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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1913. e-Puhlic Thought on Public Questions opie Pag LETTERS DIRECTORY.

MASONKY DEFENDED. Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Diverse Views on Politics during "change" hours on the old Produce Exchange (now the present Army Build-' ing on Whitehall street), he was always on hand, actively engaged in gathering in- formation from the numerous merchants. brokers, steamship officials and others, of whatever business was being transacted CHURCHES DO NOT ATTRJCT Out of Date Methods the Cause, Says One Who Suggests. Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: Having followed my own advice to The Eagle readers and selected from church Presbyterian Church, and, perchance, as advertisements the service I believed good a Christian as Dr. Haaren himself, would bo most helpful, Sundav evening Ijl 'n'1 to see in what sense it is anti-was traversing a populous thoroughfare to! Catholic, except possibly it will not to i.n..

crate the Inequality of mankind which is niy destlnat on. Seeing the crowds going g0 stronglv manifest In the Church of somewhere and knowing by past roa tne Po uOWn, rience that few of them would be found ls not mv hero to enter into P0L1TGAL RAiLERY Carlton Adds a Serious Word in Praise of Prendergast. Eiitor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: Charles F. Murphy, Esquire, and Edward E. Mc.Cnll, have struck on perilous tlme3, in this year of grace, 1913.

A politician, I'rotoua-ltke. must' alter Hts face and and, like water, seem Of tin saina color, that the veiHel Is That iloth contain it, varying his form With the chameleon at each object's change. Spurning such base subterfuges, Messrs. Murphy and McCall wear: the same old graft to the gruftcr-or rather, spoils to tbe victor! Or: Who's in or out, who moves the grand machine. Nor stirs my curiosity, nor spleen; or dtalo no more I wish to Know Than secrot movements of a puppet show.

Let but the puppets move, I've my desire. ine jiunu wucn values ine master wire. Unfortunately for that honest gentleman, Mr. Murphy, and for that yet honcster gentleman, Mr. McCall, there was a redhnlred, blueyed Irishman pa tiently gathering evidence as to his unseen and secret method.

That redheaded Irishman was argus-eyed and was very much of a "master wire" himself. Itive that men of integrity ana aemonstra-Besldes, in an evil hour ho had a dicta- ted ability be elected to handle our city OURDUTYIN THE APPROACHING ELECTION. Editor Brooklyn Eagle: The urgent necessity of checking extravagance and waito in the administration uf our municipal affairs in order to lighten the heavy burden wnich the taxpayers and rentpayers have to carry. Imparts to the approaching election an unusual interest. It must be apparent to every intelligent citizen, with a propensity for logic, that, in order to lighten this back-breaking load of the taxpayers, which, as a former Corporation Counsel has truthfully said "is converting real-estate Into a liability, rather than an asset," has the tendency to destroy home-owning, tho greatest economy should be practiced in all departments of the City government.

The reckless expenditure of money for all of, municipal enterprises unless absolutely necessary or demanded by proper regard for future contingencies. must cease, and a halt called to the prodigality which has characterized the annual requisitions sent to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. This will do away with the necessity of a continual expansion of the borrowing possibilities of the City and an Inordinate increase In its already enormous bonded debt indtspensiblo things, if we do not wish to see the values of the City's real-estate upon which municipal credit is based, destroyed and the richest city of this Republic brought into bankruptcy. To avoid such a calamity, it Is impera- affairs, men who have clear and Intelligent views on municipal policies, combined with the courugo and determination to puraue these policies. The candidate nominated for the more important offlcea by a uniou of high-minded and public- spirited citizens, without regard to party, deserve the conlidence ot tne people.

Whitman, Mltchel, McAneny and Prendergast are familiar names to the voters of the City. On the strength of what they have accomplished and upon their personal character as It has been revealed to us, these men Inspire respect and will, no doubt, receive the support of all right, minded voters in the coming election. It would be a calamity, if the citizens of this community should fall in the present crisis of our city's financial affairs to recognize the merits of these men. who iiavp done their duty as servants ol the people, and with unpardonable disregard of their own and the city's Interests, place the management of our city's affairs in the hands ot Tammany, a discredited organization, whose predatory practices and vicious methods of spoliation have corrupted our local polities. It ls hard to believe, that our citizens, who have had ample opportunity to watch the pernicious actions of this infamous organization, which has encouraged vice, levied blackmail, defiled the ballot box and subject the city's treasury to a tax.

which has brought It on the verge ot bankruptcy, will stamp with their approval its vlllany by giving their votes for Its candidates, even If among them should bo a few worthy men. It Is one of their tactics to get a few respectable men upon the Tammany ticket to keep up. an appearance of respectability, but as a rule, the "Boss" controls things and demands obedience to his orders. It ha' no valid claim to any public office. The efforts of Mr.

McCall to Impress the voters as being an independent man, I. that, if elected, he would in his official actions be guided solely by his sense of duty to the public and not by the wishes of- Murphy who nominated him. have au element of the ludicrous. Could he ignore the demands of his dear friend more than Oakey Hall could ignore the wishes of Tweed? In its schemes of spoliation Tammany bas exhibited a boldness and disregard of everything that is right and decent that bas not been surpassed in ancient or modern times. The word stealing would not express the turpitude ot the operations of that band of looters, who have adopted Danton's rule of war: "L'audace, l'audace, et toujours l'ou- Look at that institution.

