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LABOR MEETS AT ST LOUIS.
MINERS’ UNIONS IN CONTROL.
GOMPERS MAKES HIS REPORT.
Aame of Cannon is Received With
Jeers and That of Clark " ith
4 beers.
The American federation of labor con
vened at St Louis Monday and prepared to
get down to actual business at Tuesday's
session. The report of the credentials com
mittee showed that the deliberations of the
body would be eontroled by the miners
unions of the country, with 2307 votes, sec
ond in power are the carpenters with 612
votes.
The report of Secretary Frank Morrison
showed that the couwntion report.- 1 7’61.-
151 trade union members. President Samuel
Gompers urged that the delegates hasten
to business. He discussed the contempt
case against himself. John Mitchell and
Secretary Morrison, known as the Bucks
stove qase. The United States court of the
District of Columbia sentenced Gompers.
Mitchel! and Morrison to jail for tailure
to obey an injunction forbidding the main
tenance of a boycott against the Bucks
stot e and range companv of St Louis.
The opening session was turned into an
insurgent political rally by Owen Miller,
president of the Missouri federation of la
bor. Jeers greeted the name of Joseph G-
Cannon, and loud applause welcomed the
name of Champ Clark. "The labor move
ment is greater than any party platform."
said President Gompers. in responding to
the addresses of welcome, "because^ it is
governed by a principle as true as Nature
yself. and because it expresses the dis
content of the masses."
Seventy-five women were in the conven
tion as delegates. One of them is Miss
Zula Taylor, 21 years old. who will cast
the entire vote of the state of Kansas,
having been elected the representative of
the Kansas federation of labor. She is
secretary and treasurer of the Kansas gar
ment workers' union. - Victor Berger of
Milwaukee, the first »cialist to be elect
ed to Congress, received many congratula
tions from his fellow-delegates.
President Gompers’* Report.
President Samuel Gompers, in his annual
report, recalled that it was 22 years ago
that the convention had last been held in
St Louis, and that it was a momentous
gathering, because it decided upon the
first well-defined policy for the inaugura
tion of a shorter workday policy to the
end tiiat an eight-hour day should be es
tablished. The fact that the larger num
ber of the organizations now- had eight
hours or even less, showed the progress
made since that time and the results which
have been achieved by organization under
the trade union plan. In that connection
lie recalled that at the first American fed
eration of labor convention in Pittsburg,
30 years ago this month, only six inter
national unions were represented with a
number of scattering locals. In St Louis,
22 years ago. there were 17 international
unions, with a few central bodies and lo- i
cals.
“The present membership,” he said, “is
130 international unions, 30 state federa
tions, 632 city central bodies. 431 local
trade unions and 216 federal labor unions.
The internationals enumerated have ap
proximately 28.000 local unions under their
jurisdiction. Numerically, the membership
of our affiliated organizations is near the
highest figures in their existence. In 1907-8
we experienced a panic, during which, by !
reason of unemployment, a decrease in
membership occurred. Within the past
year a marked increase in both member
ship and organizations is to be noted. It
is urgently recommended that this conven
tion adopt a slight increase in the per i
capita of affiliated organizations. I am i
convinced beyond al! peradventure that
with some additional funds at the disposal
of your officers gyest goo'd will be. accom
plished in the interest of the organizations
and the workers generally.
“Congress, its decadence and renais
sance.” was the subject of one part of
the address which aroused great interest.
On that matter Mr Gompers said, in part:
“One of the greatest dangers now con
fronting the people and the people’s gov
ernment is the effort to overrule, to dis- ।
regard, to trent with contempt that part
of the government nearest the people—
t'>e House of Representatives. The i
character and composition of the House '
in the last decade are chiefly to blame
For sake of party, of partv harmony,
for patronage, or its possible loss: for
the sake of re-election, the members have !
sat idly by. closed their eyes, refused !
to listen to the voice of duty until such i
weakness has culminated in establishing
the custom by representatives of ‘holding
their tongues’ for fear they might lose '
caste with the speaker whom they :
periodically and mechanically elect as their
servant, yet to whom they have sub
mitted as their master.”
The Injunction Evil.
"Antitrust and ininnction formed an
other chapter of the address. President
Gompers told in detail of the efforts to
secure the consideration of the House
committee on judiciary of Congress on
the bill desired by organized labor. No
less a person that President Taft op
posed the measure, he stated. The presi
dent. in a public address at Passaic, N i
J May 9. said, in connection with the
opposition administration bill: The great
difficulty in respect to the matter is rhat
If the bill is reported from the committee
and put upon its passage in the House
there will he a movement to introduce
amendments in accord with the recom
mendations of the federation of labor, by
which a jury trial shall be required in
contempt cases and boycotts shall be made
legitimate. It is feared that if such amend
ments were proposed they might pass and
thus make the bill an obnoxious one.
President Taft declared that labor asked
for a jury trial in contempt cases. The
president’s misinformation upon this sub
ject indicates clearly that ho has not under
stood the provisions of the Wilson bill.
President Gompers recalled at length
the order of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia this year to the mem
bers of a committee of Congress to ap
pear and show cause why a writ of man
damus should not be issued to <-ompel
the committees to take certain action.
Ou that point he said: "Yo ,r attention is
called to Ih<- fact that the writ of man
damus and the writ of injunction differ
only in this respect: A mandamus compels
the doing of an act: an injunction forbids
the doing of an act. If a court has the
right to issue a mandamus or writ to
compel the doing of a certain act by
Congress nr by one of its committees, it
follows that the court has also the right
to issue an injunction forbidding it to do
that same act or to pass some other act.
What is of additional interest to labor is
that the Senate in totally disregarding the
order of Justice Wright did not incur his
wrath. If his order was not void, he
bad the right and the power to punish for
contempt through disobod’ence.
“One of our chief grievances is the
tendency of Our modern American courts
to get away from government by law
statutory law—law enacted by the people
through their duly accredited representa
tive—aud to hark back to the old sys
tem of personal government, government
by discretion, that discretion resting with
judges. When onr courts issue unwar
ranted injunctions in labor disputes re
straining men from persuading, from in
ducing. from congregating, from soliciting,
from speaking, from printing, from per
forming the simplest acts clearly compat
ible with the interest ami inalienable
rights of every citizen, or of a number of
eilizebs, the courts have come to assume
a power that the constitution mid the
laws do not confer tipou them, and, indeed,
explicitly deny to them. In short, the Con
gross must legislate, the courts must ad
minister. the executive much execute, aud
the people's will must prevail.”
