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A PITTSBURG (Texas) rcador of Tlio Com
monor asks for tlio name of tlio author
of tlio versed entitled "Tlio Aristocrat" as
follows:
Who fools within his veins tho throbbing pulse
Of powor and purpose urging him to dare,
And, yielding to tho message, treads down fear,
Rondlng in scorn his own innate despair?
Ho Is tho nobleman! No accident
Of ancestry can equal that fino birth
Of spirit which unlocks tho dormant soul
And rounds endeavor to its highest worth.
Who can answer?
WASHINGTON dispatches say that thou
sands of dollars are being raised by the
Japanese on tho Pacific coast to aid in giving
victory to the "progressive party" in Japan for
tho overthrow of tho present ministry and tho
guarantee of the naturalization of Japanese in
tho United States. These dispatches say that
the enormous fund now being collected will bo
used "to arouse a feeling in tho Japanese om
piro antagonistic to tho American government."
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NOTWITHSTANDING a swooping denial of
the alliance botweon the Japanese of tho
Pacific coast and tho anti-administration party
of Japan which denial was made by Charles
Takahashi of Seattle, Wash., the Associated
Press secured the text of certain reports which
Takahashi forwarded to Yamaoka in Seattle and"
the Japanese society in Seattle. . The Associated
Press says: "In ono of the reports, which, it
was stated today, was afterwards read by Tak
asUasht at a secret meeting of Japanese in
Seattle on the evening of May 2G, ho quotes Am
bassador Aoki's statements in regard to the re
lations between the United States and Japan
growing out of the recent disturbances in San
Francisco and the adoption by congress of tho
United States of the Immigration law, excluding
coolie labor from continental United States."
TAKAHASHI'S report in part Is as follows: .
"My object in discussing the Japanese im
migration law with Ambassador Aoki was:
First, the nullification of the present immigra
tion limitation law.; second, opposing the would
be immigration law (proposed new treaty) said
to be contemplated by Japan and the United
States; third, acquiescence in tho Japanese nat
uralization rights in the United States. To
these discussions Ambassador Aoki said: 'Japan
has ample grounds to oppose the immigration
limitation law, but if we go to extremes I fear
war. Regarding this Japanese limitation law
the Japanese government absolutely disagrees
with the United States, and will ask the natural
ization rights for tho Japanese people which the
United States government will have to eventu
ally grant. At present the re-election of a pres
ident is nearing, so we are hesitating at this
time to bring up these questions, which are un
popular in American politics.' What we must
call especial attention to is the fundamental an
tagonistic statements that the embassy made
comptfredwith those of Secretary Straus X inter
view on May 7.) We can not ourselves bo sat
isfied "with such uncertainty and the contradic
tory statements." .
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JLarSSi fhn? Wi U Sectarystraus on May 7
TakahnShi imml&rAon Jaw In this report
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tlto airrPfim3 ,1 Dy. Ambassadofc Aoki is to
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seo tho difference and contradiction from what
was assured to us by Ambassador Aoki and
Counsellor Miyaoka of the embassy. The Jap
anese ambassador, as we have stated in our
tolegrams and reports, assured us that the Jap
anese government never for one moment agreed
with tho limitation of immigration as presented
to us today." It was after the interview with
Seorotary Straus that Takahashi and Kawakami
recelvod an invitation rrom Viscount Aoki to
dino at tho embassy. Takahashi's answer, it is
'stated, was "wo did not come to eat, but to set
tlo grave diplomatic questions." Just before
Yamaoka's departure for Tokio, on May 14,
Takahashi sent him a telegram from Washing
ton as follows: "Depart for Japan instantly and
arouse public opinion as we understood before.
There is no hope with tho embassy here."
AS THE CROSS examination of Orchard, the'
assassin and informer, continued, the at
torneys for Haywood plainly revealed their pur
pose. In the language of the Associated Press re
port: "They repeatedly threw out the suggestion
of a great counter conspiracy, formulated and
carried out by the enemies of the Western Fed
eration of Miners, and indicated a determination
to construct their main line of defense on that
Held. .They carried. Orchard by slow steps and
through tho minutest details from the dynamit
ing of the Independence station down to the at
tempt on the life of Fred Bradley and his family,
and in addition to a series of particular attacks'
on the credibility of the witness and the general
probability of his stories; and preparing the way
for their testimony in rebuttal, they sought to
show that Orchard has a mania for boasting of
the commission of crimes non-existent except in
his own mind and that he is testifying under
the control and suggestion of Detective Mc
Partland." v-
SENATOR JOHN TYLER MORGAN of Ala
bama died at Washington June 11. He
had been in poor health, but his death was not
expected. A Washington Correspondent for the
Denver News says. "John Tyler Morgan was
one of the most distinguished members of the
United States senate, and was so recognized by
all parties. He was born June 2.0, 1824. He
went to Alabama when nine years of age, re
ceiving his education there. . He was admitted
to the bar in 1845 and began the practice of his
profession. He rapidly gained a high reputation
as a lawyer and a .speaker. He was presidential
elector in 1861, voting for Breckenridge, and in
1861 was a delegate to the Alabama convention
which declared for secessicm. He enlisted in
the confederate army as a private in 1861. In
18.62 ho raised a regiment, of which he was
made colonel, and in 1863 he was commissioned
Trigadier general and commanded a division
under General Johnston. After the war he re
sumed the practice of law at Salem. He was
presidential elector on the democratic ticket in
1876 and -in 1877 was elected tothe United
States senate. He "was five times re-elected, in
1882, 1888, 1894, 1900 and 1906. In 1900
there was no opposing candidate and ho received
the unanimous-vote of the Alabamasenate and
house." .
