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It Is Not Patriotism but CowardiceWhich Keeps Congress in Session.M«ost mrinbei*« of Congress think that «Prsaldonl

Wilson indulged In « bitter jest St their «p-H.se

la his ¦peecft st Pl.iisdsiphi.. They« too, he saw,

deserved to have their name« added to the noWe

roll of «patriota, without tin» lemblance ol ¦ sar-

.loni«* smilo ho declared that ' the «members of the

Henee and Sonate who stay in hoi Washington to

maintain ¦ quorum of the «bouses Bnd transaei

imbiii« business are performing nn ¡it '.f pati-tot«i«in."

If they ira patriots, thev are ».«II ind cham

patriots. Only the flat of the President keeps in

Washington, now enjoying the eoolost susatner

n.atlio-- it ha« known In half a cenmry. the «wo

majority now availsble In ea«*h branch of Con

- rhe House had to adjourn laet Friday he

. iui«-e a quorum was la« king. So keen i« the

de*|rc of Democrats 1n tho popular branch to droplawmaking an«l get away from Washington that

a- n measure of precaution writs have been filled

.«ut In advance authorizing the sergeant-al inn to

srroM absentees and hale them back to tho capital.CongrOBMsOl «re therefore shy Of SCCOptlng the

prias for patrioti«* virtue offered them by tho real

proprietor of the virtue for which they are being

honored. They know that they ave staying 10

Washington not because they fool it to be their

«1'ity to stay, but only because they fear to incur

i ho wrath <.' the President by adjourning. Theyrealize the Infirmity of a patriotera «lepon.lcnt for

its exhibition ou tho activities of the 0TOTCS1mar-dial's guard mobilised for emergency work in

the sorgeant-at arm«'s ofñr^.it is not patriotism bo! political cowardl-ce

which k<**eps Congress in session at Washington.

i"h«> lca«ler of the majority In the Hones waits to

«luit. Five-sixths of his followers arant to qu.t.Vet because the President lias eracked the loantho weary toilers mechanically keep OS tolling,They have no interest in their work, and the

i snail I ha« im interest In It. The only effect <«.'

i tie poaaage of the ami-trust trills now pending In

the Senate would be to Surround with now uu-

. ertaintie« all prosecutions under the Sherman law

and to retard further the recovery of businesshero is no patrlorism Involved in muddling up a

situation which had been almost completely clari-

Had and further delaying tho return <«f prosperity.Nearly everybody about Washington «.»«.opt

President Wilson see« this, il«« «eis up hi« opinionsgataat that of the Democrats la Congress and

their surrender to him mi a« t «if patriotism.It i« something to their -credit thai they are loatht«> ac<*ept as «u«'h what he has deacrlbed a«- a deeoHen of bonor. If there wer«« BOtblag better and

higher in patriotism than hypo«iiH«al subserrlencyto a party leader, thero would be no sting for any

body in gotof down to hi«tory a« a man without ¦

"Uiitry.

(iovcrnor Glynn Must Investigate SingSing.

The ex-warden of Mug ging, who retired ho

raune, he said, he wai handkspped by the ofsnoailion of Taininany Hall's Wovtclie«ter «oiiniy allies,now dolares that a political ring Hells drugs and

..«.hivkey in tho prison. Thi« clique, which has a

monopoly, maker- tS&QOO a year profit, ho chstges.As a result. 1r controls the prisoners and the

prisoner» really control the prlaoBThe**« ere definite <«har_es. made over Mr

« laney's own name. There is no doubt ah«.m th.-

.«leiitity of the outfit of politicians whom he ac¬clama, eren if ho did r.ot name them at this timo.His charges are susceptible of proof, or they «re.« «.. i of deepaeaMe He«, for which be should behold wponslble. If they oaD be proved, be shouldhe required by Governor Glynn and Superintendoat l.iley. r«f the Prison Depart ment, to provetl.eni. and quickly, tor.

