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Washington dispatches say that
President Taft "is greatly worried"
because rumors have reached him to
the effect that corporations will light
tho corporation tax in court.
In tho primaries held in Nebraska
tho democrats nominated for justices
of tho supremo court, John J. Sul
livan, B. F. Good, J. It. Dean. The
republican nominees are Jacob Faw
cett, J. B. Barnes, S. H. Sedgwick.
Tho Trans-Mississippi Congress, in
session at Denver adopted resolu
tions in substance as follows: That
the income- tax measure become a
law; that a tariff commission of ex
perts be placed in Bervice; that, con
gress pass a law reguiaung tue ubo
Shepard, 'it represents a widespread
and unmistakable discontent of dem
ocrats with democratic party condi
tions.' It goes without saying that
in many quarters the motives under
lying tho activity of Mr. Shepard and
his associates -will bo subjected to
misconstruction, some of Which will
bo deliberate and some due to ignor
ance. Nevertheless, tho central fact
remains that the Shepard diagnosis
is accurate and there is urgent need
for prescribing for the patient. The
most eminent democrats in the stae
have been called in consultation, fol
lowing the example of the Brooklyn
democratic county committee. Those
who are looking for the 'man o'f the
hour' must not be too precipitate.
Conditions develop the man. The ex
cesses of the terror produced Napo-
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given a territorial legislature; tnat leon, tne conservator oi society. The
congress pass a law preventing the
collection of federal liquor revenue
in prohibition territory; that aid bo
extended American shipping.
The city authorities of Juarez,
Mexico, have appropriated, the sum
of $20,000 for the purpose of provid
ing a bull fight for the entertainment
of Presidents Taft and Diaz on Oc
tober 16.
Tho Kansas City Post has suggest
ed that the democrats of Missouri
hold a state conference this fall.
Senator Stone has approved tho sug1-gQBtion.
A. story of an important merger Is
told in a Now York dispatch to the
Chicago Record-Herald as follows:
"Tho elimination of tho Vanderbilts
from tho New York Central lines and
the complete ascendency of Edward
H. Harriman into the control of the
more than 12,000 miles of railroad
comprised in that system are declared
to be the next imDortant develon-
ments m tne railway world.
crisis of the civil war broucht forth
Lincoln, the savior of the union. The
democratic party organization in this
state is in tho control of wire-pullers
and seekers after contracts. "For ten
years the democratic voters have
vainly looked for leadership that was
as incarnate of the party aims and
principles as the white plume of
Henry of Navarre typified the Hugue
not cause in France. The republican
party under Roosevelt, Taft and
Hughes has drifted from its ancient
moorings, as Cleveland said of the
Bryanized democracy of 1896. The
conservative forces of America have
a, cnpice, oet,ween two. evils. ( A cen
tralize autocracy that wars on prop
erty, and a' characterless and thor
oughly commercial opposition. The
former has seemed to it the least
of the two. The democratic party
under Tilden and Cleveland attract
ed the support of the conservative
class, which is the backbone of every
nation, because the leadership pos
sessed ability and character. It' is
along these lines that party success
lies, in the judgment of the Citizen,
ana most or tne men who have pro-
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autnority tnat the Harriman brokers moted the Saratoga conference, are
have secured an option on the greater democrats of the school of Tilden
portion, if not all, of the Vanderbllt
Holdings, and will soon close tho
deal in the interest of the 'Napoleon'
of the railway world. The option, it
is stated, is on ?50,000,000 worth of
New York Central stock, which is to
he purchased for Harriman at $150 a
share. The last report of the Union
Pacific road shows that it has in Its
treasury $14,000,000 worth of New
York Central securities, and it is
generally believed that Harriman and
a feW Of hln frtflTlria hnvft a larrra
personal holding in New York Cen
tral. The total capitalization of the
New York Central is $178,632,000,
and it is understood that the option,
it exercised, will give Harriman and
hfs friends an absolute stock control
of the company. This carries with
It a control of the West Shore and a
practical control, though not by stock
ownership, of all the roads in the
New York Central Lines, system."
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A "democratic state conference" is
to bo held at Saratoga, New York,
September 9. Edward M. Shepard,
one of the signers of the call refer
ring to the proposed conference said:
"In every county in the state there
is an abnormally large element of
tho democratic party out of relation
with, or even in hostility to the or
ganized representation of thp party
within the state. The movement is
not intended to build up a new party
organization, nor is it antagonistic
to any particular man or set of men.
'It has a far larger scope said Mr.
and Cleveland."
Tho monetary commission com
posed of members of congress met at
New York, August 16, for the pur
pose of drafting- a new monetary
system. A New York dispatch to
the Chicago Record-Herald, says:
"The secretary would not divulge
what had taken place during the day,
and said that no statement would be
issued until after a morning session
wuicu is io do neia tomorrow. Sen
istratlon of criminal law is so impres
sive as swiftness and certainty. Con
sequently, nothing so discredits it in
the mind of the public as lame and
halting procedure in theatrical courts
and disagreements of juries and de
lays and reversals for apparently
technical reasons on appeal. Such
things weaken public confidence in
the administration of. the law, dis
courage sheriffs, policemen and pros
ecuting officers and encourages crim
inals and increases crime." The con
gress elected the folkwing officers:
President, Amos W. Butler, Indian
apolis; general secretary, Joseph P.
Byers, Randals Island, N. Y.'; finan
cial secretary, H. H. Shirer, Colum
bus, O.; treasurer, Fred H. Mills,
New York. The National Prison
Physicians' Association elected offi
cers as follows: President, Theodore
Cook, Baltimore; secretary, D. P.
Helan, Kingston, Canada.