Has any act of Tammany ever formed the subject of patriotic discussion? Is not its history full of evidence of corruption and black-mall? Has not the nadir of impudence and shnmclessnesB been reached when the thief Tweed, accused of spoliation, defiantly hurls at the citizens the query, are you going to do about It?" Croker tells them with Impudence that he ls in politics to make money. And is the present "Boss" of that organization less bold and less anxious to get rich quick? Rude, greedy, reckless in their methods of sell-aggranclizemeni, wnat is there in the personality of the Tammany looters to command tney not to be ostracized and shunned by every decent man, as well as persecuted and punished if evidence of their misdeeds Is accessible? Tweed met such a fate. Croker was patriotic enough to leave his country for his country good. He represents the tiger who nas had bis meal and enjoys a long interval oi cairn re nose in Ireland. A number of hungry tigers are active, stealthy and vindictive in their desire to feed on the city.

Might such men attain the Importance which belongs only to men ot honor? Let the masses turn their back on an organization which decent men have learned to despise and scoff at. Let thorn show at the polls that they are no longer willing to be duped and plundered. Let the voters especially see to it that Tani-mnnv will not get any strength In the law-making body of the State, which is the seat of its power. It has become a corporation of politicians to plunder the taxpayers in accordance with the forms of laws. If these laws are not to thetr taste, they must be changed In a manner to facilitate their sinister operations, and It cannot have escaped the attention of the citizens, how ready the henchmen of Tammany (In Assembly and Senate) have been nt all times to vote, like slaves, for any measure which the found fa-vorablo to his plana.

With what alacrity Seeing a news item, "Freemasonry De-1 nouneed," In The hugle last Monday, and being a iacler of your esteemed paper for some time, I take the liberty of commenting upon the same. The question Is, docs Dr. Haaren know what he Is talking about when he quotes "Freemasonry as being anti-Catholic, anii-rhi-isrtnn and As a niera- ber of the order and a member of the i.nfthr discourse defending It needs no defenders. It can be Judged by the character of Its members, nud Dr Haaren will look back through the history of our beloved Republic he will And that the Father of our country was a prominent Mason, and that fifty-two of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration 0f Independence were Masons. A truly anti-Christian and immoral body of men they were, were they not, Dr.

Haaren? Relative to morality. If Dr. Haaren would procure for himself a Masonio monitor and therein read the teaching of morality to Masons, he would find a lot of valuable principles to enlighten his alumni. Tho narrow mlndedness of the Church of Rome prohibits him from even look- ne into the book. But why enter Into a sectarian discussion? It is not worth the time.

Thank Ood, however, Freemasonry has lived, notwithstanding papal bulls. and will continue to live and be the defender of the oppressed, and a contributor to the widow and orphan. ARTHUR H. KRAMER. Huntington, N.

October 20, 1913. WOMAN'S PROPERTY RIGHTS Alice Stone Blackwell Says Bal lot Will Not Forfeit Them. Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: An nrtlcle by Mr. Everett P. Wheeler la presented by Marjorle Dorman "as a reply to Miss Blackwell criticisms.

Tho bulk of it has nothing to do with the point that 1 criticised. Miss Dor-man lind asserted (quoting Molly Elliot Senwell), that if women voted they must forfeit "enormous property privileges. I quoted the chief justices of several suffrage States to show that this had not happened, and I invited Miss Dorman to give a single instance of any property right that women had lost anywhere in consequence of gaining the ballot. She gives none. Mr.

Wheeler gives none. His article is mainly devoted to enu merating certain laws of New York for tho benefit of women. He says that the laws for the limiting of women's hours of labor rest upon "the famous decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in Muller vs.

Oregon," which held that such legislation was not in conflict with the Federal Constitution. He adds: "The same argu ment which supports the validity of the law ls that which denies the right of suffrage to woman." The late Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court, who wrote the famous decision in the Oregon case, did not think so. He was a suffragist. So is Louis D. Brandels, who argued the case in behalf of the right to limit women hcurs.

So Ib Josephine Goldmark, who gathered the material for Mr. Brandeis' brief. Justice Brewer, In his decision, took pains to state that woman's right of suffrage would not do away with their right to protection from overwork. He wrote: 'Even though all restrictions on po litical, personal and contractual rights were taken away, and she (woman) stood. so far as statutes are concerned, upon an absolutely equal plane with him (man).

It would still be true that her physical structure and a proper discharge of her maternal functions having in view not merely her own health, but the well-being of the race justify legisla tlon to protect her from the greed as well as the passion of man." Tho only States having eight-hour laws for woman are Washington, Colorado and California, where women vote. In Wash' ington and Colorado; tho law was passed after women got the ballot. In Call fornia. it was passed by the same Legis lature that voted overwhelmingly for tne woman suffrage amendment; and the next Legislature, instead of repealing the eight-hour law, widened its scope. A much larger proportion of the suffrage than of the non-suffrage States have eight and nine-hour for women-workers a sufficient disproof that If women gain the ballot they must forfeit protection.

Mr. Wheeler says: "If women claim the same political activity as men, they will have to bear the same burdens." Women everywhere bear equal burdens with men, though not identical burdens. Since they bear the children they are properly relieved of some other burdens. But It will be in vain to try to snow that the ballot brings upon them either lessened property riguts or lengthened factory hours, or that it in any way damages their health. Mr.

