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tho republican party for being the
beneficiary of stolen funds. He said
that Mr. Roosevolt had givon con
gress "excellont advice In rather a
voluminous style," but he Intimated
that the president ought to see to it
that tho policyholders money, con
tributed to his campaign fund, was re
turned. He told the senate bluntly
that "it is considered by the American
peoplo to be corruptible and corrupt
ed. It is believed to bo influenced by
corporations." He added: "We are
not all in jail, but there are sbrno
lame 'duchs among us. For my part
I would be glad if we could clean the
Augean stable and lift the senate out
of the fog of dishonor and disgrace
which now invests it."
A dispatch to the New York World,
under date of Peoria, 111., November
20. follows: "An electrical paddling
machine, invented by Prof. Dennis,
iB now in operation in the public
school in East Penna, a suburb." The
mode of operation is to place the
recalcitrant pupil over a chair near
the" spanking machine, press a but
ton and the flow of electricity starts
a 'series of paddles in operation which
play upon the anatomy of the spankee.
Residents of the village have protest
ed and declare they will take their
children from school if the use of the
machine is not stopped."
NEWSPAPER OPINION ON PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
prove agreeably dlsappointluc in ii,
who were anticipate 3""
An Associated Press cablegram un
der date of London, December 10, fol
lows: "It is officially announced that
the new British ministry is made up
as follows: Prime minister and first
Idrd of tho treasury, Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman;
chancellor of the ex
chequer, Herbert Henry Asquith; sec
retary of state for home affairs, Her
bert John Gladstone; secretary of
state for foreign affairs, Sir Edward
Grey; secretary of state for the colo
nies, the Earl of Elgin; secretary of
state for war, .Richard Burdon Hal
dano; secretary of state for India,
John Morley; first lord of tho admir
alty, Baron Tweedmouth; president of
the board of trade, David Lloyd
George; president of the local govern
ment board, John Burns; secretary of
state for Scotland, John Sinclair;
president of the board of agriculture,
Earl Carrington; postmaster general,
Sydney Charles Burton; chief secre
tary for Ireland, James Bryce; lord
president of the council,
Earl of Crowe; lord of
privy seal, the Marquis of Ri
non; president of the board of edu
cation, Augustine Birrell; lord high
chancellor, Sir Robert Threshle Reld;
chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster,
Sir Henry Hartley Fowler. The fore
going constitute the cabinet. The fol
lowing' are not in the cabinet? Lord
lieutenant of Ireland, the Earl of Ab
eiden; lord chancellor of Ireland,
Right Hon Samuel Walker; first com
missioner of works and public build
ings, Lewis Vernon Harcourt."
New York Press, (Republican,)
Fortunately the prosident begins with
the railroads, the most important
problem before the country; and the,
public may be urged to push on cour
ageously through that part. Let us
get at it, then. Wisely, vigorously
and with conviction the president re
peats his demand for rate legislation
that will cure, not prolong the rebate
disease. In somewhat guarded and
entirely polite language he exposes
the Foraker fraud bills and the Elkiiis
trust bulletins but clearly, and with
force, he reiterates what ought to be
done, what must be done, if the Amer
ican people aro not to make of the
transportation systems a public, in
stitution like the postofllce.
New York Tribune, (Republican,)-4
President Roosevelt is not making
merely conventional recommendations..
He evidently feels that he has issueB
to deal with profoundly affecting the,
moral fiber and the social life, of the
people and that the smallest part vb
his mission is to tell congress what
bills should in his opinion be passed
He must also appeal to the people,,
show them the reasonableness of what
they might otherwise consider danger-i
ous innovations and argue the vexed
questions out in their larger aspects.
Some of his suggestions involve, if
not novel conceptions of the function;
of the federal government, far-readh-ing
efforts to adapt its instrumental-
ities to the new conditions under
which, with the evolution of our bush
ness life, they must work. .
New York Evening Post, (Independ
ent,) To judge by his message, Presi
dent Roosevelt has become the weak-i
est of stand patters one without real)
convictions, that is, and swayed only,
by political expediency. He masses
the futilities for doing nothing with
the tariff in the most approyed man
ner in a manner, we add, that will
be approved by those life insurance
officials and othejs who paid money
to the republican committee last year
on the distinct understanding that thel
tariff plunder was to be let alone.
This suggests another part of liis mes
sage which is disappointly feeble.,
His references to political corruption;
and especially to contributions to cam
the' paign committees by corporations, are
the not what was expected of Theodore
Roosevelt. He perfunctorily renews
his recommendation that there be
publication of campaign expenditures
and would have all contributions by
corporations forbidden by law; but
he makes no allusion to the scandal
ous diversion of trust- funds "to aid in
his own election; has no word of in
dignant repudiation of his own agents
who sought and received such unlaw
ful contributions. To this, then, his
reported- byster Bay indignation has
simmered down.
New York Herald, (Independent,)
Centralization of power in Washing
ton, federal control of pretty nearly
everything and everybody, is the
dominant tone of the president's
views, and which he urges congress
to back up and make possible by
federal tlaws. He uses the undemo
cratic word "sovereign" in speaking
of the power that should control and
supervise the doings of corporations.
