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to force Arizona., and New Mexico into one stato
against the" wishes ,of the inhabitants of both
territories. I- cannot believe that congress will
commit such an outrage. The people of Arizona,
irrespective of politics, are opposed to being
wedded to New .Mexico, against their will: Nor
docs New Mexico desire it. Senator Beveridgc's
Arizona the Great' would doubtless be republican,
but the republicans of Arizona do not care to
lose their identity and become Arizonans in name
only. Possibly a half dozen democratic soreheads
and a very few republican politicians who are ex
tremely hungry for pie, would be willing to see
the two territories admitted as one state rather
than wait longer for separate statehood, but the
people as a whole, in both territories, were they,
allowed to, would overwhelmingly defeat such a
movement. Wo know that The m Commoner be
lieves in government by the people rather than
by the politicians, and We earnestly ask that you
use your influence to defeat joint statehood be
tween New Mexico and . Arizona, and not con
clude that it is the part of wisdom to make a
botch of the thing because there is no immediate
prospect of doing it right."
ON THE OTHER HAND, according to the
Roswell (New Mexico) Record, joint state
hood has the support of practically all democrats
and a large majority of republicans in New Mex
ico. The Record says that the people of New
Mexico have become thoroughly tired of having
their territory made a sanitarium for broken down
politicians, or having it farmed out for the bene
fit of foreign corporations, and adds: "The peo
ple do not fear having jointure 'forced upon them.'
We want to become citizens with all the rights
and privileges of other citizens of the United
States, and if congress will pass the enabling
aff, the people will do the rest;"
SENATOR TILLMAN recently introduced a
resolution requesting information as to the
campaign contributions of national banks. In
this connection the Houston (Texas) Post recalls
a transaction which many people have, perhaps,
forgotten. Tliis transaction relates to the sale
of the old custom house in New York to the Na
tional City bank for $3,265,000. The Post says:
"This transaction is understood to have followed
a munificent contribution to Mr. Hanna's fund in
1896. It has been said that this property, now
considered to be worth $5,000,000, has been prac
tically transferred to the bank by the skill of a
bookkeeper, without the actual transfer of one
solitary cent of money beyond the contribution
to the campaign fund. It is said to have been the
most marvelous transaction in history. The sec
retary of the treasury deposits with the bank
from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000 of United States
funds. The bank credits the government's ac
count with $3,250,000, leaving an unpaid balance
of $15,000. The government continues to occupy
the building- for ten years, paying the bank there-,
for $150,000 a year. In the ten years, th bank
draws in rentals from the government $1,500,000,
and in interest on government deposits probably
another million. In the meantime, the govern
ment declines to even receive a credit for the
$15,000 balance on the building, thus saving for
the bank, state and city taxes in ten years amount
ing to $750,000, since the title does not pass from
the governmentuntil that $15,000 is paid."
IX THE OPINION of the Post there was never
anything like it, and the Post adds: "Twenty
years from the date of the sale and transfer,
imagine this sort of conversation between a citi
zen and the bank: 'How much did that building
cost you?' 'Not a cent.' 'How do you make that
out." 'We nominally paid $3,265,000 for it, but
that sum and ' other government deposits have
been in our custody, and we have earned from
their use fully $2,000,000 and have drawn as
rentals from the government alone $1,500,000.'
Have you a clear title?' 'No; we owe a balance
of $15,000, and it is better to owe $15,000 than
to pay out in taxes $75,000 a year. We can sell
this building now for $5,000,000, every cent of
which will be to the gpod, and we can continue
to profit from government deposits.' No wonder
John D. Rockefeller's bank contributes to the
campaign fund, and no wonder. Senator Tillman
uMvps such contributions investigated."