Brandeis brought forward a huge mass of medical testimony to the harm done woman's health by over-long factory work. Have the antl-suffraglsts ever found in any of the enfranchised States a doctor who would say over his own name that equal suffrage had undermined women's constltu- ALICE STONE BLACKWELL. Dorchester, October 23, 1913. HITS TENEMENT HOUSE LAW. Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle: I am a real estato agent and have been for the last twenty years in a poor section of Brooklyn.

It Is a fact that the Tenement House Department, as claimed by Commissioner Wall, is destroying conditions, and no real benefit IB brought about anywhere. Te system Is, arbitrary, forces upon people what they are not ready for, and it has been the cause of these many foreclosures in late years. The market will be stagnated so long as these conditions exist. Private people are afraid to invest; banks and title companies fear that the properties under tenement hou3a jurisdiction may be thrown back on them, and, therefore, offer no ready help. If conditions remain, as now they are, the mmiclnality must seek other means to levy tax to carry their burdens, or the city will soon be visited by a calamity which will not be far from bankruptcy.

By nil means let us work to have the Telement House law repealed. G. M. J. Brooklyn, October 24.

1913. THE EAGLE THANKED. Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: i had sent to me on article writ ten by Aunt Jean on the work of the A in caring for and protecting the animals throughout the country, and it is with the greatest pleasure I note In this matter. I desire to thank you and Aunt Jenn heartily for bringing before your readers tho clnlms of the animal creation to the kindness and protection ot innninnu. 1 trust that you may continue from timo to time to "nF, President Anti-Vlviscction Society New York City, October 22, 1913.

this page. A Testimonial for Vr. Hooper. A1mirc9 FranU Aarees JVtlh Vail. A Letter of Protest, ltenjttmin's Arje.

Vhurchc Do Xot Attract. (Uvea Pacts for all. Here's Hlchness. fFtta Tenement House Law. How I'conle Sulzer.

Is Thin Mr. Mltchrlt MoHonru Defended. Money Hasted on ll'ater. Political Hatlery. Vrenacraa.it Defended, I'ralscs Dike and fawcett.

1'robe All Departments. Shall Mothers Teach? Steamship Piers. Tammanti Scored. The Eaale Thanhcd. The Socialist Vote.

Thinks Veil of Henncssy. Twcntu-flve Inspectors. Vomcn's Property Rights. VoniCH Utile yoiv. OEM'S AGE When in Egypt a Grandfather, Not a Lad, Says B.A.Jessup.

Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: In the recent production of that somewhat spectacular nnd Impressive play of "Joseph and His Brethren," in which the Biblical story is so graphically interpreted, the character of Benjamin ls de- picted as that of youthhood, with all its freshness, vigor and boyish simplicity. Joseph and Benjamin were the only two sons of Jacob and his wife. Rachel, the latter son being the youngest and the only one of tho thirteen children of Jacob bora in Palestine. Rachel, Benjamin's mother, died at Ephrath, a place on the marl hptwppn nptliol nn1 rtflthtnnpm whan giving him birth. She named him Ben-onl tson of my sorrow), but Jacob changed it to Benjamin (son of the right hand, fortunate, dexterous).

This sad experience of the patriarch followed. Those not familiar with the somewhat limited history of Benjamin would naturally accept the general impression that he was but a mere lad, a stripling and possibly more so when reading the pleading of Judah before Joseph, when supposing Joseph to be the Egyptian ruler, to spare the lad and allow him to return to his father, Jacob, else the old man would die from grief. The word lad is used by Judah in his plea six times and refers to Benjamin as "our youngest brother." In the recent production of this play at His Majesty's Theater, London, the character of Benjamin is portrayed by a mere youth, whom the play bill designates as master, which In the English term means a very young person. But lot us asit ourselves, was Benjamin in reality a mere lad? That he was a favorite son of his father, the Biblical narrative plainly Indicates, and the accepted reason ls because he was the son of Jacob's wife, the dearly beloved Rachel. This we find on refering to Genesis which states, "And Jacob served seven years tor Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her." This expression of Intense affection for one who ls to be a life's companion is one of the most beautiful as well as romantic verses in the old Hebrew text.

The Beven years of labor for Rachel seemed to Jacob but few days. Is it to be wondered then that for her children the patriarch's very soul went forth! Joseph to him had been a life blotted out, but Benjamin still remained and to his youngest born the aged parent's spirit was knitted with a yearning and devotion enhanced by the loss of the elder son. Joseph, as we know, had been sold into Egypt as a slave to Potiphar, a name meaning "one dedicated to Ra," the sun god, whose principal seat of worship was at Hellopolls. The official position of Potiphar was that of head of the Egyptian State police, forming one of the army corpE, but employed in various civil duties. This official was also known as "the two eyes of the king of Upper, and the two ears of tho king of Lower Egypt." This would give him charge of prisons.

The position which Joseph held in this official's house was practically that of head slave or majordomo. After Joseph's elevation to the office ")f Ab en Plrao (Gen. a position commanding most profound respect, a marriage was arranged by the Pharaoh with Asenath. daughter of Potipherah, a priest of the great university temple of tho Sun at On. Thus was Joseph incor porated into the leading class, the priesthood.

