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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
No End in Sight!
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The New York Tribune of Saturday read
more like The Tribune of Horace Greeley in
his prime than It has done for many years
There was the Characteristic getting at the
nub Of a big problem the same indifference
to minor details, the same recognition in ad-
vance Of others of the character and posi-
bilities of a great movement in its inception.
And it was written with simple vgor and
directness that Mr. Greeley might have
shown, and with a larger view of all that is
involved than he sometimes exhibited.
Its real theme is the bankruptcy Of the
Republican leadership and the failure of Mr..
Hughes to do more than follow the party
managers at Chicago. After that conven-
ton, it says. "there was no longer question
Of Republican leadership in the nation.
There was no longer a lingering suspicion
that the party which met in the Chicago con-
vention hall was the moral heir Of the party
which assembled under the oaks at Jackson
sixty years before"
The temptation TO quote in fuller illustra-
ton Of the character and quality OF this re-
markable declaration of independence is
strong, but except for one other passage the
reader must be referred TO the article itself
which is reprinted in full on this page.
The exception is a mere fragment of the
arrangement Of the Republican party and its
candidate, and after speaking of the hope
that had been felt for leadership by Mr..
Hughes, continues:
And who is there that has forgotten the chill that
came with the first words of Mr.. Hughes?
We asked him TO give US just little Of light and
leading and he talked 20 Of Jobs, pat.
ronage. postoffees and place holders. We asked
him give echo OF those ideas and ideal.
which had stirred Che Progressive party and made
It's great revolt Of the most memorable and
hopeful things in national life and he responded
with the gross and sordd niaterialism OF the cam.
paign orators who twenty years ago spoke to IN,
order Of Mark Hanna
For a fuller view Of the whole conception
involved in sne T:.Suaes article the reader
must take il in its entirety. We merely call
attention to Us specific warning that the
fate that overlook the Wing party in 1852
"now threatens the Republican party which
succeeded to It's estate"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-15
Christian Strategy

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the letter by David C. wylis IA
The Tribune to-day find the following
statements:
winning young people for God Is TIE
strategy of the Kingdom. 1t is 'prepassc'
ness for this life and the life to come
Every denomination needs large srdss'
ment in the form of legacies to esssblla
and maintain the work"
| take exception to both statements. ''f
the following reasons:
The strategy of the Kingdom is not Us
winning of young people, and this psfHe
ular brand Of strategy has been tired s1s
found wanting, particularly during the -"
fifty years. The strategy Of the klnsao1
is the earnest determination OF Chrsus.
men and women to establish kingdom
righteousness, justice and brotherhood sP'.
this earth by applying the ChristaniV ::
Jesus Christ to its everyday prooisms ~
evils.
Christianity is too sacred and suonns
thing to be limited to individual 'prsps"s
ness in this life and the life TO cons
to be hindered rather than helped .! W
deadening influence Of endowments ana "!
acies, wealth that has too often been nae
out of the bloody sweat OF men sns WON"
and the labor and toll of little children.
The very request for legacies ana en'.L
ments is a plain Acknowledgements OF
dead condition of the Church and the ~
of vision among its leaders.
The Christianity of Jesus Christ
mocracy, and democracy means freedom -: =.
freedom comes from knowledge ., 49,
truth When the Church is inspired via =;
truth of Jesus Christ il will take ~ ~. =.
with those who are striving 70 estsonss u
Kingdom by fighting the evils and dsnnss
systems that are responsible for p''s'"
disease and ignorance. -vre
New York, Nov. IL, 1916.
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PUSSYFOOTING
Silence Upon the One Real Issue Defeated
Hughes

