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IJltfRWUVCUM fi JHt9V,iAmtmmtmm'- ' MI fif)IUHnMMMnaMi The Commoner. 6 VOLUME 10, NUMBER 1 ft' Mll ...HIIWMIII H'll'O- jl. ju,i iJJL ' GNT GOPfCS HfCUBB glyyCjTsl fcv, -- -v ggss&i J(rs ,,-Hl " MtfTlPh I fcg- , rr' ' ' rUt fclSPP NOW THERE aro bribory charges in tho Mis sissippi loglBlnturo. It is alleged that at least ono mombor was paid to vote lor senator "Percy against Formor Governor Vardaman. Stato Senator Bilbo told tho grand jury that ho accoptod $045 from L. C. Dulanoy to voto for LoRoy Percy in tho rccont senatorial contest. Tho grand jury indicted Dulanoy. Bilbo said ho moroly wanted to expose tho machine and that lator ho gavo tho monoy to charity. Sen ator Porcy denies that ho knew anything of bribes or attomptod bribes and ho has called upon tho United States senate for an investiga tion. Other monitors of tho Mississippi legis lature have told of attempts to bribe them. DAVID JOSIAII BREWER, associate justice of tho supremo court of tho United States, who died suddenly of apoplexy, was seventy throo years of ago. Justice Brewer was in good spirits on tho day of his death and after spend ing tho evening in reading ho retired to his room about 10 o'clock. Mrs. Brewer heard a hoavy fall and found tho justlco prone on tho floor of tho bath room. Ho did not regain con sciousness. Noxt to Justlco Harlan, Justico Browor was tho oldest member of tho supremo court. Ho was appointed to tho supreme bonch by Prosidont Harrison, succeeding tho lato Stanley Matthows. Ho began tho practice of law at Lcavonworth, Kansas, and sorved on tho bonch of that stato, becoming, in 1870, judgo of tho stato supremo court. In 1884 President Arthur appointed him judgo of tho United States circuit court and while ho hold that posi tion ho was appointed to tho supremo bench. THEODORE ROOSEVELT has made a moss of things in Egypt. At Cairo he was in vited to address tho University of Egypt. Ho was warned not to stir up fooling among tho nationalists who aro fighting for reform in tho government and particularly for a constitution. Ho refused, howover, to hoed tho warning. A Cairo dispatch said that ho took such a pro nounced stand against tho nationalists that oven those best acquainted with him wore amazed. Tho nationalists aro charged with responsibility for tho rocont assassination of Boutros Pasha, tho premier, and Mr. Roosevelt denounced this assassination in bitter terms. Later two hun dred students from tho University of Egypt mado a demonstration iu front of Shepherd's hotel, whore Colonel Roosevelt is stopping. Tho students carried an Egyptian flag and as they marched by tho hotel shoutod "Long live tho constitution and tho liberty of Egypt." Mr. Roosevelt paid no attontlon to tho demonstra tion, which waB a sort of protest against his speech at tho university. THE LONDON vlow of Mr. Roosevelt's Egyp tian talk Is interesting. An Associated Press dispatch 'says: "Former President Roose velt's address before tho students of tho Uni versity of Egypt yesterday has caused consider able comment horo, where there is a difference of opinion as to tho good or ovll effects of his plain talking. In denouncing. tho assassination of tho lato Premier Boutros Pasha Glmli, Colonel Roosevelt did not mince his words with & View to avoiding offonso to the nationalists a sr,!ti,many of,wl"ra have openly sympathized with the assassin. Tho radical press today takes exception to Colonel Roosevelt's remarks and oven tho moderate Westminster Gazette says editorially: 'Disquisitions on the. readiness or tho roverso of Egypt for self-government, while permitted to men without great position are perhaps bettor hushed in tho breasts of ex presidents.' Recalling Mr. Gladstone's pro nouncement in regard to the early indiscretion of tho present Lord Salsbury, 'Mistakes which aro pardonable in a private individual become icandalous in an ox-sollcltor-genoral tho Ga xette recognizes Mr. Roosevelt's desire to bo friendly and helpful to Great Britain, but savs his pronouncement Is not calculated to make easier the path of tho government In Ecvnt On the other hand the tory press is highly fai d atory of the fearless declarations. Tho Pall Mall Gazotto considers that the American states man has done a service not only to the Egyp tians, but to tho cause of human progress throughout tho world. Tho paper adds: "Mr. Roosovolt Is providing our sentimentalists of tho Keir Hardlo breed with a' healthy spectacle of tho representative of the greatest democracy In tho world, giving pseudo-democracy a sound trouncing.' Tho Evening Standard warmly ap proves tho address as 'The wis words of a great statesman.' " GRAFT INVESTIGATIONS at Pittsburg ap pear to bo somewhat like an old tlmo re vival meeting and "while tho lamp holds out to burn tho vilest sinner may return." Ono after another councllmen and former council men have hurried to tho prosecuting attorney in order to mako confession. It was all brought about by the confession first made by Captain John Kloin, a member of tho council. He is now in prison serving his sentence. William Brand, formerly president of the council, who is now in tho penitentiary, has also mado a complete confession. It seems that the prosecuting at torney is holding out tho hope to the men who received bribes that if they will confess ho will give them immunity baths. His purpose is to capture the men higher up, and ho has a number of bankers and capitalists now on the string. PRESIDENT TAFT has issued a proclarua tion granting the minimum rate of tariff under tho Payne-Aldrich act to Canada, Aus tralia and a number of other countries, aggre gating 130, including their dependencies. The Washington correspondent for the Associated Press says: "The work involved in determin ing whether or not any of the nations included in this long list were discriminating in their tariff against the products of the United States has occupied tho attention of the tariff officers of tho government almost continuously since the passage of the tariff act last August. The tariff schedules of each one of these nations have been critically examined by tariff experts, and where