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Aânrttrn: Ti ircnlatloa Departmeat

A NECESSARY REFORM.in hi« gpesch nt the Ropnbll an Club

dinner las* ¡Mituiday evening i'resi¬dent Tuft roforred to ¦ problem whichmust bo faced in reorganising and re-

! Inforoini: The Republican party. E|d¡said that It had b«»a>ii suggested tttmlmany di«»-.'itisiieil Republicans wotil«!come buck If u different rule could boput In force "by which the reduction"of Southern representation c« -ubl be

'¦«ecured and a fairer method <>f galtet'"Insr the candidate for Prggtdtnt by*'the RepuMienn party could ne had."

I For hlmse'f, he remarked, he hml no

.objection "to any method -which shallbe fair."

it will hardly be disputed that the

Republican campalern of 101 vag

handicapped by the widespread con-

'rictUm. not that Mr. Tuft's nominationwas accomplished brreg-Jariy OV un¬

fairly, but that the method of repre-sentatlon sanctioned by party law ¡nul,precedent was outworn and unsuitable, j!Vr. Taft's title was as sound as tlietitle of any other BopUDllcan 1'residcii- |¡rial nominee, but many Republicanawere d-MStisflSd with the oM rule

« which allotted représente-ton on a

I geographical basis without «referencei to voting power. The party fell at bist

(« Tlctiii) t-« the short si of Its

¡leader*, who had tailed In 1908 to; remedy an acknowledged weakness inthe scheme of party government. Rutthe responsibility for that failure liesas much nt the «lo«.r <>f thoM who leftthe organization lust year M ai thedoor of those who remained In and

supported Mr. Taft.in liHis, when the national conven¬

tion had a chftnCO to OStabHa- a inore

.»qual and practicable basil of repta»pentatlón. The Tribuna expreeeed Itsregret that the Opportunity whs n<»tseized. We foref-aw that the old *«'.'**-

f"in of giving Inflated and fictitious

power to skeleton organlimany sti dit i-:«- the

party by jj-i\ita_r ¦ defeated cam1 and Ins follower- fOS? II lntr. Now the sp: DM and the

« loadll tons complained of b* Um over-

represented Mat'?s have gone from bn«lto worse. It needs BO argument t«.

show ihaf Mississippi, canting 1...ÖTrotee for the Repu an Presidentialticket, should not ha^e c«pial repre¬sentation In tlie national convention

! with Kansas, casting "4 *»'4 voteejthat Georgia, casting r. 191 should nothav. « ii power a»- (few JersOF,caat-ng 88,835, or that Texas, castincS8JH3, should have four timos ai

i power as Oregon, cas'.iu? 84,873. TheUtata-s of S'»T!*h Carolina, Georgia,'Florida. Alabama, -__miaa)ppl Loulel*I r.nn end Texas cast 84,083 roteg »làktold for the Republican national I. Yet thoRe states have 182 d<Republican national conventions, while»New York, easting 4"." 128only ninety.

It la self-evident that a rhangs 1n thebs«ls of representation should be made1n order to keep the convention DOMin touch with tiie Republican robT'nder the present «-.nier lhere is no In

.centlve to an increase in the party'si -/ote In the backward siafe«. I pm»mltnn Is pnt upon ^tetrnatiiin. A new

system ehonld be d«*vise«i which willreward energy and growth by givinggreater p<rwer to states aril fl'st riete înwhich Republicanism 1s meal militantand most flourishing.

THE CRIME OF "CORNERING."If the government can gaemg oonvle»

tlons, withholding foo«lsttiffs and otherroBUBOdltleo from the markerj '..-

to be a perilous uri«lert.'i!:!r;cr. That isthe efTect of yeplorflay's Suprema«'ourt decision holding that sudi |ner as that in cotton which In.Ratten, the Chicago apeculatta*, andhis associates conducted a fewago may bo a conspiracy 'n restraintof trade. And why should t!u> ¿<iv-ernm«-nt lave any dlflBculty in finding'uries ready to regard this av | crim¬inal offence?Not a shadow of ex. use ¡in be of

fered f«>r it with which the gfM*ntlIiubllc has nny sym;-iiliy The man

who forced up the prices of f-i.Ml prod-u.'ts or clothing by his gigantic specu-Inttre operations ..n the exchangee hasbeen regarded almost as ¦ public ene-my. popular indi-nati-n bring mitltml-r-d only by the belief that SUcfa ¡niu.'i-

«.ious attempts almost always broughtj their own punishment. Bui now thi»public nee«! no longer stand by power«Ir-ssly watching some Ratten. Sully orHutcblnnon play with its sny.plv ofilaliy broa«I. Cfustlng that In the end h»'will overreach himself. Cnleeg juries«re Mngulariy perveree, the belief thatit I«-» íi^xt to Impoaelble t«> secure eoo-vlctlons for conspiracies In restrain! oftrade Is likely to '>«» speedily shaken.Obviously, only the criminal provisionsof the itatute will serve gg ;i deterrentto thlH cluss of combinati'ins. hot if thegovernment .'an obt;.ln the évidence itought not to Invoke the criminal pro-viaions In vainThe de«"isioii will reach more than

t-pectacul-r operations on the great <»\

chsnge«. Washington dispatches epesk«of it as the most farreschlng applica«

lion «'f «toe Bnermga «et «"ver in:i«l«-. asit undoubtedly ta. Justice Van Deren*1er in iiis opinion siivH thi corner Is a

ftobtdden r«»sti-aint because it "<>i»«*r-;i|«*-. i«. thwart the c«)iiiin<.<lity from

"»ii<» Dormg] rnircnl «»f Inde 10 en-

the prit «' art mdaily, t.» hamperi»n«i mnngmfrs In astlsfylnf

"iiici- needs lí these ara Ins chame*tetistlos whi.-ii determine whether ¡i

optnblnatlou t.. wlthhoM commoditiesfrom market is illegnl. tnnny otherinetbods nf forcing op prtees god ex«

lortiug money fr .-in consumers IN btÜm mercy oí the Department of ïue*

NO TIME FOR DELAY.

