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New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
Still Somewhat Peerless

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The election Of United States
Senators by the direct vote OF the peo.
pie WAS advocated by William J. Bryan
in the campaign OF 1896. The income
tax was also advocated by the peerless
leader. Both are now in effect Will
liam J. has not achieved hiS Presiden-
tial ambition, but he has left his mark
on the history OF this country so that
his name will not be forgotten.
He has the distinction, like Andrew
Jackson, Henry Clay and Grover Cleve-
land Of having three times been a
candidate for President As the boy
orator in 1896 he achieved n great repu-
tation and he still holds that lie has
had few equals in oratory in this
country. His voice has thrilled mil
lions Of our citizens and he is still
a rover 10 be reckoned with in our
national life. At sixty-tvo he is still
strong and active and has a great fol-
lowing in the party Of Jefferson and
Jackson. J. J. II.
Paterson. y. J., June :. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08

In connection with the approaching
election in southern lreland-if what
is to occur can be called an election
Michael Collins. in behalf Of the
Irish Free State, has consented TO a
most extraordinary agreement
On the ground that contests for
seats in the new Dali would mean
that an armed minority would shoot
up the meetings, raid the polling
places and make away with the bal
lot boxes. it has been agreed to
divide the seats in advance
There is 70 be an election which is
to be no election. The public Is lef,
out altogether. 1t is to have no op-
portunity to choose its representa-
tives or to express its opinion. Messrs.
Coll.~s and Griffith have obviously
gone the limit in concession TO the De
Valera maia.
"The government that rules (sic)
ireland to-day" said Michael Collins
recently, "is as completely and wholly
Irish in blood. in outlook and in pol
icy as the government that ruled Ire
land under the great Ard ri Brian
Borumha-the last entirely Irish
government ruling over the whole
country" Yet against the acknowl-
edged overwhelming will Of the peo-
pie he consents that De Valera, who
would make war on the Irish people,
shall be half ruler.
The Collins Griffith policy is SINH
lar to the one that Kerensky pursued
toward the Bolshevist minority in
Pctrograd. De Valera, like Lenine,
would rule by force and is not
squoamish. He has no respect for
republicanism. Fortunate is il for
Ireland that, however weak is the re-
sistance Of the Free State leaders, it
is practically certain that the British
government, if all other protective
means fail, will act as the champion
Of Irish freedom.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
The Thorougnbred's Return

The horse, after a period Of obscu-
ration, is coming back. The proud
beauties which delight to spurn the
earth with flying hoofs are no longer
doomed to fret between wooden walls
or to spend years Of ignoble ease
in the pasture. The thoroughbred,
whose spirit and muscles quiver for
action and whose nostrils dilate with
JOY when he smells the prospect Of
combats with his peers, once more
fulfills his destiny
Many signs attest equine emanci-
patton. Two years ago Man O. War
was a hero whose achievements were
followed and applauded by millions.
This year Norwich is similarly a ma
.tional character. Paddocks are full
Of dancing wonders who await their
chance Conversation turns TO talk
of blood and bluegrass. The attend
ance at racing events increases and
promises soon to make new high rec
ords.
Belmont Park this week is a news
center even as Churchill Downs
was the other day. On Saturday
the Belmont Cup, valued at $780,
600 and modelled in its conditions
after the Epson Derby, which
brings King and commoner into
wholesome democratic communion, is
then TO have another winner The
popular outpouring promises to be
beyond precedent. Under an open
sky lungs filled with city dust are to
be made clean by ocean breezes and
the pulse OF life made stronger by
copious drafts of honest enthusiasm.
The horse is indeed coming back.
The killjoys, that dull and intol-
Grant company which, afraid Of life,
would make existence drab, are
fighting a losing battle. They must
again accustom themselves to seeing
smiles and hearing cheers. The
English Puritans, we have been told,
objected 10 bear-baiting not so much
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
Fair Play for kemal

