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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16

Governor Whitman's declaration of sup
port for Mayor Mitchell ought to leave few
Republican votes for Mr.. Bennett, the Re
publican candidate for Mayor. The Gov
ernor is the official leader of his party, and
very practically its head in this state.
There could be no higher party authority
for the statement that no question of regu-
arity is involved in voting for Mayor
Mitchell. but that even if there were the
obligations of good citizenship demand his
reelection in order to keep Tammany's
hands out of the treasury. The Governor
statement is one all Republicans should
ponder. II should convince them of their
duty to be against Tammany just as hard
as they know how to be, as Mr. Whitman
says he is
On this phase of the campaign the Gov
ornor is indisputably right. When he says
there is no Hohenzolern issue, he is just as
wrong. There is. The issue is not one OF
Mayor Mitche's making. 1t was made
when the Depocrats nominated Judge
Hylan at the instance of Mr.. Hearst. cal
culating on getting for the candidate the
following Hearst has accumulated among
the disloyal 1t was made when the Demo
Gratis put Mr.. Bruckner of The Bronx on
their ticket and Judge Hylan refused TO
repudiate him as fellow candidate, fear
ing to offend the disloyalists who will sup
port the advocate of the McLemore resolu-
ton who accepted the Won Tirpitz subma-
rine policy. II was made when soap-box
seditionists attacked Mayor Mitchell for
doing his duty. as an outspoken American
should. and threatened to beat him at
the polls.
That is the Hohenzollen issue. The
Tribune has said that the bulk of Tammany
is undoubtedly as loyal as any other group
of men. There will be no question of the
patriotism of the great mass of citizens
here if Mayor Mitchell should be defeated
Lut that does not alter the fact that he
may be defeated by anti-Americans, by dis
loyalists, who will consciously and def
nitely cast their votes against him because
Of his intelligent, fearless Americanism.
Judge Hylan has not repudiated dis
loyalist support, as Mayor Mitchell has
done. The Hohenzollern issue lies with
him and Mr.. IIillquit If they will def
nitely repudiate and cast off seditionists
and traitors and anti-Americans as Presi-
dent Wilson spurned the unspeakable
OLeary last year. the Hohenzollern issue
may be considered dead. Until they do, il
is menace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Judge Hylan an lgnoramus'
He Could Easily Find Disproof OF
One Campaign Statement

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; Judge Hylan refuses to confront
Mayor Mitchell and proceeds to offer speciii-
cations to show that upliftcrs from distan,
PARTS have been loaded on to the New YORK
CITY payroll From his specifications ! ex-
tract lust one. because IL shows the Judge is
indifferent 70 the truth. or that he believes
the voters are Indifferent 20 the truth lie
states: "The Mayor admits the appointment
of George b. Ford as consulting expert a,
$4,000 A year. but denies that he was from
Newark" The judge then. in judicial man
ner. refers the Mayor to page 90 OF an ON
cial record which says: "Mr. Ford TESTIFIED
that ne had worked for the City Planning
Commission in Newark and Jersey City.
The Judge then says that Mr.. Mitchell says
that Mr.. Ford IS now serving his country IN
France. and adds: But this does not excuse
the original sin on the part Of the Mayor.
Whoever it was that prepared this state
men, for Judge Hy'an knows that Mr.. Fora
is not from Newark. ! mean he could know
il by consulting the telephone book George
b. Ford is n member of the firm OF George
B. Post & Sons, and is known throughout
America as the leading expert on what Is
called Getty planning" In this capacity Mr.
Ford has for ten years guided numerous
cities in the work Of planning thoroughfares'
regulating the construction OF tenements ana
the height Of buildings. and other matters
which affect very deeply the wellbeng OF
the people tie has been consultant at va
rious times to official or quasi-oficial city
planning bodies in Chicago Cleveland, Nan
sas City Newark, and at least dozen other
places During all Of this time he has been
a citizen Of New York.
II happens that Mr.. Ford, as consultant on
the city plan 10 the Board OF Estimate OF
New York. has been largely responsible for
the adoption OF the plan of coming New YORK
CITY in such way as TO protect not only
the cty's taxable values, but much more
largely protect the occupants of tenements.
The coming plan will affect profoundly and
benefcently the whole future of New York
City and is supported by all elements. Evil
IDENTIFY Judge Hylan has not heard OF the
coming plan; or are we 10 infer that he pro-
poses to do away with the standing commit
tee of the Board OF Estimate which is charged
with the work of putting the plan into effect
As for Mr.. Ford, whose reputation is not
only national but international, he il now
with the American commission for assisting
in the rehabilitation Of devastated areas IN
France.
We cannot merely assume that Judge Hy-
Ian is an ignoramus. lie thinks the voters
are fools and that any lie is good enough for
the people of New York. j. C.
New York, Oct. 13, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Before Columbus