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t seems to me Mr. Hughes lost his
election because he preferred to pussyfoot
upon the real issue. The prsdominating feel
ing of opposition to Mr.. Wilson was agains.
his foreign policy, and the German question
was the vital issue. The Mexican policy was
bad, but it did not assume the proportions
that our supineness in acquiescing in Ger
manys act in sinking the Lusitania and fol-
lowing it by her open cooperation in aiding
and abetting reasonable acts upon our own
soil did. This was what Disguised every pa
triotic American with Mr.. Wilson.
This was the only issue which aroused the
true American. Yet Mr. Hughes was APP
pointed Republican standard bearer. He was
selected by those Republican leaders who
lad gained such unenviable reputation in
1912. These wreckers took Hughes to kill
Roosevelt and allied themselves with the
pro- German elements under La Toilette, of
Wisconsin, and the delegation from Mis-
souri,. Mr.. Hughes was showed through and
the German press sent up shout of joy.
Little wonder such an appointment did not
appeal to the American voter.
Mr.. Wilson had tried and failed to get the
German vote. There was some sort of COM
fort in that. There remained hope that the
German vote, eliminated an incentive for
weak American stand, Mr.. Wilson might
change his German policy and regain some
of the honor lost. But what hope was there
for the lover Of his country's honor in the
acts of a President whose nomination. as
The Tribune says, borne in disgrace,
and who refused to come out in the open,
who timidly proclaimed divided allegiance ?
Mr.. Wilson's foreign policies were bad,
but a known evil is sometimes preferable TO
an unknown one. 1t was impossible TO
arouse enthusiasm Of the true Americans for
Mr.. Hughes, for he did not voice their feel
ngs. WILLIAM BRADFORD.
New York, Nov. 10, 1916.
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Why Discriminate?

The city is building a $4,000 lunch-
room in the tower of the Municipal Build
ing for the clerks employed in the city
departments housed there, and announce
ment is made that this is to be turned over
TO a club of the women employees for their
exclusive use. There is reason behind the
protest of the male clerks against THIS
discrimination. The men number 4'oOo,
the women 500. If public money is to be
spent for the comfort and convenience OF
the publcs employees, it seems strange
that minority should be favored while
eight times the number should be barred
from participating in the benefits.
This country is accustomed to giving Its
best to the gentler sex. But IN this IN
stance why should there be sex antago-
nism. sex discrimination? After all, men
are human-they are people" Also they
must eat. The obviously sensible thing
to do is to throw open the lunchroom to
employees of both sexes who desire TO
use it.
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THE TRIBUNE AND THE ELECTION
Readers Views Upon "The Real Answer
and "A Bankrupt Leadership"
TO the Editor of The Tribune.

70 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The "real answer" TO the defeat OF
Mr.. Hughes as the Republican candidate lot
President of the United States Is not that
be failed personally as a candidate, nor tnat
the result came as a consequence OF MS al
legged refusal to meet certain issues square
Is. The question, first and last, was one OF
policies, and the real answer" 20 the defeat
Of Mr.. Hughes lies in the recresnt element OF
the Republican party, and that element
categorical Endorsement of the wilson Al
ministration. Woodrow Wilson has been re-
elected not by disgruntled Progressives but
by renegade Republicans. the peace-at-any-
price poltroons who voted for wilson De-
cause che kept us out of war;
1t is dsqueting to contemplate, for II
means this: That the failure Of the American
government to protest at the ruthless inva-
sion of Belgium has the sanction OF the
American people; that its attitude toward the
sinking of the Lusitania is condoned IN the
same quarter, and that the phrase, TOO PROUD
TO FIGHT" is not alone the sentiment OF the
President of the United States but is the
sentiment of the people of the United States
In n word. we have lost the one, last oppor-
tunity left 70 US to vindicate American honor
and prestige By a reputation of the wilson
Administration. 1t is disquieting to contem-
Mate; and the pity of it all is the decision OF
the American people-the decision so at va
rance with what we know to be American
tradition, what we believed to be American
;doals. DAVID ARNOLD BALCH.
Tupper Lake, N. Y, Nov II, 1916.
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The Exact Blame
of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The exceedingly enjoyable page Of
The Tribune, the EDITORS page. helps many
people to get at the real reasons for the
failure of the Republicans to make good in
this Presidential election. In this letter from
Roswell A. Benedict the information given
impels me to shout: Three cheers for R. A.
Benedict"
Don't you think the Republicans who held
so stfiy against Roosevelt at the Chicago
convention are the ones absolutely 10 blame
for the present situation The majority of
the voters Of the United States wanted Roose-
welt. The old guard would not allow him TO
be set up as candidate. and so. because their
wishes were not Needed these voters. many
thousands OF them, turned and through spite
voted for Wilson. am wondering to-day II
those leaders Of the Chicago convention have
awakened yet TO the fact that the exact blame
lies with themselves.
Not every one would drop out Of the run
ming as Roosevelt did and turn his influence
for another at such personal sacrifice. lie
showed himself to be an honorable, high
minded man, whose country was more TO him
than all else.
In this same issue, November 10, man
saws: "The women did IT," This man has in
spirit turned back 10 old Adam for comfort.
II was such relief for Adam 10 have the
woman. Eve. to lay the blame on for his sins.
The womens train brought no defeat to Mr..
Hughes II the partial blame in any way
rests on any of the women will also in
clude such Of the men who seemed to think
O.. ;o;hing but "He kept US out of war"
Jersey City, Nov. Is. 1916. READER.
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THE REPUBLICAN DEFEAT
Lack of a Progressive Candidate and Not
Wilson's Strength Its Cause