Our Bolshevist circles should con-
slider the case Of DR.. Mark II. Ward.
OF Sufern, n. Y, and determine
what is to be done about him.
DR.. Ward has been an officer Of
the Near East Relief Association
and brings back information that in
the recent campaign Of extermina-
tion that Kemal Pasha's government
has carried on against the Trebizond
Greeks some $4,000 have perished.
He is indignant over the occurrence
and thinks something should be done
to discourage KemaE
The doctor is manifestly most un-
modern. He is apparently not aware
that the sort Of government Kemal
maintains is no outsiders business
that no one may intrude on the
sacred right of the Turks to slaugh-
ter all persons they do not like and
are able to lay hands on. Senator
Borah should at once arise and de-
msnd the immediate recognition Of
the Kemal government and prompt
suppression Of all Americans who
complain Of it.
The Bolsheyist regime is respon-
sible for ten million or more deaths
in Russia. But this is not deemed
70 its discredit. It is to be reeog-
nized and helped to kill more. To
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
Miss Russell at Tony Pastor s

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: heard Lillian Russell sing
"My Scotch Lassie Jean" at Pastors
Metropolitan Opera House in lower
Broadway many years ago. There
is no doubt that. Mr Pastor brought
her OUT as they say in theatrical
parlanee. Miss Russell was then a most
beautiful young girl. Her stage ap-
peAranee was 50 demurely impressive
that have never forgotten that par
tieular matinee, the first time / saw
her. Later Mr.. Pastor moved up 70
Fourteenth Street and there Miss Rus.
sell continued to be a popular attrae-
tion.
On the same bill at the Metropolitan
was Pat Rooney. He also continued at
the fourteenth Street house a cyclone
OF popularity. JOHN J. GREENE.
New York, June 6. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08

out Of sympathy with the bear as
because they disliked the pleasure Of
the spectator. But Puritanism, out
OF touch with man as God created
him. faded, even as n similar dead
ness Of soul is fading here. So don't
be ashamed to mount your fivver
and to populate your tonneau on
Saturday.
Those who have fought the battle
10 save the thoroughbred have done
public service. They have preserved
and further developed the speed, the
courage, the soundness and the
stamina which make a horse n good
horse. The oldest labor-saving in
vention Of mankind, known so long
as to become loved as n personality,
is not 10 60 to the scrap heap.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
Ouacks in Office

II on the statute books were an
enforceable law requiring elected
officials to keep prediction promises
the cities of the United States would
get more competent men for mayors
As Governor Miller pointed out 20
the mayors convention in Pough-
keepsie, the population Of cities is
pathetically easy TO impose upon be-
cause it contains so large a per-
centage Of persons who are inclined
to take aspirants for Office at their
word.
Were a candidate for Mayor Of
New York or Chicago TO promise
that if he were elected rents would
be reduced one-half and gas and
electricity would be furnished free
to those who could not afford to pay
for it, thousands Of people would
vote for him in trustful expectancy
that the pledge would be fulfilled.
Even the demagogpe does not dare
TO 90 this far in his efforts to bag
votes, yet he does not hesitate TO
make promises equally impossible Of
carrying out. When the day Of
reckoning arrives it is always easy
to blame "the interests for thwart-
ing his altruistic plans. Experience
has shown that the public memory
is shcrt and that the breaking Of
old promises can be covered up by
the making Of new ones.
IN the small town the people
know the Mayor pretty well before
they elect him. Sometimes they
choose him because they like him
personally; often because they think
he will serve their private interests
better than the other fellow. His
campaign utterances carry little
weight at the polls.
In the cities the great numbers
Of people must measure "A candidate
by his words, because they have no
other means Of measuring him. The
conscienceless promiser, therefore,
has an advantage over the man
whose purposes are honest and who
is incapable Of political quackery.
When the quack happens TO be in
office, with the artificial dignity
which always impresses the igno-
rant, he is doubly dangerous to a
community. However disastrous and
shameful his failure TO live up to
his promises, few vicious denunci-
ations Of the money power always
serve him as an avenue of escape.
Mayor Hylan Of New York was
not present at Poughkeepsie during
the Governors dissertation on this
interesting topic.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08

vide for their mere maintenance.
But there was no endowment large
enough TO provide for upkeep.
Many well known persons have
been and still arc interested in the
house at Tcnahy, but fame and
wealth do not always 20 hand IN
hand. So there is an appeal to the
public for aid needed TO perpetuate
the thought Of Mary Fisher twenty
three years ago. The friends Of the
"llfe guests" who just n short time
ago were happy in their dream OF
security, are hoping that some one
will come forward to loosen the
clutch Of fear that grips the aged
who are homeless.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
Mary Fishers Thought

