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1431-John d'Arc lii!iiir! of Union.
1043 ''nion of thy New Lnlnnd colo
nies. 1G72 Peter the Great of Russia born at
Moscow.
1794 French fleet defeated In the liny
of Biscay by the English under Lord
Howe.
1813 English defeated the Americans at
battle of Sackett' llnrbor.
1814 Empress Josephine, wife of Napo
leon, died at Malmnison.
183J Opening of the Rideau canal.
183S Tope Plus X. (Gulseppe Sarto)
born.
1848 Wisconsin admitted to the Union.
1804 Sheridan joined Crnnt before Rich
mond. 1871 Canada Issued Its first pout card.
1876 Several hundred houses destroyed
by fire in Quebec.
1830 Garfield and Arthur nominated by
tflie Republican national convention
at Chicago.
1889 Texas Spring Palace opened at
Fort Worth.
1800 The Texas Spring Palace In Fort
Worth burned. '
1003 Lest performance given In the his
toric Boston museum.
1005 -Lewis and lark exposition opened
at Portland, Ore. . . .President Rouse
velt offered his services aa a mediator
to end the war between Russia and
Japan.
1007 Widow of President McKinley
buried at Canton The Waters
Pierce Oil Company having been
found guilty of violating the anti
trust laws of Texas, was fined $1,
623,000.
Tk willaf Henry Blount, an eccentric
mlaer of ?rfarifahl ra. FWiolonsI ln
$403,000 to Yale university, waa admit
ted to. probate at London, although rela
tive expected to show that his mind waa
unbalanced. Tale will get the money.
Freshmen and sophomores from the
UnireraUy of Minnesota engaged In a
lively battle at a dancing academy in
Minneapolis and It took a squad of police
and a number of men armed with buckets
of water to subdue them. The sopho
mores attempted to cut the hair of the
freshmen boys who attended a class party.
The Virginia high school debating team
claims the Minnesota State championship
for -1008, en the grounds of having met
and defeated the strongest teams in the
debating league, including the teams of
6t. Paul and Minneapolis, and also on the
recent challenge Issued to meet any team
In the league or out of the league. Gold
fnedal are being struck for the members
of the team.
D. H. Burnham of Chicago and Wal
ter Cook of New York, the two distin
guished architects, who with W. M. Ken
yon of Minneapolis, have been chosen as
judges to pass upon the merits of the
plans submittal in the open competition
for improving and beautifying the greater
campus of the University of Minnesota,
have begun their examination of the twen
ty plans submitted by architects.
Negotiations are under way In St. Paul
to secure the Minnesota college, a Scandi
navian Luther institution, now located In
Minneapolis. The college was cstabllsGied
a few years ago. Since that time the col
lege has prospered and grown so that
It needs .more room. It has been unable
to secure property In the neighborhood of
its present location, and the authorities
of the institution are now considering the
advisability of removing it to St. Paul.
A committee of St. Paul business men
have Che matter of aidlug the college In
hand.
President Swain of Swarthmore Col
leg has announced that the board of
managers will be asked by the faculty to
authorize the abandonment of Intercollegi
ate athletic contests for at least one year,
and that the football and banketliall game
scheduled for next year be canceled. But
contests in the milder form, such as ten
nis and lacrosse, may be continued. The
decision is based on complaints of mem
ber of the faculty and of the alumni
that "the desire to win has come to over
shadow the legitimate purpose of athletics
to such an extent aa to form a serious
menace to the primary purpose of college
life." The Athletic Advisory Committee
la willing that the evperimeat be tried,
but believes that It will not be found to
be in the best interests of Swarthmore.
President Dobney of the University of
Cincinnati has asked for the resignation
of Prof. II. II. Bawden of the department
of philosophy because of the private views
held by the latter on the question of mar
riage. It was said that the request was
''inspired by the dVxJowircs made by Mr.
Bawden concerning the effect of her h un
hand' peculiar views oa their home life,
II holds that comradeship should be the
only tie between man and wife on the
' spiritual plane, and that where this does
not exist wv-ration should be made as
simple aa possible,
MacaUwter, the PrcKbyterian . college,
at St. Paul, bas been made the Minnesota
beneficiary of the Rockefeller educational
fund, and is to rw-elvc a gift of $7.mi.
The college is to r&Ue au endowment of
175,000 additional, uioxt of whiJi is al
ready Jedged.
