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Ho has been acquiescing In tho republican" pro
grain for a revision after tho next presidential
election, but that tho agitation for1ti$t?bn would
be quieted by some assurance from Mm. The
president has told several callers, after tho
speech .had been written, which was shortly
after the adjournment of congress and before
he wrote his Jamestown speech, that he strong
ly favored some preliminary statement, prior to
the assembling of the convention. But the
speaker was very positive that it would do no
good and might be harmful. He cited the de
pression Jn securities, said business men were
feeling somo alarm at the prospect of a halt in
prosperity and earnestly argued that the be
ginning of a tariff agitation at this time would
augment the commercial uncertainty. The presi
dent Anally was persuaded by the speaker's time
worn standpat arguments and the tariff para
graphs of his speech were stricken out, It is
said, also, that the president will not refer tor
the tariff in his annual message next December.
The speaker wants the subject ignored."
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THE DEATH IN London recently of Earl
Blind, at the age of eighty-one, removes
the last of the notable Hgures of the German
revolution of 1848-49. A. writdr in tho New
', vv York Evening Post says: "Kinkel, Hecker,
M-,rTV- Jiartmann, acnurz, Mierosiawsm, jbamperger,
," I'reuiKrain. wniicn. ivan Aiarx. siui, jsieniter.
Kapp a whole host .of others of greater or
smaller fame, have passed away, enthusiastic
believers in liberty and democratic institutions
to the end. Here and there still survive men
who as mere boys took part in what was as pure
and idealistic an uprising as- any country has
ever witnessed. But of the leaders that have
now gone, none held out against the Prussian
monarchy and the imperial government more
obstinately ihan Karl Blind. He never re
turned to Germany; but political events theFe
he watched with as keen an eye at eighty as at
twenty, and his comments on them in the Eng
lish magazines were Illuminating to the end."
TVEVIEWED NOW Blind's career reads more
X) like a romance than an historical record.
The Post writer says: "Educated at the uni
versities of Heidelberg and Bonn, he was five
times imprisoned, because of his political views,
between!" his nineteenth and twenty-first birth-
days. Captured at the battle of Staufen, he
jfc,twas''boutft-martialed and saved from death only.
- by a flaw in a proclamation of the Grand Duke
of Baden. Eight months' solitary confinement,
' at first in chains, followed; then another upris
ing of the people freed him in time to become a
member of the revolutionary government, and
later its minister to France. There he was
again arrested, in violation of the law of na
tions, but after two months in jail was merely
banished. By that time most of the south Ger
man exiles had found a refuge in London or in
-Switzerland, and from the home Blind estab
lished in the British capital he co-operated with
Mazzini, Garbaldi, Ledru-Rollin, Louis Blanc,
and other European leaders, for the revolution
ary movement of that day knew no national
boundaries among its advocates. The Schles-wig-Holstein
movement he naturally aided, like-
wise the Polish uprising of 1863-64 against
Russia. The American civil war left him not a
- moment in doubt; his sympathies went out at
once to Schurz, Sigel, Hecker, Blenker and Wil-
.llch, who were so quick to don the federal unl-
- form in behalf of the- enslaved African. In
' , short, wherevOr men thought or battled for free
dom and against despotism, Karl Blind worked
' for' them and cheered-them on."
UNITED STATES Judge Hook at Leaven
worth sentenced .1. H. Tucker, jr sec
' -rotary of the Uncle Sam Oil company, to three
months in the Leavenworth county jail for con
tempt of court. An Associated Press dispatch
from Leavenworth says: "The alleged con
tempt was a sensational- affidavit filed by Tucker
alleging a conspiracy between Federal Judges
Pollock, McPherson and Phillips" and the Stand
ard Oil company to drive the Uncle Sam com
pany out of business. Judge Hook delivered a
terrific arraignment of Albert L. Wilson of Kan
sap City, who prepared the affidavit. He said
the only purpose of filing the affidavit was to
create a sensation In the papers and influence
public sentiment. Hook declared there was no
precedent for such an affidavit and the clerk
' of the court was criticised for placing It on
file. It was stricken from the files by order of
'-''Judge Hook. Tucker commenced h.is sentence
tonight. The bankruptcy proceedings were con
,Hinued until a judge can be found who can sit
f In the case. Judge' Pollock will not r preside.