The Pharaoh under whom Joseph served was one of tho Hyksos or Shepherd Kings, who for many years held sway In Egypt. He was known as Aphobls and preceded by only a few years the revolution which expelled his race. Joseph appears to have ruled in Egypt during tho eighteenth century preceding the Christian era. We all so well remember as children tho Bible stories and pictures illustrating them as read and shown to us by our good parentn. The story of Benjamin and the accompanied Illustration of the youthful appearing lad with his fresh, boyish, innocent appearing face, gazing up into that of Joseph, the apparently stern Egyptian ruler, we can so vividly recall.

But to eliminate this happy remembrance of our childhood days, a beautiful memorized vision of the past, to eliminate this would almost seem sacrilegious. But in whatever way we look at tnli question the immutable fact still remains that Benjamin was not a mere lad, as wo would naturally, suppose from the reading of the Hebrew text, but a full grown, fully developed man, when standing before Joseph in the Egyptian palace of the Pharaoh's Grand Vlr.er. Let us examine the ancient chronicle and see what it narrates. In Genesis wo read: "And the sons ot Benjamin were Belnh, and Berber, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naa-man, Ehl, and Rosh, Mupplm. and Hup-pim'nnd Ard." That is Benjamin was the father of ten sons when leaving Canaan to dwell In the land of Goshen.

This so-called "lad" appears to have been more prolific in the production of progeny than any of his brethren. From the plural formations of the names of Mupplm and Huppim, states one eminent authority. Benjamin appears to have been a grandfather. We suppose in using the term lad tha old Hebrew scribe wrote It into his manuscript ns understood at the patriarchal period when longevity extended somewhat beyond the century mark, not as we understand lad at the present era. What the age of a lad at the time ot Methuselah would bo ls practically beyond our modern comprehension.

Dr. James Strong, whoso Concordance Is a standard work among Biblical scholars, uses three words to express youthhood: Yelcd, yaldah and yalduroth. The first meaning in the Hebrew, lnd.boy, son; the second, lass, damsel, girl, and tho third, childhood or youth. The latter Is applicable to either sex. The Greek form of this word is paldarlon, lad, little boy; and the Latin, puer.

a boy, lad. What the ancient, ungiim. neuiti wnrHlnc for lad was, as used by Judah, we have no data to direct us. Biblical Hebrew ot the early ago of Jewisb literature isi a sealed tongue except to tho most learned. Thero nr? a number of other nceptea facts In Biblical history which, on looking carefully into the narrative, wo aro somepnat surprised to And appear entirely at variance with the generally received interpretation.

B. A. JESSUR Brooklyn, October 25, 1913. tncir respective imea, mo determined to obtain as I lull and correct reports as possible, he would afterward, at the closing hour tne exenange, siatiun miiiseu at me of the stairs, Interviewing many ot the members as they passed out. I reasonably think the son Is endow eu with many of the father's worthy traits and precepts, and knowing the father as I did.

I nannnt think it nossible tho son would express deliberate falsehoods and untruths In the present Instance, anu i think our voters should give his statements careful consideration, irrespective ot how they intend voting at the coming election. W. H. T. Brooklyn, October 20, 1913.

HERE'S RICHNESS. Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: Here's richness! After trying to Pennypacker the newspapers and using Buch nice terms as "liar," unadulterated lies," infamous liar," "creature, and bo on, Murphy's McCall complains of slander. And all this time the Tiger has a pack of Jackals smelling for slander in all the dunghills of North America so that It may "get something on" some bodysuch as "perjury in vermom breach of promise in Philadelphia. There's the Buperior Fltzgeraia, too, whose Democracy is so much better than Mitchel's! The latter at least win nut lead a gang of deserters into the camp ot Uncle Joef W. MATCHES.

Brooklyn, October 27, 1913. STEAMSHIP PIERS Writer Would Get Views of Can didates on This Question. Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle: The writer thinks it a very opportune time to call the attention of the voters nf tho eirv. enneclnllv of Brooklyn Bor ough, to the Importance of knowing the position of our candidates on mo steamship piers that are to be built to accommodate tho increase in traffic in that line that is sure to follow the completion nf the Panama Canal, and the other commerce that ls on the Increase from foreign countries and other sources. I feel confident the Bentlment of nine-tenths of the manufacturers and business men, generally, of our city favors building them In such parts of the city where they will serve the purpose at the least cost to the city of New York, or on a business basis.

We know that Mr. Mitchel, as wen as Mr. Prendergast, and Mr. McAneny, is on record as favoring the long piers being built in Manhattan Borough, to which I feel there would be no opposition, If they can be built at the same cost as can be done In any of the other boroughs of the city, and serve the pur-nneo on well. I think many of your read ers will recollect that almost every civic body in Brooklyn has declared against any piers being built where It would require nny inland digging to make them the proper length required, and they will look upon doing them on that plan as an outrageous squandering ot tne munej available for dock improvements.

If Buch extravagance Is to be the course of our officials, wo certainly shall in the near future realize that we shall come to a halt to care for what ls necessary along tho line Indicated. I think it very Important to voters to be Informed on this matter, as to how the candidates stand now on the contemplated improvements- It will certainly make very interesting reading matter to manufacturers and business men and tax payers, to get some expression from the candidates before election. ED. DANNEMILLER. Brooklyn, October 23, 1913.