It is »reported from Waahlngtoa thatn«. progrese Is th«* «liroctlon «»f replyingto «ire.it Britain's formal »protestagainst csrtaln provisions in the Pans-ma Canal art has bges made. The1 it-sent administration |g drawing IUP«Mly tu a «lose, and 1t would bo most

unfortunate should «the -If h of Maivl«arrive betöre every pni.-tlcablo StSpbad been m ken to compose the exis,-Ing difference, or. nt i*»ast. clearly t<«define thai difference. Whatever viewtnay be entertained of the equity orUm «expediency of tin* Panama «Ornaiact, there «an he no «ptostion that thepreesnt admlnlatratlon, not alone bylesson of l*resideut Tuft's diplomaticsblllty nnci Bocrateiy Kaox*s ogpori*? lire, but in the very nature of tilings,is more competent to conduct the"Mceesary negotlatkma than the next

nilniiiilsrralioii can bd fairly egpgetedto lie. Fresal.n: Wilson «i)«l his Secre¬

tary of state. Wh«) In nil probabilitywill enter office with little diplomaticexperience, would be obliged to take

up the subject de novo.

The persoual equation plays a largepart In diplomacy, and negotiation»1carried on betwoeu th« British Ambas¬sador. Mr. Rrjoe. end Président Taftand Se retary Knox would be facili¬tated by the fact that the negotiator»«met as old friends. President Taft«courageous déclaration that he wl'l

earnestly advocate arbitration If di¬plomacy falls. « declarailon wblr-h a

new chief executive Blight be .loathto make, bas already elicited the. warm

respe-t and approval of Great Britainand thus paves the way for entirely

able nsgotlntlora. Og the other

hand, the fact that .Mr. Hryce, aft«Tbaring announced bis intention t<j«i«»-tire. is remaining In Washington in the

f. r the iole purpoge of at-i,, accomi lista a «s.ilutlon of

tills dlfflcnlty. an'-.rds promMd of a

final and fortúnate settlementPresident Tri fr remarked t" the in

ternntionni Peace Pofuin <>n Beturdaynational negotiation! more

slowly." but that 1« all the more rea-

s«iti why there should be nothing in theAmerican conduct of the negotlatlonato suggest dllatorlneei or i.rocrastina-ll««n ' rer, while Mi. Toft b->*

I conrb thm «that, dipioI¡allons failing, the QUOttlon

t-bouM be submitted to arbitration, Misuccessor may lack the incünntlon and»ravage to «take the same stand in theface of uppoKlTl.-.n. and even if heshould be »-o dlspooed, the Indicationspoint to the failure in the Senate ofany special treaty submitting the dif¬ference to artdtratlon. Tims it is ¦.,

tlie more lmpOltanl that every dipk>m.atlc »sxpedlenl t«. .»?.trie the question.**Mlt of ' ,'ihl be employedw'.tbour nnneca y

SEPARATE OWNERSHIP.

B] .'- rejection of the plan for dlssuivlng the Union I'aciHc-Soutbeni 1'..ci tic combination the Supreme Oourtahowi that it is. not wed.iwd u» the prorata system of distribution whlcb hasbeen followed hitherto. Apparently¡i. court mean* to g.» as fur as it can,without disturbing prujiorty values, t«.

..oír*'»-- di*-3U'ntl<»n9 Unit will r«u>toreeompetltkkU. Eacu case wiii be de-Ctded according to Us own clr«».im-Kten.es. Where it is fettslble to Nstore independent <-m_or«di!p of tue

t^mpone*"!*, paru of the disBolred cor¬

poration tiie «o.trt will evidently aimto do It in ib'- <i m ill«.* court seena.,«« !.. i«-\e thai i- ¡i.-.-iliie lg restore

pendent ownership wholly, or at

i.-ust to far as the controlling Interestin ihe «Southern »Pacific Railroad ta

ned.The court and il.«' gorernment bave

been much erlttelaed In the pant forinning i«, »obtain dlatlnct ownership forth«.' different parts of n «liV-olved coiii-

biiuiiion, gnd l-:;s li'i.'si ruling thai¦ncfa nu and is desirable may be «?ui-

barraaalng when a dissolution has t<>¦.¦i lu «'.hieb the obstgdei r.

sc-tirii.g Independent ownership ar»- as

git'iil as the.» a en Ig the eise of theStandard Oil ami the T.»laceo trust* ;but the court tnaj be trusted not toInsist upon any it irggntggdgo that.

destroy »the vain«* of the propertyaffix.'!«*«! or ncrtflee the Interests ofInnocent stocfcholdere.

A PANAMA SCANDAL.The i«*|i..rt«»d aitltmle of Democrats

In ti.«* Senate t« w.'inl ihe governmentof the Canal z«.no is lag double sens.»

nothing abort of stMaaalotM. A y«*aror two air.. It was urged that provisionf««r a permanent system of gtrtil gor-aramenl for the rone Mnald be madaDemócrata were Ibemselvcs foremosiIn proteetblg againal an liidellnite re-

teniion of th«» military system, no mat¬ter bow «'tlicietit ii might b.». One ofthe «bit-i arcrnuii'iit'i for insisting _poothe emnlment of th«» unsntlsfa'tory

ire »>f last year was (bat It was

necesaary to provide for zone govern¬ment right away, and there was noteven time to r«*«-«insi.|er some featuresOf lb«' bill. But now there is manifesti det*iberate Intention <.f obeUruclingor dehtylng the application <>f the lawIn the oig.lni/.atioii Of a '/one govern-inetii for serend Monthi to romo.

