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The Commoner.
11
JULY 22, 1910
candidate for governor. The Asso
ciated Press report of the convention
says: "Burt Williams was the unan
imous choice for United States sen
ator of the democratic state conven
tion which has adjourned. After a
hot fight on the floor the Ballhorn
resolution, scoring the democratic
legislators who walked out in the
last legislature during the voting for
Isaac Stephenson for the United
States senate, was passed. The con
vention also voted down a resolution
favoring the initiative, referendum
and recall. The resolution favoring
a tax on franchises also was voted
down. William Wolfe of LaCrosse
was named permanent chairman. The
report of the committee on resolu
tions was adopted as read after the
convention wrangled for three hours
in an effort on the part of a large
number of the delegates to change
the phraseology of the plan relating
to conservation and home rule. An
effort was also made to add a plank
to the platform condemning county
option which was ejected after a
lengthy debate."
troying the house and killing many
natives. The Chinese retaliated by
storming and capturing the Portu
gese post. Portugese reinforcements
were sent to the scene from Mexico.
The island of Colowan is near Macao
and its ownership is a matter of dis
pute between the Chinese and Portu
gese
A. E. Cady is a candidate for re
publican nomination for governor of
Nebraska. He will bo opposed by
State Senator C. H. Aldrich.
At Guthrie, Okla., Federal Judge
John H. Cotteral dismissed the peti
tion of Daniel Simms, the aged ex
slave, for an injunction to prevent
the holding of an election on August
2, to pass upon the "grandfather
clause," a proposed amendment to
the state constitution which is aimed
at the disfranchisement of a portion
of the negroes oMhe state. John H.
Borford, for Sims, gave notice of ap
peal to the United States supreme
court.
A Hong Kong cablegram carried
by the Associated Press says: "A
Portugese gunboat operating with
troops bombarded the pirate settle
ment on the island of Colowan, des-
An Osage City, Kansas, dispatch
carried by the Associated Press fol
lows: "For the first time since ho
returned to Kansas, United States
Senator Joseph L. Bristow, in a
speech here, referred to the fact that
he has been denied patronage by
President Toft. 'It is disagreeable,'
he said, 'to be ostracized from politi
cal recognition for opinion's sake,
but when I know that I am standing
for the interests of the people, who
chose me to represent them, I cer
tainly accept the ostracism and have
no apologies to make for the votes
cast. The progressive republicans
are contending for the honest fulfill
ment of the pledges we made in the
last campaign. We have an abiding
faith In a triumphant victory. Kan
sas is not reactionary, Kansas will
not consent to be classed with Rhode
Island and Pennsylvania as machine
ridden states that obeyed the dictates
of financial organizations that are in
politics for plunder.' "
1908. They exceeded 1909, how
ever, by ?82,000,000. A rapid de
cline of excess of exports is evident.
They exceeded imports by $187,
000,000, as against an excess of
$351,000,000 in 1909 and $6GG,
000,000 in 1908, the latter the high
year for excess of exports. Imports
free of duty were $756,000,000, as
compared with $044,000,000 in
1907, the former high-record year
for freo imports. The dutiable im
ports wore $802,000,000, as against
$790,000,000 in 1907, the high-record
year for dutiable imports."
William Loeb, jr., collector of the
port of New York, has been picked
by President Taft as the republican
nominee as governor of New York.
The will of the late 'Chief Justice
Fuller has been filed and it shows
real estate valued at $1,000,000.
The state department has been ap
pealed to to rescue William Pittman
from a prison in Bluefields, Nicar
agua. The Madriz government
caused Pittman's arrest and has held
him in a starving condition. It is
believed that Madriz has other
Americans stowed away.
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Postmaster General Hitchcock has
gone to Europe in search of health.
Speaker Cannon and Gifford Pln
chot were both guests of the Knife
and Fork club in Kansas City. They
were both given good receptions and
they engaged in a joint debate on
conservation.
I Washington News 1
Italy has demanded the extradi
tion of Porter Charlton, charging
with murder, but the American state
department is inclined to hold that
an insane person can not be extradited.