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: It was with very great pleasure that
I read in your issue of Thursday the letter
from Justice" asking for due homage 70
the name Of Left Ericsson, proto-p pathfinder
for Christopher Columbus 70 the Western
Hemisphere. The most fitting recognition Of
the intrepdity of the great Northman would
be to perpetuate his fame by remaining as
"Leifsland" the northern part of the twin
Western continent.
In possession Of the writer is a photo
graph of a portrait seal OF Henrik, Bishop
Of GarGe in Greenland, taken from draw
ing Of an Ambition in 1855. The Bishop
was translated 20 the then Norsk see OF
Orkney. North Britain in 1884, from which
it can be concluded that the existence OF
lands in the West were then well known
not only in the homeland OF Norway, but
also in Great Britain.
ARNOLD CLARISTIAN.
New York, Oct. 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Comparative Ennoblement

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: We have always understood that %,
German name spelled with a won shosea
that the family or individual was entitled v
nobility. Do you not think that in mentor
ing German names the won" could be on'.
ted? The outrages sanctioned by the 'V'n'
bar them from the society OF all decent So
self-respecting people. There have been sn'
are many gallant young officers IN me u,.
man service. but why give the 'yon' 10 ~
men higher up 4,
believe that the American public o0,.
North and South America-niost eertaH'
Canada-would agree in this matter
New York Oct. s, 1917. ii. \. "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Show a Liberty Bond!
How to Get the Money Out of the
Teapot
To the Editor OF The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Subscriptions for the second Liberty
Loan are no: coming in fast enough. On this
loan the government needs the stocking
money. the old cracked teapot money and
every bashful dollar which is rot now work
ing. The people who have these funds laid
away are not generally familiar with stocks
and bonds Obtaining a subscription 10 this
loan is an act OF craftsmanship. To sell
goods one usually has to show them. Il is
impossible to display the actual bond which
- subscriber will obtain under the lew loan.
10 is very easy. however. 10 display the Won
derfully handsome first Liberty Loan bonds.
II had Sl0O IN my old cracked teapot on
the mantepiece and were asked 70 I'll out
subscription blank agreeing 70 transfer that
carefully built IN sum 20 the government
without being shown what I would get IN
return and without any knowledge Of the
practical working Of bonds and coupons. I
would, naturally. be very slow TO act. II, on
the other hand, saw displayed in the win
dows of banks and stores. and thus became
familiar with. the bonds and coupons Of the
first Liberty Loan. would soon realize that
IN paying over 20 the government my good.
familiar cash / was not parting with II for
ever. but was merely exchanging II for an
ether form OF promise 70 pay almost As
negotiable and which would bring me inter-
est. and ! would no longer hesitate.
Why don't you tell the bond statesmen
throughout the country that they should
show their goods? Il. VI. WHITING.
Pine Orchard. Conn. Oct. 10. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16

lectives in our campaign against the Ger
man Empire.
President Wilson did not in the least
overstate the urgent need at home and the
farreaching reverberations overseas. lie
was well within the facts when he painted
the effects Of an overwhelmingly success
full subscription:
The people responded nobly to the call OF
the first Liberty Loan with an oversubscrlp'
ton of more than 80 per cent Let the
response TO the second loan be even greater
and let the amount be so large that II VIII
serve as an assurance Of uneoualled sup
mort TO hcarten the men who are TO face
the fire of battle for Us Lei the result DC
so impressive and emphatic that Il Will
echo throughout the empire Of our enemy
AZ an index OF what America intends 20 DC
TO bring this war to victorious conclusion
The appeal to each of us is far more
than the economic one, the mere desiraoil-
ity of saving, the sheer purchasing value
Of these dollars 20 our government. Inc
call is to the fighting spirit, the devotion
the loyalty in each of US. We are asked
share in great uprising of the people
in the greatest venture we, as nation
have ever undertaken. Liberty Day Presi-
dent Wilson has named the coming day OF
assembly. And rightly. BY what we shall
say and do on that day, quite as much as
bv what our soldiers will do in the trenches
is the fight for liberty to be determined
is our right to liberty as nation to be
lost or won.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Matters Of Fact and Record

