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speech attacking it. Mr. Underwood
defended tho measure.
Chairman Underwood, of the ways
and means committee, in explaining
tho proposed measure, acknowledged
that it would mean a reduction in
government revenues by at least
$10,000,000 a year, but declared
that this would be more than met
by government economies.
"This free list bill is not offered
as a compensation to the farmer for
products of his that were put on the
free list in the reciprocity bill," said
Mr. Underwood, "because we don't
believe the passage of the recipro
city agreement will in any way affect
the farmers' income. One of the
objects of this bill is to remove from
the protected list those implements
that the farmer uses in producing his
crop. The other purpose is to re
duce the cost of living to the masses
by putting their food products on
tho free list."
Mr. Underwood announced that
this was only the beginning of the
democratic revision of the tariff.
"We propose to revise the tariff,
schedule by schedule," he said.
"That is, in our opinion, the only
proper way to handle the tariff ques
tion in congress.
"The democratic party does not
stand for the wiping out of the cus
toms houses. We realize that the
expenses of the government may be
borne by a judicious system of du
ties, but by lowering and adjusting
prohibitive duties we can fully main
tain the amount of customs revenues."
Practically all officials of the in
terior department whose names
figured prominently during the Bal-.
linger-Pinchot investigation have
now left the government service.
Friends of Ambassador Hill circu
lated a story that he had been forced
to relinqush his post at the Ger
man court to make room for the
appointment of a' contributor to the
Taft campaign fund.
The judiciary committee of the
senate has favorably reported tho
resolution providing for the direct
election of United States senators.
Referring to the proceedings of this
committee, the Associated Press
says: "All the democratic senators
present and three progressive repub
licans voted for the resolution. These
wero Senators Chilton, Overman,
Culberson, Bacon, Cummins, Borah
and Brown. The negative votes were
cast by Senators Clark (Wyoming),
Dillingham. Sutherland "Rmnrtcxroa
and Root. An amendment offered
by Mr. Sutherland providing for
federal supervision of elections when
deemed desirable, was voted, down.
Senator Borah, who led the fight in
the last session for the measure, waB
authorized to report it to the senate.
The senators who voted against the
Sutherland amendment were: Bacon
Culberson, Overman and Chilton,'
uwiuuuruiu, ana uoraii and Cummins
republicans." '
131,829,436 yaTds, leaving to bo
excavated 60,708,330 yards.
Tho canal at the Pacific entrance
Is completed from deep water to a
point opposite the Panama railroad
wharf at Balboa, a1 distance of about
five miles. Inland from this point
the open water channel extends three
miles, varying from 30 to 45 feet in
depth, and certain sections have been
excavated to its final width of 500
feet. - .
In the Atlantic entrance to tho
canal the channel is completed to
its full width of 500 feet. There re
mains to be taken out of this section
30,600,000 yards of earth, and 3,
800,000 yards of rock, so the earth
excavation is 66 per cent and the
rock 59 per cent completed.
Excavation in the big Gatun lock
is practically completed and about
56 per cent of the concrete is in
place. The Gatun dam, the greatest
in the world, is about 60 per cent
completed. The concrete work on
the locks at Pedro Miguel is over
67 per cent completed and about 11
per cent of the concrete is in place
at the Miraflore locks.
A DAUGHTER OF DIXIE
Her eyes are soft with dreams of
love
And dark as some lagoon
In which through woven branches
shines
The glory of the moon.
Her silver voice is sweet and low,
Her brow is broad and meek,
And pure as waxen orange flowers
Tho oval of her cheek
Her dusky tresses thick and 'fine
In many a silken fold
Are bound about her shapely head
And filleted with gold
Her lips are like the dewy 'rose'
That finds a resting place
Upon her heart in filmy frills -
Of organdie and lace.
A knight of old who crossed the sea
With nothing but his lance,
Bequeathed to her that regal air,
That dark and tender glance.
Oh, daughter of the sunny south,
Whero summer never dies,
The north that never feared your
guns
Surrenders to your eyes!
Minna' Irving in Leslie's.
WORK ON PANAMA OANAIi
Washington dispatch to Chicago
Tribune: The excavation in tho
central division of the Panama canal
including the great Culebra cut and
the Chagres section during February
was the greatest on record beinc
i'-,4S2'e32LcubIc yards- Altogether
71,035,622 yards have been exca
vated in that division, ' leaving 26
091,495 yards to bo removed. '
In the Atlantic division the total
excavation was 574,199 yards and
in tho Pacific division 509,217 yards
Taking tho canal as a whole up to
March 1, there had been taken out
SENATOR BAILEY AND THE
TARIFF
Savoyard, in Dallas (Texas) News
and Fort Worth (Texas) Record:
The other morning my friend, Bob
Gates, of the congressional galleries
handed me a newspaper clipping that
he informed me was an editorial
from tho Fort Worth (Texas)
Record, accusing me of the Tiorrible
and revolting crime of inconsistency,
that "bugaboo of little minds." Pri
vate letters, also from Texas, havo
come to this town warning timid
folks of my awful perversity in this
behalf.
It seems that Senator Joseph W.
Bailey some years ago made a speech
on the "judicial power" nominated in
the federal constitution, and it chal
lenged my attention and extorted my
admiration. I had no hesitancy in
complimenting the mental endow
ments and legal attainments of the
senator, and I still say it was a:'
great speech and worthy to rank
with those of our eminent consti
tutional laWVBMI foTir F ntinm n-rrar-
dealt with a legal, question in a way
that was not Greek to me, though
some forty 'years ago I was a "near
lawyer" myself. I also said that Mr.
Bailey must be a man of force to
substitute his idoa of "near" . tariff
protection for he splendid democ
racy of Roger Q. Mills and make it.
go down in Texas and in the south;
or words of that import.
But does my admiration of Bailey;