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The sun., 1919-10-29
WOMAN AND HER VOTE.
She Neglects II, Says a Woman, Be-
cause She Doesn't Want II.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: An
editorial article in THE Sun Is headed,
why Don't More Women Take Advan-
tage ofthe Franchise" The answer to
your question seems obvious. The women
do not register because they do not care
to vote. Nor does there seem reason why
fault should be found with the women
for not voting They have stated time
after time that they do not want to vote.
They have organized against being en-
franchised and have, continued their Or
ganization in States that have adopted
woman suffrage. They have realized
and have stated that with women vot-
ing II would increase the Indifferent and
stay at home vote.
1t is hard to turn upon the women
now and blame them for neglecting to
do something they have repeatedly said
they do not wish to do. A few women
have agitated for suffrage. These polit-
ical women can never represent properly
nor leglslatc for the home loving. non
political women. nor even for the poor
working girl" Judging from the COM
The sun., 1919-10-29
Coal Not by Statute but by Pick
and shovel.

In the Lever War Food Control act
Is this provision:
That any person who conspires
combines, agrees or arranges with
ties for transporting producing.
manufacturing, supplying, storing or
dealing in any necessaries; to re-
strict the supply of any necessaries,
to restrict the distribution of any
nece ssaries, shall. upon conviction
thereof, be fined not exceeding $lO.-
600 or be imprisoned for not more
than two years or both"
Legal opinion in the Government
seems to hold that under this Lever
statute officers and leaders of the soft
coal miners could be indicted, prose-
cuted and imprisoned for calling out
the workers. But public opinion, we
doubt not, would be content to have
this issue met without imprisoning,
trying or arresting leaders for con-
spiracy merely.
This issue OF getting coal out of the
mines, Of enabling the country's indus
tries to operate. Of permitting the
railroads to run. Of allowing the public
t. earn its living, Of saving our popu-
lation from starving and freezing
this issue Of getting coal out of the
mines when the very life of the nation
depends upon getting II out. the Amer
lean people, we are sure. feel compe-
tent to settle without recourse to tech
meal conspiracy laws. The simple po-
lice regulations always in existence
for the preservation of law and order
will suffice for the American people
when they are on thr Job.
Perhaps some of the coal leaders
and officers would not mind being in
generated, as they express 1t, for
calling the strike. They might well
come the chance to pose as martyrs of
legal technicalities.
But they would mind being COM
PEELED. by the power of the nation, to
keep their hands off American work
crs determined to get out the coal for
themselves and for the nation. They
would mind having the strike broken
without their getting a chance to
claim martyrdom. They would mind,
in full possession of their freedom
TO move about, seeing with their
own eyes the coal coming out. They
would mind experiencing the majestic
fact that the nation is greater than
any faction of 1t; that the United
States Government has stronger
arm to protect the public in the exer-
else Of its rights and liberties than
any group of individuals has to prey
upon the public.
The solution Is coal, not by juris-
prudence but by pick and shovel.
The sun., 1919-10-29
The War on Tobacco.

Extreme opponents Of the use of
tobacco have, from time to time.
brought their views before medical
and chemical societies, but when their
propositions have been reduced to
written form they have failed to OBJ
tain the support of the majority. The
common sense of debate has almost
always detected fallacies In the rea
soning, or n lack Of scientific precision
in the statement of facts. In these
circumstances the intolerant enemies
Of tobacco have been confronted with
the dilemma of either pursuing the
policy of total prohibition, and thereby
alternating sensible men of both sides
or of needing the voice of temperance
and coming into conflict with the ex-
tremlsts OF their own party. The in
tolerant reformer is generally not the
man TO grapple wisely with such q
difficult problem he follows the ex-
line OF conduct might he traced before
hand with almost mathematical pre-
cisiOn. Though it is merely ques-
lion OF estimating Alright the powers
of two opposing forces. the anti
tobacco propagandlst raises up a
storm Of opposition among those whom
II Is his Interest Ia cnnclliate
A careful study of the evidence
The sun., 1919-10-29
"The Army Is Responsible. ="