It is a word, by the way, that may
stick unpleasantly in the public mind,
excellent as tho idea may be that un
ruly corporations need the president
to go after. them with his "big stick."
New York Sun, (Independent,) It
will be seqn from our skeleton of
President Roosevelt's elaborate and
earnest presentation of his' views on
rate fixing, that he lias receded in
nowise from 'his former position con
cerning the essential point of differ
ence. Chicago Tribime, (Republican,)
The president has much to say on the
subject of railroad rates, but little
that is new. The tariff revision ques
tion is one which the president con
siders of secondary importance or too
delicate for discussion. If the presi
dent could only condense a diffuse
sentence into a few weighty words
his messages would be state docu
ments that allv would read and enjoy.
Chicago Record-Herald, (Republi
can,) -Li we were askedt to give a
general idea of the president's mes
sage in the fewest possible words
we should say that the writer "stands
pat." This would cover the passages
on the absorbing topic of railroad
rates pretty thoroughly. Such changes
as are made .from the message of
last year indicate no change what
ever in spirit and purpose. The one
distinctly disappointing passage in the
message relates to the general tariff
question. It contains nothing to en
courage'tfte advocates of tariff reform.
Kansas ity Journal, (Republican,)
That portion of the message dealing;
with raiiroads will no doubt prove ,a
surprise to those who have been prod
ding the .president to take an .extreme
attitude. '
Sioux City Journal, (Republican,)
The Roosevelt revealed in the .mes
sage is a positive Roosevelt, but not
a. radical. There is a keynote of con
servatism throughout that should
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Th.Q Denver News sa'ys'j "It is inti
mated in Washington dispatches that
Secretary Shaw, the 'stand pat' head
of the treasury department, is abou
to enter the open market as a pur1
chaser of silver bullion, the mints,
having exhausted the stock accumu
lated under the working of the Sher
man act of July 14,-1890. .If the-in
timatiou proves good a further impe
tus will he given to the advance "in
silver, as the amount , of- bullion in
the New York market is small ' at
present, with considerable pledged for
December delivery in -London. Ac
cording to London and New York ad
vices the rise in the price of silver
bullion, which has been steadily go
ing forward for a year, has now
reached a level that washes away the
currencies of the world, which have
been based on a ratio of 32 to 1, like
Qur new peso in tho Philippine isl
ands, and the new Mexican currency.
Tho Philippine commissioners, in con
sternation over the prospect that tjie
uuiTpauy oi me people wm ue turned
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have issued an, order against the ex
portation of the coin. This palliative
can prove but, temporary. The PhilT
ippine coni, worth just 50' cents in
our mon,qy, fhas. today a buon value
pf a trifle under 51 cents. Such coins,
.history proves, cannot be kept from
the melting pot."
WHERE HE GOT HIS
. Applicant (at the pearly gates) i
"May I come in?"
St. Peter "What business were you
engaged in while on earth?"
Applicant "I owned several apart
ment hpuses, and "
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,bumps,"-rOhicago Daily News.
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PERHAPS
, The Detroit News has managed to
worm put,, of six; Michigan congress
men that, they are willing to reduce
any tariff , schedule in which no one
is interested. Some day the "con
sumers- will elect a,.fpw cpngressmen.
Minneapolis Journal.
sembHm? Wh f; " -v-umg
portant inlerest. This is niffi
noticeable in the dtaSAS"
porations, the relations oC canitii S
labor and international inteS
Omaha Werld Herald, (Democrat,)
-When it comes to recommendations
for the action of congress the p nS
dent Ms weak in one respect fn
stead of asking that the congress ei
power the interstate commerce com
mission to regulate the railroads and
their charges he leaves nn alterna
tive. He advises that the power bo
given to this commission or, "to some
other administrative body created bv
congress." This alternate e will give
the railroads the chance to seek to
divide the forces favoring regulation
It complicates the situation. It opens
the door to the railroads for possible
escape. "Give the commission power"
was a simple .remedy. It was a de
mand presenting a plain issue. The
alternative means more machinery and
gives the railroads the chance to
help make and control the machinery.
Later in his message the president
refers constantly to the "commission"
as the regulating body and this fact
indicates probably his preference for
the commission rather than for a new
body.'
St. Louis Globe Democrat, (Repub
lican,) As was expected, the leading
place in the massage is given to the
necessity of railroad rate regulation
by the national government, but thi3
'is only a small part of the scheme
of governmental supervision over the
great activities which he proposes.
"In order to insure a healthy social
and industrial life," he says, "every
big corporation should he held respon
sible by and accountable to some
sovereign strong enough to control
its conduct," and, obviously, tho only
power adequate to this task is tho
government of the United States. Ho
repeats and emphasizes his recom
mendation of 1904 for a supervision
and regulation by the national govern
ment of interstate transactions in in
surance. Denver News, (Democrat,) The
president in his message came down
in the square-toed fashion expected of
him pn the question of railroad rate
regulation. But he placed the matter
in its true perspective by showing
that it is a part of the general prob
lem of corporation control, of first
importance because so closely related
to all other forms of corporate activity!
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