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VEN HENRY CABOT LODGE is not exempt
from the charge of plagiarism. The New
York World says: "In presenting . the name of
uenerai u. a. urant at tne Chicago convention
in 1880 Roscoe Conkling said: 'The election be
fore us will he the Austerlitz of American poli
tics. It will decide whether for years to come the
country will bo "republican or cossack." ' Senator
Lodge yesterday nominated for auditor of Massa
chusetts Harvey E. Turner, saying: It would be
exaggeration to RRV th.af tVA onmmr oWtHrtno r
Mi New York and MfissnhiiasftftH will ho tho Antfnt.m.
f ' of American politics. It is' no exaggeration to
say, mat tne coming elections In New York and
Massachusetts will decide whether the govern
ment of these two states for the next year shall
be American or Cossack.' Conkling's version was
briefer and better. Also it was uttered first."
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THE OFFICIAL statement of the volume of ap
propriations made by the first session ojt
the, Fifty-ninth congress, prepared by Thomas P.
Cleaver and James C. Courts, chief clerks of the
senate arid house appropriation committees, shows
that the grand total js $879,589,186.16. The de
tails by bills are' as follows: ' "
"Agriculture : , . .'. . ; .;. .7 ; . . .r.S 9.930.440. nn
fmy -;;":; vvv-v-v.v 71.817,165.08
,: Diplomatic and"" consular. : ; -- ; J what jia -trr
m T:TYlIi.i. 77 ". . 'TV ivf,vrfia-i
jk.,wi;i us Awiumoia. ...... . :..... 10,138,672.16
", ;Fortificatiori;.:.v.'.r. ..;..: v;. 5,053,993.00
' Indian ...... -T; . . .". . . "' 9" 266 599.98
Legislative, executive and judicial! 29l68L919!30
Military academy -l.fiG4 7ft7.fi7
ava ' .'..'102,091,670.27
Pension ......... ...... .i..Wi. 140,245 500.00
Potofflco iVV:..,.;;;;, .;.'.. ,.,i. 191,695,998.75
Pty tlL v -x f : ;:; v.v. . v;v,. y,53S,770.32
i -Denciejicy opriation8-triC..t- 39,129,035.45
Miacejlaneous ;'faPDronrlati6nsv &$. .. 1 9.71 wmo ai
Permanent appropYiatiorist; V. . .'. . ' 140,076; 32o!oo
Grand total .v. $879 58918616
Hef erring to this statement tfie? ifouAtoi (Te
fcost saya .'There was no river and harbor
Ifr appropriation at this session. If the same amount.
ill iooQ Je?wna narbors whtcfrwas appropriated in
m ,1898 had been .appropriated, the total would have
; fflL peached $900;421,598.ofc' V i "'?, rnaT.e ,r
S' OcME. INTERESTING statistics with respect 'to
the population of Troinn Ka JJrW.:M.
registj-ar genial who has reached the conclus on
lhat for a decade the nonnintiSn C:lufi?n
fractlcally stationnrv nt X ; T, "". "Q
Ions. Referring to thfi;o.n.,""""e;nair In
tiS!
5npleanote ordeaanrray1
lufilclent to cover th.nrw?"vei"!.ai?s ls .not
10,676. However. tTrrrjJ"1 -1? Put at
opufttlon of Irri .' oTr"'s- in " tta
SatCT,ff. '?na .S.SSlX1
hca'ss
er half what it once TWs ZZ ,1B not much
Educed by emigration! T'rSS ? veartf T
ow has befiti t,,i, ii".ecQ,nt: y.e-ars the out-
&taL2?J.A:-
MU1 mvie inau m igo3,''
'fiZS&J ,. Houston on
ley and m w ' ."lu.UBr . "etween Senator
the state of Texas rS "-ttornoy general
snator Bai.ey" ott Z" S?"?."!-'"
es rrora corporationn tk , V?u "cceptea
nt to the IlE'SesSL01 ch he was
ua: "I don't mean tn i, "rc"cmi ran
is improper for u"ViCtoovi. as saying
icopt anv D w5r "tor T representative to
ake any arJumeni- I,Ioynent w vacation or
U ltVSTLtS!?- JJ't W that
.VIWf w man represent-
ing an Institution asking favors of congress and
under certain limitations I would be willing to
concede it as entirely richt. "Rut. T ofjvnri Tiot. t
night and I expect to contend for it until the
clods shall fall on my coffin let it cost what it
may, I don't care a continentaland intend to
insist that senators and representatives have no
right to take employment from those that we
hire them to restrain and control. Now, ask the
senator is he willing to submit to the legislature,
those who elect him, and permit them to pass on
it without opposition to him, without putting his
personality in the way ask them to state whether
they believe a congressman or senator ought to
accept such, employment Will he do Itf And if
they say he ought not, will he desist br will he
continue to represent Texas and the corporations,
too? If he, doesn't want to do that, let me ask
him if he is willing to submit to the democratic
voters of Texas and invite them to pass on it;
here tonight, if he, as United States senator, is
to accept from monopoliest their representatives
.or public service corporations to control which
he was elected and at the same time represent
them in the senate? Will he do that? If he will,
J will be content. Will he. do it? If the people of
j.rlexas sy they want 'to fill dongress with -corpor-ationMawyers
serving corporations while serving
the people, I have not a word to say, except God
pity the people." ' .