There is no use pretending" said
a member Of the steel strikers com
mittee in Gary. The men are going
back TO work. The strike is lost and
the army is responsible"
What the strike leader meant by
the army is responsible is that the
soldiers on duty in Gary prevented
the strikers from intimidatlng men
who wanted to work.
The army did what should be done
In strikes everywhere: insure to every
man the right to make'a living. The
army did what 1OO,O0O,OOO Americans
wanted 1t to do.
The sun., 1919-10-29
Clemenceau as the Successor Of
Leon Gambetta.

The French faculty of doing the
gracious thing is again shown in the
tribute which the Radical party of
France pays to Premier CLEMENCEAU
in asking him to become the candidate
Tor the Chamber of Deputies from
Strasbourg.
This was the constituency which
LEON GAMBETTA in 1871 chose to rep
resent from the nine departments by
which he had been elected to the
French Assembly. The seat held by
the statesman who led the resistance
against Germany in the war of 1870
II, 1t Is urged in France, should he
given to the statesman who half cen
fury later was at the helm when
Germany was defeated ano Alsace-
Lorraine recovered"
GAMBETTA resigned his seat in the
French Assembly when he saw that
the treaty with Germany would de-
prive France of her two Rhine prov
inces and retired to Spain. He re-
turned, however, to fight for the es-
Establishment Of the republic. BY his
reorganization Of the resistance to
Germany he had saved the self-re-
spect of France. by his tact he sue
ceeded in laying the foundation of n
moderate republic and In defeating
the designs of the royalist advisers of
Marshal IMAGINATION.
At the time that GAMBErTA repre-
scented Strasbourg he was only thirty
three. CLEMENCEAU is now seventy
eight. When GAMBETTA died France
had scarcely begun TO realize the debt
which she owed him. All France
knows and appreciates the great ser
vice which CLEAfESCEAU has rendered
his country. No post to which he
should succeed could add greatly to
the honors which he has attained. He
has been, as was GAMBETTA, a fighter
and he no doubt speaks with honesty
and sincerity when he says that he
wishes to withdraw from political
life. But CLEMENcEAU's career has
been too forceful and vigorous to
believe that, even IL he retires from
office. he viii remain an inactive and
disinterested observer of the political
affairs of France
The sun., 1919-10-29
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

Eastern New York and New Err,,ra
Fair and cooler to-day to-morro.,
fair, with rising temperature; diminish.
ing west winds.
New Jersey-Falr and cooler ,o.,
winds. "'''n"est
Western New York--Fair TO-DAY. ..
morrow cloudy. with rising tempcrar,ro
moderate, variable winds '''e'
WASHINGTON, Oct gA--A sfo-,, -,
marked intensity which developed N.5l,,.
night over the great lakes passed rsrtii:
eastward and last night IL was Owe ~
CUR OF ST. Lawrence. This disturbance va,
ATTENDED by gales on the great lakes srs
along the middle Atlantic and New rn.
lana coasts, and rains in the north Atl,1t,
states, the Ohio and upper Mississipri Val.
leys and the region OF the great -.
Another storm is forming In the nnr,b
westward and disturbed conditions rrcr.ti
generally west of the Rocky Mountain,
rs ALREADY causing cloudness over IN.
Northwest states with rains in Washinv'
ton, oregon and Idaho and SNOW In ,,cst.
srn montana Rains have also fallen !.
Iexas and Oklahoma. Tho weathar 40, >.
become much cooler throughout .... ~,
cur states the Mississippi and OH, ',.ss'
leys, and the interior Of the middle va
tlc states and 1t has become considerablr
warmer in the Northwest. Abnorn,a,i 'T"p'y
temperatures prevailed in M At .IsN
states yesterday afternoon when tbo e
vlous record of high temperatures for ~
T Wss WAS broken at the following points
WASHINGTON, ID. C., 81 degrees: Phitag.S
Phia. 81 degrees; New York. Sc degree,
narrlso9rg, IS degrees; Atlanta, ID a.
srees' Raleigh. Sc degrees: Wilminr,l
y: G.. Sc degrees; Tampa. SIS degrees s,a
Augusta' So degrees In the nid lIa
AtIanlc ana New England st9tas
INC weather will be fair and cni5.s
lo-uay and fair with rising ,"r
perature tomorrow. In the soutbe Eye
states the weather will he fair ana so
wne' cooler to-day and Tomorrow. In he
east cur states and Tennessra ~ .I'7
and cooler weather to-day wiz -l.t.
oe followed by local rains to-morrov,
tthe ohlo valley and tho Hover Lake r,-,',
inc weather viii be generaltv r,rr 90 a. VI
anu unsettled and somevha wa-ror ,
morrow IN the upper lake region ,',.,i.
anu somewhat warmer weather TO .det.. ,,.'t
pc Ioliowed by local rains and SHOWS ~.
morrow storm warnings were disrEysa
yesterday morning on the AtI,rtir' ~, O., =
al and north of Cape Henry. Va '''''
DISSERTATIONS at United States Weather Ru.
reau stations taken at p. NJ yesterdg- ss,,
enty-fffth meridian time; ~ sew
The sun., 1919-10-29
Next Tuesdays Lineup.