«"onditions such «s in« ebargea Indicate would!.«¦ «n unspeakable .«.ink of corruption, a disgraceto thi« «.rate and a double dtsgra«es to any a<iministration whhh psrmlttad them to ovl-'naaeanaiy m<imont after their existence had been«.»IM to pnnHc attentJoa Qovernor Gljna in-l^)wer to ronducf an investigation Into this matter

lenall« or by a eoanedseioner, whom ho may sppoint. It 1« his dutv to order su-h an loresttg«ion immediately, 'i beat ChargM are true or they¦ra not. i.orernor Glynn is the man to InTOatlgatoIhein.

i he i^csident Once More Aids theSpriihmen.

i <. President undid yostenlay by | itroke ofths jxm n «triwiiig vietory for ihe *p_erH sjratetn«son in i.'origr*«- F'ni,;,, «.pinion Induenoed th<-t«o haanai tO lejad S<-s-retarv Rodfleld'l plan f«i:-«¦»».«sTjirig the fonrt«--«'!« ".imnei'iai attachés creat«sdm the legislative. e_«< utive «i.| ii<ii. jui s«pproprinttoa set outaids the protectioa <.f lbs classified

rtea. }l" warn«-«! to follow the old ririou«iii«*tb»d of par«-«<«lliiig out th« . political«i-iii*. <"««iigri-s>, after i long eootroTerujihwsrtod him by regtttriag the appoiatmsnts te be«r.ado aajly after regular chrll Mrrkra examinations.

>ir. RadJaWi has rio« oranIddaa n««- ««u .«r

Gaagiuai hjr pmanadlng the PresMenl to exempttfjg coaimerdsl MicMi UsfOMgh an af«scuUl

'¦ It Is a pltty ahlft r«"-orle«l lo In a p.n.»f« lit. Vet It 1h absolutely In lln«» with the sdi« nlstratlor. s flied polb.v of sr«ollafioii in the foi

elfo servi.» Ifad th<-«<- attachai besa a--iiíiii''J to.1:0 t-Ute Depon BOOX H.ey would have ha<J to bShImHus M sii attar attaeMi aro bj Um competí"v. m*ib'>4 'ihe tier-rotary of « oma*er«a a .,i./..|. la«* pjtfall by having them jftJA" sadei In inn

diettoo. sod tow ¡j^ and Wo PraaalS-l bars turned

another slurp eor'iicr in urtk*r i«> save tlatrac f"ur

leen mu jola» for personal or political farorltes.Presldenl Wilson enterad offne with n reputa-

ii..11 «»f «i««\,ii,.u to the merit system of appoint«nient. I »ut <>n virtually every «xosion on whichth«» merit system has been atUcked ho has eitheroriginated the attack or acquleiMed in It lb*- ab¬stract teal for reform has nerer boon ,-ii.ir- t«. with¬stand hi-* prad cal aympath«, with the bungrj andtblraty.

General Hucrta's Comic Opera Election.General Hucrta's little farce ««omedy Presidential

election in Mexico will Impresa n"b«»«l,v. Tin» gen¬eral romped home :i winner, and it Would have

been n serious thing for the ele«tion managersif he hadn't Constitutionally, the election is nullnti'i void, too few mie«, basing been et**, or

countedKle.-tions In M«-xi''" ar* :i ^.I «leal like tbOSS

which u*ed to be he «1 in some "i' the Southern

State*. The election Officials there relieved thevoters «>f all responsibility, it was limply a malter of making out the return, |i would he "lie oftin» grent difficulties in holding a frc<» electiOfl in

Mexico for provisional Presldenl i" overeóme thevoting habita of a eoupie of generations, The ISper rent at the top hnve cas! the ballots for thestihrni-rged S."> per rent, and the sr, per rent will

find H hard to neeii«tom themaelrm to the sen»-«

lion of tnklng n real hand In g«->v«rnnient.Except under American or some soi-t of interna

rionni supervision, it would be extravagant t" hopefor an election in Me«ti«o honestly reflecting theWlshea of a majority of tin» people.

Extravagance at Public Expense.Park Commissioner Weior of Queen«! has dis

covered a squatter ooeiipyiu.; a house rent free inone of the park* tinder his Jurisdiktion. The cityeven paid for the squatters heat. light and tele¬

phone, bo he proresteil mm h when evirted. Mr.

Weier also discovered a hi-rli-prlced engineer aetlngni a night watchman.and nothing else. That

also wns changed.lAi^ttnce of such conditions implies a reckless

«llsreganl of the proper use of the public's moneywhich outrht to be criminal, if if Is not, and stand¬ard*! of officeholder morality and ability not at allcreditable to the public. One of the beif Uunggabout the Michel administration has been the wajthe young men he appointed have used Industryand common sense in loo'iinc over their Jobs, as

Mr. Weier did when he dls«-overerl these thlnns.and working at them on the same bn«is of honestyand accomplishment which would be applied Inprivate business.

