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6 THE SALT 'LAKE TRIBUNE, SATURDAY MORNINCr, MAY, 13, 1911. , :A
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SI Saturday, May 13, 1911. - ,
I Washington is said lo be now the
hottest place in the country. Probauij'
it i3j and in more senses than one.
Dr. Owen ot Detroit z on the wrong
track when he supposes that Bacon mur
dered Shakespeare. It i3 the ham
actors, not Bacon.
In New York thej- are still arguing
the twicc-a-ycar taxpayinjr proposition.
But most tax-payers find that facing
the tax-collector once a j'oar is enough.
Tt is reported that Major-General
Wood, chief of staff of the U S. Army,
docs not favor economy in military ex
penditures. It -would be miraculous if
he did, for those in charge of public af
fairs always wane big appropriations.
Venezuela is trying to "get on the
map" again, with a revolution. Which
reminds us: what has become of that
tempestuous little rascal Cypriano
Castro, who threatened to "come
back." Or, is this rumble his advent 1
On May Sth a monument was un
veiled at Grain's Harbor, Washington,
lo the memory of Captain Robert Gray,
' "who discovered and dropped anchor in
that harbor in 1792. The honor was
long in coming, but it will endure for
ever. The newest suffrage bill in the House
of Commons would prohibit a woman
from voting in the same constituency
as her husband. To prevent "undue
influence" and cumulative voting.
From the British standpoint, a cautious
scheme.
The first and second-class accommo
dations on all available steamers for
"coronation week" have been taken
at New York- The rush of Americans
fjor that ceremon3r is said to be so far
ahead of all records that they are "no
wlierc." Postal employees arc given sharp
choice by Postmaster General Hitch
cock j they may resign, but musn't go
on a strike, lie hasn't said yet that
if they go on a strike it will be con
sidered a resignation; but the choice
given practical!' amounts about to
that.
UucltJ Joe Cannon celebrated his
seventy-fifth .birthday on May 6th; and
the one request of the newspaper boys
that he nuide was that they wouldn't
sa' he was "seventy-five years
young." Which shows that Uncle Jo
soph is as shrewd and humorous as
ever. '
The farmers of the East, stirred up
by political jobbers and other standpat
ters, are working themselves into
frenzy in opposition to Canadian reci
procity. But they have their answer
from President Taft, and the Senate
prides itself on never yielding to "pop
ular clamor."
If the Senate should join the Demo
cratic "farmers' free list" to the
Canadian reciprocity ' agreement, it
will be easy to see that the House
made a tactical mistake when it sent
up the free list before reciprocity had
been acted upon. It may give the sea
ate a needed excuse.
The talk of sending troops to Alaska
to "put down resistance to the Federal
authority" in the coal contentions is ex
asperating. What a sight it would be
to have soldiers standing over the freez
ing settlors, to prevent them digging
coal on the public domain to keep thorn
warni! Even despotic Russia wouldn't
be guilty of such outrageous oppression
as that.
A million dollars has recently been
shipped out of Mexico to the United
Statestwo tons of gold and specu
lation is rifo as to what it meana.
There are those who interpret it to
mean the flight of Diaz, and who think
that he is following the example of
bo many other Latin-American despots,
preparing a soft nest for himself to go
to when the jig is up.
It is contended by Governor Woodrow
Wilson that fines are useless as penal
ties on rich men convicted of violating
the laws. There is a good deal of force
iu this; for if the fine is made largo
the rich man fights for its abrogation
or reduction, usually with success; whilo
rN s itfotferate, the rich man pays it
."fe L is not hurt, but is more cautious
next time. The suggestion of Governor
Wilson that ricli men be sent to jail
is found in all the courts to be so diffi
cult as to be impracticable.
MADERO' S NEW GOVERNMENT,
Events move fast these days in Mex
ico. There is a radical change now.
and one that puts the Madero cluims
on an entirely different and morn ad
vantageous footing from the situation
as it was when the recent abortive
peace negotiations were entered upon.
At that time Madero was simply a
guerrilla chief fighting against, the
government of his country. Now he is
a de facto ruler through his assumption
of the Presidency of the Republic, and
the organization of a provisional gov
ernment. He is in possession of much
uf the northern part of Mexico, and
doubtless the other insurrectionary
chiefs throughout .Mexico, wiio are
fighti,ug Diaz,, will make terms with
Madero and further his plans upon such
recognition of themselves as they can
negotiate or compel.