The lineup for next Tuesday is by
now quite familiar to the voters.
The entire city will decide, in choos-
Ing President of the Board of Al
dermen, between Major LA GUARDIA,
lawyer, Representative and soldier,
and ROBERT L. MORAN. the Tammany
candidate.
For the two places on the Supreme
Court bench the choice is between
Justice NEwBURGER and Major Nc
Cook on the Republican and Indepen-
dent side and ROBERT L. LUCE and
young Mr.. UNTERMYER on the Charles
F. Murphy side.
For the three Justiceships OF the
City Court the Republicans present
one Democrat-Judge RICHARD H.
SMITH, who, like Justice NEwBURGER,
was denied a denomination by the
boss of his party-and two well quail
fed Republicans, HENRY X. DAVIS and
WILLIAM CHoRosH. The Tammany
candidates are the Messrs. wendell,
REILLEY and CALLAHAN.
For Surrogate the Republicans offer
JAiiEs QMALLEY, a man whose dis
tinction has been In the law rather
than in politics. His opponent is
Senator FOLEY. one of Fourteenth
Streets younger set.
The Presidency OF the Borough of
Manhattan will be won either by the
Republican HENRY ii. CURRAN, law
yer, Magistrate, skilled investigator
and about the best Alderman that
New York has seen in a generation,
or by EDWARD F. BOYLE, who, like
Senator FOLEY, comes from Leader
MURPHY's own Assembly district.
These are the principal offices and
the candidates therefor in this bor-
ough, county and Judicial district. 1t
should not take the voter long to make
his decision.
The sun., 1919-10-29

believing that an effort is actually 10
be made to bring order out Of chaos
in the appropriation of money from
the Treasury of the United States.
This is admirable, but the taxpay-
ers must not expect the introduction
of the budget system automatically
to end extravaganza In appropriations.
The budget win serve as an instru-
ment to expose duplication of expen-
ditures, to reveal inequalities of COM
pensation, TO show up unnecessary an
Client offices and services, to make a
comprehensive compilation of esti-
mates and allowances. But a budget
of itself will not do more than dis
close waste.
THE Sun has urged Congress to
adopt budget system because under
the present practice responsibility for
appropriations has been divided, leg
islators have voted with incomplete
knowledge. and there have been an
unnecessarily large number of oppor-
tunitles for log rolling. but THE Sun
does not labor under the delusion that
a budget will of itself install economy
in appropriation bills. That can be
done only when citizens generally and
legislators particularly set their faces
against inordinate, useless expendi-
lures in their own districts as we'll as
In remote districts.
The budget system will be means
and not an end.
The sun., 1919-10-29
PILING UP THE MAILS.
The Administrations Weakness in
Dealing With the Strike.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Is
not the Government of the United States
directly responsible for the failure to
deliver the mail to its citizen taxpayers?
The taxpayers OF one Of our insular
possessions-Porto Rico-are being made
to suffer by reason OF the dishonora BILE
breach of contract which the dock la
borers attempt to dignity by the name
Of strike" and for more than two weeks
the transmission OF all mail matter to
this island has been stopped, Have they
and others thus maltreated no re-
dress? Did not a former President upon
this ground declare a strike illegal and
compel by armed force the transmission
Of the United States mails?
NEW YORKER
NEW YORK. October rs.
The sun., 1919-10-29
when Government steps In.

