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Wf $WW"ip"'- -fipn.tr ' t "iTr. The Commoner. MARCH 18, 1010 13 Chief Justice Robert M. Montgomery of the supreme court of Miohigan to be presiding 3udge; associate judges, William H. Hunt of Montana, James P. Smith of California, Orion M. Barber of Vermont and Marion Dev ries of California. Nominations for this court were made by the presi dent several months ago, but they were withdrawn when he found that congress would persist in cutting down the proposed salaries from $10,000 to $7,000 a' year. "When the court was first named Judge Alfred C. Cox of New York was selected as presiding judge. With the exception of Judge Cox the court named today is the same' as at first chosen by the president. r A dispatch to the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal says that Mr. Taft intends to take the stump in the congres sional republican campaign and the keynotes of the campaign will be as follows: "Vindication on the Payne Aldrich tariff bill; insistence that the republican party bo cleared of corruption, wherever it may bo Tound; reiteration of the administra tion's determination to punish the 'bad trusts;' commands for party solidity and regularity." Representative Helm of Kentucky, in a speech in the house, opposed steamship subsidy, declaring that the United States government was being converted into a gigantic pawn broker's shop for the purpose of ex tending trade. He insisted that sub sidies had not built up the maritime interest of the United States. "I do not subscribe to that course or policy that would convert this gov ernment into a gigantic pawnbroker's Bhop, in order to acquire trade," de clared Mr. Helm. "I do not think we are materially improving our trade relations with Central and South America by attempting to put .-men selected at Washington in con trol of the, governments of certain of the countries. In my opinion 'it will require something more than sub sidy to overcome the adverse feeling engendered by our present policy in that zone of the western hemisphere, which should be our best market. I am apprehensive that the good effect of Former , Secretary Root's visit to the Central and South Amer ican republics, looking to tho closer and more cordial relationships with these governments, has been largely discounted by our more recent domi neering policy there. I fear some blunders and mistakes have been made. That quarter of the globe is on the eve of great development, from which wo are in position to reap some of tho benefits, and I surely believe that the Root policy will yield us better returns than tho coercive policy." Tariff laws, Mr. Helm declared, had made the United States a dear market. "It is unrea sonable," ho added, "for us to ex pect the foreigner to purchase in a protected market, where the seller insists on his profits that arise in operation of laws, as it Is to expect the individual to do his shopping at the highest priced store in any given locality. The report of the commis sioner of navigation shows that we have three subsidized lines on the Carribean route, and tho full, com plete and final answer to all argu ments in support of subsidy as a trade producer, is that notwithstand ing these subsidized lines, our trade in that sphere has decreased Instead of increased." Mr. Helm concluded his remarks by declaring his opposi tion to subsidy of any kind. much. Yet nobody suspected them of compounding felonies or protect ing malefactors. Benjamin Harrison nnd Grover Cleveland woro universally regarded, wo believe, as presidents who gave their country efficient government and did everything they could to help its people So we conclude that nearly every body will regard Mr. Taft's new reso lution as well taken. Wo congratu late him on it. Chicago Inter Ocean. Senator Gallinger of New Hamp shire introduced in the senate a bill establishing the Rockefeller founda tion, which he says will be the ma chinery through which the Rockefel ler millions will be dispersed "for the benefit of humanity." iixcnaiige Your Old Stomach For A New Stuart's Dyspep sia Tablets will makethechaiige in a week. For a fact. Relieves all distress and stomach gases. The free trial package will convince you. Send for it to day. SOc a pack-age- all cfrug-stores. F. A. Stuart ISOStuartBld Marshall. Mid The treasury department shows that the money per capita in the United States is $34.87. The depart ment, in reporting this calculation, estimates the population of the United States as 89,883,000 and an nounces the amount of money in cir culation on March 1 as $3,134,093, 350 which, if equally divided, would give each man, woman and child in the country $34.87. There is in cir culation today $49,315,244 more than there was a year ago. The house committee on naval af fairs had ,a heated discussion over Commander Peary's alleged discov ery of the north pole. The commit tee is inclined to insist upon proofs of Peary's accomplishments. MR. TAFT'S NEW RESOLUTION The president is Teported from Washington to have made a resolu tion. He is said to feel that his speech at New York on Saturday should be regarded as a final state ment of his attitude to every Issue now pending in congress. "Therefore Mr. Taft has resolved to devote himself less to communi cating his thoughts to the public and more to doing the things ho believes ought to be done. Mr. Taft is reported even to have quoted with approval the advice that a famous British educator used to give to young men in public life: "Don't excuse; don't explain; get it done; let 'em yell." We believe that nearly everybody will commend Mr. Taft's resolution. Mr. Taft has not denied tho people the fullest expression of his views. His inaugural address was compre hensive. Then he made a trip of 13,000 miles, and talked 13,000 words every fifty miles of tho way. Then he sailed down the Missis sippi, with speeches all the way from St. Louis to New Orleans. He sent a long regular message to congress and two notable special mes sages. In his New York speech he recap itulated and summarized. We have had presidents who have not found it necessary to say so IS IT A GREEK GIFT? President Taft and others at Washington who are honestly trying to establish the proper sort of a pos tal savings bank will do well to ex amine closely the proposals of Sen ator Aldrich concerning this institu tion. Tho somewhat trite advice that one should "beware of Greeks bearing gifts" is particularly worthy of consideration by them. We know where Aldrich stands In American political and legislative affairs today, and we know for what ho stands. Any postal bank bill that carries Aldrich's endorsement is pretty likely to bo bad for the people. . The measure around which inter est now centers is that offered by Senator Carter of Montana, the chairman of tho senate committee on postofflces and post roads. Carter himself will bear watching. Ho has been in the senate several years and has stood by most of the Aldrich legislative programs. He is "regu lar." The mere fact that he holds so important a chairmanship indi cates that he has been too subser vient to the will of Aldrich to bo an unqualified friend of the people. The hand of big business and high finance has been the guiding power in the deliberations of the United States senate for fifteen years. Only as long ago as last summer it was still the guiding power. If it is shap ing the destinies of the postal bank we will discover,?1 when the smoke clears away, that the bank will bring nine benefits to the great financial Interests for every single benefit to the people. Lincoln, Neb., Daily Star. NEWSPAPERS AND THE TARIFF It will be difficult for the president to convince unprejudiced observers that tho newspapers of the United States have been induced to misrep resent the tariff law and attack the administration because of dissatisfac tion with the revision on print paper. All the newspapers are in the same boat so far as tho paper schedule is concerned. If one can stand it, the rest can. There is no threatened competition from other sources with cheaper material and the tax is mere ly passed along to the reading public. But the paper schedule may have had this effect. It undoubtedly taught even standpat editors that the tariff in this particular instance was levying a tax on the people for the benefit of a trust that was denuding the United States of timber. So it opened their eyes to the sort of spe cial privileges fostered everywhere by the protective system and made it hard to fool them into the belief that the Aldrich law was revision down ward. The notion that men interested in the public welfare always inspired by selfish motives is a favorite one with Speaker Cannon. Perhaps he suggested it to the president. Kansas City Times. kept in cold storago for eight. .years before being sold to tho peoplo'lt was reckoned that tho trusts had- gone tho limit, but Dr. Bayard C. 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