He Asked for Steam Heat.Ladies aiui gentlemen: All you who have slz-

/..',! by the rteaatara or melted In the mountains,we w ¡«-h to call your attention to the request made

last Sunday by a New York hotel guest. This

gentleman hails from Dallas, Tex., where, as you

probably know, the mercury never sink*« under 30degrees below zero even in the a inter time. What

be wanted was »-team lm.it

Now, m a matter of fact, we owe a debt of

gratitude to the gentleman from Pallas. The ho¬

tel manager thought at first bis eue-t whs "spoof¬ing*' him. Bat ten t.» one thi« manager felt justas the rest of ns rontervattva Gothanrittea feMchilly, but ashamed t«» acknowledge it even to

ourselves What, feel .old in New York on the

fifth of July'' I'nprecedente.i: Preposterous!Sol «o your visitor from I »alias. He had no

preconceived notions <>f what Sew York shouldproduce in temperatura ai this season. He couldbring a thoroughly open mind to bear on his own

Sensations. And he knew he t.-lt coldWCll. it wa« cold, and it was bigfa time some mir

came right out and said 00, or we would all con¬

tinuo t., frees« t" death in B. V. D.'s and two-

piix'e suits, browbeaten by the calendar.Ami a» f.«r steam heat and, l«****id<Butally the

beaten brow -did you have the nerve to ask theiatiilor for it last night or «lid you go io bed to

keep warm': Personally, we- Rut heer up!"We aball have warmer weather s.,in.. time this

summer." says the weather man.

The Closed Summer Night Schools.Closing i'f the summer night schools maintained

for helping illiterate inimlirranls of adull year« is

to be regretted. It deprives many hundred men

ami women anxious t«> learn t" read «n«l write

ih<» language of their adopted country «"»f a properand desirable agenry of education. To Just that

extent it maintains the per entagc «>f adult llliter

acy which edu.ati'inai authorities consider anch n

"is matter and endeavor .*.. earnestly t" re

din.'.M || t.» be hoped ih.. budgel for nexl yea«; win

make «in«» provision for these a« boola. it wouldie even heiter if the j'.oar.i of Education, by ap¬plication of money from some general fund foi

evening »schools, if such be available, could pre-renl their being closed for Ibe real of th«' summer.

(.'«ihincl Roosevelt's Dilemma.Declarations <«r Mayor Mitehel and other lude

pendenl Democrats thai fusion with the "Progres¬siven i- extremely unlikely because of ColonelRc-oaevelt'a attacks «m Presklenl Wilson mustI»«, somewhat distressing i" th«- bead of th» HullMoose il«- has engaged bimself to free Xew VoriStute from the bomlam of Murpby and Barnes.u«> knows ihe progressives cannol elect a straightcandidate, and has refused blmse to head a ticketU«» insists that the »Progressives rnnnol IndorseDistrict Attorney Whitman, i; must be distinctlyembarrassing, therefore to have Ibe Wilson Demo¬crats, the only political element with whlcb berouUj hope to amalgamate hi* followers other thanthe ami Barnes B«»pubilesn*, sh«. off from him inUn»- fashion.

Tin» Colonel appears to be between the devil andIbe deep sea. A «.tini.-lit Progressive ticket will»lino*-! certainly eleel a Tammany Governor, whowill «.oiiiimie fur this atate the kind of administralion given bj l»i\ Sui/.cr ami niynn, ami responsli.iiiiy for ¡t will be charged to Colonel Roosevell..iinl In- follower*. A«¦<-epl:; in «. of a progressiveRepublican candidate bj the Progressives wouldbe »Im«»-1 certain t" result in bis election, Buithai might Involve acceptance of Mr. Whitman,wIki now aaeraj t«, m the leading, candidate ««i theanri-macblne «.lemeni of tin- party, and thai Ini :ris. would Involve Hi«- ei President' idmlstdon

tal be bad bees siJsled by some "f the l*rogrei.-iii's wbo it'" i. to «». ster Baj i" ..'¡»c him Informatíos

It I ertsla thai »Vfnrphy and Bai ne '.¦¦ isnjcannot Ire amasned by anything le« Until rotes.nmi « olonel Roosevelt course up to date ba i*Mtended t«. produce the oeeeassr« nmalgamatt-os oli',i. w if h w Im 'i te «¦" '-"inpi i« h i hut de- irnl.le en.)

The Conning TowerDuleinca's Own Father Win.

"ft 13 cold, lather William," the city man

said,"Although it i- early July

And vet there arc comforters piled on mj'

bed-Perhaps you can an«wer me why."

"Indeed I can tell withoul any delay."Wrote Pa from his countryside shack.

"It always gets cool when I start to go 'wai.And h"i "ii the day \ gc\ back.