A TEXAS COURT decided that a combination
of railroad companies, itself a trust to main
torn prices, cannot come into court and ask for
an injunction against ticket scalpers. Comment
ing upon this decision the Denver News says:
Jhc average citizen himself cannot see why a
The Commoner.
bSSSSh!S ?0t a PGrfect right l0 Prosecute hla
business as long as ho peddles genuine tickets
PossibTS08 8Cll'i!10 P"W, and it cannot
possibly mako any difference to them whether
chansT Kn ,BlU! 'I,?0 Chalr or ,tH J
wouM hn if ly jU8t,flcatlon 'or their protcstH
would bo If passongers wero carried by wctaht
and some fat man took the ticket of a Sin one"
y-HARLES E. HUGHES, the New York lawyer
V who has conducted the examination of wit
nesses in the insurance inquiry, recently delivered
an, address at the New York Alumni association
Sif ?rUlv?rsity of Chester. On that occasion
Mr. Hughes said: "This Is not the time to bo
disheartened, but rather for confidence. I be
lieve In the soundness of the American life. We
need but to think of the millions of our fellow
citizens who are true to their trusts, who never
falter at an ill. it is time to search our own
hearts, too. What we need is a revival of the
sense of honor. We want to hear less of the
man who . began poor and amassed riches and
more about the man who lived unsullied though
he died poor. We want to change the burden of
proof. Let every man who has amassed wealth
or gained ofllce be ready to show a clear balance
sheet if he has got it. It is all because of this
American desire to get on, to make good, to be
successful. The college man too frequently strips
himself of his self-respect for success. We want
less of this desperate desire to come back to the
reunion with office and fortune. We find too
many college men too ready to become the lick
spittle of a political heeler just to get success,
without thought to themselves or their methods.
We have been disappointed lately In too many a
son of. a famed alma mater. We want a baptism
of self-respect, so we can stand erect in the pres
ence of the almighty dollar."
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB of Louisville, Ky.,
has arranged for a "Home Coming,,' for all
Kentuckians in June, 1906. The plana contem
plate a celebration on June 14, 15, 10 and 17th.
The first day will be known as "Reception and
Welcome Day;" the second day will be known
as "Foster Day," in honor of Stephen Collins Fos
ter, the author of "My Old Kentucky Home;"
the third day will bo "Daniel Boono Day;" the
fourth day will be "Greater Kentucky Day,"
which day will be devoted to barbecues and
oratory. The fifth day, Sunday, will bo given
over to religious services. The managers of this
enterprise say that the last census shows that
there are more than 600,000 native born Ken
tuckians living in other states, and the "Home
Coming for Kentuckians" will be celebrated on
a large scale.
A PARIS CABLEGRAM to the Houston (Texas)
Post relates the circumstances under which
Lord Nelson met his death, as they were told
in the personal narrative of the man who killed
him. According to this cablegram this man was
Robert Guillemard, a native of Six-Fours, in the
Var, and the Marseilles correspondent of the
Patrie gives the story which has been communi
cated to him by Colonel de Poitevin de Maurcil
lan, who says it was communicated to him by
a man named Cartigny, who also fought in the
Redoubtable and who died in 1892 at the very ad
vanced age of 101. The Post's correspondent
says that there appears to be no reason for dis
puting the Guillemard narrative, adding: "His
version of the tragic affair was corroborated by at
least one comrade, and it seems to be all the
more worthy of credit, as ho added, with true
soldierly chivalry, that although he felt that ho
had done his duty he was-"personally sorry for
having under such conditions caused the death
of England's valiant admiral."