Iowa won sixth place in the field meet
for the blind. The National Athletic As
sociation comprises college f.j; t'.ie blind
located la CaWoruIa. Eastern and Wist
ecu Pennsylvania, Maryland. Miiumirl,
New. York, South Dakota. Wisi-onr-m,
Illinois, Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky, Mon
tana, Ohio,' Washinftou and Mamar-Uu-setts.
Plnylng the Stor-Spnngled Banner
on shipboard Is a ceremony which must
be attended with proper respect. One
of the correspondents with the cruising
fleet writes that on one rainy evening,
when his ship wu Just below the equa
tor, the bund gave the nsunl concert
between decks. It was so hot that the
members of the bund took off their
conts, nttd the members of the crew
took off every thins but their tinder
shirts and trousers. When the time
cnine to piny the nntlonnl air the lend
er paused, the band stood, and the
members of the crew came to attention ;
but no signal to play was given until
every man hnd put on his coVt and
hat, that patriotism might never lose
Its self-respect by being caught In dis
habille. President Roosevelt signed the 1M
for the reorganization of the militia of
the United States, and Its arming and
equipment at n cost not to exceed $2,
000,000, nnd gave the pen ho used for
the purpose to General J. A. Drain,
chnlriunn of the executive committee of
the National Gunrd Association, who
was active In the movement to obtnin
the legislation. Assistant Secretary
Oliver of the War Department, who has
been chnrged with the execution of tho
provisions of tho new law, Bald thnt
otic of the first steps to be taken will
be the appointment of a bonrd com
posed of five representative ofllcers of
the organized militia to consult the
Secretary of War regarding the condi
tion and needs of that branch of the
military establishment
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After resting for four years lees than
a century in the congressional ceme
tery In Washington, the body of George
Clinton, once major general In the rev
olutionary nrmy, first governor of New
York, nnd a former vice president of
the United States, has been removed
to Klngstone, N. Y., for flnnl Inter
ment. Not since the death of President
McKinley has a funeral been marked
with such elaboroto military honors.
The President has passed upon the
cases of twenty-throe enlisted men from
the department of Dakota, who were
convicted by courtmartlnl of various In
fractions of the nrmy regulations, prin
cipally desertion. In the most of these
cases, the President approved the find
ing and sentence of the court, but In a
few cases he mitigated the sentence
to a lighter punishment than that Im
posed. A subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors unani
mously decided to report to the full
committee a plan under which all op
position to tho sanitary canal and to
Improvement of the Mississippi River,
based npon the claim that an Intake at
Chicago of 14,000 cubic feet ft second
will lower tho level of the lakes, must
disappear.
The department of Justice, at the re
quest of the President, has Congress
man Yolstcad'B bill for draining tho
Red Lake Indian reservation In North
ern Minnesota under consideration.
The lands In question being vested In
the federal government. It Is believed
thnt there are no legnl objections to
Mr. Volstead'B meaBure.
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An agreement has been made between
the War Department and the Interna
tional Falls Improvement Company rel
ative to the Rulny River dam, and
work will continue under the existing
rights held by tho company. Next ses
sion a bill will be pnssed extending the
time for completion.
Ono of the Important duties oft the
next President will be to appoint mem
bers of the United States Supreme
Court. Tho Chief Justice and three
other Justices have already passed the
age of 70 yearn, and probably their
places will have to be filled during tho
next administration. .
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After being ex-iosed to a mauling by
projectiles flred from the heaviest guns
in the nnvy, tho turrets of the Moni
tor Florida still worked, her mechanism
was not disabled, nor was her armor
plate pierced. The test "indicates the
turret system of construction for war
vessels.
A new fighting mast constructed of
twisted steel pipe is likely to bo n fea
ture of American fighting ships here
after. The f monitor Florida 1 was
equipped with' one in the recent test
and shells thrown Into the, basket-like
top had no appreciable effect.
Rear Admiral Evans, who has re
turned to Washington, says the United
States should have nineteen more bat
tleships, muklng forty-eight in nil.
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Tho President conferred with Glfford
rinchot, chief of the bureau of forestry,
relative to the new nutlonnl forest re
serve lu Northern Minnesota, near Cass
Lake. Mr. Plnchot indorsed tho bill
and the President will sign It.
In the omnibus bill for revenue cut
ter service there Is an Item Inserted
providing for 2oO,UiO for n,.w rHt.
class vessel to bo used on Lake Supe
rior, with headquarters at Duluth.