President Gompers reported in detail
on the injunction, contempt and appeal
cases of the officers of the American fed
eration of labor aud the adjustment of
the Buck stove and range company
strike, which caused the action. The con
tempt proceedings are to continue aud
will he argued before the full bench of
the United States supreme court. Janu
ary 1(1 next. He stated that despite the
settlement of the strike case, from auy
standpoint, it has been the purpose of
the American federation of labor, ever
since injunctions of this character have
been issued, to have rhe United States
supreme court pass judgment npon them.
If it were our purpose to avoid the con
sequences of the assertion of onr rights,
there has not been a time during these
entire proceedings in the last five years
when we could not have avoided them.
For years we have endeavored to make
this issue before the courts. The dis
pute with the Buck stove range <-ompany
and the injunction issued upon its peti
tion afforded the desired opportunity."
Question of Antagonism.
He reviewed at length the antagonism
to organized labor's protest aud progress
by men in political and industrial affairs.
Organization, he declared, was the means
of protection. Enlarging upon this point
he said: "The toilers must, for their owu
safety now and for the future, organize.
Their organizations must be accorded the
full legal status recognized in all volun
tary associations dealing with purely per
sonal affairs and instituted not for profit.
In the same degree that these rights are
recognized and conceded bv present ir
rational opponents. wilß the great eco
nomic and industrial problems of our
time and of the future be rationally,
safely and peacefully solved. Solved they
must be at all hazards."
He stated that the efforts of organized
labor had much to do with the victories
and defeats of various political aspirants
in many states . He called attention to
the growing abuse of the illegal police
oppression by the "third degree" and
urged the convention to make some dec
laration regarding the presumption of the
police that any man arrested is guiltv
instead of being presumed innocent un
til proved guilty.
Secretary Frank Morrison reported that
during the year a total of 334 new char
ters had been granted. Two were to inter
national unions, the tunnel and subway
constructors and the brotherhood of rail
way carmen. A state branch charter was
issued to Ohio and 83 new central labor
unions were chartered. They include those
of Gloucester, New Bedford. Bridgewater.
Pittsfield, Waltham and vicinity, and Ware
and vicinity in this state. Brattleboro.
Vt., Berlin. N. H.. and Livermore Fails
and St Croix Valley. Me. The affiliated
international unions issued 2157 new char
ters during the year. The gain in member
ship in 62 of the international unions was
218.229.
On the matter of strikes, 80 of the inter
national unions sent complete reports to
Secretary Morrison. There were 827 strikes
in which there were 341,448 involved. Of
that number 329,129 were benetitted and
12,309 were not. The total cost of the
strikes reported on was $3,727,277.68.
Adding to that amount the donations made
by local unions to other unions, there was
$3,860,994 expended to sustain members on
strike the past year. The average member
ship of the affiliated unions for the year as
shown by the actual amounts paid in cap
ita tax was 1,639,876.
Treasurer John B. Lennon reported the
income for the year to have been $358.-
774.30, and the expenditures $177,859.34,
leaving a total balance in the hands of the
treasurer and secretary of $182,914.96. The
treasurer presented a tabulation of the
receipts for the 21 years during which he
has held office, which showed that a total
of $2,208,791.67 has passed through his
hands in that time.
PINCHOT OUT WITH LETTER.
FEARS THE PATENTING OF CLAIMS
Want* the President to Wait—-Say*
He Will Submit Brief—Ballin ger
State* That He Has Already Rec
ommended That Court of Claims
Decide Cunningham Question.
Gifford Pinchot, former forester of the
United States, expressing the fear that
the interior department will recommend
the patenting of the Cunningham Alaskan
coal land claims, which he believes to be
fraudulent, has appealed to the president
to allow him to submit a brief before
any such action is given executive ap
proval. Mr Pinchot has written a letter
to the president under date of the 7th, in
which he says: “It is unfortunately im
possible to look with confidence to the of
ficials of the interior department for an
unbiased judgment" in this matter, and he
declares that “it is clear that the protec
tion of the public interests in these Alas
kan coa] lands must depend directly upon
the president himself.”
Secretary Ballinger's connection with
these claims, which have been before the
interior department since he was commis
sioner of the land office, precipitated the
so-called Ballinger-Pinchot controversy
aud the congressional inquiry of the in
terior department and the forest service
which resulted therefrom. The letter also
bears the signature of th* former for
ester's brother, Amos Pinchot. It was
given out Sunday at Washington by Mr
Pinchot for publication. Following is the
text of the letter:—
New York, November 7, 1910.
The President, Washington. D. C.:—
Sir: The taking of testimony to deter
mine the validity of the Cunningham
claims has long since come to an end,
and the recommendation of the interior de
partment to patent or not- to patent the
claims will doubtless be made before long.
There is reason to apprehend that this
recommendation will he favorable to the
Cunningham claimants and adverse to the
interests of the people of the United
States. The attorney for Mr Ballinger,
in the printed brief submitted in behalf
of the secretary of the interior, said:—
Moreover, an examination of the record of
the Cußuingiiam hearings, and which is a
part of (he record in this ease, reveals not
only that the statements ot Cunningham are
true but that the Ciinnlßghnm claims are
[ ant fraudulent, but honest claims. This is
: not stated for (ho purpose of decision i r
i deierminatlou. it is stated solelv that the
I committee may see that no perjury could ue
I committed by I'mmlnghaiu, and that Mr Bal
linger. by no p-isslbHlty. could have imder-
I stood these claims to It* fraudulent, for the
, reason that, a* a matter of biot, thev were
I S,','* firemluient- but good and valid -laims.
। ” lie evidence of all the claimants, except one
who is dead, has been taken In (he Cimniiig.
] ham hearings and Is now on tile. It shows
I conclusively that noun of the eJulmsuts en
terod Into an agreement prior tn location or
prior to the initiation of entry for concen
tration of their cbihuH.
It is difficult to avoid the conclusion*
that these deliberate assertions made by
tile attorney for Mr Ballinger represent
the opiufmi of the latter, reached after the
evidence was all in. that the claims are
valid ami should be patented. It is true
that Mr Ballinger has refused to a<( him
self iu behalf of the government, on the
ground that he formerly represented the
Cunningham claimants, ami accortliuslv
lins turned over all reaponMibllrty to his
assiafunts. Nevertheless, this unqualified
indorsement j>f the validity of the- Ininis
through Ills attorney can scarcely fail (o
have great moral effect with his subordi
nates. For them to render a decision ad
verse to the claimants would not only lebd
slipport to criticisms heretofore made
against the department, but would uimmnt
to taking direct Issue with their chief uu
the argument made for him by bis personal
iwmsal-
lu view of these facts. It is unfortunate
ly ImpoKxlble to look with l-ontidence lo
officials of the Interior departiimtit for nu
unbiased judgmenl. If the decision of (lie
interior department should be to patent the
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1910.