It. is manifest that Madero 's success,
his -assumption of the Presidency, and
his organization of a government, put
him on an advanced pluno from any
thar, he has claimed heretofore, lie will
now claim treatment as an equal with
Diaz. He will doubtless demand the
submission of Diaz, and it looks as
though ho might succeed in forcing it.
By his stroke in organizing a provis
ional government, he gives notice to
the world that he aspires to the Pres
idency of The Republic of Mex
ico, and he cannot be expected to
abaic anythiug of that claim if
his arms are victorious. He is now,
in faci, President of. all that part of
Mexico which he holds in subjection,
and as he obtains moro territory, his
actual Presidency will expand. Here
tofore the question of the Presidency
of Mexico in succession lo Dinz has
been an open one. It is so no longer.
The next President of Mexico will be
Diaz or Madero, with the possibility
of a disruption of the Republic, and
the setting up of a separate dictotor
ship or republic in Northern Mexico.
A pressing question will immediate!'
arise as to the supplies which Madero
will seek to draw from this country.
There is no obligation on the part of
the United States to cause its citizens
to refrain from selling supplies of any
kind to Madero 's forces. If the Mex
ican government can capture these sup
plies, well and good; they will be con
traband of war. But it is no viola
tion of neutrality, or of international
law, for American citizens to suppiy
Madero with whatever he requires. The
transaction will bo between him and
those from whom ho makes his pur
chases, and it will be no part of the
duty of the United States to interfere
between the buyer and the seller, no
matter what the articles may be. This
was a principle full' asserted by the
European powers during the civil war
in this country, when blockade running
became a profession, as well as a com
mercial enterprise. Such blockade run
ners as the United States could cap
ture they confiscated. Those that made
their way into the Confederate ports
made huge profits, but no nationality
could be held responsible in either case.
It is true that after the war closed,
the "United States recovered .$15,000,000
damages from Great Britain, but that
was on another, account; it was because
Great Britain allowed a privateer for
the Confederate service to be built in
an English port, almost openly, in de
fiance of neutrality. That Confederate
cruiser inflicted tremendous damage
upon American commerce, an injury
from -which our deep sea marine has
never recovered. But so far as the sell
ing of: supplies of all kinds to the Con
federates was concerned, there was
never any bar to it, and never any re
covery of damages on that account.
Just so now in the case of Madero Js
forces. He has a substantial basis close
to the boundary Hue, and it is the
duty of the Mexican government to pre
vent his getting supplies from the
United States, or from any other coun
try for that matter, if it can. Ma
dero 's position has been enormously
strengthened within the past week. He,
of course, will be conscious of the ad
vantages thus gained, and will make
the most of them.
DISCIPLINING THE REBELLIOUS.
Apostle .lohn W. Taylor was dealt
with by the quorum oif the Twelve
Apostles on March 2Sth for "insubordi.
nation to the government and discipline
of the church." The verdict of excom
munication was pronounced upon him
for that cause, and he is no longer,
therefore, a member of the church, un
less lie has been taken in since by bap
tism. The official notice of this action
was printed in the Deseret News, the
official church organ, on the second
day of the present mouth.
Last night the same church organ
contained the official notice of the
action takon by the council of the
Twelve Apostles against Matthias F
Cowley on Thursday afternoon, May
11th. The action of the Twelve in his
enso was unanimous, as it was in the
case of John W. Taylor. The decision
was that "Matthias F. Cowley, for in
subordination, to the government and
discipline of the church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints, be and he is here
by deprived of the right and authority
to exercise any of the functions of the
priesthood." It will be observed that
Mr, Cowley is not excommunicated; he
is not even disfcllowshiped; ho ia de
prived of the right to exercise any of
the functions of the priesthood.
Those who are curious will naturally
ask what causes the difference in the
treatment of these two quondam apos
tles. They resigned from the Apostles'
quorum together, aB understood for tho
same reasons; as expressed, on account
of lnharmony with their quorum. This
inharmony, it appears, has extended
also ugainst. the First Presidency of
the church. The erstwhile Apostles arc
no longer in harmony with the church
polity, and one is excommunicated and
the other deprived of his right to exer
cise his functions in tho priesthood.
It is understood that the trouble ifj
about polygamy; that neither Taylor
nor Cowley consent to the rule that the
practice of polygamy must be given up.