The House committee apiintcd to
Investigate the pulp and paper Indus
try submitted two reports, a majority
favoring postponement of action until
next session and the minority favoring
the placing of pulp on the freo list im
mediately. Senator Olapp has secured a copy of
the first census of MliniK.ta, tn'"i In
the early fifties when the territory had
only 4,000 Inhabitants. He will pro
sent the documents to the state histori
cal society.
Chicago correspondence !
All Republicans in the United States,
the territories and tho territorial pos
sessions are supposed to have their
voice and rote In an assemblage known
as a Republican national convention.
The assemblage in the Coliseum In
Chicago has its representatives from
forty-six States, two Territories, the
District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii,
the Philippines and Porto Rico.
The number of delegates represent
ing each State Is proportioned to the
population. The representation in Con
gress is taken ns n guide, and for ench
member of the House of Representa
tives there nre two delegates In the
convention. For each United States
Senator there nre two delegates also.
Thus, New York, the most populous
Stnte In the Union, bus thirty-seven
members In tho House of Representa
tives and two Senators, giving that
State twice thirty-nlno, or seventy-
eight delegates. And ns ench delegate
casts his vote Individually, the more
populous Stutes have tho greater voice
lu the doings of the convention.
Next to New York, Pennsylvania is
tho most populous State, and has the
second largest delegation In tho conven
tion, costing sixty-eight votes. Other
Inrge delegations nre: Illinois, 64 J
Ohio, 40 ; Missouri and Texns, 30 ench ;
Massachusetts, 32, and Indiana, 30.
The Territories nnd possessions are
all put ori the samo basis, and are given
two votes each In tho convention. Thus,
wlillo they have no voice In tho actual
select lou of a President, they have a
slight voice in the deliberations of tho
body which nominates.
Tho choice of delegates to a national
convention is accomplished by what
is known ns the machinery of the vol
untary party organization. When the
Constitution wus adopted, and the of
fice of President created, there was no
idea of a national party, like the Re
publican party, or the Democratic par
ty, In the minds of the members of the
constitutional convention. The peoplo
huve worked out the scheme of holding
a uutlotial convention and nominating
party caudldutes without any national
or constitutional law to guide them.
Consequently the system Is rather
ragged at tho edges.
In theory-the two delegntes from
ench congressional district are chosen
at district conventions, made up of
delegates who ure themselves chosen
by prlumry elections. AU members of
the party lu good and regular stand
ing are Biinoscd to vote at these pri
mary elections. Often the public at
largo pays no atteutlon to these pre
liminary steps, and the delegates
chosen at tho district conventions are
tho num uamod by tho local party
leaders.
The first business that faces a na
tional convention Is to determine who
are tiie proier!y chosen delegates en
titled to take part in Its proceedings.
This queHtlou Is first passed upon by
the national committee nnd Is later
passed uion by a committee on creden
tials uppoiuted by the delegates who
nre first seated In the convention.
Tito party's uutional committee Is
nutde up of a member from euch State
and Territory. The committeemen are
chosen by each State delegation and
announced at the close of the national
convention's work.
Machinery of the Ooavantlon.
An Interesting group of men will
start the machinery of the Republican
convention at the Coliseum. Harry S.
New, chairninn of tho National Com
mittee, will be the first official to face
the mass of delegates and spectators
when he calls the convention to order.
Tho Nntlonnl Committee calls the con
vention, and mokes all arrangements
for it, nnd it naturally devolves upon
the committee chairman to start the
proceedings. New halls from Indian
apolis, where he formerly published
a newspaper inherited from his noted
father. He has been vice chairman of
the committee nnd was promoted when
Chairman Cortelyou entered tho cabi
net of President Roosovelt Bishop
P. J. Muldoon will offer the opening
prayer. Elmer Dover, secretary of the
National Committee, who rose to fame
and Influence under tho tutelage of the
late Senator Ilanna and by the force
of his own ability, will read the official
call for the convention.
Mr. Now will then introduce Senator
J. C. Burrows, of Michigan, as tem
porary chairman of the convention.
Burrows was born In Northeast, Pa.,
and lives In Kalamazoo, Mich. Ho was
an officer in the civil war and has
since been much in office, ne was
elected to tho lower branch of Congress
nine times and has been in the Sen
ate since 181X5. Burrows will deliver
a long speech, which will probably be
the keynote of the campaign. Follow
ing tho Burrows speech will come the
selection of the other temporary offi
cers. John It. Mulioy, of Ohio, will be
chosen general secretary. He was long
clerk of the Ohio House of Represent
atives and Is known at national con
ventions as the man "with the voice,"
They might better make It "the man
with the marvelous voice." Amid tho
greatest convention confusion the
strong, clear tones of Malloy always
MEN PROMINENT IN TllE WOEK OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
w yWw tefef
carry to the limits of the hall. And
when Malloy lifts his voice he Is greet
ed always with a round of appreciative
applause. There will be a lciurthy list
of assistant clerks celebrated for
strength of voice aud ability as read
ers. These officials of the convention
will be Attorney Thomas Williamson,
of IMwardsTllle, 111., and George A.