Cunningham claims, no apiwal to the
courts would be )a>ssible.
Aoording io the testimony of representa
tives of the Morgan-Gnggeuhcim syndicate,
who have long asserted a half-interest in
the Cumiingbam claims, their ultimate
value is in the neighborhood of 525.00 U
. but the loss to the people of the Unit
ed Stares which would follow the issue of
patent is by no means limited to any such
sum. Although the government would re
ceive but little more than $50,000 for
claims worth many millions a decision fa
vorable to the Cunningham claimants
would not merely result in an unjustifiable
loss to the public at large. It would also
establish a precedent which might admit
to patent other illegal claims outside of the
Cunningham group, to the additional val
ue of many millions of dollars.
While we recognize that the law under
which these patents are sought unfortu
nately places such limitations upon at)
area which can be embraced in auy one
entry as to hinder development of Alas
kan coal lands, it is nevertheless obvious
that the remedy does not lie in patenting
unlawful claims. It is of the highest im
portance that the government's coal fields
in Alaska should not be illegally acquired
by any individual or syndicate, but should
be held in the public domain until legisla
tion is obtained which will at once pro
tect the people's interest and provide a fair
opportunity for development. Because of
the attitude of the interior department and
of the peculiar circumstances of this ease,
it is clear that the protection of the pub
lic interest in these Alaskan coal lauds
must depend directly upon the president,
himself. In your letter to me of January
7. 1910. you said, with reference to the
Cunningham claims:—
Every patent as an executive act is com
pletely within the jurisdiction of the presi
dent. to direct the withholding of it in order
that he msv bynself examine the evidence as
to the validity of the claim.
We are advised by counsel retained for
the purpose of reporting on flic Cunning
ham record that the testimony of the
claimants themselves shows abundantly
and conclusively that the claims are
fraudulent and that they were made in
violation of the statute designed to pre
vent monopoly. Among the recent in
dictments found against claimants for
coal lands in Alaska there are none re
lating to claims in the Cunningham group.
The record is voluminous. The case
against the claimants consists in a mass
of documentary evidence corrorobated by
facts elicited from the claimants them
selves. The record indicates that the
force of certain important lines of evi
dence was not grasped by the attorneys
for the government. We believe that a
brief . giving due consideration to such
evidence would be of material assistance
in reaching a judicial determination on
all the points involved in the case.
Relying upon the welcome assurance
contained in your letter of January 7
and realizing how manifold and arduous
are the tasks which press upon time and
attention of the president, we respect
fully request that in case the interior
department shoflld report in favor of pat
enting the claims, you will allow us to
submit for your consideration a brief be
fore making a decision as to whether or
not you will permit your signature to be
affixed to the patents. Very respectfully
yours, Gifford Pinchot,
Amos Pinchot.
32 Nassau street.
Secretary Ballinger issued a statement
at Washington Saturday night in which
he declared that “wholly unfounded
charges have been spread broadcast in
volving the attitude of the department
officers toward these cases.” and that iu
view of these conditions he “deemed it
of the highest impoi^m-c that all these
cases be transferred Troni the jurisdic
tion of the general land office directly to
the court of appeals of the District of
Columbia for consideration and adjudica
tion.” He indicated that he would rec
ommend congressou.il authorization of
this transfer in his annual message. Mr
Ballinger added that for several months
at his own instance these cases had been
placed under the special direction of the
president, with the view that no action
should be taken without his special sanc
tion.
THE PRESIDENT IN PANAMA.
He Hurries to Culebra Cut—Business
Trip to the Canal.
President Taft arrived at Colon. Pan
ama, Monday morning. The armored
cruiser Tennessee and its convoy, the
cruiser Montana, arrived in the harbor at
7.30 o'clock. Lieut-Col Goethals aud the
others of the receiving part}- were waiting
on board the tug Cristobal, which ap
proached the Tennessee as soon as the
latter hove in sight. When the president's
vessel reached her atichorage the tug drew
alongside, and the receiving party went
aboard and formally welcomed the presi
dent to Panama. At 8.45 a. m. President
Taft and hrs party. Charles P. Taft, Sec
retary Norton, Capt Butt, military aid,
Capt Palmer, naval aid. and the president's
physician, boarded the tug and went
ashore. As the president left the Teu
uessee a salute was fired.
President Taft left Washington at 4.10
o'clock last week Wednesday afternoon, and
sailed on the Tennessee from Charleston,
S. C., at 10.30 a. in. Thursday. He plans
to l>e in the canal zone four days, his
schedule calling for his arrival, on his re
turn. at Charleston the'22d. The presi
dent's visit is one of business, and it is
expected that his time will be well oc
cupied with matters involved iu the con
struction of the eaaal.
President Taft did not delay at Colon.
Soon after his arrival he boarded a train
for Culebra, the site of Culebra cut. A spe-
rial train had been prepared for the presi
dent. He was accompanied to Culebra by
Col Goethals and the other members of the
canal commission; Peruvian Minister Pezet.
dean of the diplomatic corps in Panama;
British Minister Mallet, and these repre
sentatives of Panama: Foreign Minister
Boyd. Belisario Porras. Panaman minister
to Brazil, and Senor Arosemena. a nephew
of President Arosemena.
The Taft party experienced beautiful
weather on the trip and all are well. The
president will be the guest of Col Goethals
during his stay. On Wednesday he was
entertained at dinner by President ArOse
mena. The start for homo will be made to
day. On the way President Taft will
stop at Guantanamo. Cuba, for a brief time
to inspect the American naval base there.
TAFT ON LEXINGTON ARMORY.
President’s Wife Will Head List of
Patronesses of Carnival for Minute
Men Memorial Fnnd.
A committee of the recently chartered
"Lexington minute men” made public
Thursday a letter from President Taft com
mending the (project' of the hiinute men
to erect a memorial armory to mark the
battlefield of Lexington as the "birthplace
of American liberty.” Tim letter from
President Taft was in part ns follows:
"It seems Io me that the erection of such
a memorial will bo most appropriate. 1
am deeply interested in the work and hope
for its ultimate suecess. and that you will
cd in raising a fund large enough to
build a suitable armory, nor only as a
memorial hnt one that will be useful to
the state as well.” Mrs Taft heads the
list of patronesses of a winter carnival to
be hold at Lexington beginning January 7
in the interest of the armory fund.
