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"" . CONGRESS
DWINDLING OF ARMY
GIVES CUE TO CRITICS
ANDi
The commissioner! appointed by
President Roosevelt to Investigate
strike conditions in Nevada and to ad
Tlae him aa to the need of federal
troops In Cloldficld to preserve order,
has been made public. In connection
with It the President gives out bis let
ter to Governor Bparks, in which he
calls attention to the report and the
conclusion reached by the commission
ers that, if the Ptite and county exer
cise the powers at their disposal, they
can maintain satisfactory order In
Goldflcld; that, so far, those authori
ties have done nothing, but are rely
ing upon federal aid, and their atti
tude Is that of expressly refusing to do
anything, and desiring to throw their
own burdens upon tho Federal Govern
ment for the maintenance of those elej
nicntary conditions of order for which
they, and they only, are responsible.
The President states that tho troops
will be kept at Gohlfleld until tho meet
ing of the Legislature, when he inti
mates that they will be withdrawn.
In their report, the commissioners say
that, In their belief, there was no war
rant whatever for calling upon the
President for troops; that there was
o insurrection against the power of
the State, end that nobody supposed
there waa such an insurrection. They
M The action of the mine operators
warrants the belief that they hud de
termined upon a reduction in wages
and the refusal of employment to the
.Western Federation of Miners, but
that they feared to take this course of
action unless they had the protection
of federal troops, and that they ae-
cordlngly laid a plan to secure such
troops, and then put their program
Into effect"
Washington Is constantly Improving.
The new and splendid structures re
cently erected add very much to her
grandeur, while those under way will
contribute ota&)y to this pre-eminence.
Those woe nave not visited the capital
within a decado will be agreeably sur
prised when they act foot in It end ob
serve the progress made in her embel
lishment. The new Union station, on
Which the finishing touches are being
Stde, will extort admiration from
ose who appreciate big things and
handsome piles. Ilere Che five steam
loads will center passenger traffic in
the grandest railway statloW in either
hemisphere. Some $14,000,000 was
needed to acijnlre the land, raise the
grade of street leading to the ap
proaches and erect the structure. The
roadway bad to tie elevated for a con
siderable distance to place them on a
level with the entrances. To obtain
the needed bight 14 feet was necessary
In some streets, and this brought them
up to the second-story level of the brick
houses on either side. More than 100
houses were seriously impaired In value
toy the filling in, while soono aro a com
plcte loss. The station is on an eleva
tion with the capitol half a mile to the
north. Prom the old terminal the dis
tance Is a mile and a half.
Before the House Committee on In
terstate and Foreign Commerce, Chief
.Engineer Goethals of the Tanama Ca-
aal Commission ana ex-senator jjiacm
Utarn, governor of the canAl zone, ei
jlalned the present state of the great
"enterprise. Colonel Goethals said
there were now 80,000 men on the roll,
-and that last month there was for the
first time more men available than
could be employed. No Americans are
en the laborers' roll, tbe list , being
made up from West Indians and
whites from the south of Europe. A
Spaniard would do twice as much
work aa a negro. Although he had
formerly favored a sea-level 'canal.
Colonel Goethals was now convinced
that the lock system was the best. The
cost of the total work would be about
$250,000,000, exclusive of the money
paid for tbe French rights. . Blackburn
said he had reduced the number of
saioons in vie soue ui luirty-iuur,
which pay $100 a month license.
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A number of lively debutes cropped
up la the House during the considera
tion of the bill to codify the laws. The
civil war was fought over with great
heat vtdien the Southern Democrats
wanted to have the sections passed in
1805 and 1870 to compel tbe enforce
ment of the negro amendments strick
en out. To this the majority would
not listen. Then came a warm discus
sion over the campaign contributions
ef corporations, tbe Democrats seeking
to Increase the penalties Imposed un
der the Tillman law upon bank officials
who thna misused their funds, but
their proposals were voted down.
Tbe Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Is preparing plans for a thorough
Investigation of Thomas F. Ryan's"
manipulation of the securities of the
Seaboard Air Line, which resulted In
a receivership. It Is understood that
his investigation It undertaken at tbe
Instance of President Roosevelt and Is
highly pleasing to some of the South
ern United States Senators, who have
tieen preparing to urge Congress to take
the matter up.
