tins wirelessed from his messengers on
"many-fountained Ida or on Tenedos
rising like a cloud to the west of the
gate of the Hellespont' Or is his immortal
jealousy awakened by the thunder of the
15-inch guns Of the Queen Elizabeth
shaking the plain of Ilium? Even Olym-
pian thunderbolts are not to be COM
pared with modern artillery.
President Wilson continues to ignore
Representative John J. Fitzgerald IN pat
ronage matters. That is a sure sign that
there is no intention Of calling a session
Of the new Congress this spring or this
summer.
The seizure of the Dacia by France shows
team work on the part Of the Allies It
allows French diplomacy to make flank at
tack on what survives OF the much battered
Declaration of London.
From the Spanish American point Of view
this session Of Congress might be best de-
scribed as a tug Of war between dictator
and flibuster
II takes all kinds to make a world, in
Guiding those who would abolish City Col
lege and keep the Board OF Aldermen.
half through" will be the welcome sig
nal flashed from Washington to the country
at 10 N. March =.
Turks Riot in Capital for Peace.-Headl.ne.
The nearer the enemy comes the more
pacific becomes the victim.
Colonel Cocktails might find abolishing the
isthmus a trife to handling one subway
situation.
The neutral steamship which rammed
the submarine turned from her course to
do il in the manner Of the worm.
Rttman. the young inventor, learned
from football how 10 reach his goal.
Why not arrest the principals in an eat
ing contest for attempted suicide?
Burglars Object to Mnnos.-Headine.
They should petition Congress.
Russian defence on the 3-yard line is
still rs good as ever.
Lions don't scratch those who can shoot
straight.
No matter who wins, the Turk always
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# | were much with him, think we
should fight continually. But the quarrels
would not be bitter enough to quench the
very great affection he inspired. | think he
is the most lovable man | ever met; Ger
tainly never knew anybody to put il
across" so we'll in the first ten seconds Il
meeting