The id«-.i «-corns to bo that George Fred Williams

having been asked in leave Athens, the UnitedBtates «¡il n"1 '"' i^wponsible for anj speeches,debta or colds be may contract.

Ah. for the glorj thai was Williams und Ihc

grandeur thai was Pindcll !

THR \)\Ak\ OF ÜLR ()\.N SAMUEL PI P.S.

.iiihi i. ii« eerj betimes snd met Mistress MarjT'.Mie and «i'li her to the teuuis-vourta .«n<i playednear nil th<« day, :in«l »roll enough, too, till l «li«l

juay agsinsl .f. Allen who trounced me withoulmercy, by reason of hie greater »kill than mine.With W. Trumbull and Marjorie snd «¡. Rice sudKate iii"i John Adorns the artlsl fellow lu in Inn.bul i »aid, where there Is no dauciug, else I shallnut pay the reckoning. So we had u nierrj istrty.¦nd I «lid have soine sarsaparilla and ¡i cheeserabbit snd GrantIsnd did have ;i nlad ol crabmeat, with tomato sauce sud ¡i cock-tayle, bii>*

tasting stuff. Thence t«« snother publicb where i

did bare .-i herring salad srith bazlenuta, »cry tine,too, and Grantland «li«l order grilled oranges with

maple syrup, as nelllsb :. combination as over i

have tasted, or oven Imagined. I h;««l an lief pulchill Kiiu«'«' on h'UK'ii pye. And all the waiters del

gather about us, to eee «the man who had ordered

thii «-tuiT. for, albeil ii was «mi the bill, none ererhad ordered It, und 1 doubl any ever will again.Yet this golf-playing poei will devour such thingsand prate of bis greal health, withal.5..With Alan Pollock the playactor snd A.

sterner the painter to luncheon and we talked i»f.¦irr and letters and this and that To !.. I'tit«---

meyer'a for dinner where Mere C. Wood and

Nicholas Lindsay und Mistress Sara Teasdale, whois a poet, and had much talk of many things.Thence to my desk, where at my stlnl Uli finished6..To the courts. an«l Will Beebe and I did ''«'-

gin to plsy Bgalnsl A. ^oribond and J, Btelnacber,ami we were doing excellent well, too, when ].iWill did fall and linn his ankle, which swelled t"

n grent size snd pained so thsl we «could not go on.But our opponents wen« fair gentl«smen, ami tieggedme to gel another partner, bul i would not, for '

bad liefer lose with Will Uian win with NormanBrookes. To Will's then, and Hi«' chyrurgeon came,uii.J siiiii it «.«..-«s Dough! bul .« greal sprain, i"i'

will «'¡in not play for many days, i.r arrête!*Also, i ¡«in «perturbed over my l.« rd Theodore'swell-being and fear he maj be less robust than h<«Imaginetb. Brock Pemberton came this daj tolive with ni", my wife being In Nebraska.

HORRIBLE HEADLINES.»KILLS wil¦]¦: AND SELF IN Ml RDER PACT'i can endure bj u»«- of tactBul can*! read a Itboul s qualmThat "SPURNED, SHE SEEKS TEN THOUSAND

BALM."Hi UOB1 -'." I.

The returns i"i««ni Mexico snd Colon are

snd e.vejii for the "tippy news tliul .Mr, Bunker Isthe _,.if teaeher at South Poland, Me., the olBcewas strangcl- rain last nigbt.

PROOl R« " «M

ths. ¦¦ : «s-

«l- o-,, ninas «. 7 «.. in mo spiritfir,^,.t fte« «:

[From 'lis T>: k.\ (on »

M Woadi our «ral it Tues-i| ber of the i

Count** Bupt. I>.<: tjr to I :il ,,fMi M .is« i!

The papers are spoofing Augustus H Hall be¬cause be nore diamonds on his suspenders, i'elare nol diamonds quite a» nwensury a~ suspenders'/

Dl l.< IMA m i hi: III)« K.