ROBERT GUILLEMARD'S story is as follows:
"On October 3, 1805, our battalion left the
transports and passed on to the ships of the
squadron. My company was destined to form a
portion of the crew of the Redoubtable, seventy
four guns, commanded by Captain Lucas. On
October 20 a vague report was spread that we
wero to leave Cadiz on the following day to at
tack the English. As it was on the 21st, at. 10
o'clock in the morning the combined squadron
went out of Cadiz to engage the English. The
Redoubtable was in the center. She had op
posite to her the Victory, flying the admirals
flaff with Nelson on board. It was our ship which
gave the signal for the fight. Our mizzen- top
men had been killed. Two sailors and four sold
iers of whom I was one, received the order to
replace them. A wo wero cllmbIngVupUharo
shot flow mound u. Ono of my comrades Vwi
wounded by my side, and hurled from the height
or thirty foot. Ho frncturod 111 Bkull on tho
dock. Toward tho Mtorn of tho English ship was
an officer covored with decorations and with
only ono arm. From nil that 1 had heard about
iselson I had no doubt but that it wan he. Ah I
was not receiving any order to go down, and as
I saw that I was forgotten and nlono In tho top
where my comrades had been killed, I thought
it my duty to fire on the back part of the Eng
lish ship, which I percolvod to bo unprotected and
yory close. Suddenly I noticed a great movomont
in the Victory. They wero crowding round tho
officer In whom I fancied that I rocognlzed Nol
son. He had Just fallen, and ho was borne away
covered with a cloak, lla had received In tho
right shoulder, a bullet, which penetrating obli
quely, had broken lite Mplne. Tho momont at
which Nelson was wounded and the position of
his wound proved to me beyond any doubt that
he had died by my hand as I had boon about in
the mlzzcn. top. But, although the shot which
had brought tho admiral down was a service ren
dered to my country. I was far from regarding
this a matter on which I could pride myself."
A SPIRITED CONTEST Is on between Sen
ators Stone and Warner of Missouri. Sen
ator Warner's side of tho controversy Is revealed
in the following newspaper dispatch: "Andrew
.lackson Harlan of Savannah, Mo., called on Sen
ator Warner this morning. Air. Harlan Is the
only survivor of the Thlrty-llrst and Thirty-thfrd
congresses. He represented an Indiana dis
trict. Ho moved to Missouri and was a
candidate for lieutenant governor on the McClurg
ticket, which B. Gratz Brown defeated. In 1868
he was elected speaker of the Missouri house ot
representatives, but resigned the office. Mr.
Harlan Is ninety-one years old and came to Wash
ington because of his Interest In a young woman
who Is an applicant for postmistress at Savannah."
SENATOR STONI5, according to the" Washing
ton correspondent for the Kansas City Star,
has no patience whatever with his colleague's
effort to make Mr. Harlan a hero. According to
this correspondent Senator Stone has a hero
and the story of his accomplishments together
with the manner in which Senator Warner sur
rendered, is told by the Star correspondent In
this way: "Phillip Carmann, aged elghty-nino and
a Mexican, war veteran, is the senior Missouri
senator's hero. He lives at Willow Springs and
receives a pension of $12 a month. He ha writ
ten to Senator Stone asking for an Increase of
pension and the senator will prepare the bill and
insist upon its passage on the ground that tho
Mexican hero Is .the grandest living example of
President Roosevelt's anil-race suicide pronun
clamonto. Mr. Carmann told Senator Stone all
about the case In a letter just received. At the
tender age of eighty years he look upto himself
a new wife. He is now the proud father of two
robust children by his lasUmarrlage. Ho says
a pension of $12 is not sufficient to maintain a
family of four people and Senator Slono agrees
with him. Senator Warner admitted after Senator
Stone had exploited the achievements of the Mexi
can hero that he had nothing to offer at this time
which could offset the story. 'I can beat It,'
said Senator Stone. 'Last summer while I was
campaigning in Clark county I met at Kahoka a
fine old gentleman by the name of Hanlon. Al
though he was as frisky as a colt, I thought he
was quite aged and asked how old he was. I was
informed he wasTlOl years old and had stood on
a hay stack the day before receiving the hay
pitched to him by his son and one of his neigh
bors.' One of Senator Stone's visitors ohserved,
'Mr. Hanlon of Clark county is a most remark
able man, but the real Missouri hero is Phillip
Carmann of Willow Springs.'"
"BE HONEST NOW"
Paul Morton, president of tho Equitable, says
he is not going to pay any more money to legis
lators to protect his insurance company. This
reminds the Syracuse (New York) Herald ofHhe
story of the old darkey, never regarded as be
ing at all particular about how or where he
gathered up a penny, who dropped his pocketbook
in a crowd one day. As the nickels and dimes
scattered about, the old man began to scramble
for them shouting: "Befoh de Lawd! Let evah
body be honest now."
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