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. -iir-w wT,M','r 4I&' ffH. Wjj- V The Commoner. VOLUME 0,, DUMBER 33 iwnwy """ ' 10 fe f li) SVlfe trT iivn .. .rSrnfr' '' ' " '-''- 1 fcJ".TTii ' Vi ww Washington dispatches say that President Taft "is greatly worried" because rumors have reached him to the effect that corporations will light tho corporation tax in court. In tho primaries held in Nebraska tho democrats nominated for justices of tho supremo court, John J. Sul livan, B. F. Good, J. It. Dean. The republican nominees are Jacob Faw cett, J. B. Barnes, S. H. Sedgwick. Tho Trans-Mississippi Congress, in session at Denver adopted resolu tions in substance as follows: That the income- tax measure become a law; that a tariff commission of ex perts be placed in Bervice; that, con gress pass a law reguiaung tue ubo Shepard, 'it represents a widespread and unmistakable discontent of dem ocrats with democratic party condi tions.' It goes without saying that in many quarters the motives under lying tho activity of Mr. Shepard and his associates -will bo subjected to misconstruction, some of Which will bo deliberate and some due to ignor ance. Nevertheless, tho central fact remains that the Shepard diagnosis is accurate and there is urgent need for prescribing for the patient. The most eminent democrats in the stae have been called in consultation, fol lowing the example of the Brooklyn democratic county committee. Those who are looking for the 'man o'f the hour' must not be too precipitate. Conditions develop the man. The ex cesses of the terror produced Napo- nnnntniv Innla Mint Alncilrn Tin Ul ltlilllt M."UQ .".. A.....W.... w . ww, w- ww ww. . w. 1,wu.iwwu .mv given a territorial legislature; tnat leon, tne conservator oi society. The congress pass a law preventing the collection of federal liquor revenue in prohibition territory; that aid bo extended American shipping. The city authorities of Juarez, Mexico, have appropriated, the sum of $20,000 for the purpose of provid ing a bull fight for the entertainment of Presidents Taft and Diaz on Oc tober 16. Tho Kansas City Post has suggest ed that the democrats of Missouri hold a state conference this fall. Senator Stone has approved tho sug1-gQBtion. A. story of an important merger Is told in a Now York dispatch to the Chicago Record-Herald as follows: "Tho elimination of tho Vanderbilts from tho New York Central lines and the complete ascendency of Edward H. Harriman into the control of the more than 12,000 miles of railroad comprised in that system are declared to be the next imDortant develon- ments m tne railway world. crisis of the civil war broucht forth Lincoln, the savior of the union. The democratic party organization in this state is in tho control of wire-pullers and seekers after contracts. "For ten years the democratic voters have vainly looked for leadership that was as incarnate of the party aims and principles as the white plume of Henry of Navarre typified the Hugue not cause in France. The republican party under Roosevelt, Taft and Hughes has drifted from its ancient moorings, as Cleveland said of the Bryanized democracy of 1896. The conservative forces of America have a, cnpice, oet,ween two. evils. ( A cen tralize autocracy that wars on prop erty, and a' characterless and thor oughly commercial opposition. The former has seemed to it the least of the two. The democratic party under Tilden and Cleveland attract ed the support of the conservative class, which is the backbone of every nation, because the leadership pos sessed ability and character. It' is along these lines that party success lies, in the judgment of the Citizen, ana most or tne men who have pro- It ia ronnrfprl nn whnt aonmo fn ! nn .. .7 """ vw"o ,.v, uo 6uuu uu uiubi, ui iub men wno nave nro- autnority tnat the Harriman brokers moted the Saratoga conference, are have secured an option on the greater democrats of the school of Tilden portion, if not all, of the Vanderbllt Holdings, and will soon close tho deal in the interest of the 'Napoleon' of the railway world. The option, it is stated, is on ?50,000,000 worth of New York Central stock, which is to he purchased for Harriman at $150 a share. The last report of the Union Pacific road shows that it has in Its treasury $14,000,000 worth of New York Central securities, and it is generally believed that Harriman and a feW Of hln frtflTlria hnvft a larrra personal holding in New York Cen tral. The total capitalization of the New York Central is $178,632,000, and it is understood that the option, it exercised, will give Harriman and hfs friends an absolute stock control of the company. This carries with It a control of the West Shore and a practical control, though not by stock ownership, of all the roads in the New York Central Lines, system." ! .11.. A "democratic state conference" is to bo held at Saratoga, New York, September 9. Edward M. Shepard, one of the signers of the call refer ring to the proposed conference said: "In every county in the state there is an abnormally large element of tho democratic party out of relation with, or even in hostility to the or ganized representation of thp party within the state. The movement is not intended to build up a new party organization, nor is it antagonistic to any particular man or set of men. 