COLONKL GOING TO WASHINGTON.
Theodore Roosevelt will be the guest of
the National press chib ut Washington
i Frhiuy, prior to bis address before the
i National geographic society. His visit to
1 Washington will be the first since he left
’ the olpcc of president.
Liverpool roDectx n fhouwind tons of
refuse n day. Nearly all of it is put to
I some us®.
ABOUT THE NEW LEGISLATURE.
THE LOSS OF LEADING MEMBERS.
Radlenl Shake-up* for the Important
Committee*—Details in Senate and
House—Outlook tor Legislation.
From Um- Special Reporter.
Boston, Thursday. November 10.
President Treadway appeared on the
scene early to-day. He finds that the
Senate of 1911 will be a very different
body from that of 1910. Many chairmen
of committees are retired. To begin with,
take the president's cabinet, the commit
tee on rules. Below the president, who
is chairman by virtue of his oilice. every
one is gone. Spalding is dead: Huffman.
Turtle and Tceling fail, although two of
them would have been glad to return. Tako
the committee on judiciary: three of the
five are out. Turtle might have been
ranking member if Mack had not got more
votes, hut now the position goes to young
Mi- Evans of Middlesex, with Mulligan of
the .same county the only other survivor.
Mays and means fare a little better,
though Crosby of Middlesex, who would
have been willing to take the seat another
term, is off from the chairmanship, leav
ing Greenwood of Worcester ranking mem
ber. with Bennett of Middlesex aud White
of the Cape re-elected.
Among the House standing committees.
Speaker Walker fares better, for his cab
inet is largely returned, including ranking
member (next to the speaker) Underhill of
Somerville, who is credited with an ambi
tion to be speaker after Walker lays down
the gave) at the end of the comine session,
Cushing of Boston. Washburn of Worces
ter, Haigis of Montague and Pope of
Leominster. Rousmaniere of Boston was
lost in the shuffle on Tuesday, one of the
fine men of the House. Carmody of
M orcester ran for the Senate against
Senator Denny, but did not run quite fust
enough.
Mays and means of the House must be
largely reconstructed, although Chairman
White of Brookline is re-elected: also
( rocker of Boston. M'hite of Newton.
I ope of Leominster and Conway of Bos
ton. all substantial members.
The House judiciary will be materially
changed. Representative Knight of Bos
ton, chairman in 1910. who ehapged his
mind and became candidate for re-election,
was one of the bravo who fell outside of
the breastworks. This leaves Saunders
of Clinton the ranking member and, as he
has been of prominence, especially in giv
ing his name to the so-cuffed Saunders milk
law revising the rates I the law which made
so much trouble for the railroads and
the milk producersl it is to be expected
that Speaker Walker will put him at the
head of the committee. Roberts of Bos
ton. Hurd of Salem and Turner of Wal
tham are the only others of the committee
of 191(1 to be returned, and Roberts is in
by only one vote as the returns are printed.
Taking up now the joint standing com
mittees of most importance, Senator Mel
len of M'orcester, Hampden. chairman of
agriculture, may be expected to have the
place again, hut both of the other Senate
members are out. House Chairman Gard
ner of M esttield is missing, leaving Avery
of Charlemont the ranking member, and it
is to be expected that Speaker Walker will
advance him from second to first position.
Howard of Easton is the only other mem
ber in the House of 1910 who is re-elected.
The committee on banks and banking,
singularly, has every Senate member re
turned—Tinkham of Suffolk, Mulligan of
Middlesex, and White of the Cape. The
House side of the committee, however, is
pretty x>ell smashed, for the first three and
other members are gone.
Cities saves all its four senators, except
Chairman Burnham of Suffolk. The oth
ers are Denny o's Worcester, Newhall of
Essex and Lomasney of Suffolk. The last
named is brother of the still more famous
Martin, who has been in both branches off"
and on, has been in the House since he
was in the Senate, dropped out last year
of his own accord, but reappears this year
from ward 8 of Boston in time to be in
the new democratic fighting minority of
111 against the 125 republicans, ready,
doubtless with the solid party at his back,
to make many valiant stands for democ
racy and the rights of the common people,
perhaps including the right of self-govern
ment in Boston and the reconstruction of
the new Boston city charter so as to re
move the features which are objectionable
to the home rule idea, and with the prob
ability that Gov Foss will he more favor
able to some of the revision ideas than
Gov Draper would be. This matter will
afford excellent opportunities for log roll
ing.
The House end of the committee on
cities will have Chairman Montague of
Boston once more, with Doyle of New
Bedford re-elected as second-place mau.
Lombard of Springfield and Meade of
Brockton are the other re-elected mem
bers.
On constitutional amendments, Tinkham
of Suffolk, third, is the only senator sent
back, but Wood of Cambridge. House
chairman, is returned, though about every
body else of the committee is gone.
Every one of the education committee
on part of the Senate —Evans of Middle
sex. Nash of Plymouth and Tinkham of
Suffolk— is returned, but senators often
prefer a shift in their committees, and per
haps President Treadway will pot make
up this committee in the same way in
1911. Armstrong of Somerville. House
chairman, is returned, mid so is Upton of
Orange, second member. Barr.v of Chb'o
pee. who was clerk last year, and ren
dered good service, is among those ro
tuined. Most of the committee in the
House are new.
On election laws, Senator Mulligan of
Middlesex, chairman, is the only one back,
for both of the others died before the end
of the last session. Davies of Holyoke,
democrat, at the bottom of the old com
mittee, is the only House member to re
turn.
Evans of Middlesex, second on federal
relations, is ranking member, and this is
the committee which will consider the in
come tax amendment if it is presented once
more. He is a banking man and a natural
conservative. Ou the House side. Chair
man Brown is promoted to the Somite.
Jolin Carr of Boston, who was the oldest
member in 191(1. und is sure to oppose the
iiinpudment, is hack again, and so is At
scnaiilt of Spencer, democrut. who will
probably favor it. But the Issue will have
to bo fought out before a committee sub
stantially new.
Keith ot Plymouth, chairman of fish
eries and game, is back, and so is Lo
masney of Boston, third member. Four
of the House members are back, the rank
ing nmn being the fourth member, thu
naturalist Sharp of Nantucket.
Of the torn senators on the insurance
committee, Messrs Nash of Plymouth
(chairmnn > and Donny of Worcester,
fourth, nre returned. House Chairman Holt
of Springfield gets back, and doubtless
will like this chairmanship once more.