Wilson, of Des Moines, la.
Asher C. Hinds, who will be parlia
mentarian, halls from Washington, D.
C. He acta as coach on parliamentary
tangles to Speaker Cannon, and he per
formed similar services for Speakers
Reed and Henderson. Hinds is tho
best pobtud authority on parliamentary
law in the country, and his knowledge
of precedents will he of Invaluable serv
ice to the presiding officers.
William V. Stone, of Baltimore ser-genut-at-arma,
will be an Important fig
ure. As serge-ant-at-anns of the Na
tional Committee the bulk of the work
f preparing for the convention bas
fallen on hi shoulders. In the conren
tbu bewlll be uwpouslhle for the work
of ticket takers and natters and for
tho preservation of order. '
The temporary organization brtndus)
also a small force of steuugrarihlo re
porters under M. W. BtiKunuuherg, as
slatant sergennt-at-armsand messen
gers. JULIUS CAESAE BURROWS.
Temporary Chairman of the Bepub-
lican National Convention.
Julius Cflisar Burrows, temporary
chairman of the Republican national
convention, has been for many years
prominently before the public of the
United States. He is 71 years old and
bas been In politics since the year 1804,
when he was elected prosecuting attor
ney of Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
Ills career as a Congressman began in
1873, nnd he has been Senator from
Michigan since 1893.
On the presumption that the say
ing "Nothing succeeds like succees"
holds good in politics, there must "lie
much satisfaction to Mr. Burrows In
looking back over his long record. He
has been uniformly successful In what
ever ho bas undertaken to do.
While the Senator Is regarded as a
conservative, his course has been main
ly in accord with the policies of Pres
ident Roosevelt. Senntor Burrows was
in the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first,
Fifty-second, Fifty-third and Fifty
fourth congresses and resigned In 1895
to succeed the late Senator Stock
brldgo. He was re-elected in 1809 and
again In 190f. On the latter occasion
his great popularity was attested when
he received the vote of every member
of the Legislature.
SENATOR LODGE.
Permanent Chairman of the Repub
lican National Convention..
' For the second time Senntor Henry
Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, has
been selected permanent chairman of a
Republican national convention. He
waa the permanent chairman of tho
1000 convention In Philadelphia -md
was chosen for a similar position in
the convention this year at Chicago.
Senator Lodge and President Roose
velt have been fast friends for yews,
although they have not always be!n
In entire accord on all matters. The
Senator before bis election to the Unit
ed States Senate, In ISO.'t, had served
several terms in the House of Repre
sentatives. Ills present term in the
Senate will not expire until 1911. Ho
Is one of the influential men of the
Senate and one of the best posted upon
Uvlflatlve affairs. Legislature U bU
ptofe&sluu and be has contributed
largely to the treasury of Auirft'Wau
hlktory. Senator Lodge U a native of
the Old Bay State, a graduate of liar
vard and a lawyer. He was a mem
ber of the Commission oa Alaskan
Boundary appointed by President
nooaeTeit
IIuuiwaQ lKjfta, S3 years old, foriutvlr
a roue lot the Vonderbilta, Bt4mons and
Astots 4 their Newport and New York
estmblljihintjuta, ' committed shuttle by
hjLngtnc at br home in Dover, Ohio. IV
spooduocy oauaod by a crippled hand,
vhtoh prevtftitod her following bar calling,
at which alia had earned (4,000 a year, Is
aid to ttt Wven the cauoe.
The national Republican convention
this year is the fourteenth held since the
organization of the Republican party in
18.KJ and the seventh to meet in Chicajro.
Six of the thirteen conventions which hnve
passed into history have been held in
Chicago and three In Philadelphia, where
the party's first candidate, Gen. John C.
Fremont of California, was nominated.
Baltimore, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Min
neapolis have each had the honor' of
entertaining the Republican delegates
once. All but two of the conventions have
been called In June. The conventio-is of
1800 nnd 1808, which nominated Lincoln
and Grant, were held in May.