Tho affidavit alleged that Judgea Pollock, Phil
lips and McPhcraon went on a fishing trip to
Tamplco, Mexico, on January 26, 1906, In tho
private car of Gardiner Lathrop, head- of tho
legal department of tho Santa Fe and strongly
intimated that during tho trip a conspiracy was
entered Into between tho judges and tho Stand
ard Oil company, tho claim being mado that tho
Standard and Santa Fe road Were controlled by
the same persons. Tho affidavit further alleged
that Pollock mado a statement against Tucker
and the Undo Sam company out of court.
Tucker was on the stand two hours, and was
subjected to a gruelling examination byN. H.
Loomis, general attorney of tho Union Pacific,
named by the court to conduct the examination.
Tucker attempted to corroborate tho charges In
tlie affidavit, but became badly mixed and ad
mltted the affidavit was prepared on hearsay.
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JOHN E. KING, state librarian of Minnesota,
' -recently visited the national capitol, having
mado a trip through tho south. Concerning Mr.
King's visit tho Washington correspondent for
the Minneapolis Journal says: "Mr. King was
pleased to learn that the democratic leaders of
these states are paying a good deal of attention
to Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota, as
a presidential possibility. Speaking of the John
son matter Mr. King said to the Journal corres
pondent this afternoon: 'I madeno effort to
meet southern politicians. I found" them paying
close attention to the presidential situation in
their own party. They seem to feel that Bryan
may be nominated, and were at no pains to dis
guise their feeling of opposition to him. So far
as I was able to discover, there is no purpose
on the part of the south to put forward one of
its own men for the nomination. Just at pres
ent there is a good deal of complimentary men
tion of Senator Daniel of Virginia, but south
erners do not expect to be called on to make a
stand for him. In every city in which J visited
I was questioned closely about Governor John
son, and was surprised to find that the politi
cians of the southern states are unusually well
informed regarding him. They did not say they
were for him for president, but they did say
that they would not willingly be for Bryan, and
that all they had heard about Johnson had
strongly impressed them in , his favor. The
south wants a candidate who can win, or stand
a good chance of winning, and they have been
attracted to Governor Johnson by reason of his
.large.; majorities In Minnesota.'" :
npHE CITY OFFICIALS of Glen Echo, Md.,
X are likely to become international figures.
The Washington correspondent for -tho New
York Herald tells the story: "Mayor Garrett,
of Glen Echo, -Md., and Town Marshall Collins,
who became recently known to fame by halting
the Duke of Abruzzi in a speeding automo
bile and by firing on a machine occupied by
Herr Von Radowitz, of the German embassy, are
now the targets of prosecution by the govern
ment. Each today received a letter from Dis
trict Attorney J. W. C. Rose, at Baltimore, stat
ing that they were charged with violating the
laws guaranteeing to diplomats immunity from
arrest and process. The penalties prescribed
for violation of these statutes is imprisonment
of not more than three years and fine in the
discretion of the judge. Mayor Garrett and his
doughty town marshal are going to Baltimore
at once for a conference with Mr. Rose. This
action was begun at the initiative of Secretary
Root uppn an informal complaint from Baron
Mayor des Planches, the Italian ambassador, of
the way the town marshal stopped the Duke of
Abruzzi, the ambassador and three automo
bile loads of diplomats and Italian naval officers
as they were scudding home in a rainstorm two
weeks ago."
" rpHE LETTER received by the mayor and
X town marshal of Glen Echo was as fol
lows: "Certain allegations vthat you and Mar
shal Collins have "violated sections 4,064 and
4,065 of the revised statutes and have Incurred
the penalties therein prescrlbed'have been made
to. tho department of justice of the United States
and have by that department been referred to
me for appropriate action. Before doing any
thing else in the matter Ishould be glad to have
an interview with Town Marshal Collins and
yourself. Can you advise me promptly when it
will be practicable for you to call to see me at
my official office, in this city." When the mayor
and town marshall read the letter they did not
know what, the sections mentioned provided.
They were "visibly impressed - when they were
informed, but his honor, who rejoices' In "tho
soubriquet of the "Boy Mayor ofr Glen Echo," did
not lose his no"rvo. Instead ho said: "I am
sure wo have done nothing wrong. I am getting
tired, of tho ungratcfulnosa of thoso autolsts.
