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not take this demonstration &s a
personal compliment, but I take this
gathering as the people's expression
on a vital public question." Senator
Beverldge then quoted President Taft
as saying: "Revise the tariff down
ward." "That was not his promise,"
gaid the senator; "that was the prom
ise of the republican party, voiced by
him. I am one of those who believe
that the most serious thing beneath
the sun is a promise made between
man and man. I am for protection.
I believe that the American people
&Te for it, but to be a protectionist
does not mean that we are to be ex
tortionists when a tariff rate goes
beyond the point of protection it be
comes an excess."
Secretary Nagel has given the de
partment of commerce and labor a
great shakeup. One hundred em
ployes have been found deficient and
have been reduced, while the resig
nations of ten others have been accepted.
Bolivia has decided not to accept
Argentine's arbitral decision on the
boundary question. It Is predicted
that this means war with Peru.
A Teheran, Persia, cablegram car
ried by the Associated Press says:
"One thousand nationalists entered
Teheran at 6 a. m. by three gates.
The Cossacks occupied the central
square and surrounding streets, and
immediately opened fire. Fighting
started at once, and is proceeding
furiously. The shah is momentarily
expected to take refuge in a foreign
legation and ultimately to flee the
city."
Von Buelow has resigned as chan
cellor of the German empire and Dr.
von Bpthmann-Hpllweg, formerly
vice chancellor has been chosen
chancellor. A Berlin cablegram
says: "A peculiar feature of the
naming of Bethmann-Hollweg is the
fact that he is of Jewish descent.
His Hebrew ancestors fled from Hol
land to Germany in the sixteenth
century. The succession of a man
of Jewish blood to the supreme dip
lomatic post of the country where
anti-Semitism is rampant, has caused
a sensation and is expected to cause
even more than comment. Germany
has not yet removed all of the dis
abilities which were imposed upon
the Jews in the early ages. Herr
Delbrueck, the Prussian minister of
commerce, was named secretary of
state for the interior, to succeed
Bethmann-Hollweg; Under Secretary
of State Wermuth was appointed im
perial minister of finance; Governor
von Trott, of the province of Brand
enburg, becomes Prussian minister
of education, and Rheinhold Sydow,
imperial minister of finance, be
comes Prussian minister of com
merce. In securing the appointment
of Bethmann-Hollweg on his own
recommendation von Buelow scored
a final triumph, before his downfall,
over his personal enemies, who were
endeavoring to secure a successor in
imical to4 the retiring minister."
presented to congress an analysis of
the increases and decreases of the
Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill. Summar
izing this analysis Mr. LaFollotto
says: 'According to the figures ap
plied by the bureau, tho bill as
passed by the senate on tho basis
of the importations of 1907 leaves
unchanged the duties on Imports of
the value of $149,716,619 or 21.51
per cent, while tho decreases affect
Importers of tho value of $9,6,369,
619 or 13.84 per cent. Tho average
Increase of the entire bill is 5.65
per cent. As tho Payno bill passed
the house, according to tho estimates
of Chairman Payne, tho increases on
the basis of importations of 1906
affected imports valued at less than
$46,000,000.' Senator LaFolletto
declared 'unless the rates of tho bill
are greatly reduced in conference the
bill should be vetoed, as in its pres
ent form it Is a violation of the
promise made to the people to gen
erally reduce existing rates. The
contention that the conference can
only act within the limits of the
highest rates of one house and tho
lowest rates of the other is not cor
rect. A point of order to this effect
during the consideration of the Ding
ley bill was overruled. So the con
ference is in position to fix the duties
.upon the items where there is a dif
ference between the houses at a
point where it measures tho differ
ence in the cost of productions. Tho
rates should be fixed at that point.
Unless the bill is made to conform
substantially to the promise made to
the president it should be vetoed.'
One interesting development took
place. The finance committee had
promised a compilation of its own,
showing the effect of the new rates
as compared to the Dingley figures.
It was assured that this finance com
mittee summary would, demonstrate
that- the senate bill gives a small
downward average of changes, com
pared to the Dingley law. But the
story goes that the finance commit
tee has decided not to issue such a
statement. It is explained that it
would have small real value, because
the conference bill will be entirely
different from the senate measure,
and to make a comparative state
ment so soon before the conference
report would only serve to muddy
the waters. However, the insur
gents protest that tho real reason
the committee has decided against
a statement is that Investigation
has developed that it would bear out
the LaFollette-DollIver-Cummins
claim that the changes are In the
aggregate upward instead of downward."
Wheat for July delivery advanced
seven cents July 14. The top mark
reached was $1.27.
Kansas City, Kan., has adopted
the commission form of government.