Bin Dulcines ami I went down to sec G S K. «irTso the Kroonlsnd. she thonght the slow boats werelots more fun, the fast tups don't seem like reallyero ig the pond si sil, she wanted to know if 1diiln't wish / whs {-<>¡i>k too, but thought she'd rathersee America first. Besides, was all righl now inthe harbor, hut jus« wait till two or three days outShe hersslf was a tine sailor an.I n« r felt it even

when all the rest were under the weather. She never

¦«,! to have any luck *.¦-11 h steamer letters, thoshe wrote ever so many, lor elf. The otteers1 uni¬forms v.-.'ie awfully hsndsome, snd sin- thought a

sailor'- life ni u -t ho awfully healthy, always out illthe ««alt air. Hut they say they're terribly iup<tious, She ¡usl loved steamer chairs, thej seemedto have such an sir of romance. Of course, most ofthe crowd was only down to tea their friends off,but it seemed SS if ever SO many good looking nun

were com. abroad this summer,Stateroom *«ll »"« ;« little small, bul then -«ou

soon get used 10 it, and really you're only in it at

night. II would be awfully exciting to stow away init lifeboat or somewhere, bul thi ¦ esughtyou, sli"'d heard. She'd alrnósl forgo! to thi i American fla«; nia tot ins buttonhole, bul then"better late than never.'' She thought probably we'dbetter g«l "!f early unies- we wanted to «jet carriedaway accidently. It would In- nice, toa, to wave toInm from the end of the dock, but of eourse theynever saw you in the crowd. "Well,"parting, "hen VOyagl G my love to the «^uccnnii'l doa'l let the suffragette got you!"

K \i*,i.

¦i m inks roa m* ad rtitan ri «i nut» H ««lies s Ulm a ill peo|i pooei Jofsal, Wall, Hui

Paps

flrantland Rice, who knows s n.I deal shoutgolf, ¡nul Bert l/«-i"ii Tsylor, (be w, I« colyumist,bate been having un argumcnl as to the adrisabllltj of keeping your ej. the ball Mr Rk-es;i.\ . i«-; \ii Taylor saj keep your eye on Hi«*

cup, Tho taro poeti arc to plaj .i match Julj IT.¦nd wa bats engaged Ring W. I<ardner to cover itfor the Tower.

In golf, tennis, and billiard Ii Her, we hold,to keep your eye »n the |.»-«.|-- ni, iban th«*- »bjecllimed .-')

Km m paragraphing lastlining, ea'Mvlnllji ion

don'i i""i. .ii Hi" pen and Hie ".tmypeiier,

. «m keep roui eye oa tus goal i P \

THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

THE PEOPLE'S COLUMN An °pcn F,,rum '"'Public Debate.

NO "COOLIES' IN JAPAN

A Proteat Againat the Uae of ThiaWord aa Applied to Japaneae.

Tu the Editer of The Tribune.Sir: In the name <>f international

dsesney I treat that The Tribune willdrop from it« columns the B «,r«l"coolie" as applied to Japanese. Thereare no "coolie:«." in all the Japaneseempire. liver since the gospel ofI'.ii'ldha wa» tir«t preached in Japanmen have been free.Even the social outcasts, "ineligible

to citizenship." because of certain oc¬

cupations ami transgression*, v. ereelevated to full citizen-hip and sllowed.a earn land, enter the army ami navyand all line« of privilege includingthat of being taxed) ami promotion by

ediet of the la'e Emperor Mm u-

bito the «¡rent, ¡n I.M9. His set ..« Blmorally noble us Abraham Lincol i's.A "cool'c" from "Kuli," a member of

the lowest cs«te in India s man withi.ia because of birth and age-old

oeisl oppression i« unknown in Ja¬pan, where the paarest hoy '-¡mi becomepremier, ami no "previous condition".h hinder him.If we American« ntUBt violate solemn

treaties, "the supreme law of the land,"and persist in a dog in the manger pol¬icy, beginning where the ("hiñese leftoff centuries and the Japanese genera¬tion.« ago. let us at lese! keep our idea«clear. In hearty appreciation of the«ver progressive Tribune,

WM. ELLIOT GBIFFIS.Ithaca, N". Y. July 3, |fl I.

THE "RIGHTS" OF WOMEN

Salvation Army Verae Edifies a Suf¬fragist.

o th« Editor of The Tr bSin The verses quoted by "M, 8."

in jroui issue of July l, "for t'ration of your many anti-suffragistand sutT racist reader.«," may well edifyboth anti-saffrsgiat ami suffragist.They will be still more forcible, eon-idered in the light of present ai

tun.- facts. When economic necessitydrives the mother into the factery itlurely curtail« her "right the litt cones to guide" and small wood« r,when It wreatg from her even themora primitiva right to nourish herinfant at her own breast. lor thewoman whose underpaid and never-nilmg toil turns her home into a-went «Imp "the right to brightenearthly home.« with pleasant «miles" ismuch abridge«!."The right to eoagfert aid to bless

the widow and t'ne fatherle«.*." was one,, the Brat rights elalassd by the aromensf slifornls, when they exercisedtheir newly won power of auftrage 'opasa a comprehensive widows' pensionlaw. The right "to soothe ami cheerthe bed of death," and to prevent thebed of aiekneaa from becoming thebed of death, Sraa conquered for thewhole nursing profession in largemeasure by the veteran suffragistFlorence Nightingale. Another Engliahauffragi t, Josephine Butler, laid downg Inline life m contest for the light"h «* in the lost from the patlihame" and to close those path', ¡ntin- new lawg and the new policewomenof oar Pacific «'oast her -inrittriompha, Its "holy influence" madeeffectual by the votes of Americanwomen. C. I. CLAPLIN.Newark. X. J., July 1. 1914.