If there 's Mom for differences of«»pinion SI tO the urgency of the etUnt*»iisbinint of civil government in the./.one. in place "f tin» military systemwhirl) bas hitherto wnrkitl so well,there can be inuie as to the implied nt-Iilude toward the man win» |s chieflyentitled to »récognition as th«» ptactkalbuilder <«f .he <.-- nal. Of course, t ..«¦

fame of Ootonel fjtoethals la ncarawithout ihe appoiutinent ns CivH fjer«enior of tue (anal Zone. »He «iocs notnetsi the plan» oiu-ba!f as much as Hie

place netsia Liiu. iiut it wouJd ^dd to |

the credit of this country to have itdisplay at «nice its appreciation of Idsdistinguished oerriceo and its common««¦use regard for Its own prncticsl wel¬fare by letting tlie man Who has builtthe canal administer the Canal //memkI by having the difficult task of or-

ganlaing tin» zone government per-formed by tlie man «who is eonepicn»ously fitted for it.

1 lie refusal to let Colonel GoethSM besppolntsd to the place for which he Ism pre-eminently Btted by the Presidentwho years ago selected 4iim for thebead <>f the «anal enterprise, and whohas iiiinself been Is a peculiar sense

and ii; an unrivalled degree associatedWith that great work, must Impressfair-minded men gg a mean eptritsdund shortsighted performance, whichcould not be atoned for hy any enboo»quent nppointuient of Colonel (Joethalsunder a Democratic administration,which might hope to promote ils ownpolitics! advantage thereby.

END THE FIREBUG INDUSTRY.'If the fire Insurance compauies do

not Like the necessary steps to put anend lo the husiness of IncondlSftomthe state will bays to regulate tlieIssue of new pi.licies. Fire Commissloner Johnsonai report shown in«'en-dlailsin In thi«! city I.« be a monstrousevil which cannot be tolerated anylonger, if the Insurance companies d<»ii't stop the careless issuing of poli-« ¡«s. without inspection to ibow thatproperty worth tlie sum for wlilch in-gurancg is granted actually exists, and!. persons with bud rSCOfdg for hSVhlgfrequenl suspicious fires, the state willhave to prevent the further encourage¬ment to criminals by these loosemethod».Commissioner Johnson's investiga¬

tion« show that inspection of premisesby the agents of hMUUnCO companieswhere It now eiists is often a farceHis men obtained a pottey even win-rean agent of a company found thatthe property insured whs alnnwt with¬out value If the rómpanles will notprovide honest and efficient Inspectionthe city will be forced to undertake 1tas a part of its Are prevention work.A law should be paoood regulating theconditions under wlilch those who areIn the habit of having flies may> ob¬tain new Insurance. And there shouldbe public regulation, too. <>f the so

called insurance adluster«. some Ofwhom are mora than suspected of be¬ing in conspiracy With the Incendia«ri<-< The custom common amongthese adjuster.-, nf keening tttt themsehes a!] they can collect from Iti«» ln-suranci.lnpariy after « fire «bore

»

the amount which the insured feelsveil pay hin for his lOSSOS, puts Ipremium «>n fllehonwtjThe whole gttustlon with regsrd to

fire msnnnce in this city «-ails for'egal regulation. 'I here are uu doubtconservative companies which guarda_alnst the abuses now under review.but i lie retakleos rompeniee and dlehosest agente endanger the wh.ale 1ii«nran «. situation. If is f«. l»e hoped tliat(V.niiniHsioner Johnson 's prepared torsfommend messnree thai win put a

stop i«, «.«otitiif Bros for the monejthere b In it

LINCOLN MISUNDERSTOOD.The fiftieth anniversary ««f tlie Rro«*

Ismstion of -¡mancipation has devel¬oped a ruther unions «Imposition to«j-e.-iK slightingly of Mi. Lincoln'sco'iraire nti<i devotion to freedom be-jcause of the careful limitelion of h¡-acl treeing the slaves to tlie territoryla Insurrection. Undoubtedly that attltnde of mind existed duiing the CWar among thoec to whom abolition Iwes i lie supreme object, transcsndlniconstitutional government or tha prosarvation of th<- I Dion Bui those whosee timidity in the failure to proclaimnnlveraal omen ipatlon do not appro«late til«- legal basis of Mr. Uncolsi

i'lie Emancipation Proclamation wsi«n exercise of militar) power «jaer a«Ustri'-t which tUe PresMenl ruled not

as constitutions] esecutive t<ur undermSrtiSl taw. It« legal 'UStiflCStiOttwas thai ¡f was an acl of militaryDecsssity. In ih«' thestie of war oou-«¦tltutlonsl gusranteee were gnependedjami iif" and property were subject tothe orden of the commander In chief.Iin that dletrici be eonld order a glarefreed, Jual a« be conU order the arrestof a ti'ouiiiesome or traitoroug civilian.Rut lie hud no power to order (lie free¬ing «if a slave in a border state whenHie civil law wse in operation Eman¬cipation could oine then only by theregular amendment of laws «»r consti¬tutions. The President was m help¬less to change the Hiatus of slavea laDelaware as any private cltinen. nisiauthority over tin* subject was purelymilitary. It might have been construí ilto extend to I lie places occupied byfederal troops, which were exemptedfrom tlie proclamation, bul tii.Mr in¬clusion would have raided QUOStloni <«ttlie superiority of civil or military lawin places where tlie I'lilon authorityhad been rsetOTOd, such »is «rose be¬tween General .lack'son and the Louisi¬ana courts in 181S This was -.i»elyavoided by confining tlie use of ihrcommander in euere powen to theterritory where his right to give theorder was unassailable.Mr. Lincoln followed doctrines long