Lincolr's neck was so srlend.i.y fashionei
tia, it attracted inc attention o, secretary
stanton. who ,ust after Lincoln breathed ms
last called the attention o. those - me PED
side 10 ia IDEAL proportions. Lncon; shoe'.
ders were those OF an athlete wei Knit an'
powerful. He was athletic 20 The las' VIE
OUT narading IT, His .egs were long and hhe'
the legs Of O runner and wrestler. % "neh
sports he eNcel,ed a. q young man. h'sH".
we're rot the dubious monstrosires depeN'
y, lie Barnard statue The. we've long a.
beftted = man o. his al frame. but neg
were OF a kind 20 give him a .ight. sprnH'
elastic step All these things are ma.'sh
Of fact and record Mr. Barnard must ia"
had access 20 all Of them
Probably the best TWO photographs o. Ln.
coin are the so-called Hesler-Ayres and az
unretouched Rice They are TOO well sho'n
10 need detailed description. i me hsse
photograph portrays an. outstanding cnA'S
teristic. il is that Of viriIty. There sDs
cestion Of rover in every line o. ne iA.'
The Hester picture shows Lincoln smoo~'
shaven. The Rice photograph. taAen %
March. 1854 Is even more suggestive oi po"s'.
H. neither OF these is there ans -lgses"0.
Of slovenliness Of dress or carelessness SooS'
personal appearance. In each instance In
coin is seen az his pest. as the American peV.
Die Ike 20 visualize him. The Barnard sia'p'
rictures him as no one ever saw him. saw.
perhaps In the esrly ,torekeepng days I"
New Salem. =,
own about TWO hundred photographs =, -
Lincoln. printed direct from negatives, u
rot 3 SINGLE one OF them does Abraham LIZ
coin resemble the queer looking object ia'n'
ioned into bronze b. Mr.. Tat and W. DAT
rard.
In all candor / submit that % is most %
gracious on the part OF Mr Taft and Mr. oA'.
rard. both Of whom without question are =
heart high-minded gentlemen. 20 ioisl ~
the English and French an efiigy Of AoransI
Lincoln so grotescue a. 20 excite the dersi0'
Of about ninety-nine out of every hundred %.
telligent Americans Why would 70 not %
far better for Mr. Barnard 20 bury his pro-.
melt up his first Lincoln and make one 'n',
will not give the behoder a prono1nes'
naine CHARLES r. WHITE
New York. Oct. 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16

9TH. American nation can rely unlimitedly
on the negro to follow the nag Wherever -
may lead ,,.,,
with these loyal words Dean Kelly hilleI'
If Howard University, recently closed ms ad-
dress before a conference when pr !.
Claxton. United States Commissioner oil hdu-
cation. had called In Washington to DISCUSS
DIR. Thomas Jesse Jones's report on Negro
Education"-a study Of the private ana
tiober schools for colored people in the
United States.
Professor Miller is an able negro leader
a man who has a keen and well trained mind'
wide experience and an accurate kno"i-
edge Of white people.
Those who wish to know what representa-
tive negro leaders themselves think VIII DC
interested in Professor Miller's other re-
marks:
Leaders of the negro race must be as well
qualified as white leaders.
There is one formula for race adjustment
II is the law Of the road: Keep to the right
Patriotism is the chief aim Of education
Rev. A. s. Jackson. educational secretary
Of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
has pointed out that NEGRO teachers on
some Of the large plantations are made 10
teach their pupils that it would be SIN
against the Holy Ghost 70 leave the pianta-
lions" On the other hand, DR.. Jackson says,
cit is natural for the negro to cooperate
with Southern white people"
More and Better Schools Wanted
That negroes want more and better schools
is shown. for example in the case OF 3O'OOV
negroes in Texas who gave, during the single
month Of May, $4,000 for educational work
Miss Mamie II. Burroughs, who represents
an army of colored Baptist women and IS the
principal Of large girls school in washing
ton. in her recent analysis Of "Lynching and
Negro Unrest" said:
Nothing remains TO be done but to make
and administer adequate laws and begin al
the freside to teach white children to re-
spect the laws of our land and 70 have a cor
rect estimate OF the value Of human life
Let all Americans remember that one
race cannot hate another without itself re-
turning TO savagery.'
At the recent New Orleans meeting Of the
National Association of Teachers in Colored
Schools the Negro Exodus" was the liveliest
subject discussed.
speakers from the affected districts all
over the South" says an editorial in THE
Southern Workman" published by Hampton
Instituted, told why people were leaving
their sections.
Some OF the reasons given as the causes
were: Lack Of proper consideration. poor
school facilities. extremely low wages and
inadequate housing conditions. a desire ior
the franchise and a growing eagerness Tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
An Epitaph on a Dog

