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Pap VS.. Public Interest.

The Brooklyn Young Republican Club
has Just completed an investigation Of
legislative expenses and junkets which
should prove extremely interesting to the
taxpayers of the state. This inquest was
divided into two parts. The first took up
the expenses Of the committees on Privi-
leges and Elections Of the two houses for
the years 1913-1915, inclusive. il dis
closed the amazing fact that the hotel ex-
penses alone of these committees for that
period amounted to S2S,S66.74; their total
expenses, including railroad fares, pat
ronage-a heavy item-allowances to
counsel and the like, we're $117,027.09.
OF these bills the clubs report says:
"The conclusion seems irresistible that the
committees on Privileges and Elections
Of both houses have been, to large ex-
tent, excuses for junkets for the enjoy
ment Of the members thereof. The testi-
monv taken before the committees, few
hundred pages in most cases, could readily
have been taken in three or four days and
the question speedily determined at the
very beginning of the session, as it should
be. in order that the person rightfully en-
titled to the seat should obtain it at the
earliest moment" The report adds: at
is utterly impossible to contemplate the
list Of employees without coming TO the
conclusion that the greater number of
these employees were appointed to pay
political debts, with the understanding
faithfully adhered 10. that they should do
no work whatsoever" That accusation is
supported by the declaration that one en-
ploye, listed as a subpoena server, was
manager Of large insurance agency at
good salary; others were bartenders.
Going into the general question Of legis-
lative patronage, the club found twenty
employees hired by the year by the Assem-
bly,, at an expense Of about $32 900 year
and 191 per diem employees, costing about
$3.50 a day, their employment computed
at seven days "A week In the Senate were
fifteen yearly employees, costing about ST.
900 per annum. and 1862 per diem workers
whose pay aggregated $3.50 a day. The
clubs conclusion was that "thcrc are too
many employees now, particularly too many
clerks, committee clerks, messengers and
janitors."
To remedy this situation, Mr. McQuis-
ton. Of Brooklyn. has introduced a bill
striking out the provision permitting legis-
lativc officers and employees 10 be appointed
in the "unclassifcd" service. That would
compel legislative clerks. committee
clerks and similar employee 70 be taken
from Civil Service lists, and would remove
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Pennsylvania Germans.

From The Philadelphia Everin0 Telegraph
In these days Of widespread though largely
unjustifed. criticism OF persons who come
within the term "hyphenated Americans" 1t is
both significant and gratifying to remark how
free from suspicion are those who make up
that large and Influential body known as the
Pennsylvania Germans.
Other cities and districts Of the United
States. populated largely by German immi-
grants and their descendants, have been re-
ferred to as centres of patriotic disafection.
During his recent tour in advocacy Of pre-
paredness. President Wilson felt called on to
make a special appeal TO several such COM
munitics.
II never occurred TO the President, nor 20
any one else, that there was need Of patriotic
instruction among the German-Amercans
whose numbers and industry dominate large
section Of this state.
The Pennsylvania Dutch" are as stanch
in their devotion to America as any element
in the country. They arc not interested in
anv movement or society TO promote over
seas interests. This land is their land; their
blood has been shed in its defence, and will
be shed again, even more copiously, should the
need for such sacrifice arise.
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A Ra bbi's Approval.

70 The Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: find your resolve to discontinue all
ads bearing on the liquor trade most ad-
mrablc one. If all Of our metropolitan and
widely read daiies would follow your eX-
ample the saloon would soon be driven out
Of business.
especially admire the tone of your edi-
toral of the LIST Of April. and | fully agree
with yol that 1t would not do 20 force the
prohibition issue before the community is
ripe for it. Liquor indulgence is largely a
question Of individual morality, and such
morality cannot be legislated. 1t is the
church and the school that can prove md t
effective in lighting the drink evil Let our
churchgoers be more consistent in living up
to their professions. But, above all, let our
newspapers unite in removing the danger by
refusing 70 advertise its sources. The Trib-
une is setting high standard of newspaper
responsibility. and | sincerely congratulate
it upon the step it has taken in most vital
public issue. MAN RAlSIN.
Rabbi Temple Shaari Zedek, of Brooklyn.