before laid down on the subject. In1K42 John Qillmy Adams in tlie HouseOf Representative«, pointed out I hut.while slavery was Inviolable in peace,cither rebellion or n servile war thatforced interference by the fedi-ral gov¬ernment to protect the slave stateswould make tlie laws of war supremeIn the troubled district and give thePresident power to order the cmaiu'l-pation of the slaves. He referred tothe abolition decree of Rolivar and thecounter abolition decree of the Spanish'.'«.lierai Morillo In the South Americanrevolution, and showed how freedom,having been ordered as an act of war.continued to be the law when psSCShad been ostuMlobed. This speech ofAdams was recalled by an edibirlalarticle in The Tribune entitled ".lohn"«»uiiiey Adams on Slavery Emancipa-"tlon us AITected by War," on Septem¬ber 1. Ittla This editorial was placed,with some supplementary material, inthe hands of Cha ri«»« Simmer, who usedIt In a speech before the Massachu¬setts Slate Convention «m October 1.1_01. Tbfcu William Whiting, solicitor

of the War Department, incorporate«!the matti-r in I pamphlet on TlM v\ ar

powers of lbe President." publish«-*«!for the use of Mr. Lincoln In the sum¬

mer of 1.9d2. when he was studyingthe (piestion preparatory to tlie pre¬

liminary proclamation of September.

It is to be hoped that the fiulzer

stale probe will not be conducted withWaldolike avidity ami Ingenuity.

«

When $l.r. a.week Is made the mini¬mum living wage of a girl in New York

what Is to become of the girl who Um't

competeal to earn more than $5f la

she to starve or be made a charge In

complete enforced Idleness on some¬

body else?«

There seem to be as many William

Rockefellers as theie were SpanishMeets In the spring of bSOS Dike Cer-

vet-a's flagship, he. is reported from

eeery island of the sea which hap¬

pens to know he is nt larpe.-«

"The New Vcrk Times" speaks of

"that Interesting and wideawake Vir¬

ginian. Woodrow Wilson." As Mr. WtlSOOleft his native state for C« orgia when

he was less than two years old, he

probably did make tiilnps "Interest-

inn" in Virginia between dark and«luv llcht when be was '-wide awake.'"

«

What Is «II this nonsense about three

fish being caught on one lino, Ihe one

being really a combination of two? At

lernst there was a separat" hook for

each of the three fish. Hut CaptainCoffin Starbuck, of Nantu.ket, OttOa

pulled in five fish on a Singlebook, four of whl h were a clean catch.You see, be bnlted the hook with a

rnunimychug, and a perch swallowedIt, and a bass swallowed the perch,and a blueflsn swallowed the bass, anda awordflsh swallowed the bhieflsh. andthen the lone fisherman hauled them

all In together When It comes to

boasting of remarkable catche» of fish.let as have something worth while.

«-

There seems to be a difference of

opinion whether or not Joan of Arc

would t.e a suffragette We can Im¬

agine her walking to Albany to tellthe (Jovernor his duty, but we can't

Imagine h.-r Slnpptttg ft Cftl»ln**t minis¬ter's fae» nr pouting vltrh'l Into a

letler-boN.«

No dont.t n,e m-i*« for the f.«- t**at Harvard »have the entire eat* »ralOf tho students

The "final" terms of POOPS pr

by Turkey «re said ««. roHSQUlSb to

the allies everything we«» of the Ms«ritan ni.«! Tundja rivera ese*

Adrlanople w hi« h is ¦ sort of bolj.or at least patriotic city to the «n«..-

Thal would '«.-.¦«'.e '.i th« T ,-

-¦¦«-. i n. i of n n »-. abo it 140miles In i «.tent ft MB Ihe l

and would be tad the T -h I p

m Kir ipe arith ¦ mm thpr;, »'.- .'i II] a Ul the ex-

ii"n« western beadlai Is of «Asta Ml«ii««r With (Trete, Lemnos ImbroeOthOI 1 . '..'.¦ «i toilr-r », all the Ottonu»i"tis «voum be «-*»t «>f in» tarentysixth meridian e i< . son h Thew ondei la however Marltsswhs not designated all Ihe «b« i«. ihe

B rlgdi lari frontier, so aa to lea« s «.dtanoj le on the < )tt««nian *'

naturnl lround irjr. Wot that cltj l» ¡.r

the confluence ' the two rivers andon ib* saetera safe of the Marltssb it oo t oth »ui. « ..* th<* Tundja,ami its retention bj Türke*" w«»uid ne«

ag of an awkwardlittle anotare «m the western side of tin-latter riv«r. But it m;«v be that an

entlrel* different line of demaiwill ultimate!-, be «irnwn a Turklebfinality is do! alwa: - tint

THK TALK OF THE DAY.

I-' r the I'oll" i» the MB«composed of women« which teas organisedIn ilermt.Tiv ln»t yOtVT to MdlSCOUragS th"dtsstneemeat <»f the <i"ii in fevor <«* piuebbear», rat» mid dug« ".In a ret«ott ««n Itsactivities !r I» stated th.it the movemos!I id nothing la the Wl y of OMBfB»*.. "i

for Its object that n bad no Interpol hithe "naneXgcturtng of dolM and n«« en

¦ iv toward th« tear amkara "but wethink that th« ehlld IbOgM be eaaoUS«i«:*««i t. ).,.-«. it* i:inJ. ropreesntsd by thedoll, and aot dumb anímala, w i o ns

rot seen a child leve .uni fondle Ils dell,it«, bebyt it i» a beautiful picture Butwhen the doll 1» ca»t aside f..r n -..

I";«r «u riemkev, und vv«« BM these obj«. t-«ine.'.e the c'liidlsli loi«, we hhuihle:-.*'I'« pits tueir effort». I «iwever, the sale ofpiunii snlmals is steadily Inereeelng."\vt-a« nre ron irorrled aboutf""I an not tvorrled." answer Mr Meeh

ton '«« pussled vYhal cant .in«i«-rstand la vlhy a aroman will march f« urtallen ir. a suffragette parade and requlr«n taalcab t<« travel four block» on s snopplag tup" Washington fita..

