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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23; 1907.
SMOOTH BIT OF POLITIC8.
Tho snioolheHt piece or work seen
recently in Congress Is that of the
advocates of tho Llttauer subsidy
bill. Representative Llttauer Is
great friend of President Roosevelt.
Ho in also nn intimate of Speaker
Cannon and the other leaders. Hnv
lug declined u retionilnntlou, ho Is
serving his lust session. For theso
and other reasons, not tho least be
log his personal popularity, ho wae
chosen to Bponaor the ship subsidy
bill selected for enactment. At tho
proper ktVs???, .Representative Flack
resigns from the Coininitteo on Mer?
chant Marine, and Llttauer is ap?
pointed; he introduces his new bill
and tho Committee roports.lt. Then
it Ib endorsed by President Roose?
velt and Speaker Cannon. About
this time a large black cloud lu seen
In the West. It Is the reflection of
tho counternnncos of the Middle-West
members, who are not disposed to
view the Llttauer hill any more fav?
orably than the Oalllnger bill.
Then comes tho sunshine from
Spoaker Cannon and Representative
Llttauer. The House wants tho sal?
aries of Its members raised, but on
a record vote, defeated the proposi?
tion, for home effect. Back comes
tho hill from the Senato and Repre?
sentative Llttauer moves that it be
amended so as to increase the sal
aTloH of Senators and members to
$7.SOD. to take effect March 4 of this
year, tho day the new Congress takes
hold. The Increase will benefit about
250 members of the present House,
and a beatific smile passed over their
countenance:;.
But tho bold Muco, of Arkansas,
demanded the yeas and nays. At the
demand, the ?Speaker could see only
thirty-four members standing. Now
tho House rules provide thut it re?
quires a fifth of the members to re?
quire a roll-call, nud as the House
haB aSG members, 34 is not enough.
But, nnd It Is a large BUT, a demand
can be made for the other side,
which is to say, those opivosed to n
roll-call. Then. If the "other side"
1b not four times ns numerous as tho
members demanding a roll-call, tho
roll-call 1b ordernd. ?But did any no
bio Spartan demand the "other side?"
"Not a sufficient number and the
ayes and nays are refused." declared
he Speaker. Color roturned to the
heoks, and there 'were shouts of
oy. As a matter of fact, there hav
ng been 276 votes cast, thirty-four
as clenrly "not n sufficient imm?
er." .
Now the question arises what are
ho gloomy-browed Middle-Western
rs going to do with the subsidy bill,
athered by "Brer" Llttauer and
ponsored by "Undo Joe?"
ROOSEVELT WILL FIGHT.
President Roosevelt, realizing that j
contest between himself and the
enato is inevitable, has decided to
orco the fighting immediately and
as selected the battleground. The
ght will be over the Blackburn
oendmcnt to the Foraker resolution
roviding for an investigation or the
?rownsvillc episode. Tho muttor is
f no much more importance1 than
tho mere discharge of Uio negro
truopH, and tho Hlgnlflcancc so much
wider, thut tho final vote,' will be
of grout national Importance.
If tho President cnn? have his way.
he and the nntlndinlulslrntion Sena?
tors will have their fight out now.
if he wins, he will stand before tho
country with prestige unimpaired. If
he loses ho will he In the attitude of
n repudiated leader, toBsed aside on
)hc eve of a presidential campnign.
This struggle between the Presldont
and 'the Senate has been Inevitable
ever Blnce It benmc clear that Mr.
Koosevelt would not be a candidate
to succeed himself. It has been
brewing for a long time, but It Is ev?
ident that the tactics or those who
were to lead the right were to dorer
giving battle.
Kvery Indication Is that the
President has stolen a march on tho
Senate, that he now hus the votes
with which to put the Blackburn
amendment through nnd that this will
be adopted unless the Republican
managers orrer "something Just as
good."
Mr. Foraker furnished tho reasons
for tin? fight coming otf now, nnd
Mr. Blackburn bus precipitated it, ami
there must now be a square back?
down by the opponents of the Presi?
dent, with some sort of admission
that, his acta are all right, or a bat?
tle royal over tho proposal by the
Democratic leader of the Senate that
tho legality of the conduct or the
President Is not to l>e questioned.