The change was decreed at a special
election held July 14. The new plan
calls for a government of the city
by a mayor and four commissioners,
who will succeed the present mayor
and cduncil next April. The com
missioners will be elected for a term
of two years. The election followed
a campaign by reformers to take
municipal , affairs out of the hands
of politicians.
Wyatt H. Ingram, Jr., trust officer
of the Hibernia Bank & Trust Co.,
of New Orleans, has been arrested
charged with being a defaulter and
with forgery to the amount of $75,
000. Officers of the bank say that
the loss will not affect the institution.
Harry K. Thaw made application
to the court at White Plains, N. Y.,
to be released from the asylum.
proclaimed shah by tho national as
sembly composed of tho chief muj
tehids, and tho leaders of tho na
tional forces, in tho presence of an
immense crowd in Parliament
square. Mohamed All has taken
refuge in tho Russian summer lega
tion at Zerezende, whoro ho Is under
the protection of detachments of
Cossacks and Sepoys, dispatched to
Zerzonde by tho Russian and British
diplomatic representatives. Tho now
shah Is yot In his minority, and
Azad Ul Mulka, head of tho Kajar
family, has been appointed regent.
Splphadar, one of tho most activo
leaders of the movement, has taken
tho office of minister of war, and
governor of Teheran. General Liak
hoff, through whoso negotiations
with tho nationalists, tho surrender
was affected, was escorted this after
noon by mounted Bakhtlars artil
lery, to the parliament building, and
was greeted with loud applause by
tho people. Ho was Informed that
he might remain temporarily in com
mand of tho Cossack brigade, pro
vided ho strictly obeyed the orders
of the war minister. This arrange
ment waB communicated to tho
British and Russian legations. Tho
shops and private houses occupied
by the shah's soldiers have been
plundered and tho residence of tho
manager of tho Indo-European Tele
graph company have been looted,
but no other homes of foreigners
were invaded."
Mexico City dispatches say that D.
B. Thompson, United States ambas
sador lost $13,000 through embezzle
ment of one of his secretaries.
President Taft has decided to ap
point Charles R. Crane of tho man
ufacturing firm of Crane & Co., of
Chicago, as minister to China. As
sociated Press dispatches say: "Mr,
Crane's uncle, Prof. Williams, was
professor of Chinese at Yale and
wrote a book on China."
Glen H. Cur ties made a flight of
thirty-one minutes In his aeroplane,
at Hempsted Plains, Long Island.
He alighted without a mishap.
Cablegrams from Athens say' that
an earthquake In the province of
Elis in southern Greece demolished
four hundred houses and killed three
hundred people.
-Following . is a Washington dis
patch carried by . the Associated
Press: "Through Senator XaFollette
the bureau .of t statistics of.. th,e de?.
partment of . commerce and labor has
Bishop John C. Shanley, of the
Roman Catholic diocese of North Da
kota, died of apoplexy.
. An Associated Press cablegram,
under date of Teheran, July 16 says:
VMohamed.AH, shah of Persia, was
dethroned, today, and .-the. crown
prince, Sultan Ahmed . Mirza, .was
THIS SENATE AND THE TARIFF
The senate is tho bulwark of mis
used capital, that is: Capital used
to oppress and rob the whole people.
The protective tariff is the frown
ing fortress, with its guns trained
on the public, and manned by a
band of republicans and alleged
democratic senators, while tho black
flag of piracy floats over all. The
so-called democratic senators are in
strange company. They are in the
enemy's camp, having cast behind
them all the tradition and princi
ples of their party, and have
trampled noisily on their party plat
forms. They have done this at a
time, too, when if they had stood by
their party they could have achieved
a notable victory with the assistance
of conscience-stricken republican sen
ators. When the Mongolian desires
to enter the path of sin he first de
stroys his household gods, and thus
gets rid of the ever present and silent
accuser. When a democratic senator
decides to cast his lot with the peo
ple's despoilers, he first tries to dis
credit Bryan, for he knows that un
less he stops the fountain the stream
may overwhelm him. The entire
record of the democratic leader is a
rebuke to faithless democrats, and
every errant senator is fully aware
of that fact. That a downward re
vision of the tariff is demanded by
a large majority of the American
people is beyond reasonable-contention
or dispute, and the democrat
who stands to obstruct' and defeat
the demand, will shorten his own po
litical career. The indignant con
stituencies wilLnotialUto. retire -such
(.democrats. There are notable in
stances of democratic rectitude in
tho senate, none moro conspicuous
than tho blind senator from tho
youngest and best governed state in
tho union tho unwnvcring Gore. Ho
stands erect and forceful on tho
platform of his party, and breaks
a lance with all covers. His eyes
ra,ay bo doomed to perpetual mid
night, but his intellect Is bathed in
the sunshino of political Integrity
and democratic 8agacity.--MIs80url
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