Montague of Boston, second mepiller, is
also back, and ('avunugb of Everett and
Henebery of Worcester. ,
Senator Ross of Now Bedford, chilli!-
man of the conimittee on labor, which
promises to be of extra Importance with
Gov Foss in the executive elianibcr. I*
re-elected. He Is u republican, but he is
u labor man first mid always. Senator
Mellen, second, [* also returned, but O'Con
nor of Suffolk is out. House Chnlrmnn
Hardy of Fitehhunt re;elett|il. and in
him the labor men will find a conservative
and n strong force. Lewin of New Bed
ford. Ellis of Boston. Parka of Full
River and McCullough of Holyoke are all
returned.
The Semite end of the committee on
legal affairs is wholly gone. In the House,
the seiond member. Hobbs of Worcester,
is ranking, ami Cox of Boston mid Cogs
well of Lynn are the only other ones re
turned.
Liquor law matters are expected to be
prominent, politically am; ethically. The
Senate part of tl>e committee disappears
entirely, but the first three House mem
bers are returned—Messis Saunders of
Clinton, Doyle of New Bedford mid Arm
strong of Somerville. If Snunders goes
to the head of judiciary, it is pretty cer
tain that there must be a new head of
liquor law. Pattee of Falmouth. Witt
of Springfield and O'Neil of Boston are
also re-elected.
On mercantile affairs, once more the
quartet of Senate members drops out
entirely, and the House hem] is gone
until Penniman of Cambridge, fourth
member, is reached, and Langtry of
Springfield stands next to him. Perhaps
Speaker M'alker might make Langtry
House chairman. It is a very important
position. Stone of M'orcester and Mc-
Carthy of Marlboro are also returned.
The Senate four of metropolitan affairs
are all missing, but House Chairman
Cushing of Boston is still on deck, with
a few of the old members also surviving.
All three of the Senate side of the com
mittee on prisons,—Blanchard of Middle
sex. Keith of Plymouth and Ross of Bris
tol,—are returned. But the sole survivors
of the eight House members are Marchand
of Lowell and Hughes of Adams.
On public charities, ‘he Senate end loses
only Pickford of M'orcester, third man,
who was distanced by a democrat. Keefe
of Fall River, third, is ranking House
member, and Hancock of Brockton is the
only other survivor. Ross of Bristol, sec
ond on public health in the Senate, and
Cuff of Lowell, and Brophy of Boston,
democrats at the bottom of the House
committee on public health, are the only
survivors. Blanchard, third senator on
public lighting, is the only one of the four
who is re-elected. But House Chairmnn
l uderhill comes back. Almost all the
remainder of the House members are miss
ing.
On the public service committee; Sena
tor Newhall of Essex,—chairman, and
Turner of Bristol, second, are returned.
Op the House side. Barlow of Lowell. No
2 jn 1910. is ranking member, and Col
poys, a Boston democrat, is the only other
survivor in the House.
Senator Turtle of Berkshire being about
to devote his attention to the practice of
law. Senator Greenwood of M'orcester
stands ranking member on the committee
on railroads, with Blanchard of Middle
sex the only other senator returned. House
Chairman M'ashburn of M'orcester comes
back, and Hardy of Fitchburg, second,
is also re-elected. So are Haigis of Mon
tague. Crane of Cambridge. Scully of
Springfield and Sorenson of Boston.
The three senators on street rail
ways,—Messrs Keith of Plymouth, Ben
nett of Middlesex and Hibbard of
Middlesex,—are all re-elected. So is House
Chairman Wolcott of Milton, who is also
supposed to be candidate for speaker aft
er M'alker. Ellis of Newton, Hardy of
Huntington aud Parks of Fall River-
Greenwood of Worcester Is the only sur
vivor of the Senate four on the taxation
committee and in the House, Fogg of New
buryport. second, is ranking man. Messrs
M'ood of Cambridge, Coon of Watertown.
Cavanagh of Everett, Dean of M’akefield
and Morrill, the Haverhill socialist, are
also committee members on taxation who
are returned.
Other committees might be analyzed, but
these are the most important for the prac
tical and political legislation of the state.
A study of the list shows that the old ele
ment will not be eontreling. save in n very
small number of cases. It is probable,
therefore, that the new propositions which
may be expected to follow the radical vot
ing of Tuesday will be considered by new
members, and there is a possibility of un
usually interesting and important legisla
tive doings, and it will not be Draper, but,
Foss, in the chamber where bills are
signed or vetoed.
MAKEUP OF SENATE AND HOUSE.
How Last Week'* Election Provided
the Author* of the Next Bine Book.
The members of the new Legislature of
Massachusetts, as decided by Tuesday's
election, are as follows:—
Senator* Elected.
Ist Berkshire—Mack. dem.
Berkshlre-Hampshire-Hampden — Treadway,
rep.
Ist Bristol—Charles S. Chase, rep.
2d Bristol—Joseph Turner, rep.
3d Bristol—Boss, rep.
Cape district—J. K. White, rep
Ist Essex—George H. Newhall, rep.
2d Essex—Arthur S. Adams, rep.
fid Essex—James E. Tolman, rep
4th Essex—Arthur L. Nason, rep.
Sth Essex—Dennis E. Haley, dem.
Franklin-Hampshire— Schoonmaker, rep.
Ist Hampden—Malley, dem.
2d Hampden—Quigley, dem.
Ist Middlesex—Mulligan, rep.
2d Middlesex—Stearns, rep.
3d Middlesex—Blanchard, rep.
4ih Middlesex—Evans, rep.
sth Middlesex—Hoar, dem.
(ith Middlesex—Brown, rep.
7th Middlesex—F. P. Beimett, Jr., rep.
Btb Middlesex—Joseph H. Hibbard, rep.
Ist Norfolk—George L. Barnes, rep.
2d Norfolk—C. H. Pearson, rep.
Ist Plymouth—M- S. Nash. rep.
2d Plymouth—Keith, rep.
Ist Suffolk-Granger, deni.
2d Suffolk-Hatton, dem.
fid Suffolk—Lomasney, dem.
4th Suffolk-Doyle, dem.
sth Suffolk—Thiklmm. rep.
dth Suffolk—Powers, dem.
7th Suffolk—TlmlHty. dem.
Srh Suffolk—Curley, dem.
oth Suffolk-Murray, dem.
Worccster-Hampdeu—Walter B. Mellen, rep.
Ist Worcester—John 11. Hunt, dean
2d Worcester-Daniel E. Denny. rep.
3d Worcester—Levi H. Greenwood, rep.
4th Worcester— Joseph E. Gates, rep.
Representatives Elected.
Ist Barnstable—Putte. rep.
2d Barnstable—Gifford, rep.
