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The Commoner.
Is left of It when applied to rail
roads,' the opinion states.
" 'Under one or both of these teats
the Union Pacific could probably
have lawfully purchased control of
the great railroad system in the
United States.' "
New York, June 24. The stock
market today made quick response
to the announcement of the United
States circuit court's decision in the
Harriman merger suit. Naturally the
Harriman issues were the most af
fected, and they showed gains of
almost 4 points. Other stocks were
up from 1 to 3 points. Trading was
on a heavy scale.
Officials of the Harriman railroad
offices were greatly Interested in the
decision. None of the lawyers of
the company would discuss until they
heard more about it.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Chicago says: "The secretaries of
fourteen lumber dealers' associations
from Pennsylvania to the Pacific
coast were Indicted by a special
grand jury of the United States court
for alleged violations of the anti
trust law. The proceeding, it is ad
mitted, is absolutely unique under
the Sherman anti-trust law. The
government makes no effort to show
action on the part of the retailers
to combine In restraint of trade, but
charges that under the guise of the
secretaries' bureau of information
and the paper, 'Tho Scout,' prices
have advanced steadly."
HOW TIMES DO CHANGE
Dr. Wilson's attitude with respect
to the recall of tho judiciary does not
in the least surprise us; in fact the
surprise lies the other way about
in the extent to which he, a man of
scholastic temperament, with con
servative surroundings and in the"
difficult position of a prospective
candidate for president, has been
willing to go on the road toward
absolute democracy. Many stout
hearts that pass through, direct nomi
nations and direct election of sena
tors without a quiver hesitate at the
referendum. Others go on until they
come to the initiative, at which they
balk. When we get to the recall,
there is panic all along the line, and
it is only the seasoned veterans or
the reckless young enthusiasts that
walk up without flinching. Yet these
three principles are the very essence
of real democracy. Without them
there can be no rule of tho people.
How rapidly we move in these
days! Only three years ago when
Mr. Bryan got back from Europe, in
the speeches preliminary to the cam
paign he made for the democratic
nomination, he played up the initia
tive and referendum. He did not
venture the recall. Straightaway
Harper's Weekly pictured him hold
ing up two wierd rag babies, and
beneath, the legend: "The sawdust
twins." This same paper is now
ardently supporting Dr. Wilson, who
goes about the country doing just
what Bryan did and doing it better.
California Outlook.
A DISTINCTION
One would have it that a collie
is the most sagacious of dogs, while
the other stood up for the setter.
"I once owned a setter," declared
the latter, "which was very intelli
gent. I had him on the street one
day, and he acted so queerly about
a certain man we met that I asked
the man his name, and "
"Oh, that's an old story!" the col
lie's advocate broke in sneeringly.
"The man's name was Pertridge, of
course, and because of that the dog
came to a set. Ho, ho! Come a0-ain!"
"You're mistaken," rejoined the
other, suavely. "The dog didn't come
quite to a set, though most. As a
matter of fact, the man's name was
Quayle, and the dog hesitated on ac
count of the spelling!" Lippincott's.
1 WASHINGTON NEWS
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Former Senator Hopkins of Illi
nois who was defeated by Mr. Lori
mer, testified before tho senate com
mittee that "Jackpots" constitute
"one of the traditions of politics in
Illinois."
Patrons of tho registry depart
ment of tho postoffico are to bo al
lowed an indemnity for third and
fourth class registered matter lost
in the mails after July 1, 1911, ac
cording to an order of Postmaster
General Hitchcock. Tho indemnity
is limited to $25 per package.
Tho Washington correspondent
for the Houston (Texas) Post, says:
"James Jones, tho aged negro sur
viving body servant of tho confed
eracy's president, Jefferson Davis, is
about to lose tho position he has long
held as a laborer carried on the
United States senate pay roll. Sena
tor Lodge offered a resolution doing
away with several employes and
among them was Jones, who he said,
was in ill health and had not per
formed any duties in two years.
Jones is believed to be the only living
person who now knows where the
great seal of tho confederacy is hid
den and he refuses to tell because of
a' promise made to Mr. Davis. Sena
tor Burton objected to final action
on the resolution and the democratic
senators will make an effort to se
cure some provision for Jones."