But 1t is one of the peculiarities of
a public service corporation that you
cannot put up the shutters--the business
must go on and If one of the partners
of the American railroad business steps
out some one else must step into his
place and that some one is going to be
the Government.
You will hear some people in WASH
ington say that the credit of the rail-
roads has not been seriously impaired
and in proof of their contention they
will cite the fact that the price of rail-
road bonds has not declined dlspro-
portionately to the decline in industrials
But they point to gilt edged seasoned
securities of a character not now avail
able for raising money.
"As a proof of the state of mind of
the investor on this question / may say
that not long ago the official of a large
out of town bank came TO me and asked
me If | thought certain issue of bonds,
due in 1921. would be paid Now these
bonds have been universally regarded
as perfectly safe investment because
they are secured by the deposit of stock
and are guaranteed by two of the most
prosperous roads in the country. ! think
they will be paid at maturity, and ! told
my inquirer so, but the mere fact that
he was seriously in doubt about the
matter shows the attitude of the in
weston toward a new issue of railroad
securities
The sun., 1919-10-29
EVENTS TO-DAY.

cine ESSefS Name campaign conferenss, church
reception, Palm Garden p n
reception to Lieut. Gov. Harr- a. Wal.
yer by Palestine Commander Knta..I
IelnpIar. Masonic Hall T. NJ
metropolitan Museum Of Ar: Talk "a
EnsIlsh Castles and Cottages" FOR bind
ghildFen' by Miss Winiired L. Howe.
New York Drama League. drive for NOM.
DeTsnIp luncheon, Cafe Boulevard. / !, NJ
Joiht meeting of the New York Ee-.
tian SoSiety and the metropolitan Sec
t5oh, society of Automotive Engineers
NNthss!ey q, Martin will lecture ON "Th,
MMo MOI, !E, of the Worlds Tran.c," 70
We" Lectu pn,FiSy ~ Prn, street g p N.
% ihteleet In Young People and Adults"
susPlces OF tthe Federation for Child study
West SlXty-fourth street, 3:i5 ?. ".
Mass meeting in behalf of the candidr
G1es OF Joseph L, Newburger and RchGTd
H. smith, Cooper Union, 5 p. "
waldorf e{ A AfsGfia'G To- Of america mestn"
ri Lecture by Lord Dusany, Waldorf Asto-
r,, "The Relation of Fisheries to the c.os
Illustrated lecture for children a. the M,
scum OF Natural History at $3.50 =. ".
tho Need and ENtcT- of Record Keeping
me IA subject OF a lecture by Miss Georr
RaIph under the auspices OF The BE
brother Movement at the ChilIren.s Cou-'
uBS' East Twenty-second street. at sl5
Life and Industries Of tho japanese
WIN be the subject Of an Illustrated ....
lure by James w. Doughty at PUBL. 81 .l0..
= = n brown place and isSih stree. at '..'
Cooperative meeting OF tho New yo-.
Az 4sior feTdneratiS9n3 Of Women's Clubs Hotel
Yacht Racing Association Of Long I.arl
soHnI meeting. Hotel Aston D.. 80
Jurors, Hotel Aston, 4 J.. "
national Association OF L.a rn. .......
ara the Natural Ice Association. ...u.
meeting 10 A. NJ; dinner. d g. ~ .n.'
International Mutua, Cooks and Pastry
S!s6g association. dinner Hot. N-'.r
Exhibition Of books from the .....s ~
the late Theodore Ruos,,-.. ..''. 7r'-
sentation volumes from fl. fnr... i..-
per OF Germany and Ausr.. q. ",,aa1,
day.
Illustrated books Of the INST ,,. .-w,
RES, stuart Galleries. th, ...ha ~
prints New York Llbrary. F.r.
street and Fifth avenue
Exhibition OF model Diio size. N'..ar
pygmy camp in tho Belgian Gong h.ar
lcan Museum Of Natural H's'.H. .'
Exhibition OF tapestries an. '...s
from private collections. Merrap. N'-
scum OF Art.
Bolgt-n Art Exhibition. pre-, So.
tomorrow, for tho hornH. uf "a 'f
orphans, American Art GalIrr.'-
square South, all day
Exhibition OF French o0'-'t r
by Lieut., Henri Faro Of "Tro Ssh.
ers OF France" for the benefit Mn. ~
Tor the fatherless children of I-.. me
derson Galleries until Noyewh"r '
Meeting OF the Parents Ass "
the High schol 81 CONNER.
Belleau Woods Pos. 80 -,' "
Grams Of Foreign Wars w.rr~r N.'
Nineteenth street, S =. NJ
auditorium OF to EIaya'N.
let East Broadway. Sis % 81
The sun., 1919-10-29
FAILS TO AMEND OIL BILL.
Bakers Proposal as to Holding of
stock Is Ruled Out.