The President has sent directly to
tbe eh a 1 nn n n of the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs of the House of Represen
tatives urging the linKrtaneo of Im
proving the horsemanship of army of
ficers by establishing reinouut stations
for tbe training of horses for army use
and suggesting legislation for tbe
mounting of Infantry captains, who
may thus be better fitted for tho per
formance of their duties.
A bill to establsh a ccntrul bank at
Washington, to be known as the Unit
ed States National Hunk of America,
has been introduced by Fomesof New
York. The bank would have $100,
000.000 capital, of which the govern
ment Is to purchase three-flfrtu from
the sale of gold bonds and the rem ally
der to be sold to national banks.
lbs recent federal bond Issue w
(gain the subject for discussion In tbe
Senate Tuesday, bring brought forward
for a resolution offered by Senator Cul
berson, railing on the secretary for addi
tional information concerning the reasons
that Induced him to award bonds to na
tional banks instead of to individuals
who offered a higher price. Mr. Aldrich
insisted that the resolution should not be
adopted until after Secretary Cortelyou's
reply to a resolution formerly adopted by
the Senate was received, but promised to
aid in securing additional Information.
Mr. Culberson's resolution went over un
der the rules. Senator Tillman offered a
resolution embodying a new series of In
quiries concerning the financial situation.
The amount of the fine and tho length ot
the term of imprisonment to be meted out
to officers and directors of corporations
for violating the law with respect to
money contributions for political purpos
es furnished material for dobate In the
House In connection with tbe considera
tion of the nennl code bill. All amend
ments to Increase tho penalty were voted
down. Earlier in the day there was a
sharp debate over the section prohibiting
the enticing of artificers and workmen
from government arsenals or armories by
private employers, and all attempts to
amend the provision so as to make it ap
plicable only In time of war or public
emergency were voted down. When ad-
ournment was taken eighty-six sections
f the 312 had been disposed of. . ,
The Senate did not receive a replj
Wednesday from the Secretary of lht
Treasury to Its resolution calling for in
formation concerning the financial situa
tion, and In Its absence Senator Aldrich
assented to the passage ot Senator Cul
berson's resolution on the same subject
A Joint resolution reducing from $24,-
000,000 to $11,000,000 the war Indem
nity of the United Plates from China
was passed; The remainder ot tbe s
slon was devoted to the discussion of the
penal code bill. The committee on re
vision of the laws in the House finally
consented to allow amendments to tbe
bill codifying the penal laws of the Unl
ted States, and as a result the measure
was changed in some Important particu
lars. When the House adjourned there
Were pending a number of Important
amendments.
The Senate calendar was cleared oi
nearly every bill upou it Thursday, and
the bill to revise the criminal laws of the
United States was taken up and discuss
ed until adjournment. A complete change
ot front was exhibited by the majority in
the House of Representatives in the con
sideration of the bill to codify and revise
tbe penal laws of the United States. The
pacific spirit displayed by tbe committee
on revision of laws, toward the close ot
Wednesday's session, when It appeared as
though the several amendments strength
ening certain provisions of the bill regard'
ing corruption in the appointment ot per
sons to public offices would be adopted
vanished, and Instead every inch ot
ground was fought over to keep amnd
mcnts out of the bill. When adjourn
mcnt was taken only six additional pages
had been disposed of and but one or two
verbal amendments by the committee had
been inserted.
The Senate was not in session Friday,
After pausing a large number of pension
bills the House at 1 :2o p. in. adjourned
until Monday. The penal code bill wis
not taken bp-
Military Men Say Force Is Reduced
Beyond Point ef Safety for
the Nation. ,
NEED OF REFOEM IN, SERVICE.
Low Pay and Requirement of Hard
Practice Marches Are Main
Points of Attack.
