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'A -.Mtf -Jtfi Mi, - ' iv v , i .' The Commoner ' T JULf, 1916 make? but In my favor as an honest and con scientious spokesman of a great nation. "There are some gentlemen who are under tho delusion that the power of a nation comes from the top. It does not; it come from the bottom. The power and virtue of the tree doe not come from the blossom and the fruit down into tho roots, but it comes from the roots in the obscure passages of the earth whero the power is derived which displays itself in the blossdm and the fruit; and! know that among the silent, speechless masses of the American people is slowly coming up tho great sap of moral purpose and love of justice and reverence for humanity which constitutes the only virtue and distinction of the American people. "Look for your rulers of the future! Can you pick out the families that are going to produce them? Can you pick out tho localities that are going to produce them? FUTURE BRINGS ITS RULERS "You have heard what has just been said about Abraham Lincoln. It is singular how touching every reference to Abraham Lincoln Is. It always makes you feel that you wish you had been there to help him in some fashion to fight the battles that he was fighting sometimes al most alone. Could you have predicted, If you had seen Abraham Lincoln's birth and boyhood, whero that great ruling figure of the world was going to spring from? "I have presided over a university, but I never deceived myself by supposing that by university processes you were producing the ruling forces of the world. I knew that all that a university could do if it knew its business was to interpret the moral forces of the world and let the young men who sat under its Influence know the very truth of truths abput where it came from, and that no man could 'produce it unless he felt in his blood every corpuscle spring Into delighted life with tho mention of the ideals which have lifted men slow, oh, how slowly, up the arduous grades that have resisted progress since tho world began. "So, gentlemen, I have not come here tonight to do anything "but to remind you that you do not constitute' the United States; that -I do riot constitute, the 'United Sates ; that it isk something bigger aiid greater an finer than any of us;, that it was born' In atl ideal, and only Tjy pur suing an ideal In the face of every adverse cir-. cumstance will it continue to deserve the be loved name which we love and for which we are ready to die, the name 'America.' " EAGER ANSWERS AND APPLAUSE Time and again astbe President spoke he was interrupted by applause. To the questions' that he put the diners answered unanimously, eagerly; At the conclusion of the address the cheering was tumultuous and prolonged, and a host of tho -u -diners flocked about the guest table to congrat ulate the President -and shake his hand.' . .-. SUFFRAGE AND THE SOUTH The vote on the woman-suffrage plank in the democratic convention is interesting. The con vention indorsed' i almost five to one, and in so doing it 'inci'deritally .exploded the. idea that,the. south was in opposition. But IS ata,tes, put of the 48 cast any votes against suffrage. Eight of these ' only were southern states. Jnst one of the eight cast a unanimous vote;" this, was Maryland. But two others .Texas and Georgia castmajority votes against it. Texas voted 32 to 8 against, suffrage; Georgia voted 23, to 4 against it. Florida voted for It, 8 Jo 4; Louisiana favored ft 12 to 8; North Carolina indorsed it, 13 to 11; Missouri stood behind it, 24 to 4; Alabama cast 3 votes for it and registered a lone vote against it. Ev ery vote of Arkansas, Kenutcky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia and South Carolina was cast for the suffrage, plank. r Of the 18.1 votes case against it, but 79 came from the south; the rest of the country marshaled more than 50 per cent of the oppo sition. And the eight southern states that sup plied the 79 votes in opposition cast 92 for suffrage. The myth of southern opposition to universal suffrage ought, in view of the facts, to be aban doned. St. Louis Republic. In spite of the threatening character of the Mexican situation, at the time the national guard was ordered mobilized, the work of re cruiting the companies to war strength was a long an'd tedious task. The prayerful atten tion of those who have been jnsisting that the people of the United States were' not against war is called to this fee Treasury Statement Shows Prosperity c2elow statement Issued by Secretary of tho Treasury McAdoo, July 1, 1916, which shows the prosperous condition of tho nation's finances under democratic rule. Tho fiscal year closed on Juno 30, 1916, with tho treasury in a very strong and gratifying condition,, reflecting the great and unprecedented prosperity of the country. Subject to revision upon analysis of complete returns, the reports show that tho balance in the general fund at the qloso of business yesterday was $236,879,590.90, including amounts to the credit of disbursing officers and . outstanding treasury warrants. With these eliminated, the balance, was $174,965,231.97, the greatest bal ance in the general fund of tho government sinco 1908. The surplus of all receipts over all expendi tures for the year amounted to $78,737,810.11, as compared with a deficit of $59,436,580.15 for tho fiscal year 1915. s The surplus of ordinary receipts over ordin ary disbursements, (exclusive of Panama canal and public debt transactions) was $61,112,813. 