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THE LONG ISLAND TRAVELER \Home Newspaper of the North Fork 68th Year Established 1871 PUBLISHED THURSDAYS AT SOUTHOLD FREDERICK C. HAWKINS. Owner and Ed;tor WALTER B. OAOEN, Associate Editor Display Advertising Rates on Application Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Southold, N. Y.. un- der the Act of Congress on March 3, 1879. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1939 Editorials What Would Lincoln Do? Next Sunday occurs the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator. Lincoln grows greater with the passage of time. He was president during an era which tried men's souls. He safely piloted our ship of state through a ter- rible civil war and was laid low by an assassin's bullet at a time when the country sorely needed his services. Perhaps most of the unfortunate occurrences of the reconstruction period might have been avoided had he lived to finish the term to Which he had recently been elected. What would he do if he were president today? We can only guess from perusing the record of his acts and his public state- ments. Contrary to the apparent notions of some statesmen to- day, he said in his inaugural address in 1861 \THIS COUNTRY, WITH ITS INSTITUTIONS, BELONGS TO T H E PEOPLE WHO INHABIT IT.\ Lincoln believed he had only a small share in it. His modesty was a predominant trait. When we hear that we \must\ have this or that law passed immediately \or else,\ we are reminded of another statement of Lincoln in that name Inaugural address: \NOTHING VALUABLE CAN BE tOS T BY TAKING TIME.\ That he trusted the people is shown by this statement of his, in the same speech by the way: \WHY SHOULD THERE NOT BE A PATIENT CONFI- DENCE IN T H E ULTIMATE JUSTICE OF T H E PEOPLE.\ He trusted the people and probably that is why the people trusted him. In his speech at Edwardsville, 111., Sept. 13, 1858, Lincoln said \Our reliance (against tyranny) is the love of liberty, which God has planted in us. Our defence is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. DE- STROY THIS SPIRIT AND YOU HAVE PLANTED THE SEEDS OF DESPOTISM AT YOUR OWN DOORS. Famil- iarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own indepen- dence, and become fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you.\ And finally, to show the kind of man, the great soul who suf- fered tremendously in the dark days of the war and was obliged to battle it out alone, we quote the final sentence of his immor- tal Gettysburg address: \It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly re- solve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and THAT GOV- ERNMENT OF T H E PEOPLE, BY T H E PEOPLE. AND FOR T HE PEOPLE, shall not perish from the earth.\ of Sighs crosing the street from an upper floor to the criminal courts building where unfortunate defendants were led across to be tried and, if found guilty, recrossed the bridge to be later trans- ferred to the jail where their sentence was to be served? And how many know that the site of this grim penal struc- ture was originally occupied by Collect Pond, so-called, a lovely and picturesque lake bounded on the north by Canal Street, Mul- berry Street on the East, Pearl Street on the south and Center Street on the west. Hills in the vicinity of Broadway on the west arose to a considerable height. Its waters were pure and resh and attained a depth of some fifty feet. It had a navigable outlet to the Hudson River and its waters abounded with fish of various kinds. The English called it \Fresh Water Pond,\ and the Dutch called it \Kalchlook from which doubtless came the name of \Colleds\ and later \Collect\ Pond. The original city prison, known as \Bridewell stood just west of City Hall. This prison had become obsolete. At about this time, John L. Stevens, Esq., of Hoboken, N. J., had recently returned from a tour of the Holy Land and Asia and had written book about his travels, and among the illustrations was one of an ancient Egyptian tomb. The committee appointed by the Com- mon Council of New York City to decide ut)on plans for the new prison were impressed by the illustration in Steven's articles of this Egyptian tomb and recommending the construction of a building for a prison along the lines of the one appearing in Ste- ven's article. This was done and it seemed that the most appro- priate name for the new prison should be \The Tombs.\ It was completed and ready for dccupency in 1828 and has been, since that time, known as \The Tombs.