A LETTER OF PROTEST. Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: In your Issue of Monday, October 20, you published a cartoon by Nelson Harding in which Mrs. Emmeline Pank-hurst is depicted as fleeing from steaming viands set upon a table and labeled. "Ellin Island Food." The cartoon is headed "Perhaps a Hunger Strike Would Be Wise," and its intent ciearly is to convey the impression that tne food served to Mrs. ranitnurBi uti intention at Ellis Island was not good and that she rejected it in the manner indicated by the cartoon, This cartoon is not based upon any actual Incident of Mrs.

Pankhurst's detention at Ellis island. We chal-leneo vou to point out anywhere in any New York City newspaper (including the Eagle), any news item wnien woum warrant such a cartoon. We cnallenge you to obtain from Mrs. Pankhurst herself, for publication, any statment which would warrant such a cartoon. Your artist's conception of the food service at Kills island, is not justified by any fact In connection therewith.

It is unfair in spirit aud malicious in intent. Mrs. Pankhurst, who has had a large and Intelligent experience in institutional work, inspected the dining rooms and kitchens at Ellis Island and observed the food supplied to immigrants. She gave it as her opinion that this food and the methods ot serving it were aa-mlrable and In advance ot the standards established in the guardian homes at Manchester, England, of which she haa been a director, and superior to similar arrangements which she has seen elsewhere. The Eagle ls an intelligent newspaper and it ought to be above the cheap devices of yellow journalism.

If you have, knowledge that the food served at Ellis Island Is other than good, you ought to communicate the facts to the proper authorities. If you lack such knowledge, how can you justify this pictorial attack upon us? We object to the cartoon, and we challenge you to justify It or to remove the Impression which It seeks to create. HUDG1NS DUMAS, Commissary Contractors. New York, October 28, 1913. TESTIMONIAL TO DR.

HOOPER. Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle: We are just now celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of our Brooklyn Institute, and everyone who attended the formal celebration on Sunday, Octo-ler 5, must have been impresoed with th'? enthusiasm and Interest of the occasion. Much ppreclatior. of Dr. Hnnper's work was shown In the able speeches of the distinguished gentlemen, but it was felt by many that some special appreciation should be given him on some occasion set apart for the purpose.

Should not the officers and members of the Institute be given the opportunity. In some public testimonial, to show their esteem for thiB great public benefactor, who by his faithfulness and alertness to Brooklyn's need has made every man and woman hia debtor in educational matters? I am sure I voice the feeling of everyone who has come to know Dr. Hooper In his work for the Instltuto and for Brooklyn, whose interests he has always had nt heart and speeded with a Titan's energy. Let some public spirited citizen start a movement which shall represent Brooklyn's appreciation for this noble man. AN OLD DROOKLYNITE.

Brooklyn, October 27, 1913. PROBE ALLDEPARTMENTS. Editor Brooklyn Dally Eaglo: I frequently read good letters in The Eagle. One or the Interesting articles was that by Commissioner Wail of tho Tax Department, complaining against the terrorism of the tenement house law. I don't know anything about the Tenement House Department or the tenement house law, but I thoroughly agree with Mr.

Wall that the Mayor should appoint a commission to investigate all departments, especially the Tax Commissioners', to ascertain what they know about taxation. A TAXPAYER. Brooklyn, October 22, 1913. TO tuts WD WTTPTTTT IS Xiilb ME, MITCHJLr- Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle. That precocious but stalwart "Hearst- usionisi," J.

alter epenuinis i almost eight hours in Btudying the duties and defects in the office of Collector of the Port of -New York, hied himself to Washington to obtain about in order to pay the expenses of Installing a system that would save a year in the New York office alone. The Congressional Committee had the impudence to question his ability to acquire so much information in so short a time. They tried to degrade him to the intellectual level of his predecessors. Then to add insult to injury a mere representative of democracy named John Fitzgerald attempted to challenge Mr. Mitchels' democracy on the floor of the House.

My word! Everybody knows that a Pnllnntn. daflnna nnnmrmCV AS "A government of John, for Purroy, by Mitchel." and if anv one disagrees with this definition let him protest to "Billy Hearst." Mr. Mltchel Bhouts from the housetops that he ls a Democrat. Mr. Fitzgerald denies this statement.

Lots of Republicans are not at all particular what they call this "Hot-Spur of Fusion." Democrats call him by any and every other name. They are all wrong, the Collector is a Super-Democrat. The Democrats accuse him of being a sensational young spendthrift, who ls as lavish in spending the city's money as he 1b in uttering loose statements when attacking his political opponents. The charge of extravagance he laughs to scorn. What it ho purchased for $1,230,000 a few acres of sand dunes adjoining Rockaway Point to be used for park purposes? Why! In order to reach this spot it ls only necessary to use a hydro-areoplane.

What if the city's debt has increased under four years, of Fusion? What if this sum represents an increase of 44 per cent? To obtain the blessings of Fusion government the taxpayers and rent-payers should be willing to pay any price. Mr. Mtchel's enemies claim that he acted real mean to the Interboro In attempting to block the subway contracts then to show that he could be generous he Insisted on the New York Central accepting a perpetual grant of a freight monopoly on the West Side. They also claim that Mitchel, Prendergast and McAneny are the Graces" of the Board of Estimate, representing respectively doubt, despair and misanthropy. They also point out how pathetically Mr.