AS TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

Municipal Ferries and Bridge« Consid¬ered Good Argument Againat It.

To the Lditor of The Tribune.Sir: Your correspondent Arthur

Brooks Hnket arrites in your i««ue ofJuly .' tha* he refuses to be fright¬ened by seeialisia sr public owner¬ship, because:

"I haie been to the Hiou\ /mi.when the publicly earned snimsla

quite a« happy as though theywere in private iiulosures; I have seen

your MnaeUfB of Art and yoi.r exhibiti.l natural histery specimens ami your\quariuni; I have Brassed jfOUI re-

markabla bridges «err Last Ri er andadmired every one of them; I haveridden >"i fear municipal ferric«; Ihave breathe.I your municipal air.cleaner than that of any other largaeity In America; I have visitad SSmunicipal bathing besah. Testae thingaarare neither atreciOUS not hateful."

Hut ha« th«1 »rent!« man observe.I theannual deficit« of our municipal fer¬ne» or eanaiderad what our remark«able bridge« have cost the public byrusses of governmental extra«, agaticeand inrftirirncy * If he »ill stutly up

tue financial itatistlca of the Manhat¬tan bridge alone. I venturo to say hewill find them both atrocious andhateful. As for the Brans Zoo, theMetropolitan Museum, the NaturalHistory Museum and the Aquarium, ifhe will investigate a little further hewill find that their merits furnish thebest of testimony to the superior ad¬vantages of privately controlled enter¬prises. His publicly owned anímala inthe Zoo. if I am not mistaken, are »h«property of the New York /.'««.logicalSociety. G. !'¦ B\

Brooklyn. July 2. 1014.

NO COMMUNISM IN IT

One Correspondent Refutea Another'sCharge Against Socialism.

To the Editor <>t The ribune.Sir: Judging by Ins letter ti your

issue of July .1. Mr. Brennsnfaith m the motto. "If i« rgunient willnot avail, try slander." In a previousletter I refuted his s atement that" ocialiam lias never pronounced n po¬litical dictum worthy of any nation'sserions attention," and successfullyproved to him that soeia it doctrinesm«- rapidly being adopted by progres¬sive nations, wherupon our friend,despairing of fair tactics of ilel.aie.levels at .socialism the charge of com¬munism

In reply, it is enough to «ay that itmust he evident to all who have theslightest knov.-ledge of socialism thaisuch a charge ii absolutely and unqual¬ifiedly false. If Mr. Brennan'a attempt',. confusa collectivism with com¬munism is merely the result «if ig.io-rr.m-e. I w.u.¡«I refer him for enlighten¬ment t.. any standard dictonary.To show that Ins attempt to make

in in our country something en¬tirely different from socialism in Ger¬many i* utterly unfounded it is onlynecessary to po'nt to the socialistplatforms oft intriea, which arepractically identical in the aims setfun!-."As for democratic principle?, he

v ho needa this elucidation is ti<>t muchof an American." I a*k Mr. Brennen'or his definition of democratic princi¬ples, have my own It is founded onthe promptings of the heart ;.

i of the head, in the light <>f recentdisclosures it seen.« that the verjfounders «if our Constitution were notactuated by the spun of democracy inits tines; lenae. In riew of his con¬servative tendencies, I still think IIa definition of democracy by Mr, Bren¬nen would be Interesting, If as incon¬sistent, not t.« say distorted, as hisviews on sociali m it could rot fail tobe at least amui

E. W. VAN VALKENBURGH.Eaat (»ranime. \. .1.. July .", 1914.

REPARATION TO COLOMBIA

A California!» Who Thinks We CannotGo Too Far.