WASHINGTON, oct, 2S--UnsuccessfuI
effort was made to-day by Representa-
tive Raker (Cal). Democrat, to OBJ
tain consideration by the House OF an
amendment to the oil leasing bill so es
to prevent stockholders IN an oil COM
pany formed under antitrust dissolu-
ton DEGREES or with the purpose of es-
Gaping antitrust prosecution from own
ing STOCK IN more than one oil company.
me amendment which is similar to
that written In the bill by the Senate h,,t
afterward eliminated. was held to he
out OF order by Representative Madden
CID Republican, presiding temporar-
lily as speaker.
Before the amendment was offered the
House refused to eliminate a provis-
ion retaining for the states their tax-
ing power over mineral lands leased Inv
the Government
The sun., 1919-10-29
HUGE INCREASE PAID
TO RAILWAY LABOR
S1OO,OO0,00O More Than Re
turn TO Investors Given
Workers by L. s.
BANKER SOUNDS WARNING
Pierpont Davis Tells Traffic
Club of Danger Menacing
Roads i'm America.

The wage increase granted to railway
labor since the Government took over
the operation of the railroads exceed by
more than st00.OOO,000 the entire
amount of the standard return paid to
the security holders Of the roads by
the Government, Pierpont " Davis. vice.
president of the National City Company
told the members of the Traffic Club at
their monthly meeting last night at the
Waldorf.
MIR. Davis announced that he would
speak about a forgotten partner in the
railroad business. In every enterprise,
he 50 i'd. there are three partners, CAPT
tai. labor and brains. and one OF these
partners in the railroad business of the
United States is getting dissatisfied and
threatening to withdraw from the part
nership.
TN most lines Of business" Mr.. Davis
said. when one of the partners gets out
the business can close up and no harm
is done anybody else. That is what Is
happening to-day in Russia, for instance.
We do not know great deal about what
is going on In Russia, but we do know
one thing. and that is that most of the
business houses in Russia have put up
their shutters. The reason is that two
of the partners are dead
The sun., 1919-10-29
Investor Threatens strike.