74, as compared with a deficit of $42,867,797.59 the previous year. Incomo tax receipts reached tho great total of $124,867,430.28, as compared with $79,828, 675.27 for the previous year. This amount in cluded $56,909,941.78 from corporations and $67,957,488.50 from individuals, exceeding all estimates of collections for tho year. Customs receipts for the year amounted .to $211,866,222.34, as against $209,268,107.43 the previous year, and exceeding the estimate by more than $16,000,000. Receipts from internal revenue wero unprece dented and remarkable, reaching tho enormous total of $512,740,769.58, and exceeding all pre vious estimates by many miU'ons; Ordinary in ternal revenue receipts amounted to $387,873,- 339.30, and, excluding the emergency revenue from this amount, these receipts were approxi mately $304,000,000, or $32,000,000 greater than had been estimated. Tho largo receipts from internal revenue art due In great measure to the unprecedented pros perity of the, country and the vigorous enforce ment of the internal revenue laws. Receipts from tobacco, for instance, were the greatest 1 tho history of the internal revenue sorvlce. The exact total for tbxo year which closed yesterday will not bo availablo until tho roturns have been analyzed, but for tho eleven months ended May 31, 1916, receipts from tobacco exceeded the in come from this source during the corresponding period of tho previous year by $8,810,000, ex clusive of all eraorgoncy rovenue taxes. Receipts from tobacco have always boon an index of busi nesfl conditions. Tho cost of collecting the great sum of $512, 740,769.58 of internal revenue taxes was only 1.40 per cent, tho lowest cost' in the history of the internal revenue sorvlce. The balance in the general fund for the fiscal! years 1909 to 1916, exclusive of amounts cred ited to disbursing officers and outstanding treas ury warrants, is indicated by the following table; 1909 $126,375,428.10 1910 106,894,675.67 1911 140,176,926.13 1912. . 167,152,478.99 1913 , 165,960,984.79 1914 161,612,615.53 1915 f . . . 104,170,105.78 1916 : 174,965,231.97 The $174,965,231.97 balance in the general fund mentioned In the above table for tho fiscal year ended yesterday will undoubtedly bo in creased when revised returns aro received. The following is a detailed statement of re ceipts and disbursements for the fiscal year just closed as compared with tho previous year: ' . Customs . ....... Ordinary Internal revenue Income Tax . .... ..... . Miscellaneous ,f OI -. H' .' ' , . ,; ORDINARY RECEIPTS ,., fiscal year io .,'........ .". . .$211,866,222.34' .; 387,873,339.30 124,867,430.28 ..'. 52,873,496.04 Hi- M Fiscal year 1915'"' $209,268,107:43 " 335,828,377;21'', 79,828,675:27 '-' 60,018,623.17 Total , ......... .',... .::..; . ....... $777,480,487.96 -' .-.:... ; ORDINARY DISBURSEMENTS , Checks 'and warrants" pa'id '(less balances repaid, etc) -.$693,466,805.39 interest on public debt:pid.y. '. .-;....... 22,90Q,8.68.83 Total ...I.;.......;:". .". ....... -A . ; $746,367,674.28 $691,543,783.08 ;. Excess of 'ordinary receipts. '. .'". .'...;. . i; . ... ... 61,112,813.74 Excess of ordinary disbursements ........ ,(. ........ . , PANAMA. CANAL AND PUBLIC DEBT RECEIPTS .- 2 2TiK4.K7fi;na - 9 9- m m m w w w w m w w w w -j r . F v v 1,803,500.00 Tolls, etc Sale of Postal Savings bonds .-..-. . i ...... . Deposits for retirement of national 'bank notes (act of July 14 1890) ...... .V. . f. ;; ....... 56565,405.00 . - t - '? i $711,512,138.68: 22,899,441.99 .. $734,411,580.67 42,867,79.7r.69. i. -.1 $ 4,119,407.34 ' .. 933,640.00 21,453,4i5:0'0 " $ 26,506,362.34 ',;;. Total i ... .. ' $ 60,923,491.63 PANAMA CANAL AND PUBLIC DEBT DISBURSEMENTS . Checks paid (less balances repaid, etc.) . $ 18,629,571.76 , $ 25,821,653.0;f..' Bonds, interest-bearing notes, and certificates retired 35,903.00 National bank notes retired (act of July 14, 1890) . . . . 24,633,010.50 47,533.00' 17,205,958.00 ' Total . . ,....,'.... .$ 43,29,8,485.26 Total' all receipts .,....' ..,. ,.,.V. .V ' .$838, 403, 969. 5S tal all disbursements ..V.V;:-.:..., 759,666,158.48 .Excess of total receipts1 ,. '.;: ? . .7. 'l:. . V . .'....'... . 78,737,810.11 'Excess of total disbursements'? . . . . ..?. .,.,. $ 43,075,144.90 ' 718,050145.42 777,488,725.57 69,436,-580.15 y f- AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY The following officers of the American Peace society were elected at the annual meeting held at the Hotel Raleigh, Washington, May 13: President, George W. Kirchwey; honorary secretary, Benjamin P. TruebloodJ secretary, Arthur Deerin Call; treasurer, George W. White. Vice-presidents: Theodore E. Burton, Andrew Carnegie, William Jennings Bryn, William Howard Taft. Executive committee V George- W. Kirchwey Arthur Deerin Call, Eugene Levering, Jackson H. Ralston. Jay T. Stocking, James L. qiavden Theodore Marburg, George W. White, Rockwe 1 Harmon Potter, P. L. Siddons, Allan Farquhar, Henry D. Harlan, Walter L, Hensloy, Samuel T. Dutfon, William I. Hull. The nomination of Hughes came without any effort on his part, but when we look over the list of men who were in complete control of the re publican convention, we find it difficult to be lieve that the voice of the people was the voice of God. Colonel Roosevelt's difficulty in getting the progressives to follow the notes of his 'flute into the Hughes camp recalls the historic1 story of tho gentleman who took his horse to water but found it impossible to mako him drink. - k X I ttt : f r : i i, ' -.(! j4