April s. 1916.
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Cambridge. Mass, April 6, 1916.
Irish Members of Parliament.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue Of yesterday, April
(. appears letter from Mr.. Mcdonald re-
garding the Irish people and the war, etc.
Among the many inaccurate statements
which he makes there is one glaring error
which | believe deserves TO be corrected.
lie states that the silent votes Of the Irish
people Of the O'Connell. Parnell and Red
mondite class send 100 Nationalist members
to the British House OF Commons. such Is
not a fact Ireland has only l03 members
OF Parliament all told, in John Bulls Par
lament. At the last general election there
were elected cighty-four Natonalists. Or
this number eight we're Independents or
O'Brientes. The remaining nineteen were
stanch supporters of Sir Edward Carson
in his successful revolt against the So
called Home Rule bill.
Sending 100 Nationalist members out OF
Ireland's total OF 1903 is a problem some
thing not unlike where 10000 Germans were
killed under Won Kluck when he attacked
Liege with $4,000 men. DANIEL AHERN.
New York, April ., 1915
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ENGLISH. AMERICAN REBUKED
Challenged to Justify ISLANDERS OF
Americans. Britons and French.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Do YOU think It IS entirely IN order
20 print such letter as appeared IN to-day :
Tribune signed IAN American Of the Marjorie
Sterrett Belief" without giving his or her
name? This individual. who styles himself.
or herself. an English American makes
number Of implications against the United
States and England. and also France winch
claim are without foundation
He claims that in the Spanish American
War sailors are said 10 have stood upon the
decks o. our battleshps. with the stars and
Stripes waving above them. and Jeered at
the drowning Spanards and cried aloud Lev
the devils drown" As | was not present, o.
course | cannot be sure OF the exact words
used. but. according 20 all reports available
tho actual facts are that when one OF the
Snanish vessels was seen TO be sinking Amer
lean sailors started 10 cheer which IS Ger
tainlv quite natural in the heat OF battle
when an officer Of the ship at once stopped
them. saving, Don't cheer The poor devils
are diving" This looks TO me like an attempt
to dishonor the United States Navy
Another statement is that II - SAID the
treatment OF Filipino women by American
soldiers il too disgusting and horrible to ever
come into print. am quite familiar win
conditions in the Philippines, having spent
long time in the ncighborhood, and claim
that this is untrue. OF course, our soldiers.
like others. arc only human, and there were
probably some acts committed which are de-
plorable. but it is we'll known by people VINO
arc and have been familiar with conditions 'n
the Philippines from the battle OF Mania 10
the present time that the occupation by inc
American army Of the Philippines VIII com
pare favorably with the occupation OF an!
conquered country in history.
Another statement is that IN the indian
Nutinv captured natives were shot alive from
the mouths of cannon to terrorize the coun-
try. I claim that this is misleading. The
natives were shot from the mouths OF can
non. but IT was in punishment for the most
horrible atrocities practised by them on Eng
lish women The British officers may nave
thought il would prevent other horrors, but
that it was done simply TO terrorze the couh-
try | claim is untrue.
Another statement IS that every tlme
German sees his ruined castles on the Rh'he
he remembers atrocities committed ny the
French some two or three centuries ago "hlcn
make atrocities in Belgium seem mId.
claim this is untrue. as no atrocltles, no
matter how horrible. can make the atrocities
in Belgium seem mild.
II this English American Will oher cvl-
dence which will to the satisfaction OF Inc
Tribune disproye any Of my contradictions
of his statements ! will send 10 The tribune
500 for each contradiction so disproVed' tne
money to be divided among the various
French. British and Serbian war relief so
cieties as designated by the English -Ameri-
ear" A. +. CORTlS.
New York, April :, 1915.
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To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! cannot commend tso highly your
policy for the future on liquor advertise
ments Yours for my morning paper from
henceforth as long as you follow this policy.
When our leading newspapers are willing
to come out hatfooted on such platform they
are deserving Of the highest commentator.
Not only is this an evidence Of the marvel
lous growth of the ant-saloon spirit, but an
other strong manifestation Of how true com
mercialism. to he successful, must have a
moral substratum.