Even the postal savings bank law,
enacted at the last session of con
gress, is popular. A Washington dis
patch to the Chicago Record-Herald:
"The postmaster at Silvis, 111., !s of
opinion that postal savings banks as
a safe place of deposit are ideal and
that money will stay in the' west in
stead of going east when they are
established. He therefore earnestly
desires that Silvis should be desig
nated among the places where tLe
banks will be established. The post
master at Jackson, Mich., also ap
plies to have his office placed upon
the list. Among the banks today to
ask the board of trustees, to be desig
nated as depositories for the postal
savings bank fund were: State Sav
ings Bank, Elsie, Mich.; States Bank
of Mayville, Mayville, Wis.; First
National Bank, Hudson, Wis.; First
National Bank, Nellisville, Wis.;
People's National Bank, Indepen
dence, Iowa; People's Savings Bank,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; First National
Bank, Minneapolis; American Ex
change National Bank, Duluth,
Minn."
to submit to the clerk of the house
within a week or two after the elec
tion is over. Members of the demo
cratic congressional committee say
that the publicity law will hardly
satisfy the advocates of that measure,
but it may not be without a moral
influence. There is no concealment
of the fact that thus far contribu
tions to the democratic campaign
fund are not flowing in as in the
days of yore. On the contrary a
spirit of economy seems to have
seized upon the old liberal contrib-
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A Washington dispatch to the
Louisville Courier-Journal says
"President Taft made another an
nouncement that he would not give
serious consideration to filling vacan
cies on the United States supreme
court bench until fall. As to the
calling of an extra session of the
senate to confirm appointees to facili
tate the rehearing of the Standard
Oil, tobacco and corporation tax
cases, it is said the president has not
definitely made up his mind."
A Washington dispatch says: "It
is said at headquarters of the demo
cratic congressional committee that
books would be opened to conform
with the campaign publicity bill and
that contributions received for the
campaign would be entered 'inthe
book in accordance with the publicity-
laws. The committee will
have its report, of 'contributions ready
The Chicago Record-Herald says:
"The total value of the foreign com
merce of the United States during
the fiscal year of 1910, which ended
on June 30, was $3,302,821,057, ac
cording to complete returns made
public by the bureau of statistics of
the department of commerce and
labor. The total imports were val
ued at $1,557,854,854, exceeding
those of 1907, the previous high
record year, by more than $123,
000,000. The total exports were ex
ceeded only by the years 1907 and
1908 and were valued at $1,744,
966,203, falling $136,000,000 be
hind 1907 and $116,000,000, below
A Washington dispatch carried by
the Associated Press follows: "Per
sonal strife among the officers of the
United States marine corps reached
a climax when the navy department
as the result of a court of inquiry,
sent letters of censure to nearly all
of the officers concerned. No further
judicial proceedings are contemplat
ed. The censured officers are Major
General George F. Elliott, comman
dant of the corps; Col. Charles. H.
Lauchheimer, adjutant and inspec
tor; Col. Frank L. Denny, the quar
termaster at Washington; Col.
Charles A. Doyen, commanding the
marine barracks of the naval acad
emy at Annapolis; Lieutenant
Colonel Thomas C. Prince, assistant
quartermaster at Washington; Lieu
tenant Colonel Henry C. JHaines, as
sistant adjutant and inspector at
Washington, and .Major Louis J. Ma
gill, and Major David D. Porter, as
sistant adjutant at Philadelphia and
Washington respectively. The court
held that General Elliott had been
profane, irritable and Irascible at
times, indulging moderately in in
toxicating liquors, but never intoxi
cated on duty and sometimes had
failed to treat subordinates with
courtesy, but was usually polite, gen
erous, truthful and a 'plain, blunt
soldier, open and frank.' Gen
eral Elliott was paid a tribute by the
court for telling the whole truth
'even to his own detriment if he
thought the facts had the least bear
ing on the question.' 'He was sus
picious,' added the court, 'of the ad
jutant and inspector, his assistants
and some others, and unjustly be
lieved they were trying to drive him
from office. What added greatly to
his irritability was a disease of the
right ear, which infirmity does not
appeaT to have been generally known
to his subordinates. He worked for
the good of the service and accom
plished much, but failed to maintain
discipline at headquarters and to en
force proper respect for himself in
office.' "
"So," said Tommy's father, "you
took dinner at Willie Stout's house
today. I hope when it came to extra
helpings you had manners enough to
say, 'No.' "
"Yes, sir," replied Tommy. "I
said, 'No,' several times."
"Ah! you did?"
"Yes, sir. Mrs. Stout kept askin'
me if I had enough." Catholic
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