3d Barnstable—Cushman, rep.
Ist Berkshire—Breckenridge, dem
fid Berkshire—O'Heara, drin.
:><l Berkshire—Hughes, dem.
4fh Berkshire—Hennessey, dem.
sth Berkshire—Quinn, dem.
Uth Berkshire—Bastion, dem.
7(1) Berkshire—Shuhnon. dem.
Bth Berkshire-Palmer, dem.
Ist Bristol—Danforth, rep; Sweeuty, rep.
fid Bristol-Howard, rep.
3d Bristol— Bellamy, rep.
4111 Bristol—King. dem.
sth Bristol—Goff, rep.
Uth Bristol-Davi*, rep.
Tth Bristol—Lewin, rep, and Purcell, drm.
Sth Bristol-Doyle and Hathaway, reps.
Uth Bristol-Gifford, dem: Booth, ren.
loth Bristol—Harrington, dem. Parks, dem.
Uth Bristol-Keefe, rep; Willets, rep; Mul
vaney. rep.
Ist Dukes county-Look. rep.
Ist Essex-Collins, rep.
2d Easex-Fltxgerald, dem.
fid Essex—Wells, rep.
41 h Essex—Morrill, soc.
sth Essex-Suu burn. dem: Schlapp. dem.
Btli Essex-McCarthy, drm.
Btli Essex-Grabum, dem.
mb Essex—Kanies, rep.
loth Esses-Hnllldny, rep
11th ESsexritrConneli. dem.
VJth Essex-Cogswell and Quinn, reps.
13tl; Essex—llllT. rop, and Hoyt, dent.
14th Essex—Atkins, rep.
15tb Essex—Cotter, dem. FerrUtnll, rep.
lutu Essex—Htevens, dHn.
17th Essex-Burds, deni.
I*th Essex—Hurd. rep.
llith Esuex—Kelly. dem.
20tb Essex—MacDonald, rep; daltonktalt
'’Ast Essex-B. Knowles, rep.
22(1 Essex. Kiekcr, rep.
23d Essex- Elwell, rep.
23 th Essex-Fogg, rep.
26(h Essex-Heed. rep.
Ist Franklin-Avery, rep.
2d Fnmklhi-Flow«r, rep.
fid Franklin—Haggis, rep.
4th Franklin— Upton rep.
lat Hampden— Holbrook, rep.
2d Hampden-Hngg, rep; Barry, dem.
3d Hampden—Carmody, deaj.
4tb lluumdeu-Bcully, deiu.
5tU Hampden—Langtry, rep: Lombard, rev
titli Hampden—Holt. rep.
"th Hampden—M'ltt. rep.
Sth Hampden —Barry, dem.
mu Hampden—Barns, dem.
loth Hampden—Davis, dem.
Uth Hamptlen—McCullough, dem.
Ifitb Hampden—l’ntuum. rep.
Ist Hampshire— Preece, dem.
fid Hampshire— Hardy, rep.
fid Hitmpsblrer-HoWard. rep.
4th H.impshlre—Sargent, dem
ist Middlesex—Heed and Itynn. dems,
fid Middlesex-Bean. Pcnhlnmu and Wood,
reps.
fid Middlesex—Crane. Dow and Wood, reps.
4th Middlesex—Bothfeld, Ellis and White,
reps.
sth Middlesex—Hoar. dem.
(Ith Middlesex—McGrath, <leni.
7th Middlesex—Ahearn, dem
Sth Middlesex—Day. rep.
Oth Middlesex—McCarthy. <lem.
10th Middlesex — Edson, dem.
Uth Middlesex—Fisher, deni.
12th Middlesex—Damon, rep.
Kith Middlesex—Stone, rep
14th Middlesex—Stevens, rep.
lath Middlesex—Murphy, dem.
ICth Middlesex—Toomey, dem
17th Middlesex—Barlow and Marchand, reps,
istb Middlesex—Kilpatrick, rep.
19th Middlesex—Cuff. dem.
20th Middlesex—Parker, dem: Buck. rep.
flat Middlesex—Dean, tlem.
22d Middlesex—Davis, rep.
2.3 d Middlesex—Bliss. Blodgett aud Hawley,
reps.
24th Middlesex—Cavanaugh, rep; Green
wood; rep.
25th Middlesex—Armstrong, rep: Rideout,
rep: Underbill, rep.
2Kth Middlesex—Cliff, rep: Conwell, rep;
Eldridge, rep.
27th Middlesex—Fay. rep
28 Middlesex—Haines, rep.
211th Middlesex—Brnekett. rep.
•30th Middlesex—Coon. rep.
3lst Middlesex. Holden, rep
Ist Nantucket—Sharp, rep. ind.
Ist Norfolk—Hathaway, rep.
2d Norfolk—Walker, rep. M bite rep.
3d Norfolk— Murray, dem.
4th Norfolk—Wolcott, rep.
sth Norfolk—Thomas, ren.
fith Norfols—Lnngeller. rep.
7th Norfolk—Dwyer, dem.
Sth Norfolk—Storm, rep.
9th Norfolk—O'Leary, dem.
10th Norfolk—Baker, ryp.
11th Norfolk—Baker, rep.
12th Norfolk—Chapman, rep
Ist Plymouth—Hathaway, rep
fid Plymouth—Merritt, dem.
fid Plymouth—Nickerson, rep.
4th Plymouth—Bowker, rep
sth Plymouth—Harding, dem.
fith Plymouth—Bodfish, dc-m.
7th Plymouth—Holmes, rep.
Sth Plymouth-Norse, rep.
flth Plymouth—Nordbeck, rep.
10th Plymouth—Hancock and Meade, dems.
11th Plymouth—Buckley, dem.
Ist Suffolk—Grainger, dem.
fid Suffolk—Brennan and Murray, dems.
4th Suffolk—Brennan, Carr and Green,
dems. v
Sth Suffolk—Tinkham. rep.
Sth Suffolk—O'Donnell and Scigliano, dems.
Tth Suffolk—Tjmilty, dem.
7th Suffolk—Crowley, dem.
Bth Suffolk—Curley, dem.
Btb Suffolk—Burroughs and Lomasney,
dems.
Mh Suffolk—Connolly and Leonard, dems.
Oth Suffolk—Mui-ray. dom.
10th Suffolk—Cox and Montague, reps,
llth Suffolk—Crocker and Cushing, reps.
15th Suffolk—Colpoys and Reidy, dems.
18th Suffolk—Cronin and O’Brien, dem.
fiOth Suffolk—ogmt. Foley and MeElauey.
dems.
22d Suffolk—Griffin and Maguire, deins.