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: According to the election returns We
have degenerated into a nation that is "too
proud to fight" we have approved of watch
full waiting" But it is not so much a Will
son triumph as it is a Republican defeat.
Four years ago had the Republican party
nominated a progressive candidate the DEM
ocrats would not now be in power Had they
nominated Roosevelt this year Wilson would
would not have been reelected.
But instead Of nominating a man whom
the people wanted they selected for a candi-
date a man whose past six years had been
spent in the secusion Of the Supreme Court,
trusting that his high character and proved
integrity would replace in the public's con-
of the day. AS a campaigner Hughes proved
a failure. He pussyfooted on the big issues
and stumped the country preaching petty
politics. He went to California and delib-
erately snubbed Governor Johnson and per-
mitted himself to be dragged around the
state by the corrupt Republican machine
headed by the notorious Croker.
The answer of the people of California and
of all the West has been unmistakable-the
are for progress and not for reaction. If the
Republican party is ever again to CONTROL
the affairs Of the nation it must first be freed
of the influence of Barnes, Penrose, Murray
Crane Reed Smoot ct al, and become once
more the party of progress and reform.
G. II. HORNE, Jr-
Brooklyn, Nov. II, 1916.
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Peers and Peeresses

Bald radicalisme not to say arrant rev
olution, may be seen stalking in the speecf
of that learned Bronx judge TO the Womef
Lawyers Association. mo woman Il
tried by a jury of her peers who Is trief
by men," were his opening words From
which &c struck out boldly:
II is almost impossible to convict hand
some woman of anything from petty larceny
10 murder. Good looks and a certain
glamour of romance have led jurymen 70
forget the Justice of the case many times
believe the innate good sense OF women
something men don't seem 10 possess, il
brought into the jury box would give Jus'
verdicts. yerdicts less swayed by mere SEN
timent than the verdicts we get now
Or is this by chance instead Of mao
anarchy unadorned common sense? Iher'
have always been two objections to women
as Jurors. One was that they were soft
and sappy. Witness any moving picture
heroine. The other was that they were
too cruel. Witness the French womer
who knitted while the guillotine fell. II
is, OF course, cOncelNdple Il"S HV''''N' -
these theories is wholly accurate and thai
women are in reality just plain, human
beings. with some especial knowledge Of
their own sex which might be valuable
in dealing with accused persons who were
members thereof. If this were true they
might be not only good average jurors
but very expert jurors when beauty en-
tered the dock.
The jury Of two that decides most OF
the really important affairs in life-wher
to discharge the cook, whether Willie shall
be sent to college, how to pay the rent
when 10 buy a flivver-is neither mascu
line nor feminine. It is mixed, fifty-htty
and its verdicts average higher percent
ace of correct decisions than any other
known tribunal. Why should not the minor
and exceptional determinations of Juries be
similarly reached? The idea involves
new conception, that of a universe II
which there are neither peers nor peer
esses, but just people. But, again, why
not2
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Pride in The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; Again ! am grateful for your editorial,
"The Real Answer" in the issue Of November
10. Through this long and tempestuous cam
paign. when you so ably presented the cause
of Colonel Roosevelt-whom many of us still
think to be the man for this crisis-when you
called upon Mr.. Hughes to speak boldly on
certain issues, you left US in no doubt as to
your attitude and that Of men whose guild
ing principle is the welfare, honor and safety
of this fair land Of ours.
have taken a great pride in The Tribune.
This editorial, "The Real Answer upholds
all that has preceded It. We regret that it
was necessary, but, being so, it is one more
proof of a papers policies which have held
70 be the hi ghest and best. A. II. Robe.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1916.
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Courageous Words