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Can you find room in your columns
for another tribute TO a dog? Some years
ago, on the border Of Stratford, England, /
found a small burial ground for pet dogs
Among several good epitaphs the following
was the best. f. f. y.
Plainheld y. j., Oct. Il, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
PLUM PUDDING

Died December Is, 1906.
Pudding, companion OF my parish round.
Content 70 walk TO heel or patient wait,
Eager 10 follow, and yet always found.
Watching attentive az the sick mans gate
Thy task is done. and through the busy mart
The idler sees thee thread thy way no more
But |, who know thy faithful. loving heart,
Expect 10 meet thee al the heavenly door
GEORGE ARBUTHN0T,
Vicar Of Trinity Church.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
The Negro and the Present Crisis
Exodus From The South and General Unrest Due 10 LdeE o. 0o"00
and Other Houdicaps Not 10 German Propaganda
Bv William Anthony Acru. Of Hampton institute

the common, everyday justice accorded 70
American citizens"
Dr Tbomas Jesse Jones, in his epoch
making report on negro education, puoisnco
nv the United States Bureau OF EDUCATION
shows that % the annual expenditure for
public elementary schools for negroes is go
600 900 for an attendance OF l,2Oo'OVV' "nicn
is "A per capita Of about SIX dollars anu
sixty-six cents; ~ for public secondary anu
higher schools, Sl2l5,l12 for an attehdance
Of %, 527 per capita of about hity-one DOL
lars and sixty odd cents.
Those who know what il costs to train
white bows and girls in the public schools
from elementary 10 university grade, WILL APP
preciate how little training the negro IS re-
ceiving to prepare himself TO become an EN-
cent citizen in a democracy.
Negro leaders stand together as one man
on the question Of loyalty 20 the country IN
the present crisis. They are everywhere
telling the masses Of coored people 20 be
patient. patient, patient. They believe that
God will soften the hearts OF men ana make
Justice prevail. They are urging the com
mon people. however, TO make big sacrlhces
to secure education, for they believe that
education will win for them far more than
charity or legislation.
The Negroes Sixth Sense
Negro masses still stand sorely in need OF
adequate school training. They are unor-
canized in their rural isolation as farmers
or farm laborers. They believe IN the white
man who shows even slight unselhsh IN
terest in them. They are extremely conser-
vative and "long-headed" They have rare
sixth sense and sense danger easily.
To those who know some Of the deeper
L Lad a
realize how many are the handicaps and
hardshps Of the negro masses, IT IS not sut-
prising that unrest. which comes As the re-
suit OF fear-fear that property may be de-
stroyed or that life may be taken by law
less should prevail and that thousands
Of negroes. good a. we'll Indifferent or
worthless. should move into communities
where wages seem 20 be high and where
there seems 10 be more protection for life
and property.
In the light Of these facts it is scarcely
necessary 70 introduce, as an explanation or
negro dissatisfaction, the German agent
Those who have known negroes for years
and years and have had the opportunity OF
sharing the confidence of their leaders have
implicit belief in the negroes loyalty. Those
who really know negroes rank and nle as
we'll as leaders scout the sporadic rumors
that German agents have OF have had any
appreciable influence among American
negroes.
The German agent il a unit in complex
organization. He deals bes- with those who
are organized or can control organizing
forces. The negro. while highly gregarious
does not become unit in an organization
that stands COR anarchy. for disloyalty to
tire Church or State or for any renegade
purpose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
A Lincoln Caricature
Let the Inventor Bury His Pride and
Withdraw Ii
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune is performing a nubu.
servce in giving publicity TO he protest, h,
Lincoln lovers against recognition on IA.
part Of the United States government OF IA.
Barnard Lincoln statue.
II is one thing for the city Of Cincinnati
to accept the statue from its dstingui,b.d
townsman, Charles p. Taft. In a sense "A
FAR as il goes. that is purely Cincinnati a,
fair II is quite another thing for the United
States 70 sanction the selection Of this par.
ticulsr representation Of Abraham Lincoln
for permanent exhibition in London, Psri,
and Petrograd Such sanction would be n.
equivalent TO positive approval.
President Roosevelt, looking at portal.
Of Abraham Lincoln in his Office in the Whit.
House. said 20 me on the Thursday follow.
ing the election in 1904: Whenever an
confronted with big problem look up a,
tina, picture, and then try TO do as I belis7.
Lincoln would have done"
would like 20 ask Mr.. Barnard and IN.
Taft II they really believe Abraham Lincoln
would have sat for his picture, consciou.
that the portrait would be exhibited in Lon.
don and Paris as the best this country could
do. dressed in what look 20 be ill-kttins
secondhand clothes. with feet incased in
"canal boat boots? II is unthinkable'
II Mr. Barnard, in order 20 crafty a whim.
steal conceit, idealizes Lincoln as a narrow.
shouldered, spindle-necked. knee-sDrgng nan,
with hands pressed over coic-strucs sb-
domen and face as o. one possessing a. in
ternal physical disorder Il this is his men.
tai picture Of Lincoln. WIZ should he and
Nr. Taft have the efr0ntegy % fost IL upon
Fnglishmen and Frenchmen? Why not con
fine it TO Cincinnati? Why punish the -ey
souls Of our oversee neigh0ors with such
distortion? Why applaud the caprice Of
the gentlemen who apparently celgh; in ere.
ating the worst caricature o. Lincoln ger
moulded into enduring bronze
do not wish 70 be otherwise than "a in
the matter. II Messrs. Barnard and Tai; lld
produced a statue that could l.ft tae SOU o,
the beholder 20 a higher spiritual pine,
every one would bless them. The Baraird
Lincoln conveys no such lesson prompts no
such emotion. I, produces astonisnment and
rain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Grotesque and Defamatory