I'm ny contact with the men Of business It
is exceedingly gratifying to mark the en-
phass that is being placed more and more on
the necessity of placing conscience on her
rightful throne in the heart. ! am sure your
valuable paper will not simply be an even
more popular ono than it has been though
that quality has not been wanting in the past
but its moral value on the community has
been enhanced 10 wonderful degree.
To quote most worthy authority. 81 am
dee -lighted" LEE ". BEATTIE.
New York. April T. 1915
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A Compulsory Place in the Sun.

II is announced that Germany is about
to adopt the plan so much advertised in
England some eight years ago as a method
of saving daylight, and in France, too,
committee of the Senate has reported in
favor Of similar scheme. To put 1t
briefly, this scheme consists in regulating
the clock in such sort as to make people
rise earlier in the summer months. 1t has
been observed that a great majority regu-
late their habits by the clock instead Of by
the sun. They get up at 6 or Z or O'Clock
whether in winter or in summer, and their
meals and all their daily activities are de-
tcrmined by the clock. Il occurred TO an
ingenious Englishman, hewlett, that the
clock was too much Of a tyrant. Precious
sunlight was wasted in summer simply be-
cause men allowed themselves 70 be domi-
mated By the timepiece Why not pass an
act Of Parliament compelling them 20 move
the hands on an hour every spring and
back again every winter? A select com
mittee was accordingly appointed 10 con
slider the project. and after celebrating a
year and half rejected ~, expressing
grave doubts whether It's objects could be
attained without subjecting some impor-
tant interests 20 serious inconvenience.
Important interests have been subjected
20 all sorts Of inconvenience Of late. The
liquor regulations in Russia, France and
Great Britain show how easy il is 70 bring
about extraordinary reforms in time OF
war. and it may well be that compulsory
daylight saving will work now more
smoothly than IL could be expected % work
in normal times. For one thing, IL is cvi.
dent that international complications in
volvcd IN the necessary changes in railway
time table, etc, will present no serious df
hcultieg 10 the Germans
u does not follow, hyweycr, that the plan
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Terms of Peace.
.ditor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: This is simply suggestion Of a
subject:
What would have been the conditions
of peace imposed by the Germans had they
entered Paris and had won the battle of the
Marine and had beaten France. as in 1870?
Now that the tables are turned, and Ger
many has failed in its objective conquest
now that Germany is beaten and that 1t IS
only a question of time for Germany 20 beg
for peace at any price, what are the condi-
tions that the Allies should grant its beaten
murderous and piratical foe?
Why should the Allies be more generous
than the Germans would have been had they
conquered France
How would these terms suit you?
First-Half of Germany given to Belgium.
Second The other half 10 Poland, to form
a new Republic Of Poland.
Third The colony of Guyane given 10 the
Kaiser and his whole family. with Cayenne for
the capital same as Eba was given to Ma
poieon l. That's all. Yours truly.
EDWARD BRANDUS.
New York, April :, 1916.
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NO MORE LIQUOR ADVERTISEMENTS
Further Evidence That the Ne" Policy The Tribune Approved Large Number
oC alton rom( leroy O % Dm
ON Basis Of AcohdA That Deserves To Be initiated

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
.Sir: Allow me TO congratulate you upon
your stand with regard to liquor advertise.
ments Your editorial was one Of the mos
remarkable articles have ever read in
newspaper.
The time is not far distant when ever
thinking man will SEQ this question in The
same light that you do. The state throws
rs protecting arm around its citizens with
regard 70 tho drug habit and opium smos.
ing; then why not protect the country from
the worst curse that has ever befsllen man
Vastly more injury has been done By the
drinking Of alcoholic beverages than has beer
done by the use of drugs
1, gave me great pleasure 20 be able 70
send 20 my son. who is i'm college and has
never touched alcoholic drinks, your wonder
full editorial. Such stand strengthens ever
fathers hand in trying 20 help his son Sc.
the things that are best FOR him. Msny a
father will thank you in his heart for your
powerful help. / have told my son that snJ
man or lad who canno, get drunk on Apcl'
linaris or White Rock IS no thoroughbred
Boys can have fun without rum.
I thank You most sincerely FOR your bully
good determination.