Mitchel quotes his ancient enemy, the late Mayor Gnynor, in reference to the "seven men all of one stripe," who helped to designate the Democratic city ticket. All seven were of Milesian extraction, and what made the Collector hold up his hands In holy horror was the fact that they designated two Germans and one Irishman, instead of three Chinamen. Mr. Mitchel's friends claim that If he condescends to take tbe trouble he is a better tennis player than Maurice McLaughlin a mightier hunter than Teddy Roosevelt, a greater orator than Daniel Webster, and a far superior Democrat to Thomas Jefferson. They claim that after he has beaten Mr.

McCall to a ho will take ft trip to Belfast, irr.innd and show Sir Edward Carson how to change the Emerald Isle Into an Ulster Orange." DANIEL FOOARTY. October 28, 1913 PRENDERGAST DEFENDED. Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: Tn nnnvprsnt on with 0. UUmDer Ol pie, I found some who were not In favor of Controller rrenucisaaio ru. ntinnorl hi erand record ana what he had done with the finances of the city and what money ne naa gaveu, to admitted all that, but said that some of h.i.

nhioetlnns were. ne mau the employes work, thereby making It uncomfortable for them, something they Thp other fault they were uuv u. i found was In the Investigation of charit able institutions; tnat ne not the authorities show a record of the city donations, but also ot all other money received. thj flrt queg. tion over carefully, and decide whether he should be condemned or commended nvrlnlol Imagine a city employe wltli a large salary finding fault because his boss did not allow him to come um ---pleased, and because he had to i work Jor the salary the taxpayers are giving him.

r.f other Question, can any one in thetr right mind think one party could demand of another the right to examine their private accounts? Such is the Comparison I would make to such that the Controller rio.icu.uu. Drlvate ac counts0 or other than what the city had the right to demand In the ISvesUgation of all charitably Mnrtltu- tions, witn no iavumu. t'rust the public will tell us on Elec-i tiuoL on an hon- esl tTprgW official, who tries to do his duty "or the welfare of the city at large, 'Uether they want the office run nominal and the interest u. 7T! C. E.

JACKSON. Brooklyn, October 23, 1913. PRAISES DIKE AND FAWCETT. DallV Eagle'. tanor hold as True -the essence of municipal public spirit, has received in this campaign a chilling rebuff at the hands of our much-protesting friends of the Progressive Club.

in singling out Judge Dike for elimination in the deal negotiated by them with tho Tammany annex in Kings County, an immoral bargain was made which makes of their pretensions a Jest and a mock- "h'ow long will the devotees of the recall and referendum commend themselves to earnest seekers after political reform in the face of a deal a.lectlng, as this does, the Independence of our courts? Have the voters of Kings County forgotten, in contrast with this spectacle of gutter politics, the splendid self denial of Judge Dike before the Republican judiciary convention of last year, In retiring as a candidate for the Supreme Court nomination In deference to the suggestion of Judge Jenks' candidacy, and the maintenance thereby of the principle of elevating the judiciary from the sphere of mere politics? The patient devotedness of Judges Dike and Fnwcett, who have dedicated themselves bravely to the work of restoring the good name and safety of our community, claims the loyal support of men of every shade of political opinion. Casting aside all bias, should not voters this year refuse to follow the paths which lead to the quicksands of political expediency and the degradation of the fearless tribunal in which the hopes of a free people center? Norman S. Dike and Lewis L. Fawcett have made a record side by side in defense of our homes and the preservation of clean, manly American spirit In the younger generation of this community, which should be gratefully cherished by our citizens, released, as they nre, from party lines, and I hope Brooklyn will not be so dead to its true interests as to consent to their separation at this time, or the possibility of the defeat of either of these unflinching representatives of law nnd decency. THOMAS O'NEILL.

Brooklyn, October 21, 1913. THINKS WELL OF HENNESSY. Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle: If I am not mistaken, I think John who is taking such an active part in the present city political campaign, Is the son of John C. Hennessy, who thirty to forty years ago was considered one of the most reliable, conscientious, accurate and truthful commercial reporters of that time. He was engaged In the Interests of a large dally morning paper (the Times, 1 think), and his activity and sealousnees in his duties could not help but be noticed by the business community, by which he was always kindly regarded and respect-ad.

No "drew," or "sluggard" was he; luo huutm 11 euwrwi my mind, Who will answer the question UH to why the Church does not attract as luimer it win not do to say it Is because preachers do not give us the simple Gospel; ninny of them do. Nor will it be a true answer to say, they do not discuss the "topics of the day." Last winter the Washington Avenue Bintist Church instituted a forum. The breakers secured were such men as it they bad been advertised to appear at a hall would have attracted such crowds thai it would have been difficult to secure a adt. Indeed, I always went early, this would be the case, but there waj 'room enough and to spare." At tho Church of the Pilgrims one can And a pure and ennobling entertainment such us one would willingly pay for, yet evtn a collection ls not taken up, the expenses being borne by the church and the entertainers donating their services. LaBt Sunday night at Holy Trinity the bishop of Utah gave us "Socialism," in a form ihat its advocates pay large sums to have expounded.

