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The Commoner.
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 13
ground thai the ovldonco may tend
to incrlmlnnto him, but that no per
son Bhall bo proBCcutod or Bubjcctod
to any penalty or forfeiture on ac
count of any mattor concerning which
ho may testify or produce ovldonco.
Supromo court decisions woro quoted
by Judgo Carpenter, an analyaiB of
which, ho Bald, showed that thoro
was no such thing as a constitutional
right of absoluto silence In all cases.
James Wilkorson Bald: 'The pro
gram now Is for as speedy a trial as
possible. I boliovo tho trial will bo
hold the last of April or tho first of
May.' Attorneys for tho defendants
refused to discuss their plans for tho
future."
Canadian oillcials at Winnipeg re
fusod admission to 165 negroes from
Oklahoma, who planned to settle in
tho Dominion,
Senator Cummins, of Iowa-, de
livered an address at Des Moines
March 24, in which ho opposed
tho Canadian reciprocity treaty, say
ing that it would materially increase
tho frco list.
Tho ontiro cabinet of President
Diaz has resigned. Diaz has asked
thorn to withhold their resignations
for a while. They think the resigna
tions will hasten peace.
A Los Angeles dispatch, carried
by tho United Press, says: "Al
though Colonel Roosevelt opposed
tho recall In Arizona, ho thinks it is
a good thing for California'. Ho said:
'I think tho recall of judges should
not bo adopted until, by actual ex
periment, tho pooplo are driven to it
as a necessary but regrettable
method of doing away with somo
even worso evils.' Conditions in
California, ho said, ho believed were
such aB to 'rondor it imperative to
provide methods for retiring any
judgo when you became convinced
that his retention on the bench is no
longer in tho interest of judgment
and fair dealing, from the standpoint
of the peoplo in general.' "
Tho New Jersey stato senate has
defeated tho income tax.
Including do la Barra, President
Diaz has selected live members of
his now ministry. Mexican insurrec
tos insist that governors of the
states resign. Insurrectos at El Paso
say they will keep right on fighting."
Tho Russian government has pre
sented an ultimatum to China.
Ono hundred and forty-eight lives
woro lost in a fire in Now York
skyscraper factory.
Ton peoplo were killed and a num
ber injured in a railroad wreck in
Goorgia.
A little steamer turned turtle in
tho north Pacific and twenty-six
peoplo wore lost.
Washington News
The supromo court adjourned for
a two weeks' recess without announc
ing its decision in either the Stand
ard Oil or the Tobacco Corporation
dissolution suits.
The smallest Panama Canal bond
of the new issue will be $100.
The constitutionality of the Geor
gia prohibition law is to be tested
in the United States supreme court.
Tho president has approved the
dismissal from tho army of Liouten
ant James L. Craig.
Reports to the census bureau show
that the cotton crop of 1910 was
11,541,563 bales.
American exports increased $51,
500,000 in February as compared
with tho same period last year.
by Ambassador Uchida at a con
ference at tho whito house. Quick
confirmation camo from Mexico City,
in an announcement that following
the marital demonstration in Texas,
the secret Japanese-Mexican treaty
has been abrogated. Uchida told Taft
that ho could rest assured that
hereafter Japan will take no part
whatever In Mexican affairs. Dip
lomats and high officials realized
that Taft's felicitations to Uchida
wero the merest formality of
diplomacy. Following tho invariable
rulo in diplomacy, President Taft
and Baron Uchida agreed before they
parted as to what statement should
be made public, and under the cir
cumstances the statement made was
tho most obvious possible, according
to diplomats. It was tho natural
announcement for this country to de
clare its friendliness for Japan and
for Japan in return to do the same,
as recent developments were satis
factory to the United States. The
secret Japanese-Mexican treaty, ex
istence of which was publicly denied
by all officials, was framed last
April, when a special agent of the
mikado went to Mexico City."
Calls for six or seven thousand
recruits, to bring the infantry to its
full strength, have been sent by the
war department to all the recruiting
stations in the country.
Rear Admiral Charles E. Vreeland,
now in command of the second di
vision of the Atlantic fleet has been
detailed to represent the navy at
tho cornation of King George V. Ad
miral Dewey declined the appoint
ment because of the length of the
journey.
The president has appointed W. W.
Warwick, of Cincinnati, judge of the
supreme court of the Panama Canal
Zone.