Here wo ontorcd Into an agreement with tho
Automobile Association of Washington by which
wo raised tho speed limit in the jurisdiction of
Glon Echo from six to twelve miles. Thnt la
liberal, yot it Is disregarded. I shall call a
meeting of tho town board and ask that tho
limit bo again reducod to six miles." Section
4,063 of the Revised otntutes provides that any
process against or arrest of any foreign minis
ter or mombor of his household shall bo void.
Section 4,064 says: "Whonovor any writ or nro
' cess Is sued out in violation of tho procedlng"
section, every porson by whom the same is ob
tained or prosecuted, whether as party or as
attorney or solicitor, and every officer concerned
in executing It shall bo deemed a violator of tho
laws of nations and a disturber of the public
repose, and shall bo imprisoned for not more
than t.hreo years and lined in tho discretion of
the court." Tho other provisions bear lcsa
dlroctly on this subject.
AN ASSOCIATED PRESS dispatch quotes Mr.
Bryan a.s saying in reply to a question as
to whether ho would bo a candidate In 1908:
"I have not felt It was time to decide that yot.
The only condition upon which I would consider
tho question" of candidacy would be whether I
.could advanco tho cause of democracy by being
a candidate. No man's ambition should bo con
sidered on any other condition." A Baltimore
News representative asked Mr. Bryan something
about a third term from Mr. Roosevelt and, ac
cording to tho News, received this answer:
"When in congress I endeavored to secure an
amendment to the constitution making the pres
ident ineligible for a second term and in both
of my campaigns I also announced that if I was
elected I would not bo a candidate for a second
term. I would hardly look favorably, therefore,
upon a third term. Lassumo that the president
will adhere to tho opinion which he has ex
pressed on tho subject and will not be a candi
date again. It would be a reflection upon tho
success of his administration if, coming in by
an enormous majority, he had bo reduced tho
popularity of his party as to make it impossible
fOr any other republican to be elected. If his
reforms are o-f a substantial character thero
ought to be some other republican sufficiently
identified with him to represent them as a can
didate. It would bo strange if the president
was strong enough to violate the anti-third term
precedent set by Washington, Jefferson, Madi
son, Monroe and Jackson and yot was not ablo
to develop a worthy republican successor."
NATURE FAKING, grand and petty, has ac
cording to the Washington (D. C.) Herald,
been going on for thousands of years. Tho
Herald says: "Santa XJlaus and his reindeers
and tlie East'er rabbits and roosters illustrate
one phase of it. Around the story of Jonah and
the whale a violent warfare has raged for years.
When Du Challlu first told the story of tho
monstrous gorilla, it was denounced as a fake
and yet it proved to be true. Tho great trouble
'Is to :now just whore to draw the line between
faking pure and Bimple and things that seem
not to be true, but may bo, nevertheless. Thero
Is no harm in the Santa Claus or the Easter eggr
stories. The Jonah tale may or may not be true.
Very few people seriously dispute it openly.
Tire gorilla story has been amply vindicated.
The man, therefore, wboets out to -deny tha
existence of certain things because he never saw
anything like them finds himself nothing more
than half a victor, at best, when the controversy '
he creates is concluded."
FROM "UPRIGHT and strictly reliable con
temporaries" the Herald culled "a few
choice specimens of current happenings in tho
animal world." For instance: "The Houston
Post has personal knowledge of a species o2
black bass that fattens exclusively upon live rab
bits. The New York World tells of an up-state
hen that lays eggs with Latin Inscriptions upon
them. The El' Paso Herald cites oysters weigh
ing 300 pounds each. A Lexington (Ky.) jour
nal presents rats that devour shoats. A Charles
ton man has a pet bullfrog that will eat nothing
but English sparrowtf. An Indiana man has a
rooster that crows three times for 3 o'clock in
the morning, four times for 4, and go on. Jack
Cohen avers in the Atlanta Journal that a
Georgia man has a pet mockingbird that baa
been bringing him a bunch of violets every sum
mer morn for four summers. The Courier
Journal tells of a parrot that for eleven years' at
11 o'clock each day has harangued a Versailles
(Ky.) household In favor of free sliver at' six
teen to one."
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