ENATOR BAILEY denipd that he was the
'attorney for anv mononolv-anri Tnntrri tr
Jiis record in congress as providing ample defense
from, any accusations o that character, Senator
Bailey said:.- "I believe and I believe it as firm
ly as my Christian wife believes in her- religion
that-the two great dangers threatening this re
public, today are. the monopolies, on this hand and
socialism on that Between their two monstrous
and r warring forces I have stbqd ,as the gre"at'
democratic party has stood, resisting both with
equal courage and equal .resolutipn. Drive mo
ifrom the senate because I am subject to corpor
ate Influence? My countrymen, as God is my
-judge, I believe I speak but the simple truth
when; I declape ..t!n corporation? , of, this land
would rather ..driye, me out of the. 'senate V than
"S0t?r an inthatbpdy. Who fought Viih"':
unflinching zeal and, unyielding; courage the great
.Rattle. of the people on the, rate bill?"
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Agv??I5aT?TWashinton dispatches Thomas
i C. Piatt, of New York, will soon retire from
his seat in the United States Benate. Falling
health, worry over his matrimonial affairs and
.advancing years are given as the causes for
the contemplated retirement. Senator Piatt de
nies the report, but the .New York correspondent
tor. the Houston (Texas) PostJsays: "Despite
the denial of Senator Piatt there is a strong belief
that he will resign. The senator is very feeble
and can stand exertion of no kind. -His recent
troubles have worried him exceedingly and
brought him to a state of nervous collapse. He
Imagines he can do more than he really can, and
the result is exhaustion. It is firmly .believed by
those who know him best that he will never sit
in the Benate again, and that when the time comes
Tie will resign The statement as to his resigna
tion came not from anything the senator had said,
but from a full knowledge of the conditions that
preclude the possibility of his serving another
' VTEW .TERSEY DEMOCRATS are seeking a can
. JN didate for the United States senate and the
New. York Wprld suggests Grover Cleveland of
Princeton. The World says: "Mr. Cleveland is
by no means too old for the senate. He is only
sixty-nine. Senator Allison, of Iowa, is eight
SulLVnTn M? a": o is Sector
Cullom of Illinois, who will be re-elected in Jan-
K KtM Senators Hale S
Frye, of Maine, are older than Mr. Cleveland one
by a year and one by six years, while Senator
Teller, of Colorado, is Mr. Cleveland sen?QTb
25 Zr :Senf iov Proc of Vermont by
.six years; These veterans are all active leaders
-Jn- the senate. Senator.. Pettur;9, ;Alabam is
sixteen years older than Mr. dofdSfiS'
colleague Senator Morgan, is thirteen years oldeiv
Mr. Cleveland is the same age as Senator bS?
rows, of Michigan; Senator MdEneiyo : LSsE
ana; Senator Bulkeley, of Connecticut, and Sen
. ator Gall nger, of New Hampshire. He is a yeS
younger than Speaker Cannon, whom his S
wish to make president in 1908 and he is only tZ
years older than Dryden himself. No age argu
ment weighs against Mr. Cleveland's Election
Two former presidents served in congress aftor
. they left the White House-John Quincy Adams
rnaMrePKer ntMive and Andrew JohnTon as a
?ff w P1?Ut D Pr?cedeilts are needed to justify
land' y lesislaturo in choosing Mr. Cleve-
AN INTERESTING conversation recently took
place at Cleveland, Ohio, between Mayor
2? nJ n80nnSld a Professr of the University
?nMCag0 T1N York World is authority
for this story: "Professor - 6f the Univer
sity of Chicago, called on Mayor Tom JoSnson
today to inquire about street railways. l didn't
suppose- you were permitted to deal with such
questions laughed Mayor Johnson. 'Oh, we're
If you think abreast of political and social condi
tions and say what you think the mayor rejoined
-. then you lose your jobB. If you study political
economy and say what you think, you strike at
your endowments. You know, professor, I have no
w,fri,yUr (SSSBeo unIveity. It teaches false
hoodslies. Whenever I hear it mentioned I
See ,mai1 a ald,head and a wig; Don't
you think a man who pays haif your bills ought
to haye something to.say about what you teach?' "
, vJF?0DC0!' MMBE oked upon; by spme as
Ciy' ,,Vsa?TT70rd' a 'vulearittn; an Ameri
canism, but like many other words it has been
incorporated into the language and is now, an in
tegral part thereof, its meaning, whtleexptest
?.TA'isMhmd deline; Ifc ls synonymous with'
"Jonah." To be a hoodoo'is' to be one, who is
Tconstantly bringing ill luck on one's self and as
S0!?tep J? 1)e "hoodooed" is to be. the constant
,7S13l?fibad,Iuck- In tnIs connection the remarfc
able history of Irwin McKinney. of Humboldt,
Neb., will be interesting. When IrVin was, five
years old he accidentally shot a little .playmate
with a revolver he happened to find lying about
,the house. A year later Irvin was kicked in the
face by a horse, sustaining a broken jaw, and
being laid up for many weeks encased in .plaster
casts. A few days ago Irvin attempted to climb
into a wagon. His foot slipped and his leg was
SSfi? inAWh1e1' the result bein at thelowe?
SSS t "?J e eg was "Orally torn off and left
lying.in the road a hundred yards from where his
cries aroused the driver to the horriWe accident!
PRANCE IS MAKING every possible effort to
vh &r 1 er TS men asalnst accidents.
Inrli ?nitnremS?ep f liabllIty act was Passed
April 12,. 1906. Referring to this act a writer in
the New York Tribune, says: "It applied to aU
employers, and employed. Before 1898 negligence
or fault on the part of the employer had to he
proved to enable a workman to obtain compensa-
tion in case of accident, but this new law makes
compensation recoverable in every case of S
owTdowl awasfto X Srinf ll?e S XT
equivalent to twenty cenfoftL'nSales
- fySoo ?y6 v
and some to reach sixty nerof 1. U? yfage
nf fnfii iir.i.i i ' or v'O'OO. In case
wf? I d,sableraent for work the Vidtim of kn
l&J a .life annuity " of ixtyix p
cent of his wages, ahd, in case of pa'tial dSab
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