Nay, even more; they refuse to agree
that new polygamy must not be cutered
into. That is, they reject the Mani
festo altogether, reject the statement
and ruling of President Joseph l'
Smith, reject tho various conference
addresses, explanations, and protesta
tions, and want to keep right on in
the same old way, without regard to
anything since the full concurrence in
and prevalence of the polygamy revela
tion. But that stiffneckedness is now held
to be a revolt against the church disci
pline and authority. Therefore, the
discipline. But, why is one excommuni
cated and the other merely deprived of
the power to exercise the functions of
the priesthood 7 Tho Saints will natur
ally bo much interested iu this, and
certainly their interest is fully sharod
by the general public. A statement -of
just what these former Apostles have
been guilty of, what their inharmony
consists of, and precisely what they
have been doing to cause this sudden
action of the Twelve, would certainly
be appreciated by the public.
GALLINGER IN HARD LUCK.
The progressive Republican Senators
do not consent; to tho election of Sen
ator Gallinger as President pro tempore
of the United States Senate to succeed
Senator Fryo of Maine, recently re
signed from that presidency. It is
quite natural that these progressive
Senators should take this position. The
standpat majority has been extremely
oppressive on the progressive Repub
lican Senators, treating them as party
outlaws, and awarding committee po
sitions with high hand, refusing to
listen to the just and fair demands of
the progressive Senators. The Demo
crats in the Senate declined to come
to tho aid of the progressive Senators
on that question, but now, although in
no sense assuming to aid the insur
gents, they have a candidate of their
own for the Presidency of the Senate,
and they arc supporting him without
regard to the split in the vole of
tho Republican party Senators. Tf the
progressives' ranks hold firm, as they
did during the first day of the con
test, it -will be impossible for Senator
Gallinger to be elected; and, really, as
long as Vice Prcsidout Sherman is in
good health, there is no urgent need
for a President pro tempore of the
Senate.
Senator Ifrye- of Maine was President
pro tempore of the Senate for some
fifteen years, a considerable portion of
that time being the actual President
of the Senate, through first the death
of Vice-President Hobarfc, and then
through the elevation of Vice Pres
ident Roosevelt to the Presidency. This
exalted position having been held by a
New England Senator for so long, it
would seem as though there ought not
to be any great objection to the eleva
tion of a Senator from some other por
tion of the Republic for a while, to
that position. New- England has great
statesmen, to be sure; it continues its
Senators in office for long periods of
time in the U. S. Senate, whereby they
get advancement iu position, in stand
ing, ;ind in preferment of various kinds
in that illustrious body. iBut other Sen
ators also are deserving, and other Sen
ators have had sufficient length of
service to give them a standing high
enough to make thoni eligible for the
great honor now proposed to be con
ferred upon Senator Gallinger. There
is Senator Cullom of Illinois, for in
stance, venerable in age, and worthy of
consideration by reason of his personal
character, his party standing, and his
long service, whose elevation to the
Presidency pro tempore of the Senate
would be an honor to that body and
would also be a fitting climax to his
eminent services in that body. Sen
ator Clapp of Minnesota, who is pro
posed by tho insurgents, is also a
worthy Senator, whose elevation to the
Presidency of the Senate would be, not
only fitting, but eminently appropriate,
geographically as well as personally. It
can hardly be contended, eminent as
the Non; England Senators are, that
they must be allowed a monopoly of tho
Presidency pro tempore of the Senate.
The appropriate thing, surely, is a
change. Let some other locality have
a chance, now that New England has
had innings for so long.
PARLIAMENTARY KANGAROO.
There has come into use in the House
of Commons a now form pf parlia
mentary procedure. It is dubbedthe
"Kangaroo," which is explained by
saying that it Tefers to the fact that
it is antipodal, moaning that it is in
reverse of practice heretofore, and "so
different."
The process is like this: It is ap
plied in the pushing through the House
of Commons of the veto bill on the
House of Lords. Thousands of amend
ments have been offered to this lords'
veto bill, and they are disposed' of by
the kangaroo method. That is, the
ministry groups together huudreds of
these amendments, selecting them by
classification presumably, that is, those
that relnte primarily to the same
order of subjects, and proposing them
for vote in tho House ns a mass, so
that hundreds of motions relating to a
given subject or order will be disposed
of by one vote in the House of Com
mons. In that Tvay it is found practical
to get on with the business of the
House, and to dispose of by wholesale
the Hoods of amendments that are
offered.
it is a new principle in parliamentary
law, and will doubtless be adopted
sooner or later in our own House of
Representatives. It is conceivable,
even, that it might be adopted iu our
Senate, but not booh. It is a decided
novelty in parliamentary procedure,
and is an outgrowth of the necessities
of tho time
BILLIONAIRE HOLDINGS.