Bids for the construction of two
more American fighting vessels, the
Wyoming and the Arkansas, t were
opened at the navy department. An
Associated Press dispatch says:
"These vessels are to cost $6,000,000
each exclusive of their armor and
armament and are to make a high
rate of speed. The vessels are to
be of 26,000 tons each, the largest
ever undertaken by the American
I naval establishment, the increase in)
tonnage in this class of vessels being
from 20,000, the size of the original
American dreadnaughts, the Dela
ware and the North Dakota. The
Utah, now under construction by the
New York Shipbuilding company, and
the Florida, now being built at the
New York navy yard, are the two
remaining dreadnaughts, their ton
nage being 22,000. William Cramp
& Sons of Philadelphia, were the low-
fiftt. hirirtfrH fnr rnnatmioffnor fha.Titvt-.
tleshlps .Wyoming and Arkansas, bids
for which were opened at the navy
department today. The submitted two
bids, one at $4,450,000 and another
at $4,475,000. Only one ship can
go, however, to any firm of builders.
The New York Shipbuilding company
of Camden, N. J made the next low
est bid at $4,675,000. Bids for the
vessels were made under two heads,
class one being, according to the
navy department plans and class two,
the department's plans as to hull,
but with machinery suggested by the
bidder. As a result, there were
propositions for the installation of
turbine coupled with reciprocating
engines and turbines combined with
electric motors. The speed promised
generally was 20 knots under both
classes, but the New York Shipbuild
ing company also offered to build a
vessel at 20 knots at $4,750,000
under class one and at $3,875,000 un
der class two. Another bid by the
same company was for a 20 knot
vessel at $4,780,000. Bids submit
ted by the Newport News Dry Dock
Chairman Charles .R. Jones points
with pride. The five surviving presi
dential candidates who will bo pres
ent and the years in which they ran
for the White House are: John P.
St. John, Olithe, Kan., 1884; Joshua
Levering, Baltimore, Md., 1896; John
G. Woolley, Honolulu, 1900; Silas C.
Swallow, Harrisburg, Pa., 1904; Eu
gene W. Chafin, Chicago, 1908. The
surviving vice presidential candidates
of former years who will be present
are James B. Cranfill, Dallas, Texas,
1892; vGeorge W. Carroll, Beaumont,
Texas, 1904, and Aaron S., Watkins,
Ada, Ohio, 1908.
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Colonel Le Roy T. Steward, who
has been superintendent of letter car
riers in the Chicago postofilce was
made chief . f police for the city of-Chicago.
The Aldrich monetary commission
has adjourned until October, and Mr.
Aldrich has gone to Europe.
Mrs. Cullom, wife of Senator Cul
loni of Illinois, died at her apart
ments in Washington City.
The trans-Mississippi congress met
at Denver. Gifford Pinchot delivered
an address pleading for the conserva
tion of national resources. He was
given an ovation.
E. H. Har.-lman, the railroad mag
nate, is returning to America in im
proved health.
An interesting echo of the Orchard
murder trial is found in the follow
ing San Francisco dispatch carried by
the Associated Press: . "After five
years of litigation, the San Francisco
Gas and Electric Light company has
accepted the confession pf .Harry Or
chard', now serving. a life, senencfy
ifor the murder of ex-Gtfvernpr Steuh-.
enberg, as a. perjured statement and
today the corporation paid the attor
ney, Walter M. Linforth, $13,904
for damages inflicted upon his prop
erty on Washington street in Novem
ber, 1904. During his trial in Idaho
Orchard told of his having attempt
ed to kill Fred W. Bradley, an enemy
of the Western Federation of Miners,
by blowing him up with dynamite.
At the time mentioned by' Orchard,
Bradley was living in one of Lin
forth's flats. The explosion, how
ever, was attributed to defective gas
fixtures and Linforth obtained judg
ment for $10,200. The corporation
sought to obtain a' new trial, based
upon the statement made in the
Idaho courts."
ator Nelson W. Aldrich. of Rhode and Shipbuilding company were class
Island, ennirmnn nnrl fh nttm.. c nna A nan nrn ;i 4.. uu j
Island, chairman, and tho otvinra nt
the commission reached here early
in the day and went direct to the
hotel. At the meetinr. rairarriAri a
one of the most important the com
mission has held, it is expected plans
will be formulated for gathering the
material from which recommenda
tions will be made to congress."
Tho board of inquiry in session at
Annapolis has given a decision de
claring that Lieutenant Sutton com
mitted suicide, and acquitting the ac
cused officers.
The United States will get one
fourth of the Chinese loan. This
will give the American financiers in
the neighborhood of $7,000,000 of
this loan.
one $4,790,000 and two bids under
class two at $4,680,000 and $5,010,
000 respectively. Eight bids came
from the Fore River Shipbuilding
company, all under class two and
ranging from $4,747,000 to $5.-097,000."
In South Carolina local option elec
tions, the drys won in seventeen out
of twenty-one towns. A fight for
state-wide prohibition will take place
in the legislature which meets in
January.
At the American Prison Associa
tion convention held at Seattle, a
committee on criminal law reported
as follows: "Nothing in the admln-
On September 24, at Chicago the
prohibitionists will celebrate the
fortieth anniversary of the founding
of their party. The Qhicaga Record
Herald says: 'On the program will
be five men who have run for presi
dent on the prohibition ticket and
three who have run for vice presi
dent. In ex-presidential candidates
the party outnumbers the two big
parties, a fact to which National
A Cincinnati, Ohio, dispatch car
ried by the Associated Press says:
"Ignoring a warning in the window
of a 'what not' store in the Ken
tucky highlands, across the river
from Cincinnati, to beware of a burg-
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