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THE ELECTION for the Philippine assembly
took place July 30. . A Manila cablegram
to tho New York Herald says: 'fAguinaldo has
rofuoed to qualify as a voter in tho election of
an assembly next Tuesday, believing the legis
lature will servo no usoful purpose for the Fili
pinos. Aguinaldo Is farming, and, while not
' friendly to the government, ho is taking no part
In politics."
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL, of Texas, recently
addressed ten thousand farmors at Wills
point, Texas. Tho Now York Herald quotes the
govornor as saying: "If a horse thief gets into
another stato I can issue a requisition and bring
him back, but to securo tho return of a trust
magnato charged with perjury it is necessary
to employ lawyers, and I will spond every dol
lar the people will give me to spond to make
Henry Clay Pierce come back to Texas and stand
trial." Governor Campbell said Texas anti-trust
laws, sovere as they are, are not sovore enough.
Ho will not seek tho repeal of any of them.
O
CONGRESSMAN JENKINS, chairman of tho
houso judiciary committee, has given to
tho Associated Press a statement relative to tho1
North Carolina railroad rate contest. Hq, says:
"There never has been any event since the civil
war that calls for so severe condemnation as
tho recent senseless tirade on behalf of states
against tho nation. It is humiliating that the
matter has been compromised, and that the na
tion .has to someextcnt surrendered. The civil
war was the result of such agitation, and we
may have earlier than we want another civil
war. To avert such a calamity and preserve the
nation we must conform to tho law, obey the
law and have the law enforced according to the
frame' work provided in tho constitution. Ever
since the civil war other states havo had sim
ilar troubles and did -not make fools of them
selves or declare war, and the questions in
volved were decided by the supreme, court and
no bad results followed. If all state authorities
are going to' usurp functions of the supreme
court and judge what federal act shall be-nullified,
no one can tell where it will end."
MRS. CHAPMAN, wife of the well known
clorgyman, J. "Wilbur Chapman, died re
cently? At tho funeral sorviccs Dr. Chapman
paid this beautiful tribute: "Twenty years ago
our lives came together, and the stream of love
"has broadened and deepened until to me, at
least, it is well nigh immeasurable. She was a
school girl and I a young minister weighed down
with groat burdens. I beheld her face first
wreathed in smiles and from that day to this
her life has been to me one constant display of
sunshine. When she came to me she found me
with a little motherless girl, and from the mo
ment she gave me her life she loved us both
with all the strength of her great nature. Our
marriage was sanctified by the birth of a baby
. boy, and he no sooner drew out the tendrils of
our hearts than he went back again to God,
taking tho best part of our lives with him. One
day, after she had evidently thought it out and
prayed it through, she said to me: 'It is all
right, I will care tho more tenderly for Bertha,
and her mother In heaven will care for my little
Robort.' She has been my counselor.
Many a friend has given me credit for this or
that, the laurels might more fittingly have been
placed at her feet. When I was unknown
and practically , unused in any special
way, it was she who told me she
thought I might do more - for God and
men, and then she .helped me ; with all her
mignp, i testify publicly today that I owo more
tior wnat i may nave been permitted to do to
Itho sweet influence, of this angelic soul than to
my one oiso inisjsiue or heaven. Her person-,.
ilUy pervades many of my sermons, and she.,
ins ummuieu met most or my illustrations. She
rnrly camo to ChrU?t. When, she could not toll
rhey welcomed her into the chnro.ii whon ch
Iwasja mere child, and she smiled ;to think she
imigut nave come earner so far as her faith was-
concerned. &ne was tno most, consistent Chris
tian I over knew. She lived with me nineteen
blessod happy years, and novor spoke a word
that had tho faintest suggestion of Impatience
about it, or of disloyalty to Christ. I have suf
fered what seems to me to be an irreparable
loss. My counselor, my strong rock; my sym
pathetic listener, my tireless helper, -my true
love, the mother of my children, and the wife
of nineteen years, is gone. I do sorely need your
sympathy. Yet we are not rebellious. So. sweet,
so good, so true was she that her children rise up
to call her blessed; her husband too, for he
praiseth her." At the close of which the doctor
holding himself in control, said: "I ought to
add, 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.'
This is the day of a new consecration for myself
and my family. Blessed God and Father take
out of this sorrow its sting. I put myself and
my family upon Thy help. And in this room
where my dear one lies I erect a Holy of Holies
and call upon the name of the Lord."
O
TA.FT RESOLUTIONS were adopted by the
republican state committee for Ohio by a
vote of fifteen to six. The same resolution de
clared that the republicans of Ohio are opposed
to tho retirement of Senators Foraker and Dick.
Tho resolution, as amended and finally adopted
by the committee, is as follows: "Be It resolved
by the republican State Committee of Ohio that
we believe the great majority of the people of -Ohio,
convinced of the high character, great
ability and distinguished services of Secretary
Taft, indorse his candidacy for the presidency,
and further, we declare that the republicans
of Ohio overwhelmingly desire that the name
of Hon. William Howard Taft be presented to
the nation as Ohio's candidate for president, and
that the republicans of other states be invited to
co-operate with the republicans of Ohio to se
cure his nomination in 1908. And be it further
resolved that we emphaticalty declare that the
republicans of Ohio are opposed to the elmina
tion from public life of Senators J. B. Foraker
and Charles Dick, whose services to the party
and state have been distinguished by ability,
wisdom and patriotism."