Two conventions made memorable by
the length of their sessions were those oi
18.80 and 18SS. Both of these met In
Chicago, the first lasting from June 2 to
June 8. Three days of the 1S.H0 conven
tion were spent in perfecting the organ
ization. The fight for the nomination of
Grant for third term being on, thirty-six
ballots were token before a dark horsp
candidate, James A. Garfield of Ohio, was
nominated. 'The convention of l.HSS was
In session six days, and nineteen candi
dates, the largest number ever before a
Republican convention, received votes be
fore Benjamin Harrison was chosen on
the eighth bnllot.
Twice in the history of the party but
one candidate hns been presented for the
two offices voted upon. In 1900 William
McKinley was unanimously renominated
for President on the first ballot. "For
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was
unanimously nominated on the first bal
lot. In 10O4 the same unanimity pre
vailed. The only names presented were
those of Roosevelt for President ond
Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana for Vice
President. Ench was therefore unani
mously nominAted on the first ballots.
The conventions of 1808 nnd 1872 gnve
Grant the full vote on the first ballot,
but the vote for Vice President was di
vided. Other Republican presidential
candidates who have been nominated on
the rst ballot are Fremont, 18.10 ; Lin
coln, 1804; Grant. 1S58 and 1872; Ben
jamin Harrison. 1892; William McKin
ley, 1890 and 1900, nnd Theodore Roose
velt, 1904. William L. Dayton of New
Jersey. Fremont's running mate; William
A.' Wheeler of New York, named with
Hayes in 1870, nnd Whitelaw Reid, who
went down to defeat with Benjamin Har
rison in 1802, Bhare with Theodore Roose
velt and Charles W. Fairbanks the honor
of having received the vice presidential
nemination by a unanimous vote of the
convention on the first formal ballot.
Thrice within the fifty-two years of its
history the party has hnd to face the
problem of disaffection manifested in
double conventions. Since tho convention
of 18S0, no attempt to enforce the unit
rule has been 'made. The convention of
1SS4 rejected the candidate selected by
the national committee as temporary
chairman and chose another.
NT
Considering thnt. in the past forty years
three Presidents have been murdered and
three Vice Presidents have succeeded
them, nnd that previously two Vice I'ros
idents have become President through
death from natural causes, it is surpris
ing that such indifference Is shown to
the vice presidency.
All statesmen of the first rank nre am
bitious to become President, but when the
second office is named they shake their
heads and try to move out of range. The
reason, of course, is, not that the vice
presidency is not an important and digni
fied office, but thnt it has come to be look
ed upon ns a shelf for a political nonen
tity. Once a man becomes Vice Presi
dent, his career is thought to be ended,
though Theodore Roosevelt showed that
this is a mistaken notion. The feeling
is so strong that more than once politic.il
parties have named for Vice President
men wlw were distinguished only for their
wealth and were known to possess no
ability tlit would enable them to becoma
AT CHICAGO.
satisfactory Presidents, if fate had forced
their rise.
The vice presidency is an office that
may become of the first importance to the
ptople of the United States. Nolsjdy can
tell what the future may bring forth, and
the Vice President should be fitted for
the chief magistracy, which live of our
twenty-six Vice Presidents have been
called uion to fill. Chicago Journal.
Coal miners and opcrntors of the east
ern ditrictof Ohio reached a two years'
agrecjiM-ui at Cleveland after a stormy
session. All difference were amicably
adjusted and work in all mines will be re
sumed. Ten thousand miners are directly
afCecled.
Th University campus extension fund
cau not be used for current exiienses ac
cording to State Auditor I v. -r son of Min
iuotu, who refused a request from the
Suite board of regents to this effect. The
board wanted to borrow $iT,00i from the
ukWukJuii fund, the money to be applied
ia coal bill and salaries.
At ISiKland. Me., a fine of 10.liO, the
iuuCinMim amount provided by law, was
im-j-jxed inxm George Fred Terrey, the
oi-rUtor of the Watervijle moil ord.-r
pulilishiiu bouse, who was convicted la
Maruh of conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment of postage.
Part Concerning the Tariff.
Governor Johnson In his desire to
make n special feature of the tariff ls
nue in his canvnss for the Democratic
nomination for tho presidency, lets
himself be carried a trifle further than
ralin Judgment should permit. For ex
nmple, In n public address delivered at
Houghton, Mich., he made this extroor
llnary statement:
In spite of statutes which declare in
dustrial trusts and combinations in re
straint of trade illegal, in other words to
be statutory outlaws in the land, the gov
rnment to-day maintains a tariff system
ivowedly for the protection nud profit of
the enterprises In which these trust out
'aws are interested and engaged.
