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APRIL 29, 1910
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bly before the close of tbo cession.
The measure received the solid vote
of the democrats present with the
exception of two.
The cotton firm of K!night, Yancy
& Co., one of the biggest concerns
of the kind in the south, having
offices in Decatur, Mobile, Hunts
ville, Birmingham and other Ala
bama cities, has gone into voluntary
bankruptcy. The liabilities are said
to be in the neighborhood of four
million dollars.
Benton McMillin, former governor
of Tennessee and for several terms
democratic- leader in the national
house of representatives, has an
nounced himself a candidate for the
United States senate, subject to the
action of the democratic primary of
June 4, to succeed James B. Frazier,
whose term expires March 4, next.
Senator Frazier has declared he
would not enter the primary, but
further than this his plans have not
been announced.
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The high price of meat is partly
due to fictitious competition, bidding
for cattle on the market, between
buyers regularly employed by the
Swift, Armour and Morris interests,
and buyers employed by the National
Packing company, which is con
trolled by those interests, according
to testimony at St. Louis by A. S.
Benn, vice president of the St. Louis
Dressed Beef and Provision com
pany, in the investigation of the
packers being conducted by Attorney
General Major. The St. Louis com
pany Is owned and controlled by the
National Packing company.
With a view of making the investi
gation of legislative corruption
thorough and sincere, Senator Kissell
of Kings county, N Y., introduced , a'
bill naming Theodore Roosevelt,
Governor Hughes, B. B. Odell, Jr.,
William R. Hearst, D. B. Hill and
William R. Sheehan as a committee
to carry on all such investigations.
Senator Kissell's plan caused laugh
ter, but the senator maintains he is
serious.
An Associated Press dispatch under
date of April 20 says: "Senator
Nelson W. Aldrich called unostenta
'tiously at the White House late Tues
day, and personally acquainted Pres
ident Taft with his determination to
retire from politics at the end of his
present term, March 3 next. Senator
Aldrich came after all the attaches
had departed for the day, and went
direct to the White House proper
rather than to the executive offices.
The call was officially for the pur
pose of consulting with the president
about pending legislation, and par
ticularly with reference to, the sev
eral measures which the president
has characterized as the redemption
of solemn party promises. The
greeting between the senator and the
president was a hearty one, but it is
said there was no attempt on Mr.
Taft's part to disguise the genuine
sorrow he1 is believed to feel over
the retirement of the Rhode Island
senator. The president has let it
be known for some time past that
he felt he had the genuine and sin
cere support of Senator Aldrich, re
gardless of what his critics may have
said, or thought. Mr. Taft has been
a staunch believer in Mr. Aldrich's
sincerity, and he has looked to him
to put the party measures through
the senate in the shape recommend
ed by the administration. As 'Sen
ator Aldrich will "serve throughout
the present and the next session of
congress, the president still believes
that he will have accomplished by
that time everything promised in the
party platform."
Samuel L. Clemens, "Mark
Twain," died at Redding, Conn., on
April 18, aged 76. He lapsed into
coma at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
and did not again recover conscious
ness, dying at 6:30 p. m. Mr. Clem
ens was born at Florida, Mo., No
vember 30, 1835. At the age of 13
he was apprenticed as a printer, and
at 18 became a "cub pilot" on the
Mississippi, then In the height of its
glory as a waterway. His experi
ences as a printer and pilot enabled
him to write "Tom Sawyer" and
''The Adventures of Huckleberry
Pinn," and "Old Times on the Mis
sissippi." After the destruction of
river navigation he engaged in news
paper work, drifting to Nevada
where he worked on Virginia City
papers. Later he worked .as a re
porter in San Francisco and as a
special correspondent in the San
wich Islands. His first book was
"Roughing It," and was immensely
successful. Later he engaged in the
publishing business and went bank
rupt. With undiminished courage
he again took up his pen and paid
off every dollar of an immense in
debtedness. He was married in 1871
at Elmira, N. Y., to Miss Oliva1 L.
Langdon. Mrs. Clemens died sev
eral years ago. Four children were
born to them, one son and three
daughters. The son and one daugh
ter died in early infancy. Another
daughter, Jean, was found dead in
her bath a few months ago, and this
Bad death is believed to have hast
ened the demise of the famous hu
morist. Another daughter, Clara, is
the wife of the famous pianist, Ossip
Gabrilowitsch, whom she married
about a year ago. She was with her
father when he died.