\ What a history that building has had! Howe and Hummell, great criminal lawyers in their day, had offices almost within the shadow of the Tombs. What tales of fact and fiction have been woven about the old structure. What countless numbers of guilty, and perhaps some innocent, have languished within its walls. Thus the fair waters of Col- ect Pond were filled in to erect an edifice to house the flotsam and jetsam of a great city, the backwash of metropolitan crime. And now, after over a century of service as a house of detention, the old Tombs is for sale. Let us hope that every stone of the old, foul jail will be removed and that a new building, conse- crated to some nobler purpose, may be erected on the spot. May the wholesome atmosphere of Collect Pond again return. Pris- ons we shall always have with us, but let us hope we shall have no more houses of detention like the New York Tombs. One in a hundred years is enough. Welfare We hear much these days about welfare, about how it is mismanaged in the county and how it should be returned to the towns. We are informed that the county way is much more ex- pensive. We see where certain doctors find fault with the way surgical cases are handled by the county welfare superintendent Well, our memory goes back to the time whpn welfare was handled by local officers. And the town board then cussed out the town welfare officer because the relief bills were so high. The doctors got their share of the gravy, that is, the welfare cases were sure pay because the town paid the bills. And the local welfare officer, strange as it may seem, quarrelled with the doc tors over the size of their bills. Then there were the coal dealers. Those of the right polit ical faith brought pressure on the welfare officer to send all the relief clients to them for coal. And the coal dealers not in on the ground floor, complained. Then there were the food orders Certain merchants didn't receive enough customers with food or ders, hence they had a grievance against the welfare officer. Un der the pressure of all these contending forces, he resigned. He had to do that or go crazy. Now it is in the hands of the county welfare officer. Pressure is brought to bear to return it to the towns. We asked one per son who ought to know (he was not the county welfare officer, by the way) which system was the least expensive, county or town and he said that he did not know and he doubted if anyone else did. Meanwhile, the controversy rages. We know there were many things to be improved when it was handled locally. A lo cal man finds it very difficult to stand the pressure close at home of local tradesmen looking for that cash trade, particularly in the coal business. So long as we have the welfare problem, so long will there be controversy over its management. Remembering as we do its shortcomings under town management, we fail to see the ac vantage of returning it to an agency that couldn't handle it before Let's get politics out of it. Let the people see that all this agitation is another example of pulling the wool over their eyes. The local agencies failed before. Why return it?' There are enough other matters to play ducks and drakes with, without bring ing relief into the controversy. The New York Tombs The passing of the Tombs, city prison of New York for many years, seems to be an accomplished fact. Perhaps no prison in the world, excepting Newgate prison in London and the Bastille in Paris, has been so long associated with the annals of crime \The Bastille years ago was abolished and Newgate has long been a matter of history, but the New York Tombs has continued to be a house of detention right down to the present time. What person of mature age living within a day's journey of the great metropolis, has not heard of the Tombs, with its Bridge WASHINGTON \NOTES\ by LEONARD W. HALL •Purgincr'the WPA\ are that a stiff fight on this question will be had when the relief appropri- ations for the next full year are con- sidered. However, part of the Repub- lican formula, relating to the outlaw- The smashing defeat of the Admin-: ing of politics in relief, has been in- istration on the WPA issue in the i corporated in the temporary $725,000,- past week by the thin majority of one vote in the Senate but by a substantial margin in the House has utterly con- founded the President and his New Deal advisers; so much so that some Democratic members of the House and Senate profess to see signs of an \ap- peasement\ policy directed to the Con- gress from the White House. Repub- licans, however, see no prospect of the Leopard changing his spots, although they stand ready and anxious to join in any program that