To the Editor of The Tribune.Sir: All Republicana aie not of the

opinion expreased in The Tribune ofJune 24, in an editorial entitled "Re«snciliation with Colombia Too One¬sided." (Mi the contrary, many of usare decidedly of tlie opinion that ifthe divine economy had one thing iniew in t'ie election of Mr. W ilsmi to

the Presidency and of the presence ofMr, Brj an In h Ci 'it was to«erne! the stupendous blunder tha'vas made in the matter at ¡.sue. If

.,.'111''.(»«in snd an neology to «'.dumbig».ill bring ua back the rpesneet ami con¬denes of South American people.«

«s h ich .i '.. «i« u- in the PanamaRepublic tran act um it will be a cheaponi ni« ,.t ¡on.

has .. tra mewhat in SouthAmerica and have met many S.nitliAmericana, and the impreaaion I gotwas that the] look upon everythingoriginating in thia countrj with uspi«ion- ever since tha Panama coup, !..Miy that Colombia i< "bleckosai

absurd. The fact "blackjacked.lombia. Let's he trank sndcall "a spade a gpade." "An henea! eon-teeeion is good for the soul" of s nation as well as of an individual.W B hud mach bette paid <o-

lombia every dollar that ihe demandedal the time than hsve recorded Bgsinslas .» rsethod that breathes of the darkcr ages in history,

t'ntil \«e right the wrong WS are losit.g »illions af trade with South Ametnan eountriee. We can gel it n|| backb\ shewing them that we are atronganough t>> sdmit our mistake. Let's.h, th.it. «iet buaj snd fanal it. it'sbut ni'»"« are are after, ami for that i»ecan -taiul a whols lot of «eutintentaihumility, no matter has much sunn««neu', feeling« are hurt, "ho or.linaril«have «civ little feelinp I'm- ttlS feelingsnl other- «'. Si'HWKIT/.KK.

l.o« Angeles, Cal., June M, It'll

MORE SOCIALIST INTELLECTS

Correspondent Produces an Interest¬ing List of Names.

To the Editor of The Tribune.Sir: May I butt Into th«' eontrover S

betweea Mr. Brinkerhoff and Mr.Clocker to ani the latter by citingsome les. general!;.- known cases inwhich men of lirv. rate intellect haveembraced socialismAmone physiologists there is Jacques

I.oeb. Criminology contributes EnricoIt rri. Kconomics comes forward with.lohn S'uart Mill, and sociology withI ester )¦'. Waid. The extent to whichProfessor Albion Small, of Chicago,vlio is editor of "The American Jour-r.sl of Sociology." upholds sociau'-tdoctrine is well known among his col¬leagues. We are informed that amongeducational scientists Dr. Radosavlje-vich, of Sew York University, is a so¬cialist. Truly, there seems to he no

lack of first rate scientific minds thatfail to find the vagaries which are al¬leged to be inherent in socialism.Without referring to the field* of

literature, art, philosophy. I may per¬haps be permitted to pass on to jour«

:. and name a socialist in thatprofession who attained some little re-

pute. I moan Horace Grooley,And will any non-socialist deny tho

ti'le of first rate intellect to that fitpioneer of scientific proletarian social¬ism in America, Wendell Phillips?

S. G. RICH.Bethel. Me., July S, 1914.

Books About South America.To the Editor of The Tribune.

Siri Will you kindly print in yourcolumns a short list of hooks which itwould I»- profitable for on« very igno¬ran! of the subject to read bet'.ue ta

trip around South America'* Youwill greatly oblige.

MRS. KELSON AMBER.Si mford, ("South America: Observations and

Impression!." by .tames Bryce; "TheOther Americans," bj Arthur Ruhl.Scribner's is publishing a South Amer¬ican leries, containing ¦ valuableci,«I treatise bj Calderón, and othervolumes about the individual countriesby various other authors. Ed. Note.

Away with the "Plucking Board"!To tl .. Editor of The Tribune.

Sir: four most excellent editorialsr iter4ay and to daj. together

Mr, RoDii ion's t llingly effective car-to« n. mi the iniquitiea of the "pinboard" -in- heartfelt response in many"¦ ii know of the injustice prac¬tised 1" those .. l-chair sedentariesal Woi «rhoae political dodgeryi; eludes ostensible (illegal) authority.the worst results of which, being virt¬ual defamations of rhartseter, should

d undoubtedly « '!| be, soon put-. tO 0) ^

far too seriou ilj on«of outrageous tvrong for the national

stor to i innotieed.Vour closing paragraph to-day

" iVe believe t lis I I o igres «-

readily induced to abolish the "pluck¬ing board.' When it does it ougl

ctimsboard's crois and prejudice."

is more an so n d sei se. Pal riotic righteousne i itsel de*

.I at it be done. Mere power toSecretary Daniels, Victor Blue, el si..." thai sra to its early fitltiln

ALFRED LAUREN'S BRENNAN.New York, July I, 1911.