The Mary Fisher Home for Pro-
fess;onal Workers, situated at Ten
ahy. n. j., has been condemned as
unfit for habitation. Twenty-Five
old people who thought they had
found a shelter for the twilight Of
their lives are in danger of being
dispossessed. Philanthropy is open
of purse, but some institutions are
forgotten and neglected.
Mary Fisher, a school teacher Of
New York City with fellow feeling
for persons like herself, who give
much but seldom acquire financial
independence, left her small savings
to be used for their benefit. The
fund was large enough TO buy the
house and grounds at Tenafiy.
Friends furnished il, and some who
made II their homo were able To pro-
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The Britisher Again
70 the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The tribune,
Sir; neither named, suggested nor
implied an alliance, and no such
thought passed through my mind when
writing the letter which seems 10 have
perturbed &c. H." who inelines toward
anti-British sentiments.
Visiting America to make my pur-
ehases from once to three times each
year for the last twenty years, have
many real American friends who de-
scribe this anti-British feeling and
writing as "hapdoodle," whatever that
word may mean.
While America seeks international
trade and trade concessions on an
equality with other nations that are
at least trying to set matters right,
she herself does little else but criticize
and imputo ulterior motives to those
countries which are trying 10 do some
useful work. especially England
VISITING BRITISHER.
New York, June 7. 1922.
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(FrOm The Boston GLOBE
"we have an engineers civilization
and lawyers government. Although
George Washington, our arst President
waS an engineer. there have been very
few engineers in the government since
and until Mr. Hoovcr's scloct.on none
has held a Cabinet position. This is
not by way o. complaint. Il is a
simple statement Of fact which, If
properly understood, may do much 10
clear up some of the difficulties which
confront America to-day"
was talking with Edwin Ludlow. re-
tirine president OF the American In
sti,utc Of Mining and Metallurgcal
Engineers, upon the necessity Of engi-
noering Leadership in political life. Ne
had been addressing the institute upon
this question, and wondered II the
engineers might not be making some
concerted effort 20 enter politics. lie
quickly disabused me. Mr. Ludlow is
m emincntly conservative American,
who is not given to finding fault and
who is in no hurry 70 have the govern
mcnt generally rebuilt.
Also. he does not want any class
movement in politics. And the law
yers, he said, held their dominant posi-
tion not because Of any conspiracy on
their part to rule the country but be-
cause, in tho very nature Of things, the
people were compelled to turn 20 them
n they are now compelled TO turn 20
engineering leadership the patriotic
engineer will follow Mr Hoover's cx-
ample and give his services; but as
for playing politics, he assured me- as
for getting into the ordinary political
game. II an engineer could p!ry politics
he wouldn't be much OF an engineer
1T was necessary" he said, when
our Republic was founded TO turn 70
the lawyers for leadership. II re-
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir; Reckless Pedestrians seems
to be the righ. name for the people
who cross the street with only one
thought in mind-to set on the other
side. have often wondered what
prison tho person at the steering
wheel would spend the rest Of his life
in II he wandered around in the care
free manner OF the pedestrians.
II pedestrians would cross at the
cross walks and not the center Of the
block or at any old angle, we drivers
would not be delayed as we now are
with anywhere from five to hfty per-
sons crossing at various places in the
block. And with every one crossing
at a given place we would be compelled
10 give them tho right Of way that
pedestrians are entitled TO. Elderly
people and women with baby carriages
rarely cross at any other place than the
cross walks. They have learned that
that is the safest place and know that
people with cars must stop for them
there.
I have noticed. too, that when a
pedestrian halls a passing taxi he
usually says ITO % West --, and
hurry" 80 perhaps the taxi drivers arc
not entirely at fault il they nave the
hurry" habit.
I. for one. would be greatly pleased
II could drive without the fear that
some one would suddenly dash out
from behind parked car or. as 1t
sometimes seems, drop down in front
OF the car from out Of space.
Why not "Cross Walk Week" and
see II it doesn't make anybody feel
bsppierl We have had every other
kind Of week. !, tor one, prefer safety
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
The Engineer in Government