ROflfflUM ha PP1WMMAh 'Ipilnno Castro, liappv man!As row you Hv« upon the déportait.>ri

tVanAnd no land claims yo»i, none i» foundThat want» to have you anywhere

arenad,Your life, until tt elo»«?««.. may l.e »pentIn »ailing back and forth from flffûffnsniTo continent, or on »Ida trip«, which take.You everywhere In hop« that you will

makeA lar.din« some day. somehow, wher«They'll tak« a wand'rer In and let him

share .

Their homes with them, because they f. «Ithat he,

fio homeless, needs some hospitality.Thus to and fro and fro and to,This pendulurnlng you may do,And all the time, whatever else may be,Your board and transportation will bo

free.For by the modern legislative way,Deported persons do not have to payTh« mat of deportation, so, old chap.You may be »aid to have a llvlnp snip,And you may keep on going back ami

forthProm Ea»t to West, from South to North,I'ntll. at last, you reach the well known

burnFrom which no traveller may return.

Ron voyage, Clp.On every trip.

W. .1. t.AMPTON.

BUUous f.o von ever give advice? I'yn)..SUB.Not unie»» I'm pretty sure It won'ttie followed.-Philadelphia Record.

A disposition to make the method ofvseelnnUeo agetnal tjrpboM un excuse formaintaining insanitary conditions la notone that should be en«ouraged. Thisseem««, however, to be the tenderuv ,,i a

recent newspaper editorial on typhoid Im-muiibjaUon, lu which It la duclar«.<J that

the method will "be a boon in towns

Whore water purification plants cannot be

built because of the ggpenoo " li can

hardly be believed that this point of view

win find many supporters. It Is too muchlike blowing out the gas because there is

a good chance of recovery If t,ie i"1'"not« is brought In time. Taking troubleand especially Spsodlng mor.«y for a goodwater supply mav seem to some mindsmore difficult than having some one in¬

ject a dose «if «Pad ha« Uli. thus permit¬ting the Intelligent but Impecunious cJtl-r«n to drink s«wiik«> laden water with

Impunity. "We can lianllv believe, how¬

ever," says "The Journal of the AmericanMediae! Association," "that this methodof reasoning Will become general."

"I have applied for something good un¬

der the new administration."'Think you'll get it'.'''Why not'.' I ciui-.e limier 'Mass A.'"What do von m»an lu « 'lass A'."'' \\ h\, the p.-ople who ran the last c.im-

paign have three clasalfleations arrangeaalways b Democrat, gênerait** s i>emo-

erat and occasionally a Democrat i wesalwaya a Democrat Don't you s«--

Washington Herald.

OBJECTS TOJ-RITIC'S VIEWTheatre Federation Member

Points Out Its Purpose.To ih«> IMitor of The Tribune.

Sir. In y.i.ir paper of December 81was a Short BOtlOe Of the play, "Ht8

Wife- by Mis Side." presented the evenlmrbefore hy tue National Föderation ofTheetre ClOhe. The heading of the arti¬cle asserts thai the production gives thedrama no "uplirt" and place« tha wordIn quotation marks to Indh-ate that thespecial purpoes of the federation Is to

produce "highbrow" plays wit m ths designof uplifting the drama The federationeertainlj hopes to avoid giving drama ¦doamwsrd phsh. and SVen aspires to aid-Inr: its advance But It was plainly statedwhen tha- association wa» oratanized thatIts «peeifle object was not to reform thedrama, but t.»*give new American play-WTlghtS a chance to be heard by the pub¬lic when their work showed some prom¬ise and m.-i ItTheatrical managers declare they can¬

not take th» risk of doing this kind ofthing, though they sometimes receiveplay.» whleh tliey_ would like to put «in thehoards as an encouragement to the authorIf the financial uncertainty were not toogreat. Now the federation steps In andagrees to d«> that wht< h inunagers are

afraid to attempt, and for this the or-

ganlaatioa should be eommeadei by ailwin. hava the advancement of nativeAmei .m drasss atTo Biped that the fledgling dramatist

»v.. .. i i able to prod masterpieceIs bis Brat publti tt« Id s sn«

¦. though il mightbap] fors

ptaj ..t i. ka iwn author give» »

11- re or profil sad an ladica-» r better things to « ome. It le all 1

rr- : .1

An unprejudiced enli --ner of the play"HI-, Wife by llis ¿Ide would a«li»«:tthat It w i« iv.". staged, w.-ll act«-«l by a

oompetoni company of plagen ami «niit«-s u- ; . ntertalnlng not to putit more » ironglj as ¦ lbj a as h

!..«.**.. .... the pen etan '.¦ i ;. .

The writer of this article Is an i' r.

s¡ ¦ ;. ember of II .. federation and isr.. t 'v :'.!!:.g II B< the lion Of gOOWl

n lal Of I ai¡. a,

, ni I r thei '.gh «Handln»: of Th» Tiil.un.¦ WOUM wish

. v. 1 fairly¦. . slaiasnt ei

m.

tl. e | :i. tl it tl IIted Of I I fOI the

'.... Ltiofl W.. York, 'an I H

- . ¦¦

THE BIRTH OF NEW YORK

Oouoependonl Sure That 1613Marked Its Settlement

.na

I aras i led In ths a--

rrihuns on ths pro». fo ..«. of Ksa

i ..mased thai. .. the

foundali. "ii »

n-> «' ei. nt ..' ths K .. history..f tlie St W V -

l « op;"i am of ths '¦' HI Is s fit

lima its ta- MM- anniversary ofNew York's founding There were whit«*men living here in MIS, and they lived her«

continuously until lern theii numberswere Increased In MM and v»r) much en«lei gad tn i*-M."Finie vvlai « -, iv '¦..!:..«.» we have of