The War and Navy Department nre
trying to reach nn agreement by which
the marines are to be withdrawn from
the Isthmus of I'unnma and two regi
ments of Infantry nre to be sent to take
tlieir places as guards. It Is fully ex
pected, that iK'fore long two regiments
or foot will be on their way to the
canal zone. This diverting of army
regulars to a new field will mean that
the forces in the United States are to
be depicted beyond that which oflleeri
believe to be the danger point.
The Infantry problem is one of the
most serious factors In the greater
problem of the army's weakness. On
pajH'r we are supposed to have 30,000
Infantrymen, but In truth we have noth
ing like that number, and unless the
Increase of pay bill pass Congress, It is
perfectly evident that the ranks will
bo thinned still further. An army offi
cer who knows conditions tells a Wash
ington correspondent that in a case of
emergency there would be less than
7,000 InTiintrymen who could be brought
with anything like dispatch to any
threatened point within the limits of
tho United States proper.
There are two chief army measures
now before Congress, one dealing with
the matter of the increase of pay and
Hit' other dealing with the matter of
tho Increase of the infantry. A corre
spondent says there is precious little
hope that both bills can pass. It prob
ably would be folly to pass tbe second
bill without passing, the first, for It
would be useless to provide for an in
crease In tbe ranks It no inducements
were held out by wbU-h the Increase
could be effected.
Objection to Army Life.
Interviews with enlisted men disclose
three chief objections to army life, and,
In order of numerical precedent, they
rank like this:
Monthly practice marches.
Poor pny.
Non-mllltury duty required of the en
listed mem-
Some of the ranking officers of , the
army have Inveighed constantly against
what they call the folly of the frequent
practice marches. The men are kept la
fine physical condition and as hard as
walnuts through the dally drills, tbe
guard duty, tbe good food, and the reg
ular living genernlly. let they are
compelled at least once a month to
hike out on the road under heavy bur
dens and trylng'condltlons for the pur
pose of keeping In trim so that they
will be ready for the field In case of
hostilities. The practice march, fairly
long continued and to come at Ions; In
tervals, has its uses, and the men like
It; but they don'jt like It coming as It
floes every three or four weeks.
italic
NATTC1AL
CHICAGO.
The favorable developments in banking
tenditions this week provide an encourag
ing basis for early improvement in the
industrial situation. Aside from the im
mediate effect in strengthening sentiment,
there are features which testify to better
ment. The volume of payment through
the banks is seen to be the largest' In
eleven weeks, and factory oicrations fur
nish employment to au extent which rap
Idly reduces the Idle ranks of Itilwr.
A largely Increased commercial mortal
ity may excite comment, hut this really
Adds to stability by the elimination of
concerns suffering from orgnnic weakness.
New demands make nn improving exhibit
i: iron and steel, and other brunches a,'-,
more disposed to increase production.
There is lens apprehension as to ad
vancing uudertiKiings requiring heavy out
lays in i:hI in. I Inn and building work.
Railrond plans are nearer the time of
initiation and much activity is probable
should the exist of financing become more
inviting.
Distributive trade continues of season
able extent. Dealings in tbe lending re
tail lines bring gratifying reductions in
winter stocks, and whole wile operations
gather strength from an increasing pres
ence of visiting buyers.
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict number 47, against .Kt last week
and 22 a' year ago. Those with liabilities'
over $5,000 number 1!), against 7 last
wees anu o in uun s jueview.
NEW YORK. .
A further easing In the financial situa
tion and very general reports of improve
ments in collections are the lending fea
tures this week. In trade lines, colder
weather and snow have heljied retail dis
tributions somewhat, but price reduction
sales are generally credited with respon
sibility for whntever expansion has b-:eti
shown in that branch as a whole. Whole
salers and jobbers report sentiment .'re
proved, collections benefited by the return
to normal in domestic money markets,
tut trade demands are still below the nor
mal, and in some sections a late and smnil
spring trade Is predicted.
Itusiness failures in the United States
for the week ending Jan. 10 numler 431,
against 435 last week and 2.15 in the liku
wiek of 1007, 279 in 10O0, 304 in 1!K)5,
and 200 in I'.KM. . Canadian failures for
the week number 44, as against 03 last
week and 23 in this week a year ago.