organizations shall operate iof es
most efficient public service and iiili
not work injustice upon any group %
individual
THE history Of government f'r q,
last thirty years" he said, has li'g,lI
consisted Of attempts 10 regulate ls,H
corporations. But our goyennsii va
legalistic, and the only vsy i ss.
Cured to US to regulate then vu
through restrictive laws. The sse
man antitrust Law stands as a1ysa
Of them all.
BAR the progress Of the trust }
something, do anything, % keq =
Zig corporations from becoming -
powerful. And in making thss lm
powerful for evil we incidentally -ia
them less powerful FOR good; r1
when the nation went 20 war ii isst
that the railroads could not lepl
serve IL 20 the best of tneif stAI
They were so tied up with rssHs
tions that they could no, fsn,.iss .
perform maximum service ia iFa,r
portation. The government hit =
take them over, FOR the goyernzsH
did not have 70 obey the la1s . ~
passed which made railroadrg - !,
effective"
A railroad system esnno. Be va "
"thou shalt nots." II the great pssh
service corporations are actually =
serve the public a new principle .
government, Mr.. Ludlow says MN
be applied.
Take the Interstate Commerce cen.
mission" he said. II the purpose "
such a commission is primarily y
keep the railroads from yiolarss ~
laws. then lawyers are the Np'n
persons 10 appoint upon IL By u
the primary purpose is 10 make 's''''
state commerce as efficient an' "
economical as il can become me l0f'"
appointees would be engineers
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
Two Methods

In Silesia when banditti
Get to ravaging about
In n village or a city
An the army is called out.
With machine guns, gas and can
non
Always ready. all the time,
The Silesians keep a ban on
That variety Of crime.
Captured crooks are swiftly
cartcd
To the gallows and destroyed;
Crime waves simply don't get
started
Where such methods are en-
ployed.
When a burglar is detected.
lie may say farewell TO hope,
For his neck Is disconnected
With a short and ugly rope.
Wars may rage along the border
Which no army can abate,
But there's always law and order
In the center Of the state.
With great guns as a preventive
II is not so very queer
That there isn't much incentive
To a criminal career.
Here we hold that il is brutal
To send marching armies out,
And 20 order them 10 shoot all
OF the crooks they find about.
Though we do not favor stealing,
II is better. so we find.
To use different ways Of dealing
With the people thus inclined.
When a crime wave strikes our
city
We don't send men out to
shoot
Or to harry the banditti-
We just simply let 'em loot.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08

Mr. Ludlow is enthusiastic aS'"
the start made by Mr. Hoover n 8"
yanizing the Department OF Conn'"
into life. He has made Il g''a
concern, he said. in spite o. !"
prophecies Of good many sngln'''
that such a miracle simply eoule ?"
happen. Given a few more den0n'N.
tions Of the kind. he said sns '.
American people would begin " ~
what was the matter with go'eln",,
generally. Then we might think /" :
general overhauling. But in me ~"
time the place FOR the engineer
the inside. making demonsira'l0'h
"But please make il plain h' 70
that engineers do not want s''.,
ment Of engineers. Engineers ~''
government in which engineer. -
function on !obs that require ens''V
ing, while other services will F"
formed by those who have the ps''''
training which Is required for 'n'I 4.
engineers do not aspire "
bench, although they could 90 y,
10 prevent crime and make llie y
along so smoothly that the CIV. =.
would not be overworked, as 'hsy ~
at present. | am not one Of those -
think that government can CUE 4
with lawyers. We need to keep u''.. !.
precedents. We cannot sersp 'e.,
society as we would rebuild D'yT
house, for the reason that 1t .', u
generation or two to do the wv .,.s
a whole people must live IN 'ns' W
while II Is being serapped. ..@
"But government must ad'p' ~ ~
neering standards II It is not " a
come 20 divorced from the peoP~ a
to be eventually intOlerable' "a
adopt them because life has 'a~ ,,.,,
them. because the voter no Longer :
merely in his voting precinct, 'a' q.
his industrial connections wnl.. w..,,,,
tend in infinite ramihestsOns NV
out tho country.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
Summer Yestments

Sing n song OF pockets.
Pockets bulging out;
Summer days are here again
They are, beyond a doubt
The gentle hy is humming
His melody OF praise;
In milliners' show windows
The happy daisies daze-
The men upon the Avenue
Are lightly dressed and trim.
And. like the birds. their glances
Fit swift from limb 10 limb.
This is the gladsomo time Of
Fresh freckles and fresh fruit;
The lowest style In collars;
The tempting two-pieee suit.
or all the sequent seasons,
This sure would be the best
II only somebody would tell a man
where TO put the things he used
% carry around in
The pockets Of his vest.
c. II. =.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
Few Colored Officials
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II seems to many that the negro
is not getting any recognition worth
mentioning at the hands Of the present
Administration. The negro race casts
many votes in America. but holds very
few oaiees.
Is there any good reason Why honest
and capable negroes should not be used
more largely az mail carriers
Some negroes and many white men
still need 70 learn that manual labor
is honorable, but give the negro a
show.
WILLIAM KIMBERLEY PALMER.
Chicopee. Mass. June 3. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
The Iowa Primary

