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Theodore Roosevelt says he is not
a candidate for president.
A large number of Chinese have
been arrested in Chicago on the
charge of being engaged in wholesale
smuggling of Chinese into this
country.
-London cablegrams say that Sir
Edward Grey, secretary of foreign
afTairs will retire and that James
Bryce, now ambassador to the United
States will succeed him.
Merritts testified, and denies that
the loans in question were ever
"called" by him.
The London suffragettes were sen
tenced to jail for various periods,
ranging as high as three months.
John D. Rockefeller has given out
a statement in reply to the charges
made by the Merritt brothers before
the Stanley steel investigating com
mittee regarding the methods used
by Mr. Rockefeller in securing con
trol of the Mesabe ore mines and the
Duluth, Mesabe & Northern railroad,
pointing out that these charges were
denied under oath as long ago as
1895 in litgatfon over the Lake Su
perior Consolidated iron mines. He
furthermore submits the test of a
paper bearing- the date of January
22,-1897, to which are attached the
names of Alfred and Leonidas Mer
ritt and "all the other members of
the family," declaring themselves to
bo satisfied that neither Mr. Rocke
feller nor his agents committed fraud
or made misrepresentations in the
matter in question.
Mr. Rockefeller then set forth
what ho says are "the facts with re
gard to the loans" to which the
Illinois has a mother pension law
and it is described by the Chicago
Record-Herald in this way: Judges
Merritt W. Pickney of the juvenile
court believes County Agent Joseph
Meyer unduly alarmed about the cost
to Cook county in obeying the
mothers' pension act. The judge
said the agent's estimate of $3,000,
000 to $5,000,000 expense, annually
is excessive. The jurist declined to
predict the yearly expenditure, but
said that Cook county can well afford
to contribute $120,000 annually to
prevent children from becoming de
linquent and later criminal. "The
law," said Judge Pinckney, "is one
of the best ever passed for the wel
fare of children, if properly adminis
tered. If not, it will be the worst.
It can be misused in a hundred dif
ferent ways. Suppose aid were
given, not upon needs, but upon a
political basis, the result would be
terrible. Let me explain what we
are doing: Briefly, the law provides
that any parent can receive aid for
children provided the parent is fit
in every way to care for the children
except for a lack of necessary
means. The applicant first comes to
the court. A representative of the
county agent and a probation officer
are sent to investigate. The proba
tion officers gain their positions by
merit board examinations, and from
the most efficient I have selected
those for investigating work. These
two agencies find whether the
parent is in actual need and is
honest, moral, of good reputation,
and has a proper sense of her duties
as a parent. Suppose they report the
parent has the proper qualifications
to care for her children and yet needs
aid. We search for relatives. If we
find one able to support the family
and will not, he is taken Into the
county court and made to contribute.
If the investigators report unfavor
ably, the petition of the applicant is
not presented to the court. If the
petition is filed, I do my best to get
all the facts. If the investigators or
myself find the applicants have been
shipped into Chicago to get the aid,
we ship them back. Every county
must care for its own poor. There is
no limit to the time In which we can
send them back. Mr. Meyer has co
operated genuinely. It may be ar
gued that there Is no provision for
the investigation, but the act pro
vides that the issue shall be decided
upon the facts. Assistance should be
and will be withdrawn when it is un
necessary. Every child is paroled to
one of the regular probation, officers,
who is required to make a monthly
report on each child. The act pro
vides that the court may give a
reasonable amount. We have aided
168 children. The highest amount
granted has been $7.50 a month per
child, the average being $5.50. Sup
pose we had 1,000 on the roll. That
would mean an annual expense of
$60,000. The county can afford
to spend twice that much to the end
of good citizenship. It is true the
law gives large discretion, but such
should be the case in dealing with
mothers and children." County
Agent Meyer asserted that the law
should be amended. "I believe there
are 30,000 children In C6ok county
who legally are entitled to aid under
this act," he said. "Since It became
known that the county paid out $1,
100 recently to thirty-seven fami
lies, women have been flocking in,
telephoning, and writing. All want
to know how they can get a pension.
It is my guess "we will be swamped
within a short time. There Is no
provision in the law that I should
send out investigators, but I have to
protect the county. There is no pro
vision regarding the length of resi
dence necessary before an applicant
can get relief. I think there should
be. I also think there should be a
more definite statement regarding
the qualification of the parent and I
think there should be some limit on
the amount of money which can bo
paid. So long as the number of
beneficiaries under the act Is small,
abuses are improbable, but I really
dread the time, if it ever comes, when
a large share of those eligible to
pension apply for it."
J. D. McNay lost control of his
machine on the Savannah, Ga.,
course and was killed.
An election will be held in Georgia
January 10 to choose a successor to
Hoke Smith as governor.
The Portuguese royalists plan to
strike their first blow at Oporto.
A Mazarin Bible sold for $29,000
at auction in London.
Justice Skutter In Long Island
has issued warrants for the arrest of
William Willett, jr., Tecently a can
didate for the supreme court in the
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