Brndstreet's Report.
ea-s
The bill revising the criminal laws ol
tho United States was taken up as un
finished business in the Senate Monday,
and its discussion occupied the greatet
nart of the session. A letter was receiv
ed from Secretary Oortelyou explaining
bis delay In giving tho financial figures
which had been asked for. Unrestrained
onnortuiiity to express views on tho Im
migration question was afforded members
of the House by the decision, soon after
convening, to take up and consider a bill
appropriating $250,000 for an immlgro
tion station In Philadelphia,' and so many
took advantage of it that tbe code of laws
bill, which the managers of the nouse
had planned to take up, was also side
tracked for the day. TUe enure session
n a devoted to a consideration of the bill,
which was passed.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
A free art bill was introduced in tin
IIuum bv Mr. Hurton ot Ohio. It was
referred to the committee on ways and
means.
Representative Mann of Chicago in
troduced a bill permitting railroads to
give free transportation to officials and
employes of other lines.
President Roosovelt, after a conference
with the Postmaster General and the two
Nebraska Senators, decided to appoint
Benjamin F. Thomas as postmaster ot
Omaha.
The Senate committee on buildings and
grounds recommended the purchase, at
cost of $9,000,000, ot the ground bet wees
Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall, ex
tending from the capitol to the treasury
building, and the erection thereon
buildings for the State Department, the
Department of Justice and the Depart
mcnt of Commerce and l.aoor.
Senator Tillman is swamped dnlly with
letters from all parts of the country
praising biin tor his effort lu behalf o
prohibition.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma Introduce
a bill providing fur the taxing of depos
its in national bunks to raise a fund to
guarantee all depositors.
The joint resolution extending to Jan,
21. 1910. the time allowed militia conv
ponies of tho various Stales to conform
their organization to that prescribed f
the rriru ar army, was pusseu ly Mi
House and goes to the President for h
signature.
Representative Hill of Conuwctleut In
troduced a resolution authorising the Sec
retary of the Treasury to accept certi
fied cheeks for all public debts.
Captaiu Richmond Pearson llobsun
troduced in the House a joint resolution
authorising the negotiation ot Interna'
tlonal arbitration treaties with all other
nations. ,
Representative Garrett of Tennessee in
troduced a resolution calling on the De
partment of Commerce and Labor to fur
nish the House with all possible infor
mation couceruing the absorption by tli
United States Steel (Corporation ef the
Teuucssee t'oul and lrou Company.
Viscount Aoki, the (retiring Jnpanese
ambassador, in an interview at San Fran
cisco, declared in positive terms that
there could be no such thing at present
as war between this country and Japnn.
He said the questions at issue were not
such as would cause war and that all
the high officials of Japan were convinced
ot the good faith and friendship of this
country.
The first open declaration of the con
servative Democrats of the Hast who nre
known to be unfriendly to the candidacy
of liliara J. Itrynn took shape at the
Jackson Day dinner
Democratic Club at
rrcsmene uieveinnu sent a letter ot re
gret, in which, after exprewiing his in
terest in the success of the party, he
said: "Our country needs conservatism,
reeuperotion from nervous prostration, re
instatement of constitutional observance,
buoyant, but none the lens safe and pru
dent, Americanism; scrupulous care ot
every person and every interest entitled
to care, and a "square deal" that meant
exact and honest equality before the law
and under constitutional guarantee."
After his return home from Washing
ton Mayor Dnhlmau ot Omaha gave to the
press a corrected statement of his much
discussed interview with l'resident Roose
velt. According to this the President
aid: "Tell the boys out West that this
financial panic is being placed on my
shoulders by reason of the positioa I
have taken. If this is true, it shows that
we aro on a rotten foundation, and it only
came a few mouths sooner than it would
have done otherwise, nnd it shows we
needed a hoiiKoclenninR. Voti can tell
them also that I don't cure what ex-judges
or judges or ex-Governors or (Soveruora
say about it." Mayor lhihlman says that
as this was spoken in the presence of
eight or ten oilier persons as a message
to tt.e West, he felt free to give it out.