Yet it is a far cry to the time when all these things that have so many devotees at other places will bring forth the "Standing Boom Only" sign when given In a church. Why? The reason may be, as I heard at a recent missionary meeting, that most of our population is now composed of those wbo have had no Protestant Christian training, and so the Church cannot reach them unless It goes Into the "highways and hedges" lor them. "If tho mountain cannot come to Mohammed, be must go to the mountain" will apply to the churches. But I think Dr. Parsons gave us a more reasonable answer: because it is our own children as well as those of foreigners who find something else to do Sunday evenings than attending church, even when the attractions offered thoro cover the Geld they seek at other places.

It is because of the inadequacy of the Church's equipment for presenting truths to the younger generation in a form that will tnko hold of them. When tho present church forms were devised they answered the needs of past ages, but they convey no meaning to the young people of today, whose week-day life Impels them to Buch different standards. The eternal truths of religion are as powerful as in past days, but they must be differently clothed if they are to attract. Too many have acquired no habit of looking to the Church; so that even when they might find there what they go other places to obtain, they miss it because they do not know of it. My personal experience may illustrate.

I was trained in a family where the narrow creeds of the church in which my family had worshipped for years were taught me as being the "only" ones that could secure the "salvation of my soul." In due time I had what I then was the "new birth." I Joined the church of my forefathers and was happy for a time. But my friends were mostly of other denominations, and they had been trained to think their differences of opinion were of as vital moment as my own Ideas. It was only after a period when I had drifted into a state of absolute indifference about my religion at all, seeing that there was so much good and so much evil in certain doctrines of not only ail Christians but of all raceB and devotees of other faiths; but nt last I arrived at a state of Christian faith that satisfies my needs. I now love the church of my ancestors better than any other, but I see Its faults as I see the faults of the other denominations. So clearly do I see them that I would not care to force them upon others, even it I had the power.

Rather hulleve in error with all one's heart than not to believe in anything at all, which Is the state one is often in danger of drifting into, when one's faith is attacked. I could never understand men like Robert Ingorsoll, who went about lecturing to destroy faith, offering no tubstitute that would satisfy the heart, even when, as 110 doubt was the case, he paw no truth in the ideals he tried to Rut those who did believe them were so much better off than they would be If they accepted his cold plillosopny. nr two weeks I have been congrntu luting myself in that I agree with The Eagle about the sermons most helpful to Btmlv. I selected those navertiBea oy vlnltnrn to the Episcopal conference to be preached morning and evening at Holy Trinity. The lngte seiectea mem mi Tuihliratlon Mondays.

While the printed page would not have attracted me as did the oratory of the speakers, I was "de Hunted" to be able to keep them for reference. To hear such speakers and tn ronliM that thev belong to the con Rervative denomination that in youth thought was devoted to nothing but form and ceremony, is a treat such as I had no expectation of experiencing. May all Eagle readers enjoy this feature as much as I have done. ONE WHO SUGGESTS. Brooklyn, October 21, 1913.

AGREES WITH WALL. Editor Erooklyn Daily Eagli: I cannot fail but to comment upon Mr. Judson Wall's. Commissioner of Taxes and Assessments, accounts in your Sun day paper where he dwelled upon tne situation coming under me lenemem House Supervision- It is a fact that It lias destroyed the realty market and the system is confiscatory. ine ittrongcs-tyranny does exist and as he says, a man with self-respect does not care to own tenement bouse property.

The poor, for whose benefit it ippears, are getting no advantage therefrom. Our Building Department and Department of Hpalth cover all which should be required of a house owner. Other improvements and advantages, which a tenant may wish for, would come In natural order by the fact of competition without any interference or dictation from a Tenement House Department. The poor would get what they can afford to pay for and the house owner Would comply in ordtr to have his nrop-rrty let. H.

B. HEALY. Brooklyn, October 21, 1913. SHALL MOTHEES TEACHP There have been several arguments In the negative on this question, and there Is one more which cannot be controverted. When an infant is born, the merciful Maker provides a fountain for Its nourishment, which only the mother can give It.

Shall she abandon her child to return to tho schoolroom and leave it to be fed by unnatural methods? If she doe3 eo, she breaks a law of nature, which is the law of God, and Imperils the life of ber child. There are always plenty of teachers but only one mother for the child. Le' teachers be teachers, and let mothers be toothers. A Brooklyn, October 27, 1913. I All Eagle reader are welcomed to I -J graph installed.

What chance has an honest man with a dictagraph in wait for him and kopn-pnrerl tnnprnnhrtr working; Poor Charley Murphyl Poor Eddie Mc- Cnll! What on earth have they done morn than other philanthropists who have held the reins of honest government. Why should they be linggelated so cruelly and pilloried by savage Johnny Henncssy, of the red bead and of the blue eyes and that other wild-eyed chief of the East Side, William Sulzer? Tammany Is charged with almost every crime in the calendar. Tho onset of the immortal six hundred (as poetized by Tennyson) pales almost into common-p'ace compared with the attack of Sallowglnss Hennesay and his implacable ally. Sulzer. But this is not all.

Another fireater pops up like a jack-in-the-box and confronts Murphy and McCall In an excruciatingly funny comedy. And, to add insult to Injury, he Arcs a volley of unanswerable questions at them and flings tho ferocious Hennessy into their very teeth with a cartoon that has caused me sleepless nights since the 23d of October. 1 will not tell you whether I was trying, or whether I was laughing. I think It was between the two. For my sympathies were aroused by the decadence and downfall of honest chances for hbnest men; and between cat naps I had a vision such as Nero might have had, following the burning of Rome.