Senator Bailey is opposed to the
reciprocity bill saying that it can
not be defended either as a revenue
or a protection measure.
Secretary of tho Interior Fisher
has rejected the famous Cunningham
Alaskan coal land claims through
which it was charged the Morgan
Guggenheim syndicate had planned
to extend their vast interests in
Alaska. This is accepted as a vindi
cation of Pinchot and in effect a re
versal of Ballinger.
The Root amendment to the reci
procity bill proposing a modification
of the wood pulp and print paper
section was defeated by an over
whelming vote.
An Associated Press dispatch, un
der date of June 22, says: "Already
a badly tangled situation in' the
senate was still further complicated
today when the senate finance com
mittee decided to throw tho woolen
revision and so-called farmers' free
list bills recently passed by the demo
cratic house, into the open senate at
once to take chances along with the
Canadian reciprocity. Both measures
however, received a formal adverse
cpmmittee report. Chairman Pen
rose after submitting the reports on
tho bills to the senate explained tho
committee did not believe that proper
hearings could be given within the
twenty days allowed by the Gore
resolution adopted by the senate and
it was decided to report at once."
It. This stock has since earned $2,
500,000 in dividends, and this ?2,
500,000 has been paid by tho con
sumers of sugar. That is how they
'shared In the economics of opera
tion,' as Wall street is accustomed
to say. Judge Gary recently testi
fied beforo tho house committee that
is investigating the Steel trust that
tho Morgan syndicato received $129,
000,000 for organizing tho United
States Steel corporation, half In pre
ferred stock and half in common. Tho
expenses of organization were planed
at $3,000,000 and tho syndicato
turned over $25,000,000 in cash to
the corporation. Tho rest was profit."
The Washington correspondent for
the Hearst American prints this story
of devotion: "On adjoining cots In
tho Georgetown hospital aro United
States Senator Luke Lea, of Ten
nessee, the 'baby' member of tho
upper house nnd his wife Lea, who
twenty-four hours ago was a stal
wart athlete, now so weak that ho Is
scarcely ablo to move; Mrs. Loa, who
then was at the very door of death,
now virtually out of all danger,
thanks to his love and heroism.
Senator Lea gave a full quart of his
blood to his wife, letting tho precious
fluid flow from his veins into hers
until ho fainted from exhaustion. But
as tho color faded from his face It
crept into the cheeks of his help
meet, and when ho recovered con
sciousness the surgeons gave him tho
glad news: 'She will live, senator,
and you'll be all right in a few
days.' "
Senator Clapp of Minnesota, re
publican, has declared in favor of
Senator La Follotte as the republi
can nominee for president in 1912.
The Guaranty
State Bank,
Muskogee, Oklahoma,
ofnra to thMr custom rn nnd rrndor of thl paper
throughout Hip country exceptional fiicllltle tor
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glowing eulogy to tho United States
supreme court and a high tribute to
its decisions in the Standard Oil and
Tobacco trust cases.
By a vote of 172 to 112 tho house
of representatives refused to concur
In the Bristow amendment to elec
tions of senators by the people and
returned the same to the senate.
The announcement is made that
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, at the
age of sixty-seven, would wed Miss
Clara LeBaTon 'Morgan of Washing
ton. She is thirty-five, and is the
niece of former Associate Justice
Brown of the United States supreme
court.
The New York World says: "James
H. Post, president of tho National
Sugar-Refining company of New
Jersey, testified before the house
committee that H. O. Havemeyer re
ceived $10,000,000 in stock of that
company as a reward for organizing
Inquiry into charges that naval
officers habitually have used govern
ment material and time at the Wash
ington navy yard In tho repair of
personal automobiles and power
boats, was resumed by the house com
mittee on expenditures in the navy.
Taxation of automobiles going
from one state to another, tho money
thus derived to be used for the im
provement of roads, Is contemplated
In a bill Introduced by Senator Sim
mons of North Carolina. The bill is
a general good-roads bill.
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Bristow said: "The insurgents are
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