23d Suffolk—Conway and Morrow, dems,
24th Suffolk—Carr. Hart and Roberts, repg.
25th Suffolk—Callahan and Clark, dems.
27th Suffolk—McKay and Tewksbury, reps.
Ist Worcester—Hildreth, rep.
Ist Worcester—Hunt, dem.
2d Woreester—C. N. Edgell, rep, and W. P.
Clarke, ren.
4th Worcester—Eli M. Converse, rep.
sth Worcester—Wilfred J. Lamoureux, dem.
6th Worcester—Arsenault, dem,
7th Worcester—Lawrence J. Dugan, dem.
Bth Worcester—John F. Meany, dem; Ed
ward N. Jeneks. dem.
9th Worcester—william L. BUrke, dem; Ed
win F. Lilley, ren.
10th M’orcester—Amos T. Saunders, rep; Au
gustus E. Wright, rep.
11th Worcester—Charles H. Howe, rep:
Frank H. Pope. dem.
12th Worcester—Louis N. Des Chenes, rep;
Daniel W. Sheehan, dem.
13th Worcester—Clarence W. Hobbs, Jr.,
rep.
14th Worcester—Frederick W. Hurburt, rep.
15th M'orcester—John C. Maloney, dem.
18th M’orcester—John T. Flanigan, dem.
17Jh M'orcester—Michael A Hennebery,
dom.
18th M'orcester—Charles A. Qrstrom. dem.
19th Worcester—Albert H. Sylvester, rep.
20th M'orcester—Arthur M. Stone, rep.
21st Worcester—Oscar E. Arkwell, rep.
22d M'orcester—Robert M. M'ashburn, rep.
31st M’orcester—William H. M’helier, rep.
ONE OF DR WASHINGTON'S TRIPS
In Helpful Service of His Rare In the
South—The Cordial Response.
To the Editor of The Republican:- -
During the past two years Dr Booker
T. Washington, iu company with a num
ber of other colored men, has been making
some trips through certain of the southern
states, notftjily Mississippi, South d'aToli
na, Tennessee. Delaware, parts of Virgin
ia, and Oklahoma. The object of these
trips, as he states it, is to see at first hand
the actual conditions Of the negro, going
ipto their homes and schools ana seeing
their farms and business enterprises. The
aim also is to see what the relations are
between the black and white races, aud
wherever possible to say a word that
would tend to cement better and more euf
dial relations between these two races.
We have just completed a most inter
esting trip through North Carolina.
Among the places visited were Charlotte,
Greensboro High Point, Winstou-Salem,
Concord, Reidsville. Wilson, Durham.
Rocky Mount. Washington. Newbern and
Wilmington. The trip was arranged by*
Bishop George W. Clinton of Charlot*e.*
N. C.. and Messrs John Merrick and C.
C. Spaulding of Durham. The two lat
ter assumed the responsibility for the ex
penses of the trip, providing a special
Pullman car for the party' and railroad
fares for the party within the state. It
tnuy be interesting to say in passing that
these two men conduct the most substan
tial insurance company that exists among
Degrees.—the North Carolina mutual aud
provident association of Durham.
These trips are. in a special sense, mis
sionary in character, the object being to
impress upon the thousands of negroes, tu
whom Dr Washington spoke, the imiwr
tance of efficiency in labor —and the negro,
of course, has a monopoly of the labor of
the South—common, domestic, and skilled
labor. Dr Washington also earnestly
urged the negroes to save what they earu,
to buy land and build good homes, and,
above all. to have a high atiiiidard of mo
rality. There is not a man in America to
day who can and does talk so frankly atM
so effectively to his' owu race as Dr Wush
ington along these lines. He also speaks
with equal frankness to the southern white
men and women, who were always present
in large nunibera in all of the meetings,
telling them of their duty toward their
l>laek neighbor, especially in regard to tlib
education of the negro. He often says that
the white people of the South, in many iti
statures, seem to have entirely too high an
opinion of the negro's mental ability. By
actions, at least, they reason that the ne
gro can get as much ednl'Ution iu a shack
of a school building with an improperly
trained teacher in three and four months
as a white child can get in a comfortable,
well-equipped school building and a well
trained teacher in 8 ami it) months. He
also makes the point, nml with telling ef
fect, that it is more expensive for the state
to puuish negro erlnihialH than to educate
negro childrei). Tlieae speeches seem to
carry couvietion and cannot but he help
ful to both black and white people.
An interesting feature of the meetings
was the singing by those immense timll
etices of the negro melodies, anti the en
। thnsiasm with which the negroes entered
1 iuto them was most Rtrlklhg.
The question has often arisen as to the
attitude of the white people toward
Booker Washington's party. Suffice it to
say that the party receiver) everywhere
as cordial, treatment from railroad and
police officials mid from mayors of cltieM
and wliite people generally ns eo«ld be
dpslred. In nrnst plncsa many of the
best white citizens put their alitoinobileH
am] carriages ut the disposal of Dr Wash
iimton's party. At Winston-Salem n lend
ing white wmnitti vohmt«ri;y plneod at the
disposal of Mrs Joucs, a colored woman
at whose home the unrtv was tu lunch.
her two negro butlers and table furni
ture.
At almost every place Dr Washington
was introduced by the mayor of the city
or some leading citizen. The following
quotation is from a letter written to Dr
J. E. Shepard, the head of the national
negro religious training school of Durham:
"I wish to express my appreciation for
the opportunity you gave tile citizens of
Dnrbum to hear Dr Booker T. Washing
ton. and I must say that I don’t think I
over heard mi address witli more genuine
interest and pleasure, because it gave
good, wholesome advice to both the white
and the black race, and if followed is sure
to bring to bear none but the best results
not only to the negro races, but to the
white race as well." The following is u
clipping from part of an editorial from the
Durham Sun, Durham. N. C.
Tuskegee institute started with as near
nothing as anything could start, and has
grown to immense proportions. Its head, three
decades ago just becoming known outside of
Alabama .and since that time has been re
ceived by people of the highest rank, not as
an equal socially, hut received with ail the
courtesies that could well he bestowed upon
any person not of royal rank of whatever
race lie might be. and yet the bead of Book
er 1. Mashington lias not been turned a sin
gle degree, so far ns we can observe. . . .
Booker M’ushlugtoii. we believe, deserves the
good will of the South and will continue to
deserve it so long as he conducts his educa
tional campaign among his race on the hues
laid down bv himself many years ago and
so successfully carried out up 'to the present
time. 53 c bespeak for this great negro edu
cator a cordial welcome aud hearing on the
part of the Durham people of all rices and
believe tie will receive it.