AFTER THE adjournment of the committee
Senator Foraker said: "I can not add
anything to what I said in my open letter pub
lished this morning. I wrote that letter fore
seeing the result and feeling "that It was my
duty to give notice beforehand that I would not
bo bound by any such unauthorised action. The
committee had no more right to speak on that
subject for the republicans of Ohio than any
other twenty-one republicans of the state might
have had, and the action of the committee will
not affect my course in any way The next,
state convention will have authority to speak,
and by the action of that convention It will be
the duty of every good republican to abide. In
the meanwhile we shall have our municipal
elections and the benefit of occurring events in
the light of all which we shall no doubt be able'
to act intelligently and satisfactorily."
REFERRING TO the Taft endorsement in Ohio
the Columbus (Ohio) Press-Post says:
"The Taft campaign managers are in worse
plight to appeal to republicans of other states
for support than they were before. The in
dorsement they wanted has a hole In it over
one-fourth the size of the state of Ohio. This
is a denouement which must be highly pleas
ing to President Roosevelt, who is the real can
didate behind the Taft boom to secure a nomina
tion for a third term. It will give the president
an excuse for promoting the boom of Cortelyou
until he gets ready to take up somebody else in
his now transparent game of eliminating every
body but himself."
THE PHILIPPINE elections for members of
the first assembly .were held Tuesday, July
31. The Chicago RecordHerald says: "While
the returns of tho Philippine elections for mem
bers of the newly established congress are not
yet all in, it is apparent that the nationalists have
won a decided victory over the progressives and
the other factions. This is not surprising, and
indeed, it had been predicted some time ago that
the progressives would make even a poorer
showing than it seems they have. As election
day approached, however, the progressives
shoved that they possessed the rudiments of a
party organization, which tho other parties did
not, and hopes for their success were raised
higher than the facts "warranted. The nation
alists want immediate Independence from the
United StateB. Tho progressives express them
selves as well satisfied with the present govern
ment, and set up a program of internal improve
ments, tariff reforms and extended educational
facilities. A lower house dominated by the na
tionalists may or may not be a good thing for
the Philippines. If the members have their
hearts set exclusively on the profits they can
make for themselves and see their own great
est benefit in agitation then agitation will con
tinue, and perhaps, obstruction to the work of
the present government will result. If, however,
the nationalists sincerely want to get independ
ence for their country and recognize that the
most effective way to achieve it will be by show
ing their own capacity to participate intelligent
ly in their government, then it may perhaps bo
better for the islands to have a lower house in
opposition to the American administration than
the reverse. It can confidently be said that no
practicable scheme which the lower house ad
vances for the welfare of the islands will be re
jected by the American administration, so far
as fulfillment lies within its power. It is only
where the welfare of the islands comes in con
flict with special interests of American industries
and so meets obstruction in our congress that
trouble will be apt to arise. If congress would
recognize the needs of the Philippines by estab
lishing free trade between the islands and the
United States more would be accomplished than
by any one other step."
JUDGE KENESAW M. LANDIS, in the United
States district court at Chicago, fined the
Standard Oil company of Indiana $29,240,000
for violations of the law against accepting re
bates from railroads. An Associated Press dis
patch says: "The fine is the largest ever as
sessed against any individuals or any corpora
tion in the history of American criminal juris
prudence, and is slightly more than 131 times
as great as the amount received by the company
through its rebating operations. The case will
be carried to the higher courts by the defendant
company. The penalty imposed upon the com
pany is the maximum permitted under the law,
and it was announced at the end of a long opin
ion, in which the methods and practices of the
Standard Oil company were mercilessly scored.
The judge, in fact, declared in his opinion that
the officials of the Standard Oil company who
were responsible for the practices of which the
corporation was found guilty were no better
than counterfeiters and thieves, the exact lan
guage being: 'We may as well look at this sit
uation squarely. The men who thus deliberately
violate this law wrong society more deeply than
does he who counterfeits the coins, or steals let
ters from the mail.' Judge Landis commenced
reading his decision at 10 "o'clock, and occupied
about one hour in its delivery. He reviewed
the facts In the case, took up the arguments of
the attorneys for the defense and answered them
and then passed judgment upon the company,
which he declared violated the law for the solo
purpose of swelling its dividends. The court
held that the railroads havo no more right to
make a secret rate for a shipper than a board of
assessors would have to make a secret assess
ment on any particular piece of property. Tho
court expressed regret that the law failed to
provide more serious punishment than a fine,
but insisted that the penalty should be sufficient
ly large to act as a deterrent and not of such a
size as to encourage the defendant to persist in
lawlessness. At the conclusion of his opinion,
and after announcing the amount of the fine,
Judge Landis directed that a special grand jury
be called for the purpose .rf inquiring into the
acts of the Chicago and Alton company, it hav
ing been proved in the case just closed that the
oil company accepted rebates from that corpor
ation. This jury is summoned for August 14.
The decision of Judge Landis aroused almost a
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