MARSHALL STlLLMAN
New York. April 4, 1915.
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the present alluring opportunity for load
ing the payrols with political heelers and
ward workers.
1t is entirely possible to get thoroughly
competent employees in that way-indeed.
ANYBODY who has spent one week around
the Capitol can be in no doubt that they
would be more competent than the ordi-
nary run Of legislative hirelings az pres
ent. Wisconsin follows that course, and
is said to have found it better and cheaper
than the old patronage system.
Senator Sage. Assemblyman Breretor
and Assembyman Fish have introduced
bills which would require the committees
on Privileges and Elections to conduct
their hearings in Albany and would COM
pei their counsel and employees to be
named by the President of the Senate or
the Speaker of the Assembly. Mr.. Fish's
bill would limit the number of employees
TO five. Any one of these would, if passed,
entirely remove the "junket" feature from
the work of these committees. II would
permit them to settle all contests in q
short time and at slight expense to the
state.
The sincerity OF the legislative protes-
tations of zeal for economy and reform
may be judged accurately by the fate OF
these three bills. 1t is a question of pap
versus the public welfare. The taxpayers
will await the result with interest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-10
"The Polysyllabic Physician

An attempt is made by "The Medical
Record" to acquit physicians of the evil
habit Of using hard words, or at least 10
show that they sin no more than others III
that way. The following word is picked
from a paper in one Of the chemical Jour
mails: tctradimcthylaminotetraphenylhy-
drd-ine, and the coiner of this tongue
twister. we are told, "refers casually TO
Observation-Disclosures ctrdn,eth yldid mtnodt-
His critic holds
that after such "outrages" as these no one
should accuse the physician of expanding
his ideas into polysyllabic labyrinths.'
If the plea is not disingenuous it is as
suredly very simple. No one ever quar-
relied with the doctors for using elaborate
words and phrases when they could not
find simple ones. To speak, for instance,
of the astragalotbial articulation is well
enough when mere reference TO the ankle
is too vague and indefinite. Nor has any
one objected to the doctors borrowing the
word northumberland even since
we nave ndO IL SIlDII Nub W wv '"''N $1,000
with "salvarsan" or the still more con-
else 600"
The words that outraged our medical
are descriptive rather than
That is obvious. A hyphen
here and there would render them compar-
ativcly noffensive. but they cannot as yet
he shortened. A popular demand will cut
such words down if necessary. Tetranltro-
methylaniline can fall to tetryline or even
tetryl; but is it at present possible TO deal
shortly with the outrages quoted?
The quarrel with the doctors is not that
they accept trouble when they must, but
that they make it needlessly. "The Medi-
cal Record" agrees that an acute gastralgia
is neither more nor less than tummy-
ache: it must know, too, that a prodlglous
iargon has grown about Freudism and
grows inevitably about every other new
departure in medicine to say nothing OF
the efforts made to adorn old notions with
high-sounding modern phrases The wan
tonness Of medical phraseology is the chief
cause of popular resentment-or shall we
saw the chief Geological factor?
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ought. of course. 10 be adopted generally.
There are a great many measures eXpedl-
ent in war time that are not necessarily
desirable at all times. The tendency OF
the day is TO regulate everything by
statutes and bylaws. and the correction Of
bad habits by acts of legislature is SO popu-
lar a pastime that the only wonder Is that
hewlett failed TO secure the British gov
ernment's support Of his summer season
time bill. The investigation Of the Par
liamentary committee showed, however
that not all Englishmen had fallen INTO
the habit of lying too long IN bed and the
opposjtion of certain trade unions counted
as a much more serious obstacle than the
general opposition Of scientific men, As
the astronomer royal predicted. the meas
ure proved extremely unpopular among
builders. factory workers, railway servants
and many others TO whom it would have
proved a real hardship, They objected, not
unnaturally to law that compelled them
to humor a class that had fallen into the
evil habit Of going to bed too late.