The success Of Smith ". Brook
hart in the Iowa Senatorial pri-
mary has stimulated into new activ-
ity the diligent gentlemen who for
partisan reasons are determined to
discover "rebukes" Of the Harding
Administration.
That there is no basis for the
charge is Of no consequence. 1t IS
brought just the same. Not only Is
this the silly season in politics, but
Democratic die-hards realize that
the Presidents prestige is so high
that something must be done TO
weaken il. The fall election ap-
proaches.
To hail Colonel Brookhart's sue
cess as a victory over the "Old
Guard" is a most impudent misrop-
resentation. Iowa has no Old Guard.
Long ago il effectively suppressed
the organization that passed as
such. Two years ago Colonel
Brookhart was a candidate against
Senator Cummins. pioneer and
wheelhorse Of Western progressiv-
ism and insurgency. The colonel, it
may be surmised, wanted the Office
and had many friends who wanted
him 10 have it. Defeated once. he
tried again, and found conditions
more favorable.
When Senator Kenyon resigned
Senator Rawson, who was appointed
20 fill the vacancy. let it be known
that he would not be a candidate for
the nomination. A large field Of
candidates appeared. and in the
free-for-all Colonel Brookhart. who
in his previous candidacy had de-
veloped a large state acquaintance,
possessed a natural advantage.
The prospective Senator is par
ticularly a champion Of the railroad
employees and does not like the Cum
Minis Esch law But he is scarcely
more progressive than Clifford
Thorne, the leading candidate
against him, who has been promi-
nent in the Interstate Commerce
Commission as a supporter Of the
interests Of shippers and farmers.
One may be sure that if Mr.. Thorne
had won the Democratic press would
be saying to-day that he was an in
strument Of rebuke.
Iowa long has been a state wherein
the Republican party is progressive.
Perhaps this is one Of the reasons
for the regular way it elects Repub-
lican candidates. But its progress
sivism has been sensible. and there
is no reason for believing it has sud-
denly changed or that the new Sen
ator when he arrives at the national
capital will misrepresent his state.
Washington, Of course, prefers the
return Of men it personally knows
and likes. But it recognizes that
oncomers are not 10 be denied and
is quickly reconciled
SO far as the general interests Of
the Republican party are concerned,
il is obvious they are advanced by
evidence Of responsiveness to de-
mands for change. No one knows
this better than President Harding.
Moreover, his liking for old friends
does not prevent him from also lik-
ing new ones.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
Turned Jaywalker

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir; There is so much stir just now
about motor accidents that one is en-
titled 70 ask what particular streak OF
intelligence led the Board OF Aldermen
TO change the rate OF speed in turning
a corner from four to eight milesl
beg 10 certify that thersupon became
a confirmed JAYWALKER.
New York, June g, 1922.
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lSpeeiaI b NJ Tomerl

ALBANY. June .7.-Governor Miller
was saved from what might have been
certain death to-day when trolley
car. out OF control, ran wild down
Capitol Hill. In its descent II crossed
the route the Governor is accustomed
to take in going. home to lunch. Had
Mr.. Miller been there at that moment,
he undoubtedly would have been
killed
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
A Strange Absence

From The Springfield Republican,
About all the wet stuff that Is
seized in this country is whisky and
other hard liquors. SO many people
are hollering for light wines that It's
curious the prohibition officers don't
find more light wines in the danger
zone where they hunt for eontraband.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08
SCIENTIFIC DISSOLUTION

(rlipssf by H. l. y. from Tho Journal -
Irdu,friai ard Engineering cheri'iryl
PART TINE Experienced chem
In. 4 ~. now connected with a college
In Sew York city. would Ike 10 D" aohe
ln hia own laboratory Complete equip
meni for organic or inorganic work M
dress y. u. Smell. $40 " iI9 ST. new
York. =. Y.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-08

WASHINGTON. June President
Harding barely missed death while
crossing Pennsylvania Avenue this
morning Scarcely had he reached the
further sidewalk when a taxicab, tear
ing past. ran over the asphalt where he
had been standing less than a minute
before