Home Rule snd the Queen.I o the lió tai s ie Tribune,Sir: Would you kindly afford nie

spare to csll ati angeinception «

.¡.-'«i- of man) protagisut« nom) here, as if such

givings had «ny foundation in fact,they would unquestionably offer an al-mosl m won unie bai..i .¦ m tl;«. measure? The idea preva¬lent in soin« quai ters snd expri sdhi the meeting of the executive com¬mittee of the t'nite.l Irish League, as

reported in this day's Tribune, thatHome Knie tan l'i« :. at tl«,| or

.«ire piacn! in jeopardy by an\ preju¬dices «'lull Quean Mary might enter«ta h ii only a little more ridiculousthan the assumption that the monarchhimself can vets the measure, As

.:..'! «ml' '"om of government :« thatf -i ion titutie ni government bi mas

erehy, tin« Kins eannol arrogate tohim elf the arbitrary prerogatives ofthe Rus lian de p.«-. or .«..en Iho e.«.Inch *i German emperor can coirntly assume. Th.« «tutu3 of a Britishmonarch is this eaansetian \«h. aal onlyexemplified very aptly, but dramatical

ly enipha-'Ter] by tone «h-n..-' . . .<! her unwilling-

siirn the |ri*b Churchhmenl bill, in 1870, a-« it I; an

"open secret" that he told her in u*i

mistnksble but dignified termi thathad no other alternative

"sign or abdicate," hs the Prince i.tWales (sfterwsrd Edward VII» wouldgladlv indora«

JOHN JOSEPH 0*DR1SC0LLXew York. July 4. It'll.

SOME ROCK ISLAND HEMS

Bondholders Called Upon to Sacrifi-eCollateral, It Is Charged.

T., he Edit ,' of Tribuí e.Sii A.,«,' her chapter in the u

rial history of the ihicago. RockIslam! A- Pacific Bailwajsince . he t ra acquiredcontrol, some twelve or thirteen

now in proceaa of evolution. Itwill be n member« .i tl at the <.

way company stock, after beingmutated and aubeequently "bulled" .«.

height »''a* by legertransf. to an equal amountcollateral trust Ipercentboicompany plu« an enual am«common stock and T" per cent in newpr« 'erred >tock in another new com-

To the reist

lege of electing a ma j<of din.Thus '' e cle« <*r but by no :

.,

carefully Inspiring the pu;>l:,- imitior. dis; .,.*«» of all th« all th«jcommon stock and nearlypreferred stock and still retainlute control of the >.-,

em to consumí

deal, to I elleithe purchase of the Tri « «» at ..«

price snd Í1 Ister rale at pithe purchase snd gi f «i

the Chicago a\ Ea t« rn lllinowildly infl is nu¬merous small tl at :u t»

of profl at th«

perfdiscovered of «

having ¡*. too\ proposed to a

t'na! chapter in -

I:.f-.er the head ofartistically .¦ future orosd, '¦ developed

pref«the bonds pro

holders would, after due Iobtain the i

ili

the compiof the 001

Itcould b«

ally .lea'' in, BS 1 g 1 ¦> Stuckchsng

an and i\\ hich ic had mot«

nancial condit n urro n1901. N-

m ¡tteehold« r- .-.' .1 ;. .-

,. i plai b '¦. cl pei '

efiough opposition «'»-tu «

of thiswe. ton i in:tOcktiie Roekshsrelioldei i snd t«> the collât«holdersi',.! t rifle« that lcompany needa funds ami i.bond i. Incident illy, ¡te fi.. namon ahareholdi ., . who.e\ em of the if the rollet

i ':',i ..« .,

er m rouit. are permilIparticipate in the reorgai

must be eoneeded '.. I" » vi,,>

in» «liable ha*, i

be uadcrwritt '.. .< perfcctl) safeis to inure to the batThere Is so good reason, except

unifd «p. as ition of I.i . itr,.|, whl all '*ie »lin!-'-» IS

quired could '»t be upnlled b 'collsteral truat i bondhold-..he«, thua enabling them t<> retain allthe railwaj «.to«-», nistend of doipart of it to the preferred .«'"I comineatook holder-, *¦ « .11 ;i e,

!i.tier tu secure s bleck of prefferre«',".* priced «ppr.-pi .»tel \

eany'a :.i t'l 0RG1 Kl II 'INew York, July J, t'.'lt.