Some years ago a feeble attempt was
made here to initiate the example Of Nc
Willett. Professor Frisby, Of the Naval
Observatory at Washington. expressed his
opinion Of the matter very strongly ON
that occasion. 1t reminded him, he said, OF
bill introduced in the United States Sen
ate some years before providing that ali
astronomical observations should be made
in Washington time and all nautical obser-
vations in Greenwich time, and still more
of a bill laid before the Indiana Leglslat-
ure to simplify things by making the ratio
Of the circumference to the diameter OF
circle Exactly three
Whatever we may think of the so-called
daylight saving scheme as an emergency
measure, let it be remembered that sun
light cannot be stored or saved in any real
sense. 1t is there for those who desire to
use it. and it is always possible for idlers
to mend their ways. in Japan the days
work in summer begins earlier than IN
winter. And the miracle is wrought with
out legislative interference with the clock.
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Irelan S Enemies.
tor Of The Tribune.

To IN, >ditor of The Tribune.
Sir: To quote from Mr.. Leonard NJ hent
letter concerning Irelands friends;
"The friends of England are the enemies OF
Ireland. and the enemies of England are the
friends Of Ireland, whether they are German
Turk or Yom-tse Kisngese.'
Very simple and clear.
Now let Va see how the dear old I. D. a.
stands in with Ireland.
Russia. France. Belgium. Serbia, Monte
negro. Portugal and Italy are in alliance with
England. and consequently friends OF Eng
land Being friends Of England they automat-
icallv become enemies of Ireland that is, ac-
cording to Mr. Kent's hypothesis.
By similar reasoning, Germany, austria
Bulgaria and TURKEY arc friends of Ireland
To become friend of ireland, then Amer
lea must gather unto her bosom Germany
Austria. Bulgaria and Turkey the heather
Turk" mind YOU, and sing hymns of hate
20 Russia. France. Belgium. Serbia, Montene-
gro. Portugal. Italy and England.
America will not do this.
The dear old L. S.A. is therefore an enemy
of ireland at least. according 10 logical de-
auctions from Mr.. Kcnt's statement
COMMON SENSE"
Cambridge. Mass, April 6, 1916.
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The Bravest of towards.

Many young man in the United King
dom has enlisted. has endured his baptism
of fire and eventually has found his un-
marked grave somewhere in France be
cause he feared the slurs of his neighbors
should he remain at home. Heroes all, and
towards. too. Head and shoulders above
them stands one Edward Stanley, private
in the Royal Scots, who has confessed to
the world that he doesn't want to go TO
war because the thought frightens him.
Why. bless his heart it gives every son OF
mankind goosefesh. but no one else has
had the nerve to get up and say so like
man. Edward Stanley deserves a Y. {.
The occasion of his confession was a
meeting of the tribunal Of Levcn. com
munitv not far from Dundee, TO which the
remaining single men within its jurisdlc-
ton had been hailed to show cause why
they should not enlist. There were a-plenty
of conscientious DIRECTORS" there to give
their cowardice an air Of sanctity. But
Edward Stanley when asked why he wished
exemption scorned to quote the gospel
against war. to call his cold feet Chris
tian. He stood there four-square to all
the winds that blow and proclaimed him
self afraid.
But if he thought this a serious obstacle
70 his serving the joke was on him. They
snapped him up, wisely conjecturing. no
doubt. that such man could storm a
trench single-handed He may get his '.
{ vet
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It Will Pay.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Papers that are all the time preach
ing temperance sermons and yet at the same
time receiving liquor advertisements can
hardly be considered consistent by the pub
lie, and it shows great moral backbone as
well as consistency on the part Of The Trib-
une to have taken the stand it has. ! feel
sure that it will pay you in a business way
as well advance the high moral standing
Of your paper and make It still greater
power IN the moral welfare work of this
great city and of the nation at large.
Brooklyn. April 8. 1916. WI. CARTER.
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No Compromise.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! am pleased 20 learn ina' ~" =,
taken non-compromise position Oh
liquor advertising proposition ana nav -,
mated the entire brood from your aa'ei'', 49,,
columns. You have my moral suppo" >"
step which you have taken. and "heh Wv s..
an advanced step and feel that the ''1,' .,o,
come for you TO open the batteries o. u, a. a.
great paper on the rum demon you
me with you in that. rh;d y,g
In the work Of clean advertising ., ar,
godspeed. REV =
Brooklyn. April s. 1916