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JUNE 2G, 1908
The Commoner.
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their own tariff system, the direction
of the postal service, and indeed
irreater rights and powers than those
possessed by any other people milH
ject to our sovereignty, .a souna anu,
reliable currency system has been es
tablished, schools so enlarged that
the number of primary schools now
aggregate between 3,000 and 4,000,
with a total enrollment in March last
of: 479,978. Postoffl.ces have been
established throughout the archipel
ago, a free delivery service in the
city of Manila, practically 10,000
miles of 'telegraph and cable lines
are in operation, and several hun
dred miles of new Tailway are under
construction or contract; while less
than ten per cent of the government
employes and municipal officers are
Americans, and of the police and
constabulary force 98 per cent are
Filipinos.
He disposed of the navy and the
department of the interior as fol
lows: Our navy has been strengthened
until today we hold a second place
among the naval powers in" the
world, and our fleet of battleships
rides triumphantly around the globe,
receiving the friendly salutations of
the nations, conveying peace ana
good will to all the people.
The department of justice has
prosecuted its work with fidelity and
diligence, seeking to prevent viola
tions of federal law and to mete out
meritorious punishment to the guilty.
Its most important work during the
past -four years has been to defend
the so'Undness of the positions taken
by it relating to prosecutions under
the Sherman anti-trust law and in
terstate ,commerce -law, by carrying
proceedings thus inaugurated
through the various courts and to a
final determination by the supreme
court of the United States, that the
constitutionality of these acts might
be adjudicated arid settled.
The effort1 6f 'thV national govern
ment to invoke that provision of the
federal "constitution which empowers
congress to regulate commerce with
foreign, nations and among the
Btates presented problems of the
greatest perplexity, the solution of
which has neen attended with no
little difficulty.
Of the interstate commerce com
mission he said:
The rulings of the commission are
generally and cheerf Hy accepted by
the carriers. The traffic officials of
the , carriers have , manifested, to a
commendable degree, a disposition
and willingness to fairly and care
fully consider the merits of com
plaints thus called to their attention
by the commission, and have volun
tarily reduced their rates and ap
plied corrective measures in numer
ous instances.
In a communication from one of
the commissioners on the 5th of the
present month, the statement is made
that "interstate transportation was
never so clean and free from unfair
and Unlawful practices as at this mo
ment. It may bo that here and there
venturesome and reckless railroad
officials still indulge in rebates or
take other measures to give special
privileges to a favored shipper. If
so, they will be detected sooner or
later and adequately punished, but
among the great mass of railroad offi
cials there id an honest and firm
effort to co-operate with the commis
sion in the observance of the law.
The law has also commanded the
respect and obedience of the shippor.
From all the letters which can bo
secured, I believe we are justified in
saying that this, great and -vexing
question Is in process of ultimate
and just settlement, and that under
wise, patient action the problem will
finally bo solved.
The tariff policy of the party was
epitomized by Senator Burrows thus:
The republican party stands for a
revision and readjustment of our
customs laws as changed industrial
conditions at home and abroad may
have made necessary, keeping stead
ily in view the cardinal principles of
protection to American industries
and American labor. As evidence of
its good faith in this regard, the na
tional house of representatives,
clothed under the constitution with
exclusive jurisdiction to "originate
all billg fdr raising revenue," on the
20tli of April just past, by formal
resolution, authorized and directed
its committee on ways and means, the
organ of the house having jurisdic
tion of the question, "to sit during
the recess of congress and to gather
such information, through g'oyernr
mental agents and otherwise, as
may see fit, looking toward the prep
aration of a bill for the revision of
the tariff."
Supplementing this action on the
circulation of $630,000,000, secured
by United States bonds, pvery dollar
of which waB worth lts'faceln gold;'
with an unprecedented lfoldlng of
coin in the treasury of the United
States, yet sudden paralysis soized
the banks, national and state, and
Ithoy were .either reluctant or unablQ
to respond to tho ordinary and legiti
mate demands of trade.
Consternation prevailed, confi
dence shaken, and nothing but tho
prompt and heroic action of tho sec
retary or the treasury averted a
wide spread and serious catastrophe.
Tho recent panic called the atten
tion of congress to the necessity of
further legislation, and a measuro
has been passed providing for an
emergency currency of $500,000,000
to be issued under certain conditions
and limitations, an authorization, it
is belioved, which will prevent the
recurrence of any such disaster as
befell the country last fall. Tho sec
retary of the treasury has already
taken tho necessary steps to give
effect to this legislation, and banking
associations are already forming to
avail themselves of tho benefits of
this act. It Is doubtful If tho pro
visions of this act will ever be in
voked, as the ability to supply $500,
000,000 additional currency when
ever needed will of itself have a ten
for which said commission was crcat- j
od, and to make such Investigations
and examinations In this or other
d aw 9 i
countries, of tho subjects committed i
to their chargo as they shall deem j
necessary. J
This commission has already or- '
ganizod and ontered upon its labors
and will diligently prosmito its .
duties with tho hope of formulating
a monetary system that will moot
overy legitimate business need and
promote the prosperity of all of our
people.