Dr. Edward F. Ashley, a noted
bacteriologist of Now York city, who
had made a fight against the entry
of cerebro-spinal meningitis into
Now York port by immigrants, died a
victim to tho disease.
tho Standard Oil and tobacco cor
porations, the Oregon case, involving
the constitutionality of laws adopted
by tho initiative and referendum
method, may not be passed upon by
the supreme court of the United
States until next year. Only ono
month remainB in the present term
of argument of cases, and more than
seventy-five cases must be considerd
before the Oregon case will bo
reached. Should it not bo argued
this term, it will be considered early
next fall. The case was brought to
the supreme court by the Pacific
states Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, an Oregon corporation, which
raised the objection that a law,
adopted recently by tho initiative
and referendum method, under which
all telephone and telegraph com
panies in Oregon are to pay a license
tax of 2 per cent per annum on grosa
receipts, is unconstitutional. In ad
dition to the alleged violation of tho
Oregon constitution it is claimed
that any law adopted by the initia
tive and referedum method is in
violation of that clause in the federal
constitution which guarantees a re
publican form of government in each
of the states. The supreme court of
Oregon defended the initiative and
referendum amendment of the Ore
gon constitution in 1902 aB not viola
tive of the federal constitution. That
tribunal said that under the initiative
and referendum method of legisla
tion, the representative feature of
the old system of government still
remained, the effect of the amend
ment in question being only to re
tain in the mass of electors-a. larger
share of legislative pow'er ttfan'ihere
tofore. It is the first time the con
stitutionality of this method of legis
lation has come before the federal
supreme court."
The Washington correspondent for
the Associated Press said: "Pushed
to tne rear by the advancement and President Taft is in receipt of a
renearing or many rederal cases, in- message of good will from the em-
ciuamg tne dissolution suits against peror of Japan.
Former Secretary of the Interior
Taft and left Washington for the
west.
New Jersey's house of representa
tives has passed Governor Wilson's
election reform bill. s
Dr. Mary Walker declared herself
a candidate for the senatorship in
New York. ,
George J. Gould resigned as presi
dent of the Missouri Pacific railroad
and was elected chairman of the
board of directors.
The Illinois state senate has passed
a bill giving woman the right to
vote on city and township matters,
also on any question of local or state
wide public policy.
Roosevelt's African trophies are
being rapidly prepared for public exhibition.
Mexican news from Associated
Press dispatches is reported as fol
lows: "Mexican Ambassador De la
Barra has been selected as premier
of tho now cabinet, and has accepted.
Cigars at Anti-Trust Prices.
You can avo nionoy nnd pot tho very best clpars
by onlorliw direct from my clean, sanitary fuctory
(not in trust). My clRars aro strictly hand-mado by
MKN from bimiuIiiq American Havana Tobacco.
Four brands. PrlcoS 31, 81.25 and $1.50 for box of 60
oxpross pnld, sont anywhoro In U. S. on receipt of
amount. Monoy rofundod If not satisfied. Snnpinl
VflSTi il"J5ts of50;) or ,'000, Address: IIKNlty
In: 11 MEL, idoo Market St, Wlicollii?, W. Va.
An Associated Press correspondent
says: "Apportioned among the states
and territories according to their
militia strength, 200 national guard
officers will be sent by the war de
partment to San Antonio, Tex., and
thirty-five to San Diego, Cal., on
April 5, for two weeks' instruction
in service with the mobilized regu
lars. Tne department expects to
send a total of 1,000 militia officers
to the maneuvers at federal expense.
Tho number of militia officers from
each state and territory authorized
by tho department to join the regu
lar troops on April 6, follows: At
San Antonio Alabama. 6 : Arkansas.
13; Connecticut, 5; Delaware. 1:
District of Columbia, 3; Florida, 2;
Georgia, 5; Illinois 11; Indiana, 4;
Iowa, 5; Kansas, 3; Kentucky, 3;
Louisiana, 3; Maine, 3; Maryland, 4;
Massachusetts, 11; Michigan 5;
Minnesota, 5; Mississippi. 3: 'Mis
souri, 6; Nebraska, 2; New Hamp
shire, 2; Now Jersey, 8; New York,
29; North Carolina, 4; North Dakota,
1; Ohio, 11; Oklahoma, 2; Pennsyl
vania, 18; Rhode Island, 2; South
Carolina, 4; South Dakota, 2; Ten
nessee, 3; Texas. 5: Vermont.
Virginia, 5; West Virginia, 4; Wis
consin, G, At San Diego Arizona,
2; California', 10; Colorado, 3; Idaho,
2; Montana, 2; New Mexico, 3; Ore
gon, 5; Utah, 2; Washington, 4;
Wyoming, 2.
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