'It has a far larger scope said Mr. and Cleveland." Tho monetary commission com posed of members of congress met at New York, August 16, for the pur pose of drafting- a new monetary system. A New York dispatch to the Chicago Record-Herald, says: "The secretary would not divulge what had taken place during the day, and said that no statement would be issued until after a morning session wuicu is io do neia tomorrow. Sen istratlon of criminal law is so impres sive as swiftness and certainty. Con sequently, nothing so discredits it in the mind of the public as lame and halting procedure in theatrical courts and disagreements of juries and de lays and reversals for apparently technical reasons on appeal. Such things weaken public confidence in the administration of. the law, dis courage sheriffs, policemen and pros ecuting officers and encourages crim inals and increases crime." The con gress elected the folkwing officers: President, Amos W. Butler, Indian apolis; general secretary, Joseph P. Byers, Randals Island, N. Y.'; finan cial secretary, H. H. Shirer, Colum bus, O.; treasurer, Fred H. Mills, New York. The National Prison Physicians' Association elected offi cers as follows: President, Theodore Cook, Baltimore; secretary, D. P. Helan, Kingston, Canada. Bids for the construction of two more American fighting vessels, the Wyoming and the Arkansas, t were opened at the navy department. An Associated Press dispatch says: "These vessels are to cost $6,000,000 each exclusive of their armor and armament and are to make a high rate of speed. The vessels are to be of 26,000 tons each, the largest ever undertaken by the American I naval establishment, the increase in) tonnage in this class of vessels being from 20,000, the size of the original American dreadnaughts, the Dela ware and the North Dakota. The Utah, now under construction by the New York Shipbuilding company, and the Florida, now being built at the New York navy yard, are the two remaining dreadnaughts, their ton nage being 22,000. William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia, were the low- fiftt. hirirtfrH fnr rnnatmioffnor fha.Titvt-. tleshlps .Wyoming and Arkansas, bids for which were opened at the navy department today. The submitted two bids, one at $4,450,000 and another at $4,475,000. Only one ship can go, however, to any firm of builders. The New York Shipbuilding company of Camden, N. J made the next low est bid at $4,675,000. Bids for the vessels were made under two heads, class one being, according to the navy department plans and class two, the department's plans as to hull, but with machinery suggested by the bidder. As a result, there were propositions for the installation of turbine coupled with reciprocating engines and turbines combined with electric motors. The speed promised generally was 20 knots under both classes, but the New York Shipbuild ing company also offered to build a vessel at 20 knots at $4,750,000 under class one and at $3,875,000 un der class two. Another bid by the same company was for a 20 knot vessel at $4,780,000. Bids submit ted by the Newport News Dry Dock Chairman Charles .R. Jones points with pride. The five surviving presi dential candidates who will bo pres ent and the years in which they ran for the White House are: John P. St. John, Olithe, Kan., 1884; Joshua Levering, Baltimore, Md., 1896; John G. Woolley, Honolulu, 1900; Silas C. Swallow, Harrisburg, Pa., 1904; Eu gene W. Chafin, Chicago, 1908. The surviving vice presidential candidates of former years who will be present are James B. Cranfill, Dallas, Texas, 1892; vGeorge W. Carroll, Beaumont, Texas, 1904, and Aaron S., Watkins, Ada, Ohio, 1908. tt Colonel Le Roy T. Steward, who has been superintendent of letter car riers in the Chicago postofilce was made chief . f police for the city of-Chicago. The Aldrich monetary commission has adjourned until October, and Mr. Aldrich has gone to Europe. Mrs. Cullom, wife of Senator Cul loni of Illinois, died at her apart ments in Washington City. The trans-Mississippi congress met at Denver. Gifford Pinchot delivered an address pleading for the conserva tion of national resources. He was given an ovation. E. H. Har.-lman, the railroad mag nate, is returning to America in im proved health. An interesting echo of the Orchard murder trial is found in the follow ing San Francisco dispatch carried by the Associated Press: . "After five years of litigation, the San Francisco Gas and Electric Light company has accepted the confession pf .Harry Or chard', now serving. a life, senencfy ifor the murder of ex-Gtfvernpr Steuh-. enberg, as a. perjured statement and today the corporation paid the attor ney, Walter M. Linforth, $13,904 for damages inflicted upon his prop erty on Washington street in Novem ber, 1904. During his trial in Idaho Orchard told of his having attempt ed to kill Fred W. Bradley, an enemy of the Western Federation of Miners, by blowing him up with dynamite. At the time mentioned by' Orchard, Bradley was living in one of Lin forth's flats. The explosion, how ever, was attributed to defective gas fixtures and Linforth obtained judg ment for $10,200. The corporation sought to obtain a' new trial, based upon the statement made in the Idaho courts." ator Nelson W. Aldrich. of Rhode and Shipbuilding company were class Island, ennirmnn nnrl fh nttm.. c nna A nan nrn ;i 4.. uu j Island, chairman, and tho otvinra nt the commission reached here early in the day and went direct to the hotel. At the meetinr. rairarriAri a one of the most important the com mission has held, it is expected plans will be formulated for gathering the material from which recommenda tions will be made to congress." Tho board of inquiry in session at Annapolis has given a decision de claring that Lieutenant Sutton com mitted suicide, and acquitting the ac cused officers. The United States will get one fourth of the Chinese loan. This will give the American financiers in the neighborhood of $7,000,000 of this loan. one $4,790,000 and two bids under class two at $4,680,000 and $5,010, 000 respectively. Eight bids came from the Fore River Shipbuilding company, all under class two and ranging from $4,747,000 to $5.-097,000." In South Carolina local option elec tions, the drys won in seventeen out of twenty-one towns. A fight for state-wide prohibition will take place in the legislature which meets in January. At the American Prison Associa tion convention held at Seattle, a committee on criminal law reported as follows: "Nothing in the admln- On September 24, at Chicago the prohibitionists will celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the founding of their party. The Qhicaga Record Herald says: 'On the program will be five men who have run for presi dent on the prohibition ticket and three who have run for vice presi dent. 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