LAS further evidence on this question
may say that in the first nine months
of this year there have been issued and
sold $1,750, 900, 600 of industrial securi-
ties and only $3.50, 100000 Of railroad Sc
curities. 1t might also be stated that
whereas the industrial securities have
been for the most part for development.
increase of plants and so on. the rail-
road issues have been almost exclusively
to retire maturing obligations
STRIKES are fashionable these days
and the railroad investor is threatening
Il walkout of his own. In the decade
from 1901 TO 1910 the railroads -four
ished on an average return So. u per
cent. In 1911 a change for :. worse
Logan, and by 1912 the averag, return
was down to I per cent. and there were
10000 miles of line in the hands of re
oeivers-as much as after the panic of
1898. In 1907 out of every dollar earned
by the railroads labor got Al cents and
capital 20 cents. In 1919 labor gets 81
cents and capital 10 cents
Mr. Davis said that the Cummins bill.
with its provision for a return of jla
per cent. on the value OF the property.
was in his opinion a great step forward.
even If il did mean an increase OF rates
probably of as much as 20 per cent, and
he asked the traffic men to cooperate in
the rate increase instead of opposing il,
as they had so often done in the past
The sun., 1919-10-29
GOODYEAR co. EXONERATED.
Held BIameless for Dirigi1Ie Bal
loon Disaster in Chicago.

CHICAGO. Oct. 2S.-The Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company Of Akron, Ohio,
owner of the dirigible balloon which
crashed in flames through the roof of
a. bank building July 81, causing death
to thirteen persons WIS exonerated to-
day from all blame by jury of techni-
cal experts and Coroner's jury which
Investigated the disaster
The jury recommended that flying over
cities be prohibited 1t was unable TO
determine the exact cause of the acct
dent because of the conflicting testi-
mony and the lack of material evidence
owing to the suddenness Of the disa ster
and the complete destruction of the
dirigible, The action OF the GOODYEAR
company in adjusting civn liability was
commended.
The sun., 1919-10-29
WHEN PEACE COMES.
A War Worn StenOgrapher Suggests
Long Universal Holiday.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: Ever
since April. 1917, the people of this coun-
try have been under a tremendous strain.
the most terrific in our history. Millions
of men had 20 be gathered together,
trained, equipped and sent overseas then
maintained there for nearly two years.
We have worked harder than ever and
prayed more fervently, saved at every
step, pinched ourselves, drawn on all our
resources, strained every nerve to win
the war Then followed the armistice
apd in its wake appeared the monster OF
economic unrest.
Now we may be reasonably sure that
before the sun has risen many more
times the treaty viii be ratified and
peace Officially ushered in 1t is about
time. for we as well as our allies are,
so TO speak, on the verge OF nervous
prostrauon.
Stenographers OF whom | am one. and
all other workers are tired OF war and
overwork and worry. All want peace
and quiet and rest and wholesome
pleasure,
This IL the season when great deal is
heard OF Thanksgiving TO God for bless
Ings received at His hands and Of peace
on earth and good will among men.
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas will
be upon us before we know it. Can we
not then proclaim, among ourselves and
throughout the world, a peace celebra-
lion. a universal holiday, say, starting
two weeks before Thanksgiving Day and
lasting through Christmas? These four
or five weeks Of the universal holiday
could be devoted by every one to rest
from war time worries and to whole
some recreation, and to finding out each
one for himself or herself, the many
ways in which we can be happy and
cheerful. and thankful for life and health
and ambition to do our share toward nut
ting the world on the same high pedes-
tai II occupied before the catastrophe Of
the European war.
UNIVERSAL HOLIDAY.
NEW YORK. October aS.
The sun., 1919-10-29
Proof Positive.
From fhs Pittsbur0 Dispatch.

From the Pnfsour0 Dispatch
Jury in the Criminal Court acquiited
sadie Mallinger on charge Of malicious
mischief preferred by Mrs. Joseph Star
Mrs star who is a neighbor of Miss Mall
niger. testified Miss Mallinger picket up
stone and hurled 1t through a window
Of the Star home Miss Mallinger In her
testimony declared she had not aimed at
the window. Asked by the prosecuting at
torney II she was looking at the window
when she threw the stone. Miss Mallinger
admitted she probably was. 1t was the
unanimous opinion OF the jury that no
woman ever hurled a stone true to the
mark" and that Miss Mallinssr had not
aimed at the window. that being proved
by the hit.