those rarl) tltnee, ¦ .¦ n ¦ safely draw theConclnMon that after Mil Manhattan

never was without white reMdeata, and

If A« >s not mean the fosndtng of thetown, what In the name ef common sen««

"Ths bill,ling af nonas* farts milts,ate., ths promulgatlen «.* leers and ordi-

nan« i a, ti.»- tensIMe, «tMMe laattag proofsof a to dation a t be pr« sd< d by net«al butnan oee« i my

h id, ami In VlOW of the fragmentary boli vidence w.m theeaae'wlth Man

"The (In of IfeW V..¡a. If not foundedenrlli-r. was sur.-ly fOU| fled In *01T.. even

if the founders were only tradora a r-om-

mercial settlement Is us pot.-nt as a min¬ing or agricultural settlement"Purely tlie nbo'e li a mighty good araai-

n i Positivs proof ef ths occupationand reeldsncs by white people In iin,whleh oeeupeney was never broken, <"i«htto he argument BnOUgh to Satisfy fhemost captious, and. for on.« r hone thatthere w-iu be no further delay in rrepar-ing for a pr«->per, r.tfo nn«l sane celebratlon of this- very Important event

ft Is an event well worth celebratlnr. á-sthe hSIInning! Si thlncs In New Yorkwere matters of SOprvmS Importance toI he whole world In MM, affording oppOTtunltv for sprea«l of commerce, educationrmd aterprlseNi« *ii« «l> \s QAItRMTSON vm^l.ANPJersey ('Itv. Jan. J. NUWATER GATE SEPARATE PROJECTTo the Editor <.f The Tribune.

Sir: Rome days ago there appeared Inthe pre«"* articles about th» National\\ ater «.at», In memory of Robert Kulton,Which were mlul-adlng The water gat«Is not to be combined with the stadiumpurposed to be sreetei by CMumbls Uni«versity. It is a separate project alto-gether. win he built hIx Meoks furtherdown the river, and any Statements tothe contrary are false.So many persOSS have asked me what

the truth of the matter |g that I woul Iask von to publish this correction at as

early a dat» as possible.EL VAN BUft-Bf MAOONIGLE.

New York, Deo. 31. 1912.

AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUTE.From Jfl e I'm " Iniea.The arrival «.f th" tOAt of Amfin»aa<lor P.»ld

on a Hrltiali warahty. the rr<<ptlon In NewYork and it.e funeral In that cltv »a.»re rtttlnatBsealaataas la « .ii*tinaui*he<i, baaaral > «nduseful catear, and were »iiltal'le eapresilons efat i«r*clatl.»_ by th« p*i»i>l« of two srtlt Ha¬lloas.

Ni YORK SOIÏÏA. C. Chapin, Former Mayor ofBrooklyn. Weds Mrs. Montant.Alfred C. chapín, of No. 21 Kast Mth

street, a former Mayor of Brooklyn,Speaker of the New York Assembly ItMM and one of the Representatives ofNew York In the G2d Congress, was mar¬

ried yesterday afternoon by MonslgnrrMeMSCktS to Mrs. ChgrltM I« Montant Inthe Fifth avenue home of her cousin«,Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Wood. Thebride, who was Ml-s Charlotte fitorrs. I«

the «a-IIovv of Charles L. Montant. Ml*wiuiam Boverley RoKers. daughter ofMr Chapín ivy bis first marriage, withMips Grace Stebblns, who tl'.e.l 8«»ver:tlyeers sgo, was preosnt at the ceremony,with Mr». Frederic Nellson, Mr. and Mrs.

Henry K. Coe, ihe Misses COa «*»'r- iin'"MTS. F.. N. TOWnaend, Mrs WilliamArmstrong Gréer, Maurice La Montagne,Mr. and Mrs. Huntington Norton and a

few other friends.

Mrs. fitephen H P Pell will give ;.

dance on January 15 fur Miss AnnaWright, one of the debutantes of theseason

Mrs. Wlllism Curtis Demoren* hascards OUt for n reception for Mr. nnr»Mrs. William /.¡«cler on finturdny sifternoon next at her house, in F.ast filthstreet.

Ix.rd Kxmouth has sailed for New YorkIn the «.'«ronla. to visit his relatives herenn.1 In Washington Among his fellowpaaeangera are John W Garrett, Amerl-can Ambassador nt Buenos Ayres. endMrs. Oarrett. and Hugh Grant Brown,who Is on hi» way home from Con-srant'.nople.

M-s William Douglas Sloane will giv*a large dinner, followed by a musical, inwhich several of the leading artist» ofthe Metropolitan opera will take part,to-nlglit at her bouse. In Weit 62d street.

Mm« I.ucrezia Bcrl and PasqualeAmato will ilgure In the programme ofthe concert this afternoon in the big ball¬room of the Waldorf-Astoria for th«ibenefit of the N'ew York Orthopedic Hos¬

pital and Dispensary. Among those who

have tiken boxes are Mr«. William Doug¬las Hloane. Mr.« Robert Fulton Cutting.Mrs Cornelius. «. Curler, Mrs. William

K Yanderbllr. Mrs. vT. Feîlowea Mor-K-in Mrs B Avmir S.iri'ls an«! Mrs.Kr-irk S Wltherbeo. Tickets niav be )b-talned from Miss Florence D<rane. No. IllWe«-' Mtl St St

Mr« prasest( Hail Butler'« house, Mpark srenne, wss the seens of a concert

Ihren yesterday alternóos by the ciioir

of rt.e Cathedral ««* It Jobo the Pi-.. .

* the mission wr':of tí.«» .. Chapter.

Mrs wipiatn g Vanderbtlt Mr« Brad«ley Martin, |r Mrs. Henry W T*ft andMrs Bonn P Davtooa ar«» snaeng the

patronesses of the fancy .ire««« bell whichwill take place to-night at th.- (Maza forthe beneflt of the New York Diet

.i.«n. TI kets rney be obtainedfron Mbw Anna Roelker, No II tvest

itreel

Aridr»« de f.. ¦¦¦ ea ..