And my tense whisper was, "There is the handwriting on the and it spelt In ensanguined letters, "The Fourth!" And so this Is to be the end of an honest man's dreams of preferment to Join the "Down and Out Club" and nil owing to honest graft and those unanswerable queries from the long-range howitzer of "buzzsaw" Johnny Henncssy! There Is no doubt the editorial and the cartoon will work on wavering minds men who aro set against a fair denl from Murphy, McCall and Tammany generally. But there are others, mostly honest men, with a Btrlng to their honesty, will hie them to the polls, with tear-wet eyes, on the 4th, to see the passing of the Tiger, whose growl will be heard for the last time. The writer. In more serious vein, would urge upon every voter In Kings County to see to It that they cast their ballots for Mltcbel, McAneny and Prendergast. With respect to the latter gentleman, his able and honest administration has spoken for itself.

Greater New York ls very different New York to what it was four years ago. And by. the reelection of William A. Prendergast, the second greatest city of the world will be put on a sound basis of prosperity. There have been groundless reports spread by the Jealous and the envious and the grafters that Mr.

Prendergast Is in favor of reducing the salaries of city employes. Nothing can be further from the truth. At a meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, September 5. 1913, the Controller reported the following: "This committee (standardization) does not propose to advise cutting the salaries of city employes who have served tho municipality long and faithfully, and who properly perform the duties assigned to them by the department heads." And further, the Controller does not propose any arbitrary curtailment of compensation. So those reports spread by interested and dis honest parties ns to Mr.

Prondergast's opposition to the wage-earner are groundless; cut trom the whole ciotn. Rather la the Controller the true friend of lator; and more, his Integrity is unquestioned. Miti-hel, McAneny and Prendergast Is your ticket, fellow citizens. The Fusion party is a sure winner and If the Progressive party will do Its duty at the polls, it will have a majority In the Assembly of this Empire State. GERALD CARLTON.

Brooklyn, October 27, 1913. ADMIRES FRANK MANN. Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Having read the article In a Brooklyn paper referring to the Hon. Frank Mann mrthod of galnlnc his diploma as law yer, supposing It is true, and I believe It is I for one do admire him for going to extremes, "as an ambitious young man, anxious to make bis mark, and above all, rise In the world unassisted and alone, under unfavorable conditions. therefore, as an individual sympathize with him.

and I tnlnk any fair-minded man who has had hard struggles In life will agree with me. He has committed no crime that I can see, nor has he done anything to Injure anvone. nor has he mado anyone suffer through his ambitions to elevate himself In his profession. 1 think It very "small of a man or men to take up such trash as that paper claims It has found. It is str3nge to think, see and to know that everyone nowdays sees a splin ter in their neighbor's eye, but fall to see a stick of wood In their own.

I have been a reader of the Standard Union for years and am surprised that It Bhould take such a one-sided action. I hope all fair-minded men and voters will look at this matter rainy and re flect. After all, Mr. Mann, stands before us to be judged as a citizen, husband father and public official, with a life time record covering more than two gen orations of unblemished reputation. Trusting thoro are still some fair minded men In existence.

"FAIR PLAY." Brooklyn, October 27, 1913. THE SOCIALIST VOTE. Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle: "The Republican vote in 1912 was four times what the Socialists did members of that fraternity hock together, when recently the Tammany drum was beaten to impeach Governor Sulzer. Was it righteous Indignation at the misbehavior of Sulzer that caused the Initiation ot this proceeding, or was it the Governor's refusal to obey Murphy's demand for spoils? Let us hope, that the voters of the city do their duty in this campaign In a way that it cannot be said of them that they have for years witnessed the nefarious performances of Tammany with apparent indifference and are ready to indorse at the polls an organization so vile and so dangerous to the future of this municipality and whose existence only llluo-thrates the cohesive power of public plunder. New York's best rltizens should not hesitate to enter the political arena in this struggle for a clean city government and this effort to get rid of an incubus.

Let them bear in mind, that It is not politics which dishonors or dignifies the man, but that it is the man and his actions and general character that will lower or dignify party warfare. J. C. 0. Brooklyn, October 22, 1913.

HOW PEOPLE JUDGE SULZER. Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: In your editorial of October 23 you Intimate that it is a disgrace to the community to have Mr. Sulzer run for office again. Suppose that he did not file all his campaign contributions. When the supreme test came he stood firm for good government, and defied a powerful organization.

The people Judge Mr. Sulzer, as we, would all wish to be judged, not by a few Items of his conduct, but by the whole of It. We must look at tho good In the man. I maintain that Mr. Sulzer, taking everything Into consideration, has served the people faithfully and well, and In due time will be elected to higher honors.

P. W. MILES. Brooklyn, 21, 1911. got," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 6, 1913.

The Socialist vote In 1900 was In 1903, in 1912, 906.S40. The Republican vote In 1912 was not four times what the Socialists got. It is a safe guess and one sure bet that the Socialist vote In 1913 will be or 2,000,000, and, it may, be more, but it will not be less. In the present city election there will be a most decided increase in the Socialist vote, and you can cut this out and paste It In your hat, and look at it when the retnrns are coming in. The Socialists know whnt their vote is, because they take particular pains to And out, and those who think the Socialists nre asleep will wake up on election nlvht.

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