Secretary Tuft, who will soon begin the
preparation of nn extended rejiort on his
observations in the I'liilippiucK, in a re
cent Interview expressed himself as highly
pleased with the progress already made
in the Islamls. l'euce, he says, prevails
throughout the Philippines to a greater
extent thun ever before in their history,
and agriculturo Is proceeding without fear
from psewatory bunds. He finds the na
tives receptive to education and to mod
ern western conceptions of religion and
politics, and says there Is no difference
between the educated and the ignorant
Filipino that cannot be overcome by tbe
education of one generation. The Secre
tary thinks the people should uot be in
trusted with self-government until their
primary and Industrial education is com
plete, and this may require more than a
feneration owing ta a luck of fund for
sducatioual purposes
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$4.00 to $0.20; hogs, prime heavy, $4.01
to $4.52; sheep, fair to cjmiee, $3.00
to $5.25; wheat. No. 2, 08c to $1.00;
corn, No. 2, 58c to 59c; oats, standard,
49c to 0c ; rye. No. 2, 84c to 85c ; hay,
timothy, $9.50 to $T5.50; prairie, $8.00
to $11.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c
to 30c ; eggs, fresh, 24c to 28c ; potatoes,
per bushel, 55c to 05c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $0.00 ; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$:1.50 to $1.50; sheep, common to prime,
$3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 97c to 9Sc;
corn, No. 2 white, 55c to 50c; oats, No. 2
'white, 49c to 51c.
St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $0.10; hogs,
$1.00 to $4.55; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25;
wheat, No. 2, $1.02 to $1.03; corn, No. 2,
55c to 57c ; oats, No. 2, 49c to 51c ; rye,
No. 2, 75c to 79c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $1.00 to $5.15;
hogs, $1.00 to $4.55; sheep, $3.00 to
515.00; wheat, No. 2, $1.03 to $1.04; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 55c to 57c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 50c to 52c ; rye, No. 2, 82c to 85c.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.25; l ogs,
$1.00 to $1.55; sheep, $2.50 to 5.00,
wheat, No. 2, $1.00 to $1.01 ; corn, No. 3
yellow, 59c to 00c ; oats, No. 3 white,
51c to 53c ; rye, No. 2, 81c to 83c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.08 to $1.10; corn, No. 3, 57c to 59c;
oats, staudnrd, 50c to 52c; rye, No. 1,
83c to 85c; barley, No. 2, $1.01 to $1.03;
pork, mess, $13.50.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00 to $5.75 ; bogs, fair to choice, $3.50
to $4.55 ; sheep, common to good mixed,
$1.00 to $5.50; Iambs, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $7.50.
New York Cattle, $1.00 to $0.10;
nogs, to i.w; sneep, $;i.uo to
red, $1.(4 to $1.00.
to 0,c; onts, natural
white, 51c to 50c; butter, creamery, 27c
to 31c; eggs, western, 22c to 25c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.00 to
$1.01; com, No. 2 mixed, 5tie to 67c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 52c to 53e; rye. No.
2, 79c to 80c; clover seed, prime, $10.57.
look shape at the t- .,, . v 0
.i . .t fo.OO; wheat, No. 2
of the National v .
v, , corn, No. 2, (l.c tc
New York. Ex- r . ' .
BATTLE ROYAL 111 THE
CHICAGO CONVENTION
Republican National (lathering
Alone Will Determine Who
. Candidate Is to De.
PRESIDENTIAL CAM
PAIGNS SINCE 1856.
Oood Things to Cut Out.
and Save for Reference.
CHEAT 1908 CAMPAIGN NOW 017.
In the Democratic T'c!.!, Washing
ton Political Observers Think
Bryan Is a Certainty.
Washington correspondent :
rrpIILS city will be
A II the center of the
pN'11
great political
campaign which
will rage frnn
Cnllforiiln t o
Maine until the
ballots of next
November deter
mine the people's
choice for Presi
elent. From now
on until the suc
cessor of Mr.
Roosevelt is cho
sen there will uot
be nn instant's In
termission in the
dlu of political buttle.