. ¦» MmidorfoAsterla aa * itrated le ¦. reon the Orient ' ... -n- fit of the:Loiomla Siiriur.irium Annex, Anaons Ibeeej.v n«. iv."e present were Mrs v tuetHeekscher, Mrs. Clare-i eat M H '¦'

\rt» i- .« Moulton Mi i rank n PotMr?« fVtlber Blood I NYoung and Mm Joseph s a . r «ach.

MTS Wllbam C Bates- will give I .

stre pn'ty tO-Bight fOff Miss Vmv Bradlshion, »r.'i afterward take her guests

lanes of .. Junior Cotillos at

Mrs Irtl ai M rra> Dodge,Urs Qrorer Cleveland, Mrs RowlandDavis and Mrs j PiernoBt Morgaa are

¦ patroneas.es of ti-e«~ dabees

che«te: OrlSWoM Is recoveringfrom an attack of pneumonia at her

g «." Btl

Mi « n» wy PI Ipgs nill giveWith musk*. Ibis afternoon at her l.o-:se,

h avenus

Mr hm! Mrs kt »-.in Phelpe Itokes an«!tie ¡r daughter, tbe n.ir am H ki tr. »ill

I'ave U»»vii tO dSJ for I'aim B« ach.

\. «i Qurnee, brother of wa'ter s

Qurnee, hn« PurahSSSd the Villa Miramar, Iat Nice where be will spsad the winterur.'i spring sfitb his sister. Miss DeMe«!urn«»e The place formerly heinnged to

Victorien ISrdOU, and later t«. tie Cunte.S'a'.brancor.

Mr and Mrs William SI.tari« returnedyesterday from Mount KlSOS an«1 are at

their residence. In Vnrk avenu«

Mrs Joseph Pulitzer gave a dinner last

night at her bouse. No V F.ast "Sd »treet,

foe In r son. Herbeit Pulitzer, and hernephew, VTorthlngtOO Pu vis. who are

home fiom BOhOOl Cor the holidays. Theguesta numbering forty-six, were allfonng p«'Ople. After dll ner the party,chaperoned t.y Mrs. Ralph T'ulttier, iy«ritto the Globe Theatre

The first of Albert Moirts Bagl.y's seriesof January Btaotanl "notnlngs t>»<«k loosrester«ley at the Waldocl Astoria. The

ballroom w-as crowded with a brilliantaudience. The artists were Mis» GéraldineFnrrar. Mine rinra Butt and KennerleyRumfoid. Among those present were Mr».William Douglas Sloane. Mr». ClarenceGray Dlnsmnre, Mrs. Arthur MurrayDodge, Mrs. Henry W. Taft, Mrs. «HenryFatrMi Id ns'iorn, Mrs. Robert Wliithrup,Mrs. Henry Phtpps, Mrs. John ClintonQragi «Mrs. Bussell H Iloadley, Mrs. A.Murray Young. Mia. Kdward 8 Harktiea», Mrs. J. Henry Dick, Mrs. Henry MTilford. Mrs. Kdwin Gould, Mr». Fred¬erick Pearson and Mrs. Louis T. Hoyt.

Mrs. Walter Rutherfurd gave a lunch¬eon yesterday at her house, No. 711 Madi¬son avenue.

Mr. ami Mrs. Joseph Widener will ar¬rive In the city to-day from Philadelphiaand will bo at the Kltr-Cnrlton for ashort stay

0

WASHINGTON.(From Th« Tribune Bureau ]

Washingion, January tt.

At the White House.The President and Mrs. Taft have aa

guest» Mr. and Mis. «liarle» V. Taft. MisaLouise Taft, Mre. LoulS More and HoraceTaft. The party, with the exception ofHorses Tuft, will remain for the diplo¬matic dinner at the Whit« House to-mur-i"W night.¦President and Mr». Taft attended the

Charity Bal! for the Children's Hospitaltc-nlglit '

Miss Taft and her guest. Miss KleannrRoelker. were guesta at dinner to-nightof MlSB Taft's aunt, Mrs. Thomas K.Laughlln, who afterward look them to

the reception at the home of tha Secre¬tary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyar andthen to the Charity BallHans for President Taft's next trip

show that he will be away from tha cap!«tal three days, make at least threespeeches and attend a meeting of theTale Corporation. It Is probable that atthe Yale meeting h» will announce hi»acceptance of the Kent professorship 0flaw at the university. The President'sfirst stop will be In Philadelphia, whereon the night of January 17 he will attenda dinner of the Clover Club. The nextr.lKht lu- will he a guest at a dinner inNew York In honor of ex-President Waltsof Cornell University, and on SundayJanuary 19, will attend tlie general con¬ference of the Order of final H'rith. TheTale Corporation meeting will be on .Jan¬uary 20. and the President expects tostart back to Washington that nlirht.Pr»sldent Taft will, according to pres¬

en» plans, spend part of tbo coming Bum¬mer at Murray Bay. Canada, where hewas a fami'iar figure during tha summerswhile he was Secretary of War. He wmgo to Murray Bay soon after his visit toAugusta, Ca.

Scnator-eleet Brcussard, of Louisiana,discussed tlie Panama «"anal (motionwith President Taft to-da-

The Cabinet.The President and Mrs. Taft were guests

nt dinner to-night of the Se. retary ofWar and Mrs. Stlmson, who invited tomeet them th» «"hlef Justice of the Su¬preme Court and Mrs Edward D. Whit«.Colonel Ooethele, head of the PanamaCanal Commission, and Mrs. Ooethali;Colonel Hairy F. Hodges, of the canal«ommlsslon: Mr. and Mrs Richard M.Hurd, of New York; I>r. Ezra Thay»r,dean of the Harvard Law School, andMrs. Thayer; Mrs. Robert Gambia, ofHaverford. Penn.; Bronson Wlnthrop, ofNew Toril! Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Par¬sons, of New York, and Mr. and MrsJames W. Wadsworth, Jr., of New York.Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer

will a*ve a dinner In honor of Mrs. (JroverCleveland on January 10.Mrs. Nagel, wife of tha Secretary of

Commerça and I-ibor, took her hcAieaguests to the Capitol this morr.lng andspent some time In the Senate gallery.Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. M«y«r

gave the first of two evening receptionsto-night, receiving until 12 30, when thaytook their daughters, the Misses Mayar,and their remaining guests to to« CharityBall at the New Wlllard.