That was surely a sensational docu
ment which was presented in New York
on Wednesday to the Interstate Com
merce Commission. It was brought
forth in the hearing of the rate discrim
ination case brought by the Alpha Co
mcnt Company, alleging injustice in
rales as applied against that concern.
Tho showing was iu the form of a
eiiaii submitted by the company's coun
sel to s-upport tho claim, that the vast
iiiduumto oxerted uy the United States
Steel Corporation, and the lirm of J.
I'. -Morgan & Company, is effectual in
establishing railroad rales, and in the
control of tho industrial affairs of the
country iu discrimination against the
plaintiff company in the matter of its
suit.
The showing made by tho chart is,
that tho concerns under the influence
of tho moneyed interests cited, are in
such a powerful position that nothing
can resisL them. Tho companies and
corporations, on whose boards the influ
ences managing the Steel Corporation
and tho Morgan concerns appear,
amount in their aggregate capitaliza
tion to nearly sixteen billion dollars,
being about, one-eighth of the total val
uation of the United States. If the
showing is substantiated, it is certainly
by far the most tremendous exhibit
ever made of the accumulations and
holdings of capital in unified relations
such as are hero shown.
A singular part of the showing made
is, that the persons named as directors
in tho companies representing this
enormous ' capital are not commonly
known to the American public as men
of influential wealth. George F. Baker
stands at the head, being a director in
companies capitalized at almost five
billions of dollars; Mr. H. C. Prick, a
former partner of Andrew Carnegie, but
now at bitter enmity with him, comes
next, holding director's positions in
companies capitalized at upwards of
two billions of dollars; N. B. Ream is
a director iu companies capitalized at
over a billion; D. G. Reid, director in
companies capitalized at almost eight
hundred million dollars; Henry Wallers,
director in companies capitalized at up
wards of seven hundred and fifty
million dollars; Charles Steel, director
in companies capitalized at upwards of
six hundred millions. These men, in
their directorate capacity, represent
companies capitalized al enormously
more than all the companies represented
by the directorates of J. P. Morgan,
John P. Dryden, and E. H. Gary, who
arc much more prominent in the public
eye than thoso who appear to be so
much more wealthy than themselves.
If the showing is a correct one, it
appears that the great millionaires of
this country are not known as such to
the public, and the tremendous influence
of the -wealth which they represent is
exercised in practical secrecy, and by
men -whoso names even are not familiar
to the American people.
AUSTRALIAN GROWTH.
The growth of Australia in the ten
years from 1900 to 1910 was 736,746,
the population of the six provinces be
ing as follows in the enumeration:
1900. 1910.
New South Wales 1,350.000 1.660,420
Victoria 1.201.50G 1,324,3S1
Queensland 4S4.70A HM.Mi
South Australia. SG2.G04 -132.413
Western Australia 170.000 2S5.253
Tasmania 177,340 187,195
3,716,150 4.4S2.S06
3,746,150
736,746
This total of population for Austra
lia compares -with that of Ohio, 4,767,
121, which State is fourth in popula
tion of the American Union and nearest
of any to the Australian figures.
In every country the population of
the cities is growing at a much greater
ratio than that of the country districts.
This is emphatically so in Australia,
The four cities, Sidney and suburbs
with 605,900 population, Melbourne
562,300, Brisbane 143,077, and Adelaide
184,393, contain more than one third
of the total population of Australia.
This is an enormous proportion, out of
all ratio with that of other countries
in tho preponderance of city popula
tion compared -with the total. In fact,
the two cities of Sidney and Mel
bourne contain considerably moro than
one-fourth of tho total population of
Australia. Tho total population figures
do not show the great growth that
might be expected in a now country,
the increase in the ten years being ma-
terially under twenty per ceut.
Germany has just completed a four
months' battle against outdoor advertis
ing on fences, trees, cliffs, etc., with the
result that there is a very general ban
on the practice. It is a battle that
ought to bo fought and won in all
civilized lands.
There are sixteen thousand lawyers in
New York, and it is said that their
average earnings are not over $1000 a
year. But isn't this raking together
rather too permiscuous? Doesn't it
include near-lawyers 7
The j.rogressivo Republican Senators
protested against th? unfair treatment
of them in the matter of committee po
sitions, but of what avail is ever a
lamb's protest to a wolf?
A French actross is quoted as saying
that for gayoty and wdekednesa Paris
does ifijt compare -with New York. It's
ten to one that sho knows,
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