would \appease\ the taxpayer and provide a real Amer- ican job for the man out of work. The vote on the relief bill was the first major action by the Congress to give practical effect of the mood of the country, unmistakably shown in the November elections, that politics must be divorced from relief and that the purging of political master.s and henchmen from the relief rolls must be accomplished. The cut of the relief appropriation to $725,000,000 for the period up to July 1st next was not directed against the man in need, but at the extravagance and waste and political use of need funds. On the basis that a start must be made to prevent use of the relief 000 appropriation bill. And this is a decided victory for the consistent Re- publican position on this pha.se of the problem. Odds and Ends [ so IT 15] A woman brought a charge against her husband in a Chicago court and even suggested a dissolution of the marriage ties because her husband had slapped her twice. The Judge quoted the old adage: \A dog, a woman and a hickory tree, the more you beat them the better they be.\ That ended the case. A recent suggestion for .social legisla- tion Is a law providing for a three- week rest after a two-week vacation. Yes, and how about a three-day rest after a heavy week end? That would leave two whole days for work. It should solve the unemployment prob- lem. Listen to Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, in his definition of a liberal in politics. We have heard without end how nececssary it i.s to have lib- eralism in politics. Senator Glass' def- inition is this: \A liberal is one who spends freely someone else's money.\ This, we believe. Is the whole thing in a nutshell. No longer do the Republicans have to hold up the dirty linen within the Democratic ranks to the public gaze. The Democrats themselves are doing a pretty good job along that line. \Deacon\ as a p p l i e d to leather, means the skin of a small calf, which ordinarily w e i g h s less than seven pounds. And we have known deacons who weren't worth the skin of a small calf and whase souls wouldn't weigh seven ounces. Un-American Activities Th e continuance of t h e so-called Dies Committee for the Investigation of un-American activities seems a fore- gone conclusion. H o s t i l i t y of Mr. Roosevelt, and of his chief spokeman. Secretary of the Interior Ickes—chief \hatsr\ of Mr. Dies and his committee —has had to give way in face of the mounting demands for a thoroughgo- ing investigation of existing subversive elements ard movements in the coun- try. That the Dies Committee has done gocd work, even though it has handled some of its activities a bit clumsily, perhaps, is generally admitted. The country is aroused over the rev- elations that have been brought to light thus far and is in no mood to have Mr. Roosevelt squelch the move to have the work go forward, even if it does touch the alleged tie-ups of officials within the Administration with so-called \united-front\ movements. Provision of r o u g h l y $100,000 in i funds is indicated, and if proVided it Bu.sincss men's associations, whether known as boards of trade or cnambers of commerce, do good so long as they are composed of men who have the good of the community at hea.t and are willing to give disinterested service for the betterment of the community in which they live. But as soon as they become agencies for the promo- tion of the personal ends of certain of Its memljers, they cease to be a power, and die a natural death. The election in one of the central Kentucky counties was over, the votes 1 had been counted, the sheriff-elect was to hold the first public ofBce ever en- trusted to a member of his family. He went home with the news of his elec- tion. After he had proudly told of his suc- cess, one of his children, aged 7, asked: Pa, are we all sheriffs now?\ \No he replied, \just me and your ma.\ dollar or the fattening of political jg probable that th^committ^ will at- car^rlste t h e Con^es^ agaimt t h e ^ g ^ p t ^jgi^g dgseiy j^to the activ- bltter struggle of Mr Ro^evelt. took : jy^g ^^^ ^^^^^ jj^^t the relief problem under its own care i ^^ ^^^ democratic pro- In doing so it translated the disgust .