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial, "A Bankrupt Leader
ship" in yesterdays Tribune, is an insult to
every loyal Republican. Your statement that
Mr. Hughes spoke no courageous words dur
ing the campaign is entirely erroneous. |
ask you in all fairness when has a candidate
spoken more courageously than Mr.. Hughes
did Immediately upon the adoption Of the
Adamson bill? His condemnation Of the
method by which said bill was passed was as
torceful as any man could make it.
His entire career has been one that the
Republican party can we'll be proud Of His
election seems assured. The Tribune seems
anxious to announce his defeat but | feel
confident that the official returns will clearly
show that he has been elected.
GEORGE W. WAGNER.
New York Nov. -, 1915.
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There Are Other Americas

To the Editor of The Tribune. 40.
Sir: | noted a letter in your paper A.,
morning signed by Thomas Robins as
from Washington dispatch IS ''"s !,
1.-THE famous American Aviation o"r a.
the French army probably soon viii ~. I.
distinctive title as result OF -
the State Department that use OIL w .,,,s
is not compatible with American hsS n--srt
| would like TO know il the sta" .ss;.s
ment or any person is justihed IN r.yss
against the title American Aylau.A
used by body of men in the FreheA ..,.iss
The title is not Omitted States .es..tss
Corps" 10 which there might be lpssl, q
for objection, but We have no coz, lee
the title Of American, although we r.rs
considered it ours to the exclusion " rhb
dlans, Mexicans, Brazilians. Perus'sA. s.ntb
ians or any other natives OF Nor'h y ~
America. We have always usuip'~
right, but nevertheless il is not our, sns
Would il not be just as well 10, "a n
Department to ponder over tina. 49, 49, -
fore making itself appear pueriie 's
world? ~
OF course. we can easily determ'%s ~.
source OF the objection, but the s'e ~. ~
now over, and perhaps for TINS sss ~
ministration will not be on the oTsrv
votes; we hope not. at any rate, 49,
US feel that we have, as eoun..' s~eecsb
been sufficiently Inundated on u' III
Hartford, Conn, Nov. 10. 1914
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All Fair-Minded Men.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As constant reader of your valued
paper daily and Sunday, am pleased to ten
der tribute to your sturdy leading editorials
Of Friday and even date. 1.-THE Real An
swer" struck a responsive chord in the heart
Of an independent Of the vintage OF 1884. IL
breathes the spirit of honesty. Whatever
may follow, the truth vouchsafed therein VIII
stand the acid test.
"A Bankrupt Leadership" article serves to
more fully emphasize matters. You estao-
lshed a position in your editorial OF June
G. 1916. and have maintained it throughout
the campaign. The article will meet with
Endorsement at the hands Of all fair-minded
men. That have been instrumental IN piac-
ing several copies of Fridays issue in the
hands Of those who will appreciate it | am
nIeased 70 state. VERITAS.
East Orange, n. J., Nov. 10, 1916.
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responding responsibility Of controlling
railroad wages.
The Adamson law was makeshft. IL
settled nothing. Congress must eventually
face the problem of ending the crude con-
ditions of economic warfare which pre-
vail in the great transportation industry
The peril Of a nationwide railroad strike
must be eliminated. This Congress could
do nothing wiser and more constructive
than to supplement the Adamson law with
law putting control of hours of work
and wages on railroads in the hands of ar
enlarged Interstate Commerce Commission
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posed to the same peril that they are fac
ing in the trenches.
Here we are in the third year OF TINS
struggle and the Germans are still Great
ING an obstacle to all settlement by their
brutality. their brutality in Belgium. All
over Germany there are signs Of a desire
for peace. and the German government Is
by its course making the desired peace I'M
possible. The real reason that the war
goes on. that it is now the draw the Ger
mans insist it is, lies in the fact that the
nations that are fighting Germany DO mol
think primarily of Germany as a nation
but they think of Germans as trioe
which practises the denominations when
have made the fate Of Belgium a world
wide tragedy.
Early in the war the Germans sent an
aeroplane into LODI in Poland to drop
leaflets proclaiming German admiration
for the Poles and the German purpose 70
liberate them. The next day at the same
hour the same aeroplane returned and
dropped bombs in the same place, killing
and wounding women and children. TINS
is'an admirable illustration of the German
method In Louvain, which is Flemish
town. the Germans first committed their
abominable crimes and then undertook to
establish a Flemish university when
should revive the separatist spirit Of the
Flenings, under German inspiration.
We are not at the end of this struggle
against Germanism of the sort that now
prevails in the German empire. We are
not appreciably nearer TO peace, despite all
the oceans of blood that have been shed and
the millions that have suffered, because
no peace with this thing is conceivable; 1t
must perish or civilization must perish
Belgium is the sea sand in which, ever and
again, the world sees the hoof-mark OF the
German brute. II is the German who
sends the peacemakers back to their
trenches to kill more Germans, because
even for them there seems no other way
to win peace.
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From a Stanch Republican