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GOVERNOR HUGHES of New York has ve
' toed a bill recently passed by the state
legislature providing for a two-cent passenger
rate on every railroad system in tho state more
than one hundred and fifty miles long. In his
veto message tho governor pointed out that
"tho passage ,of the bill was not preceded by
legislative investigation or suitable inquiry. Nor
is the fixing of this rate predicated on reports
or -statistics which would permit a fair conclu
sion as to the justice of its operation," The
governor also" said: "Injustice on the part of
railroad corporations toward the puhlic does not
justify injustice on the part of the state toward
the railroad corporations. The action of the
government should be fair and impartial, and
upon this every citizen whatever his interest
is entitled to insist. The fact that those in
control of railroad corporations have been guilty
of grossly improper financiering and of illegal
and injurious discriminations in charges points
clearly to the necessity of effective state action,
but does not require or warrant arbitrary re
prisals. In dealing with these questions democ
racy must demonstrate its capacity to act upon
deliberation and to deal justly. It "is of the
greatest importance not only that railroads
should be compelled to respect their public obli
gations, but also that they should be permitted
to operate under conditions that vill give a
fair return for their services. Nothing could
be more opposed to the interests of the com
munity as a whole than to cripple the transport
ation corporations by arbitrary reduction of
earnings. Considerable differences ..exist be
tween the railroad corporations -with respect to
the territory they serve and the cost of "service,
and It Is manifest that what would be fair for
one might be far from fair for another." The
message reminds the legislature of the newly
created public service commissions under a law
providing for inquiry into freight rates and pas
senger fares and for the fixing of such rates as
shall be Just and reasonable.
JAMES N. ROSENBAUM of Mount Vernon,
writing to the New York World con
cerning the democratic nominee in 1908 says:i
"In my opinion Senator Rayner will be the nom
inee. The rank and file of democrats readily
concede that Senator Rayner is the strongest
democrat in the United States. ; He is the great
est exponent of Jeffersonian principles. He is
a logician of the highest type. His views on tho
economic issues are Sane and practical. He is
probably as great a legal authority as there ex
ists in the country. With these sterling quali
ties he appeals to the majority of thinking peo
ple of-the United States. Even his political op
ponent admit that as president Senator, Rayner
would be a great executive, under whose guid
ance and strong hand the government would
prosper." v ' ' ' ' - ' 'J '
THE WESTWARD march of the- dandelion
pest is receiving the attention of the scien
tists who delve into such matters. Like the
army -worm, the greenbug, the chinchbug and
the boll weevil, the dandelion pest claims its
many victims. It ruins the best kept lawns and
wrecks tempers. If seems able to defy all
efforts to banish it. Communities that years
ago looked upon an occasional dandelion as a
pretty little flower, , now look upon it as an
unmixed evil, for it has turned everything, yellow
until it turns everything gray and fuzzy with its
gaunt stems and-filmy seeds. JWill the agricul
tural department at Washington please devoto
a little time to discovering some bug or weed
that will be .harmless in themselves ' but sure
death and destruction to the dandelion?
a"YHE RECENT proceedings in Texas,, wherein
. .the oil trust was assessed $1,60.0,000 are
not clearly understood even by .some people in
the Lone Star state. Replying to several in
quiries the Fort Worth (Texas) Record says:l
"The jury held that the Standard Oil company's
ownership of a majority of the stock of tho
Waters-Pierce Oil company constituted a viola
tion of the anti-trust laws of Texas, viz.: the acts
of 1899 and 1903. Under these acts each day of
operation constitutes a separate offense and in
curs a separate penalty. For violating the act
of 1899 from May 31, 1900, to March 31, 1903,
,1,033 days, the jury assessed penalties of $1,500
va day, amounting to $1,549,500, under -the
'option of a minimum of $200 pr a maximum of
'$5;000 a day. For violating the act of-1903
from April 1, 1903, to April 29, 1907, the jury
assessed penalties of $50 a day, amounting to
$74,400, making the total fines $1,623,900. Of
this total the county attorney is to receive 25
per cent of the penalties under the act of 1899,
$387,375, and under the act of 1903 he is to
receive. 10 per cent on the first $1,000 and 5 per
cent on each subsequent $1,000, $3,770, mak
ing a total of $391,145. Of this amount Gruet,
the informing witness, is to receive one-third.
The total share of the state is to bo $1,232,755.
Tho jury undoubtedly held the defendant com
pany to be a violator of the anti-trust lows of tho
state for the time named in the verdict. Under
the instructions of the court the jury found for.
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