Secretary Tuft stands sharply in the
limelight and his friends are redoub
ling their efforts In bis behnlf. The
fact that he is the candidate of tho ad
ministration Is sure to have the effect
of keeping Washington on the jump to
watch every move. Senators Fur.iker
and Knox and Secretary Cortelyoti, also
located in Washington, will help to
keep the political pot furiously boiling
In the capital. New York will get tlie
height of Its excitement from the fact
that Gov. Hughes seems destined to be
a factor of no small moment In the line-,
up of the contestants in Chicago. Vice
President Fairbanks and Speaker Can
non, presiding officers respectively of
the Semite and House, must Inevitably
keep these bodies ombrolhul in the
stress growing out of their candidacy,
and their home States of Indiana nnd
Illinois are likely to feel the beat.
Between these men, Taft, Knox,
Hughes, Foraker, Fairbanks and Can
non, Jhe convention at Chicago Is re
garded an open chance. All are pow
erfully backed, nil will push their cam
paigns with that energy for which the
American politician-Ts famous. For
them will be expended limitless elo
quence, nnd In tlieir Interest tho quiet
work, which appears little On the sur-
There have been thirteen campaigns by
the Republican and Democratic parties.
llepoMleau Candidates.
'S50 Fremont and Dayton.
'8110 Lincoln nnd Hamlin.
1804 Lincoln and Johnson.
1808 Crant and Colfax.
1872 (irant and Wilson.
1S70 Hayes nnd Wheeler.
N80 (jnrlicld and Arthur.
JSH4 P.luine and Igan.
18HS Harrison and Morton.
1892 Harrison and Reid.
lS!Mi McKinley and Hobart.
1900 Mclviuley and Roosevelt.
l'.HH Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Democratic. Candidates.
1850 Ruchnnan and Breckinridge.
1800 Douglas and Johnson.
1801 McClellnn and Pendleton.
1805 Seymour and RIair.
1872 Greeley and -Rrown.
1870 Tilden and Hendricks.
HSO Hancock and English.
1884 Cleveland and Hendricks.
1MHS Cleveland and Thurman.
1S02 Cleveland and Stevenson.
18! HI Rryan nnd Sewall.
19Ht Rryan and Stevenson.
1!M1 Parker and Davis.
Hy t lie northern Democrats and Breck
inridge mid I.ane by the southern Dem
ocrats.
Klectoral Votes.
The number o electoral votes received
by the two parties in these contests and
the pluralities are shown here:
Rep. Dew. Plu.
1S50 114 174 60 D
1SISO 180' 72 10S R
ISO! 212 21 191 R
1SOS .214 80 134 R
1872 2SK 03 223 R
1870 1.S5 184 1 R
1880 14 155 59 R
1884 182 219 ' 37 D
1888 233 108 65 R
18! 12 271 170 132 D
1H90 271 176 95 R
1900 292 155 137 R
1904 33(5 140 190 R
. The electornl vote of the Breckin-ndge-Lnnc
ticket of the southern Demo
crats; the Douglus-Johnson ticket of tbe
northern Democrats received 12.
The campaign will last four months,
and in that time bothparties will call
on the biggest guns they have; the star
speakers will be drafted to present the
.-opposing arguments. As a forensic
struggle the fight Is bound to be more
than ordinarily Interesting. Each side
has orators of the first rank, veterans
who understand the art of stirring au
diences. Leading the Republicans may be
Roosevelt himself. For him to spenk
in n campaign while holding the office
of President would be in violation of
precedent, of course, but the chief apos
tle of tho strenuous life has never
PHEW! IT'S GETTING HOT.
Standard- Slust Fare Trial.
Judge Hazel in the United States Dis
trict Court at Buffalo has banded down
a decision overruling the demurrers liled
by the Standard Oil Compnuy to indict
ments found against it by the grand jury
at Jamestown, N. Y., dust July, and the
company must stand trial on the indict
ments, of which there are seven, contain
ing over 1,700 counts. In Chicago the
I'uited States district attorney has asked
for au increase in the suMrsedeas bond
of the Standard corporation, which has
appealed from the $29,240,000 fine im
posed by Jude Iindis.