^sses and institutions. A thorough- of the country at large with the po- investigation should d e v e l o p Itical use of relief m o n p and heeded t^ese element.s and the extent their the clear demand of the people that machinations are directed toward the such inhumane application of dollars destruction. of o u r democracy, t h e earmarked for relief must stop. It is hampering of national defense, and obvious that the courage of Congi^ ^^e deliberate obstruction of peaceful was stiffened by the revelations of the j^bor and industrial' relations. With the facts m hand the Congress could then proceed Intelligently to the prep- aration of remedial legislation. Ing the WPA administration in various States with scandalous use of relief funds for political purposes. Here is an instance where a so-called congres- sional Investigating c o m m i t t e e has made its work and its influence felt. The Republicans joined as a body in the condemnation of waste and ex- travagance i n relief administration, and are again insisting that in place of the present politico-relief system, there be provided a system of grants in aid to the States, with administra- tive control of relief by the States under community policing, and with a proper contribution by each State. This Republican formula, although defeated in the last Congress, has won many converts, and present Indications Republican Harmony Of thorough dissatisfaction to the Administration's hopes and the New Deal leadership In the House and Sen- ate, is the relnvigorated Republican minority. No longer a weak minority of 89 members , the Republicans in the House, gi'own to 169 strong as a re- sult of the November elections, are presenting a cohesive opposition, to be more than reckoned with. They will be consulted, and, happily enough, by that group of Democrats who have for some time been left unwarmed by the smile and charm of Mr. Roosevelt. Lumber Coal Interior Finish Mili Woric Paint, Oil Masons' Supplies Builders' Hardware GOLDSMITH & TUTHILL SOUTHOLD Phone 3767 NEW SUFFOLK Peconic 6424 EAST MARION DEPARTMENT MISS CLARA HORTON, Editor The Social Society Is meeting to- morrow (Friday) at the Fire Hall for its meeting and covered dish supper. At close of supper, which will be directed by the trustees of the church who are the committee for February, there will take place at Uie church a motion pic- ture lecture on \Nova Scotia\ by the Rev. Lewis Davis of Cutchogue. Mr. and Mrs. Davl.s had the pleasure of of a motor trip to Nova Scotia. Come and enjoy the afternoon and evening with the Society. The King's Daughters Circle had its sewing meeting today (Thursday) with Mrs. Harold Vail. Wayland Caulkins h a s sufficiently recovered from the grippe to leave the E. L. I, Hospital. He Is recuperating at the home of Daniel P. Brown. Leonard Rutkoskl has been enjoying B visit with his friends, MS-, and Mrs. Prank Swelgett of Port Washington. The Swelgetts are on a motor trip t5 Florida. Helen Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Brown, has returned from the E. L. I. Hospital where she was operated on by Dr. A. C. Loper for appendicitis, feeling greatly Improved. Congratulations to Mf. and Mrs. Fer- dinand O. Warner, who are the proud parents of a .son, Ferdinand David. to attend the funrral of Mrs. Adella Mull Tuthlll. Mrs. Nathaniel E. Tuthlll, who la ft patient at the E. L. I. Hospital, is n little improved. Miss S. Annie Teaguc Is visiting her sLster. Miss Abblo L. Tnague. of Soutii- old. > MI .S.S Laura Hurst of Elmhurst wa.\; out recently at the summer place on the Gardiner's Bay Estates and visit- ing with friends in Greenport. The White Cross work of the World Wide Guild will take place at the Bap- tist Parsonage Monday evening, thr 13th, with the leader. Mrs. Alexander H. Shaw. Miss Marie Jones, a niece of Mr.s. Charles H. Brown of Birmingham, Al- abama but foi-merly of this village, i.s under treatment for a broken leg at the Port Jefferson Hospital, the re- sult of being struck by a car when crossing the street. Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Rackett and children of B r o o k l y n were recent- guests of Prank Rackett and family. The 4-H Club, at Its meeting on Wednesday night, took again as it.t lesson \Noon-Day Luncheons,\ The club is considering giving an entertain- ment in the near future. Mr. and Mis. Mervln Baker visited born at the E. L. I. Hospital, January | with Mrs. Ash Hallock of Quogue last. 31st. Sunday. Mrs. E. B. Prince was called to Bait- ing Hollow la.st week because of the ADELIA MULL TUTHILL illness of her aunt, Mrs. Benjamin i There is another vacant home herc^ Howell. The latest news Is that she that of Mrs. Adella Mull Tuthlll, who is somewhat improved. came from her home in Albany as a- Among the highly respected couples young lady when she became the brido of the village are Mr. and Mrs. Mervln of William H. Tuthill. They had two' Baker who are celebrating their thir- children, Mrs. Cora Tuthill Gardiner tieth wedding