Tha Diplomatic Corps.Mrs. Bryce, wife of the British Ambas¬

sador, accompanied her guest», \jtAyAberdeen and Miss Ast-iUth, of England,to the Capitol to-day, where, with a

party of friends, they occupied »eat» lathe diplomatic gallery of the Senate.Mme. da Gama, wife of the Brazlllaa

Ambassador, who has been 111 in NswYork. Is mi. b better, and Is expected to

eooas to Washington to-morrow or next

day. Mr da Gama occupied a box a* the

Charity Ball to-night and bad a partywitii lim

In Watliington Society.Ti;e Charity Ball, at the New Wlllard

to-night, for the benefit of the ChildrenS

Hospital was a brilliant success, amongthe «nests being the Presi.lent and Mrs.Taft. Miss Taft all of the members of

the CShtnet, the rianilh Ambassador and.\im» luaeerend, «he British ambaeae»dor ami Mrs Bryee, and their guest».Lady AbordBOB and Miss As>,ulth; the

Bras Mr, -U Of the gu»st»who »ere «ntert-lned by th« Secretaryof Wsr and Mr«. Mf-MS a* dinnt".' to

meet the lYesldt-nt; Mrs John *a«tor,

of New fork, who was with Representa¬tive a:, i Mra Nicholas l.orgworth. and

th« entire ¡oster ef smart »octetv A lar?.»

«..M chair, inl I eel«cupfcid Vat centre of the Pressées* »

boa, and American H-u.t> : oses fl'.l«Hi

tlie ta .'¦ to ,i*' ¡orate th» box. The

Présider« and Mrs. Taft male a tour of

the ballroom before going to tneir box

Tha gueeta were received h) Mra Henry..«Min. Mrs Prestos Gibson, Mrs afred«

i McGulre, M:s Churchill CesdssMrs CUrenc«

«Wllaea and Mi«, afrederieh Loeeh. Th«

Merina Band aad the Baglneer Bar.d ai-

t« mat.d in I ipplylng the music, most Of

which was for the aawsat of the n**

,< ,n of a llv« l) natursMra. uem !" DlmOCk S - ¦ at a

tonight in compliment «o theBritish kmbaanador and Mrs Bryee Ad-

¿ . * w-eie the Beerotary of theTroaaurj und Mrs MaeVeegh, t»sdy as*

SU and Misa ASQUtth, ths Minister of

the Netherlands and Mme. louden. Sen¬

ator atul M'.ss Wetmor«, LieutenantCommander BMdla Porter and Mrs. Por¬

ter. Colonel and Mrs. Robert Ml Thorap-fclrs Norman W'.llams, Mis» Mar:«

Stevon«. MISS Rath Wales, Mrs MstSfeinson, Mr. aad Mra -kneel Behnettagá«;eoftre> Dodge and Testar Jew«", of

New Vork. house guests of-Mr DlnockiBaron Shriek Zwledinek. of Aus:rail»;Mil hell Innes. of the British Embassy;ex-Secretary of the Navy Hillary A. Her¬bert. John Barrett, Charle» D. Walco'.tand Cyril B Judge, of New YorkMrs. Jobs Astor, who wss th« grittt

of the Secra-tary of th« Navy and Mr».

Heyes for s«»versl days. Is now the gn«»t"f Representative and Mr». Nichols»I «mg noi IIIMrs. L '«*. loiter antertalned at dln_«r

to-ntght preceding the Charity Ball, andthen occupied her box, next to that oftho President. Her guests for the even¬

ing were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph loiter, Mr.and Mrs. Reynolds Hltt. Mr and Mr»Jumes F. Curtis. Mr. Bullltt. SolteltorOenaral; Benjamin 8. Cable. Mis» Doro¬

thy Williams, Eam.es MacVeagh and JohnB. Henderson, Jr.Senator Bacon Is entertaining* for th«

winter his granddaughter, Miss ShlrUyCurry.Iftsa Helen «annon entertained Mvaral

young persona at dinner to-nlgbt for h»rdebutante nle.e, Ml»s Virginia I». Soure.

MISS ASQUITH AT SCHOOLShe Talks to Pickaninnies and

Hears About Baseball.(From The Tribune Ibirenu 1

Washington. Jan. 6 MISS Violet \»

Qulth. daughter of the British Prime MtSIster, and I-iily Aberdeen, who are auesfs

of the British Ambassador and M-

Bryce. spent the gr- ater part of th.» fort

noon today In visiting ono of the negiograded schools and asking questiin-»about the system of preparing studentsfor teaching. »

Ml«« Asc-uith devoted her time to thevery young pupils, and with the aid of a

glob« showed them the route she took to

get to the t nlted States. They were ex¬

ceedingly Interested, hut mora in thegracious "white lady'* than In her talkShe told the children she had a cllib In

the East End of Ieondon for little boysof ten or twelve years, who do nothlnf»except .lust be good, keep out of mis¬chief andamiise themselves.Ludy Aherdeen spent some time In ÜM

normal department, where several teach¬ers explained to her the system of educa¬tion In the public schools.One of the things wlilch Mis* Asqultn

learned was that baseball Is the nationslgame of America, for when sho askedthe hoys what their favorite sport wa«

thev all cried In one accord: Masehnllt"Mrs. Bryee later took I.ady Aberdeen

and Miaa Aequith to th« Capitol -