But tho crowning act in this drnma
was that in which tho president him
self took tho Initiative, halted tho
armies of Russia and Japan, bringing
about an honorablo, and, It is to bo
hoped, enduring peace.
Yet nothing has addod so much to .
his just famo as his perslstont and
irrevocable refusal to break tho uu-
written law of the republic by accopt- "
Ing a nomination for a third term. .
By this act of self-abnegation ho
places his name and fame in tho se
cure keeping of history and by tho
side of tho immortal Washington.
Tho work of thin convention will
soon bo concluded. The platform will
voice tho dominant thought of tho
people, and tho candidates nominated
must stand upon it firm and erect.
dency to mako its issuance unneces- TllGy mUBt havo tho Patriotism and
sary. 'sagacity of a Lincoln, the tenacity
t , , i ' x. of a Grant, tho wisdom and roodora-
,M,Z rrr'S'ritlon of a McKlnley, and tho courage
part of the house , of representatives J of the United State or in the laws
publican party is not indifferent to
tne necessity of a further and com
prehensive revision pf.our monetary
and nan.kiijg system, and to that end
tho congress just closed authorized
tho creation of a monetary commis
sion, composed of eigh,teenMraombers
of the two houses of congress, clothed
with power, to. iuqulnUntond report
to congress at the earliest date prac
ticable what changes are .necessary
Or desirable in the monetary gyatem
Why
Don't you give your heart the same
chanco you do the other organs?
Why? Because wheniany other organ
is In trouble, It refuses to work, and
you hasten to repair .it.
Thd heart, the ever faithful servant,
never refuses as long as It has power
to move, but continues to do the best
it can, getting; weaker and weaker, un
til it is past repair, and then stops. It
is Just as sick as the other organs, but
because it will workyou let it.
However," it's not. too late for a
"change of heart," so remember
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
will give your heart strength and vi
tiiHt.v to overcome Dizziness. Palpita
tion, Short Breath, Faint Spells, Pains
in Heart and Side, and all other Heart
aches and difficulties.
'My heart would ache and palpitate
terribly, and. at times' I could hardly
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MISS J3MMA' iT. BARTON.
No. 1 Sill St.; Wiitertown, N. Y.
The first bottle will benefit, if not,
tho druggist will return your -money.
atfd co-operatlrig with It, the senate,
In the exercise of its constitutional
prerogative to "propose or concur
with amendments as on other bills
on the 16th of May passed the fol
lowing resolution:
""Resolved. That the committee on
finance are authorised, in connection!
with investigation heretofore or
dered by the senate, 'with the view
of promptly securing the informa
tion TiprGSRarv for -an intelligent re
vision of the customs laws of the
United States, to call to their assis
tance experts in 'the executive depart
ments of the government and to em
ploy such other assistants as they
shall require; and they are especially
directed to report what further legis
lation is necessary to secure equitable
treatment for the agricultural and
other products of the United States
in foreign countries, and they shall
alsd, in the consideration of 'changes
of rates, secure proof of the relative
cost of production in this aria in
principal competing foreign countries
of the various articles affected oy the
tariff upon which changes in rates
of duty are desirable."
These public declarations by con
gress, upon the eve of the election,
give the most solemn assurance pos
sible that the work will be speedily
undertaken and pressed to an early
consummation.
The Panic
Respecting the panic and the cur
rency system of the country he said:
Our recent financial disturbance
challenged the soundness of our mon
etary condition and brought to the
t,.y.n Tia.nii0dtfnn of our banking and
currency system, the consideration of
which became and continues' to be a
subject of pressing and commanding
importance. In the midst of unusual
prosperity, with 6,698 national banks
tiniior Mr&o.t supervision and control
of the national government, "with, a r '
paid-up capital ofrover ?9vv,vuv,vvv
a surplus and undivided profits of
750,000,000, and an outstanding
relating to banking .and currency.
and for this purpose they are author
ized to sit during the sessions or re
cess of congress, at such times and-
places as they may deem desirable,
to send for persons and papers, to
administer oaths, to summons and
compel th.e attendapce qjf witnesses,
experts anil other assistants as shall
be necessary to carry ou.t the purpose
of a Roosevelt. With such a nlat-
fdrm and such candidates tho Issue
can not bo In doubt. Tho republican
party confidently submits its record
to tho approving judgment of tho
American people and, upon Its re
newed declaration of faith, invokes J
continuance of public favor. ,- 4
MR. PICICWIGK'S TREE
Owing to it having become very
decayed and dangerous the old syca-
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known as "Mr. Pickwick's Tree," '
has had to be cut down, much to
the regret of tho residents of Dul
wich village, among: whom the tradi
tion prevails that Dickens' hero was
in the habit of a fine evening of reel
ing on tho seat beneath Jts branches
toward the close of his career.
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