anniversary. Congratu- and Irving W. Tuthill, who departed •atlons. this life several years ago. Mrs. Tut- Ellis Udell and family of Centre Mo- hill had reached the ripe old age of riches were last Sunday guests of his 91 years. mother, Mrs. Harrle Udell. Mrs. Tuthill was very active in the' William. DeMuth, the caretaker on work of the First Baptist Church. Her the A. H. Merkel Estate on the bay, pew was always occupied when health has been confined to his home suffer- permitted. For twenty-five years she ing from Injuries received when caught filled the office of President of the between his truck and automobile. He Woman's Missionary Society. In the is now on the gain. Church School .she was a faithful Mrs. Frank Thllberg went to Hollls teacher for many years. It was a great and Jamaica to visit her son Frank grief to her when feebleness of body and daughter, Mrs. J. R. Moore. While kept her from filling the many posl- at the latter place she decided to ac- tlons which were to her a great joy. company Mrs. P; Augustine of Valley The funeral was held in the Church Stream and Mrs. E. Walters of Jamai- which she faithfully served, on Friday ca to Miami, Florida. They will tour of last week with the Rev. Alexander H. Shaw conducting the service. In- terment was in Marion Cemetery. To mourn the lass of the deceased •are two granddaughters, the Misses Catherine and M a r l o n Gardiner of Rockvllle Center, a daughter-ln-law. Mrs. Irving W. Tuthill of Baldwin, and several nieces and nephews. The bereaved have the sympathy of theli' many friends. The Plain Dealer has the following report of election expensea^by an un- successful candidate- in a primary cam- paign in a southern state: Punched on 37 punchboards. Bought 84 bottles of beer. 231 Coca Colas. Shook hands 8,449 times. Kissed 73 babies and one woman. Killed two horses and one jackass and wore out one auto in trav- eling 72,609 miles. Got the promise of 3,000 votes, re- ceived 595 of them. Loaned two bits (25c( 105 times. WalKed 722 miles. Missed 35 meals. Told 423 lies. Was lied about 1,749 times. Went broke 4 times. Got beat once. Politics is Hell. Goodbye.\ the state before returning home. Mi-s. John W. Vail was pleasantly entertained at the home of Mrs. Harrle Udell tonight (Thursday) in celebra- tion of her birthday, by the Wednes- day Picnic Club. Mrs. Irving W. Tuthlll of Baldwin and Nelson Seune of Centre Moriches were recent guests of Captain and Mrs. Charles T. Brooks. They came out VAIL BROTHERS Peconic, L. L Tel. 6774 P O N T I A C Sales and Service In some sections, at auction sales, the bottle is frequently passed around to make the bidding more spirited. A painter who ran for office received just 96 votes and was defeated. He inserted In the local newspaper the following card of thanks: \I desire to thank the Intelligent, honest and upright 96 voters who cast theh- ballots for me in Wedne.sday's primary. \The 2,231 voters who cast their bal- lots against me can go jump in tiie lake. \Thank you, faithful 961 \Let me know when you need some painting, or when you want to take a social drink. I don't let politics In- terfere with my friendship In a bus- iness or social way.\ PHILIP WECKESSER RESTAURANT BAR and GRILL Dinner—12 to 1 Main St. Tel. 3992 Southold The folfowing appears In the Tribune Primer, edited by Eugene Field: \Here Is a castle. It is the home of an Editor. It has stained glass win- i dows and m a h o g a n y stairways. In | front of the castle is a park. Is it not sweet? The lady in the park is the editor's wits. Slie wears a costly robe of velvet trimmed with gold lace, and there are pears and rubies In her hair. The Editor sits on the front stoop smoking a Havana cigar. His little children are playing with dia- mond marbles on the tessellated floor. The Editor can afford to live in style. He gets seventy-five dollars a month wages.\ Editor's Note: \Field was a humor- ist.\ Praise does a wise man good but a fool harm. Judge (to defendant): \Do you chal- lenge any of the jury. Defendant: \Well I think I can lick the little guy on the end.\ In 1900. only ^,000 communities in the U. S. had public water systems; today there are over 10,000. LINCOLN' S \ L U C K \ Lincoln's so-called \Luck\ was the result of untiring perseverance. Aike l attitude by you in money matters, with our aid, will make your neighbors think you lucky. Deposits made the first 3 business days of any month draw interest from the first, except January, April, July and October, when ten business days grace are allowed. Southold Savings Bank S O U T H O I D . S U F F O L K COUNTV . N .Y.