A Washington dispatch to the Lin
coln, Neb., Daily Star, under date of
April 20, says: "Mr. Bryan ex
pressed to them (democratic mem
bers of the Nebraska congressional
delegation) bis entire confidence in
a sweeping victory for the democratic
party in Nebraska and the nation.
A decision to allow Representa
tives Lever and Legar of South Car
olina to retain their seats in the
house was announced by elections
committee No. 3. Both seats had
been contested.
The morning after the special
election in the Rochester, N. Y., con
gressional district, the result was the
all-absorbing topic in and about the
capitol building at Washington. With
mock seriousness Representative
Rucker of Missouri, a democrat,
arose to make a parliamentary in
quiry soon after the house convened.
"Has the house yet heard that the
Thirty-second district of New York
had an election yesterday?" asked
Mr. Rucker. When the democratic
demonstration, precipitated by the
suggestion that a democrat had been
elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of a republican- member
had ceased, Speaker Cannon with
equal gravity replied: "Answering
the parliamentary inquiry, the chair
observes that one side of the house
and the gentleman from Missouri
seem to be enthusiastic." Then,
raising his voice, the speaker added
prophetically: "He laughs best who
laughs last." It was then the turn of
the republicans to laugh and applaud
and the democrats good naturedly
joined in the laughter.
The Associated Press dispatches
of April 20, the day following the
election in the Rochester, N. Y., dis
trict, told the following story of how
the news was received in Washing
ton: "Not since the political cam
paign began have the democrats been
in such a jubilant mood as they were
today over the result of the New
York election. They gathered early
on tho floor and there was every
where a spirit of felicitation. The
republican loaders declined to at
tach any particular significance to
the deal. It was just a skirmish. 'It
does not mean anything,' said Rep
resentative Boutell of Illinois. His
statement was typical of the republi
can expression. Among the demo
crats and insurgent republicans thero
was a greater variety of viows. Rep
resentative Francis Burton Harrison
(dem.) of New York, believed It
marked tho overthrow of a regime,
nation-wide In its extent. 'It Is the
beginning of a new epoch,' ho said.
'I do not believe a single republican
congressman from New York Is safe
from defeat under the conditions wo
have there. Tho retirement of Sen
ators Aldrich and Halo and tho re
sult of the elections in Massachusetts
and New York means tho passing of
an old order and tho establishment
of a new and better one. It Is tho
dawning of a new day.' Representa
tive Underwood, the democratic
'whin' declared that 'It was a dis
tinct repudiation of the Payne-Ald-rlch
tariff law and the administra
tion.' No other construction could
be placed on the Massachusetts and
New York elections, ho said. Rop
resentatle Olllo James said the dem
ocrats would have a majority in the
next congress. Representative Law
rence of Massachusetts, a republican
member of the new rules committee,
when approached on tho subject of
the election said 'It wasn't up to tho
Massachusetts members to explain
New York.' Representative Norrls,
of Nebraska, one of tho Insurgent
leaders, said: 'It Is simply an up
rising of the people against machine
rule and means that the people will
stand for it no longer. It is a local
matter In New York, but similar con
ditions prevail through tho country
and similar results will ensue.' 'What
does it mean to this house?' Mr.
Norris was asked. 'It means that
the members who are here because
of machine politics both republi
cans and democrats should be able
to see the end they are coming to.
They won't be hero much longer,'
was the reply. Representative Ham
ilton Fish of New York, an
other insurgent, thought Ald
rldge's defeat in Rochester was large
ly due to his personality and what
he was known to stand for. 'Can
nonism was also an issue,' said Mr.
Fish. 'Aldridge was asked whether
he stood for Cannon or not and de
clined to answer. The people an
swered for him.' There was inci
dental reference In the senate to the
I election, by Mr. Gallinger."
On the afternoon of April 25,
President Taft sent to the senate the
nomination of Governor Charles B.
Hughes, of New York, to the va
cancy of associate justice of the su
preme court of the United States to
succeed the late Justice David J.
Brewer. Previous to the appoint
ment President Taft received a let
ter of acceptance from Governor
Hughes.
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