This Is not only extravagant, but it
Is grossly at variance with historical
fact. The protective tariff was born
on this continent more than two cen
turies before the trusts were dreamed
Df. Turning back to colonial days, we
(hid the government of Massachusetts
pnnctlng, In November, 1088, a general
Import tax, serving at once for revenue
nnd protection. The Continental Con
gress was committed to the principle
of a general tariff on Imports and did
its utmost to obtain uniform action of
the States to this end. On April 8,
17S9, James Madison Introduced In the
first House of Representatives a bill
taxing Imports "for the support of the
government, for the discharge of debts
of the United States and the encour
agement and protection of manufac
tures." The measure was passed and
sjgned by President Washington.
Does Governor Johnson believe that
President Washington, James Madison
and the first Congress were playing
into the hands of "trust outlaws," or
would he so characterize the pioneers
who laid the foundations of American
trade and industry?
In 1792, we find Congress increasing
duties from an average rate of 8ft
per cent to 13ft per cent. In 1812, on
account of the wnr, duties were in
creased 100 per ceut, and in 1810 a fur
ther increase of 42 per ceut was made.
In the same year Mr. Dallas intro
duced a tariff bill of strictly protective
chnracter, wultii was opposed by Dan
iel Webster and other Eastern repre
sentatives, but which passed both
houses by a large majority and became
a law. Clay, Calhoun nnd Lowndes
were strong supporters of this meas
ure. Would -"Governor Johnson class
these men ns instruments in the hands
of "trust outlaws?"
There followed the protective tariff
bill of 1824, with average duties of 37
per cent and the bill of 1828, with a 41
per cent rate, which Webster favored
nnd which prompted several Southern
States to deny the power of Congress
to iny duties for protection.
Free trade hardly dared to show its
head until 1S31, when a national free
trade convention met in Philadelphia,
while a month afterward a counter
convention of protectionists was held
in New York. Then came the enact
ment of the tariff bill of 1S32, In which,
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protective features of the previous law
were retained.
Clay's compromise bill broke the con
tinuity by providing for n gradual re
duction of duties, but In 1841 Congress
firmly reasserted the protective princi
ple, a general tnrlff net, wit- a rate of
vr cent, being enacted. Modifying
measures followed In 1840 and 1S57,
but In 1801 the Morrill bill raising the
tariff one-third was passed, and subse
quently Congress remained faithful to
the protective principle except during
the brief period when the Democracy
had control und passed the Wilson bill.
Never has the principle of protection
been more stubbornly asserted than it
was dining the long period that elapsed
between the passage of the first tariff
bill and the organization of the first
trust.
Before desennting further upon the
tariff and its beneficiaries, Mr. Bry
an's distinguished rival should ogain
consult his history books. Pittsburg
Chronicle.
( onKrena la No Lnmnaklng Machine
Much stuff and nonsense is being
printed about "a do-nothing Congress."
One would suppose that Congress is
merely n lawmuklug machine, and the
more laws It grinds out the more etti
clent it Is. What tommyrot !
The duty of Congress is to provide
for the welfare of the country. In the
discharge of this duty Congress has to
reject us well as approve legislative
proposals.
The truth Is that Congress often con
fers more benefits uimhi the country by
iejf''ing foolish bills than .by enact
ing wise ones.
Congress during Its recent session at
tended to nil the regular business of
the country. It left no great service
without attention and provision. It
did not do some things that some of
us think ought to have been done. lut
it refused to do many things which
were a menace to the nation.
Congress during its recent session re
jected every effort to undermine the
established liberties of the -leople. It
rejected a multitude of proposals for
foolish and destructive legislation. It
refused to assail the Coiwtitutlon, tc
barter away prluclpWs for campaign
funds, or to enact class laws for politi
cal effect.
In the amount of revolutionary, un
constitutional, nnd subversive .pro
IHisals that It prevented from becom
ing a burden nnd a curse to the Ameri
can T-eople this Congress stands forth
with illustrious distinction.
It bas done what was necessary for
tho country In affirmative legislation..
It has served the country niagnltlcvnt
ly In the proposed legislation that It
refused to enact. Chicago Inter
Ocean. Consollns".
Miss Thrilbee My father suffered S
horrible death. He was choked while
eating a small bit of sirloin.
Mr. Hiltree That makes him a martyr-
Miss Thrilbee Why?
Mr. lliltrv lie died at the steak,