R. R. Moton.
Rampton Institute. Hampton, Va„ No
vember 10, 1910.
THE POPULATION FIGURES
For Western Mossachusetta—Losses In
Many Small Towns—The Census of
1910 as Compared With Those of
1005 and 1900.
The compilation of the Western Massa
chusetts census returns has been finished
and the figures for Hampden, Hampshire,
Franklin and Berkshire counties, compared
with those for 1900 and 1905. are give#
below. As was expected, heavy losses are
disclosed in a number of the small towns
In Hampden county nine of the 23 places
show losses since 1905; in Hampshire
county 13 out of 23 show losses, including
the college towns of Northampton. Amhetet
and South Hadley, which were affected by
the ruling as to enumerating college stu
dents. Franklin county has 17 out of 26
towns which have lost papula lion in the
past five years, and one which has the same
population. Berkshire county shows losses
m 16 out of 32 towns, and one town has
the same population as in 1905 on account
of the' college count ruling. The town of
New Ashford has the distinction of being
the smallest in Western Massachusetts,
with only 92 people. Mount Washington,
which was the smallest in 1905, has made
a gain. The figures follow’
Hampden Couuty.
1010. 1905. 1000.
Agawam 3,501 2,795 2,538
Blandford 717 746 836
Brimfleld 866 894 041
Chester 1,377 1,366 1,450
Chicopee 2-5,401 20,101 19,167
E. Longmeadow .. 1,553 1.327 1,187
Granville 781 865 1,059
Hampden ........ 645 561 752
Holland 145 151 160
Holyoke 57,730 49,084 45,712
Longmeadow .... 1,084 964 811
Ludlow 4.948 3,881 3,536
Monson 4,758 4.344 3.402
Montgomery 217 239 273
Palmer 8.610 7,755 7.801
Russell 965 1.053 793
Somliwick 1.020 1.048 1,040
Springfield 88,926 75,540 62,059
Tolland ISO 274 275
M'ales 345 645 773
M'estfleld 16,044 13,611 12.310
M'cst Springfield. 9.224 .8,101 7,105
Wilbraham 2,332 1.708 1.595
Totals ......... .231,360 196,013 178,003
Hampshire County.
1910. 1905. 1900.
Amherst ...» 5.112 5,313 SJWB
Belchertown 2,054 2,088 2,292
i Chesiettieid" tw -W sit
Cunimjngtou ..... 637 . 740. 748
Easttiamptou .... 8.524 6,808 5,603
Enfield 874 073 1,036
Goshen 279 277 316
Granby 761 747 761
Greenwich 452 475 491
Hadlev 1.999 1,895 1,789
Hatfield 1,986 1,779 1,500
Huntington 1.473 1,451 1.475
Middlefield 354 399 410
Northampton .... 19,431 19,957 18.643
Pelham 467 460 462
Plainfield 406 382 404
Prescott 320 322 380
Southampton .... 870 927 1.012
South Hadley .... 4.894 5.054 4.526
M’are 8.774 8,504 8,263
Westhampton .... 423 466 469
Williamsburg ..... 2.132 1.943 1.026
M'orthington .... 569 614 675
Totals ^327 62,227 58,«0
Franklin County.
1010. 1905. 1900.
Ashfield 959 959 955
Bernardston 741 76'.) 792
Buckltind 1.573 1..>00 1.446
Charlemont 1.001 1,002 1,094
Colralu 1,741 1.780 1,740
C'onwav 1.230 1.340 1,458
Deerfield 2.209 2.112 1.069
ErvUg 1.148 1.004 973
Gill 912 1.023 1.015
Greenfield 10.427 9,156 7,927
Hawley 424 448 420
Heath 346 ~ 356 441
Leverett 72 s ”03 744
Leyden 368 408 870
Monroe 246 269 305
Montagne ■ 6.866- 7.015 6.130
New Salem 630 672 807
Northfield 1.642 2.017 1,966
Orange 5,282 5,578 5,520
Rowe 456 533 549
Shelburne 1.408 1,515 1.50 S
ShntesbA'y 267 374 382
Sunderland .....u.. 1,047 910 lil
M'nrwick 477 527 619
Wendell 502 480 492
Whately _ 846 822 769
43^00 43,362 41.208
Berkshire County.
Adams 13,026 12.468 11,134
Alford 275 275 273
Becket 950 890 904
Cheshire 1,508 1.281 1,321
Clarksburg 1,207 1,200 943
Dhlton 8,568 3.122 3,014
Egreinont 60.1 721 758
Florida 359 424 390
Great Barrington ... 5,926 6,132 5,85(
Himcpck 465 -134 45|
Hinsdale I.U« 1.452 1.48^
Lanesboro »47 845 780
Lee 4,106 3,972 3.596
Lenox 3.(160 3,058 2,042
Monterey 388 444 453
Mt M’ashlnctou .... 110 87 123
New Ashford 92 100 107
Naw Marlboro 1.124 1.209 1,282
North Adams 22.010 ' 22,150 i’4,200
Otis 494 534 476
Peru 237 208 253
Pittsfield 32,121 25.001 21,766
Rlehnmnd 'Wi 601 678
Snndlsfield 566 657 661
Savov ”>63 549 5M
Sheffield 1.817 1.782 1.804
Stockbridge 1.033 2.022 2,081
Tyrlnglmm 382 314 386
M'ashlngton 277 339 377
West Stockbridge .. 1.271 1.023 I.IM
Williamstown 3,70 S 4.425 5,013
Windsor 404 513 507
Totals M 5.259 08.330 95,6« i
THE VICTORY TN WASHINGTON.
To thu Editor of The Ropuolican
The adoption of the woman suffragi
amenrlment In the state of Washington la
an object lesson op the vglue of persever
ance. and also on the growth of the efimtl
rights movement. This is the third time
that such nn amendment has been sdb
milted in Wusldngtoii. In ISfdl it w«a
beaten bv a majority of 19,858. In 1898 it
whs lienten by only 9882. Now It is re
ported to have carried by n vote of two to
one. Alicf. Stonk Blackwell.
Itorrhistcr, Nocentbcr It. 1910.
Newspaper* in England had nut the
right to criticise the policy of the k|ng
iind the minister* until the end of the
18th century, Mr Walter, the first editor
of the Loudon Times, hud to serve n
year's iiuprlsounieut for censuring the duke
of Yor|t. That wns mote than 100 years
ufter Milton, in Uie "Areopaffliio*,”
stilted io unapKworHblc fuahiun the reasons
for freedom of imeeUc