/ +, any wonder that Robert T. Lincoln.
who certainly ought 20 be a competent lldg.,
in q letter 20 ex-President Taft charse;eriEs
The Barnard creation as "a mo1strols tylr,
which is grotesQue as likeness Of Presi-
lent Lincoln and de.amatory as an eAigy.'
The late joseph H. Choate whose adtre.
on Lincoln before the Edinburgh Phi.osoph.
zeal Institution on November -. 1900. while
he was ambassador. is one Of The classics ..
Lincolniana. in writing Robert 7. Lincoln
about the Barnard statue SAYS: |
have been more taken I'D since my return
from Washington with an effort 20 stop ne
sending Of triplicate Of the horrible statue
tc Russia. the last place where your iataf
ought 20 be represented by such an effy.'
Lincoln stood for truth and righ.eousne"
The great lesson Of MS life IS tha, God vii
magnify and glorfy human lie reso!u'ely
dedicated 20 truth Can any ore IN iooAng
at the Barnard statue get from = any sgea
irspiration? II he cannot. the statue should
not be approved By the Washington govern
r,ent as the fttest expression OF incarna'a
truth.
As | write 7 have before ne bronze re7h
cas- lVolk. 1850 81 the life mask ard hsnn
Of Lincoln. while on the Office wall = pho
.ograph OF the Barnard statue or IS pedes'
tai in Cincinnati.
There is certain power. benign - gra''
deur in the life mask utterly lacking IN y.
barnard eAigy. Ny contention IS that n.
statue is untrue. A M Robert 7. Lincoln
aptly says. il is defamatory.
II correctly understand Nr. Bsrnsrd's sx'
nlanatior OF his creation he scorned the i.
o. the mos, satisfying photographs o. Pre''
dent Lincoln and took as his model a Ken
,ucsian feet ~ inches tall who was bOrr
or a farm fifteen miles from where Lincoln
vas born; was about forty years OF age. and
rad been splitting rails all his life. He mign'
lust as logically have taken The Cardiff Giant
The result IS an eaigy with q spinaiing neck
and weak shoulders. a figure utterly laesins
In virilIty.
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TUESDAY. OCTOBER IS, 1917

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s1-RscRrPT1oN RATEs-Py Nal Prtsre r1d cut
q Greater New York
IN rrE rXIrrp STATS. ovTslpE OF oRrA1EN