Criminal Cuntrolliuic New York.
Police Commissioner Bingham In bis
animal reort has sturtltnl New York
by the bald assertion that the city "is
in the hands of criminals" and that many
of the magistrates and higher judges are
in league with politicians to protect cer
tain offenders known to the system. JR
asks how it is possible for the police to
be free from political influence when the
whole I'h'ilioii machinery is pluccd in
their bauds. Lawhrcukiug, he continues,
is the easiest business now conducted in
New York.
A recent bulletin of the Interior De
partuienton coal mine accidents jows
that American mines are now killing
three times as many men per 1,(KK as
those of Furoie. Of the 22,810 men who
have lost their lives in American mines
in the lust seventeen years one-half met
death In the last six years, in all Europe
the rate of deaths in mines has decreased.
Chief Holmes of the technological branch,
who presents the report, says that this
increase in our own e-ountry bus Ken
due iu part to the lack of euforceuble
mine regulations, In part to the lack ot
information almut the explosives used
various mines.
I in
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face, but which means so much li the
final result, will keep forces of trained
men busy from now on until the uoml-
nation Is made.
For the first time In twenty years
the Republican convention will see a
real battle. The gathering that nomi
nated Renjnmin Harrison iu 18S3 was
an open fight much similar to the one
that prennlses for this year. In 1892 the
renomlnntion of Harrison was a fore
gone conclusion ; In 1890 the movement
against free silver hud fixed on McKIn-
ley In advance of the convention as the
man to lead the fight; and iu 1900 not
a shadow tf opjiosltlon tlevelopod
against his renoniinntiou. similarly
Roosevelt outrunked In popularity every
name suggest!! for tho Republican nom
ination. But this yeur the quadrennial
upheavul will be made still nior chaotic
by the sharpness of the Republican hat
ie. Ilemoerutlo I'lirbt Different.
The Democratic fight Is a little (lif
ferent. There is no mixed field with
the ioK'S even. It Is everybody
ngiiinst l'.ryim. In oimKilim to the
Nehruskan will be welded ull the forces
that contend that his two defeats for
the place eliminate him, but thougii
Judge Gray, Gov. Johuson of Minneso
ta, Chauler of New York, and Hoke
Smith linvo been tentatively mentioned,
there Is no evidence of any boom pow
erful enough to prevail against the
magnet Ic Ncbraskan's uudoubtod
strength lu his party.
Six months of contention must take
place before the two parties place tlieir
standard bearers in the field, the Re
publicans at Chleago, the Democrats
at Denver. Meantime the nation's
buslnvss will be swayed aud moved by
every new boom, by every straw, by
every Indication. Capital, sensitive
above all things of which muu has
knowledge', will re'Jolce or tremble as
this man or that seems to galu the
ascendancy, and gigantic projects will
bang fire pending the nominations.
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bothered much about slavish deference
to custom, and as his policies nre like
ly to be under fire throughout the cum
jialtfti It Ik entirely possible that he
may be wrought up to one of his char
acteristically blunt speeches.
J-'or Democracy Itr.vau Is bound to be
the big figure, whether he Is the can
didate or not. No man matches him
in the popular kind of eloquence, nnd
his fine voice, handsome face and mag
netic liearing give him a' phenomenal
power to sway audiences. If Bryan la
the nominee It Is probable that the
country will be stirred by another
speechiiiaklng tour similar to the mem
orable or.eof l.HOfl.
And after the turmoil bus subsided,
and business, collecting Its scattered
wits, gets together at the beginning of
l!Mt to try to make up the ground lost
in a wasted year there will be new ad
vocates for a bill- Introduced Into Con
gress recently by the venerable Sena
tor Cullom of lilitinis. which provides
for nn itnieiidnieiit to the constitution
making the term of the President six
years, limiting' each iiH Uinlicnt to one
term, imil thus decreasing "k per cent
the rccuiTciuv of tbe year of politics.
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found several months ago in a pocket of
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an inspection revealed the truth that it
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long been useless and it bad neither eaten
nor drunk for centuries. This appears to
prove the old theory that toads can live
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