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The writer wants to congratulate you
upon the mastery and manly way in which
your editorial, "The Real Answer" In your
issue of the 10th was written.
While the writer is stanch Republican,
he voted this year, as great many others
did, for President Wilson's reelection. He
assures you that it is gratifying to note the
opinion of the best Of the Republican press
as indicated by your article.
SAMUEL NJ. STRASBURGER.
New York, Nov 10, 1916.
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SOME SLANG EXPRESSIONS OF rEy
FRENCH SOLDIER

''Poilu"--A common soldier, but enly s,S.
cable to those in active service.
"Embusque"-A man who. liable for s,tu
service, obtains by influence or othev,r
a post free from danger-e. e, seere.srL
work.
"Popote" or "Cuistot"-Army cook
"As"-An aviator Of exceptional sbl;ty:
must have brought down at least five s,ssv
machines.
"Josephine"-A pipe.
"Rosalie"-A bayonet.
trench mortar.
"Crapouilloteur"-One who serves q tread
mortar.
"Gn6le"-Brandy.
"Jus"-Coffee (short for aus de p.npuis,'
meaning umbrella drippings).
"Singe"-Canned beef.
"Toto"-Flea or louise.
"Sauciss e"-Captive observation ballooa.
''Marmite'-Shell of large ealibre.
"Marmitage "-Bombardment with mar.
mites"
"Pilonnage"-Intense bombardment
Moulin a cafe"-Machlne gun.
"Cagna" or "Guitoune"-Shelter. especially Z
bomb proof shelter.
"Cafard"-One who is somewhat blue or IA
the dumps"
"Le billard"-Spece between opposing lines
of trenches.
"Marraine"-A woman who regularly send
presents and letters 10 friendless soldix
at the front.
soldier befriended BY mar
raine."
"Faire kamarad" or "Fsire kspout'-To ssr
render.
"Ca gaze"-"Hot air"
"C'est p6pere"-"That's fnel"
"N'ayez pas les grelots"-"Don't be afraid
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The People Still Hunger

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Last spring you asked, DO They
Want Roosevelt They did and they do.
As in 1776 and in 1861 the people are in an
heroic mood, hungering for the bread of pa
triotsm. But the Republican convention
gave them stone. And then the Democratic
convention gave them another stone. There
upon some of the people went one way and
some OF them went the other way, for they
knew not whittier to turn. And the people
still hunger.
For our people are patriotic now as always.
J. B. COLES TAPPAN.
New York, Nov 10, 1916.
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To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Republican party leaders, have
by their obstinacy procured for us four years
more of Democratic control and wilsonian
policies Twice now. by refusing the people
the candidate they wanted they have led the
party TO defeat. VIII they now learn their
lesson? Or will they continue to offer us
candidates that are safe" (for the Demo-
crats) and allow a permanently alienated
solid West TO take its place beside the solid
South and cause the extinction of what was
once the q. o. T.? II. J. SWAMI.
New York, Nov. 10, 1916.