doubt has existed, the services of the diplomatic and consular officers of the United States were requisitioned. Although no official statements were available at this time as to tho net results of tho negotiations with all of the nations of the world, so far as tho rates on American products are concerned, there is rea son to believe that the government officials re gard them as eminently satisfactory. A semi official statement is made, however, that from this time forward, from 40 to 50 per cent of tho products of the United States will be admit ted to foreign countries free of duty, and that of tho American products which pay a duty in foreign countries, 89 per cent will be entitled to the minimum rates; a large proportion of these products hitherto have paid the minimum rates." THE CANADIAN tariff settlement is regard ed as tho most important of all. The As sociated Press correspondent says: "The un official story of the negotiations with Canada looking to the settlement, announced today bv which Canada is declared entitled to the mini mum rates of the Payne-Aldrich law, is ner haps more interesting than the specific an nouncement, as to just what articles are in cluded in tho concessions granted on either sida President Taft, from the first, did not hesitate to let it be known that he would go a long way to avoid a tariff war with Canada. Such a waT ho believed would fall heavily upon tho Ameri can interests. It was the president who took he initiative in inviting Finance Minister Field ing to Albany to discuss the differences between the two countries. The exchange of views at Albany was such as to indicate that peac? w2b assured. The charge that Canada ww SnduE discriminatory against the United States ovtel nally grow out of the Canadian treaty with France, whereby the latter country ? i cTven 4a reduction of from 2 to 5 nor oont 1 en 'dent Taft did not take the vtnafthlswas discriminatory, inasmuch as France in return offered to Canada a similar reduction of rateo The United States never having offered con cessions to Canada, Mr. Taft said, could not ex pect such preferential treatment on the other side. There stood in the way, however, the fact that the reductions granted by Canada to France were automatically applied to thirteen other countries, included in Great Britain's 'fa vored nation' policy. This the president held did not amount to discrimination against the United States. President Taft made the propo sition that Canada would be absolved from 'un due discrimination' against the United States if this country were given a 2y2 per cent re duction on the articles in which American firma compete with the 'favored nations' in the Ca nadian market. The dominion government finally agreed and on these terms, the settle ment was reached. Thus, while the reductions actually applied only to something like three per cent of American exports to Canada, the large part of the exports are in the non-competitive classes, where America would have the market, anyway. Canada conceded thirteen numbers to the United States, the thirteenth being a 'basket' or omnibus clause, which in cludes a host of articles, among which cotton seed oil is one of the heaviest exports. As to wood pulp and print paper, some criticism has been leveled at the president. It was officially stated at the White House today that these items did not, and could not enter into the negotia tions. The rates and terms of duty on wood and wood pulp are fixed in the tariff law, and can not be made the subject of negotiation, or discretionary action on the part of tho president." THEODORE ROOSEVELT reached Rome April 3 and immediately trouble was brew ing. He wanted an audienece with the pope but it was made a condition that he must not address the Methodist society. American Catho lics sought to have the Vatican 'change its atti tude. This was without effect and Mr. Roose velt did not get to see the pope. Mr. Roosevelt telegraphed Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of the Outlook, the following statement: "Through the Outlook I wish to make a statement to my fellow Americans regarding what has occurred in connection with the Vatican. I am sure that the great majority of my fellow citizenes, Catho-" lies quite as much as Protestants, will feel that I acted in the only way possible for an American to act, and because of this very fact, I most earnestly hope that the incident will be treated atter"0-course way, as merely personal, i ,vS0Ve a11' as not warranting the slightest exhibition of rancor or bitterness. Among my rlSLad Cl?sest f r,iends are many Catholics. The' respect and regard of those of my fellow Ameri cans who are Catholics are as dear to me as the respect and regard of those who are Protees tants. On my journey through Africa I visited .ton? CiC ai T11 aSmany ProtestUmfs slons. As I look forward to telling the neonla at home all that has been done by Protestante and Catholics , as I saw it, in the field of miS sionary endeavor, it would cause me a real p to have anything said or done that would hurt ?irKiousebPel?f frlends' whatew Seto llglous belief. But any personal consideration are of no consequence in this matter Th a SS andtahCnSiderati0.n is the atoce oThaSh and bitter comment, such as may excite rn? trust and anger among good men .The moreen American sees of other countries th U profound must be his 'feeling of SatitS3 In his own land there is not only fomrtS? ? ation, but the heartiest good will 2nd wSltT" between sincere and honest men nf5?SPath? faiths-good will and sympathy ? -li6?! that in tho innumerable ydanyiauonTSPlete American life, Catholics and ProtestSnfa ? nSI their minds This is a cond?tin VnGr re,sent in national-well-being that nntiVn? yi&1 to our mitted to keep it dlSerent inilUld be per" and criticism, acrimon are not only profitless, but hanS?uV ?nd to?0' upon such an incident as this n n . seIzo controversy would be whdllv fnS?f?ecSSon fo should bo frowned upon by Catho?fneHnSlbie'T,and estants alike, and JSmjSSSI ProU - ptJtfW9fimtmv m 'f x-f -"f---"---r -- -njt , WinnmH,, -'T n it ' f f " TTJ ,,ffj , . 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