No matter which way the vote goes
It cannot fail to have a disastrous er
roct on the parly. No Congress has
become Involved In a war with Its
President that did not lose the ensuing
Presidential and Congressional elec?
tions. This was true with Arthur's
administration In the election ot issi.
the Harrison administration In 1802
nnd tho Cleveland admlnlBtration lit
1800. The Republican party survived
the conrilct With Andrew Johnson,
but only by nominating General Grant
tor President.
For these reasons many or tho
lenders ot the parly, some or whom
hayOj no political liking for the Pres?
ident, dare casting around for some
way out of the present controversy.
They do not want the Blackburn
amendment to roach a vote so long
as the President Is for It. nnd at tho
snme time they do not see any wny
tut of tho difficulty.
Those who question the authority
and Judgment of his course In tho
Brownsville affair represent the old
opposition to his r.ollcy of regulating
corporations nnd making them obey
the law. To uso an expression tho
President has frequently employed of
Into, lie regards them as that class
of men "who want to make tho no
publican party an annex of Wall
street." He believes they have rais?
ed thla Brownsville question to dis?
credit hlni, and thus lay the founda?
tion for control of the next national
Republican convention and the nomi?
nation of n man who would not stand
for the Roosevelt policies.
Tho President realizes tho strength
of his own position. He belloves that
tho country now npprovos his course.
He belloves not only that Senators
who vote against the Blackburn
amendment, but also those who vote
to table It will be in the position of
censuring him.
Naval engineers are much Impress?
ed with the information, which como?
from ofriclal sources abroad, to the
effect that the six battleships which
the French have designed will bo of
the largest dimensions und equipped
with turbines. It has been decided
that all ships hereafter designed or
contracted tor by this government
shnll have turbines, with the possi?
ble exception or colliers and other
ships, which require less speed (hnn
tho vessels likely to serve on the tir?
ing line. Tills Ib the most Important
decision which has boon reached In
many years. It Is the result or oo i
sidcrnble dis.usslon among the naval
exports. The tact that the French
have adopted turbines, following the
muni policy In naval engineering,
hns settled the question so far as
'.' e American system is concerned.
There are many Improvements tr be
mndt- in turbines, nnd the develop
intuit is constant and of material ben?
efit to the qunlities of efriciency and
economy, The Navy Department has
recently had two officers abroad, who
have made special studies of the tur?
bine, and the department Is In pos?
session of much valuable data.
I WITH THE PARAGRAPHER8
It Is mentioned that at some rail?
way stations in the northwest, not
a freight has arrived since New
Year's. Tho railroad directors in
Wall street are too busy to attend to
such trifles.?Philadelphia Record.
It has boon practically settled that
Smoot will hold his scat In the sen?
ate. AIbo, we regret to say, Platt and
Depew are likely to remain until the
expiration of their terms.?Chicago
Record-Herald.
It Is evident that the only "trust
That he has made
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busting" that can have any effect
must take tin;'shape of "tariff-bust;
Ing." So long as Republicans "stand
pat" on the tariff all their movements
naglnst the trusts that fatten on it
are merely "grandstand plays."?
Florida Times-Union.
After Senators Tillman and Spoon
or ltaVe finished telling what they
think of each other, the Senate may
be uble to proceed to legislate a lit?
tle more.?Washington Post.
In all tho dispatches from Kings?
ton, nothing has been said to relieve |
tho natural anxiety as to the safety
of the visible supply of Jamaica rum
and Jamaica ginger.?Boston Globe.
Accounts of Thaw's methods of dis?
posing of his Idle time say he went ]
through a stock of the Sunday news-'
papers, but he paid no attention to!
"tho comic supplements and the il-1
lustrated sections." His literary tasto |
appears to he sane, anyhow.?Balti?
more News.
Of course, it would be absurd to
[attribute the rise of Ohio river to the
I Increased cost of living.?Toledo J
Binde.
Those loud splashes that you hear
uro Chancellor Day's tears falling as
ho reads the news from Findlay,
Ohio.?Chicago Record-Herald.
Boston, which lias cowpaths to tho |
Common Instead of streets, rejoices,
forsooth, because New York no longer j
uses horse cars!?New York Herald.
The Carnegie hero fund Is a good
deal like the pension laws; It dls-1
tributes a great deal of money with?
out making anybody rieh.? -Philadel-1
phlu Inquirer.
Tho difference is that President
Roosevelt advocates speaking softly
nnd carrying a big stick, while Sen?
ator Foraker prefers to speak big'
aod carry a soft stick.?Kansas City
Star.
GRAND WRY PROBING
INTO THEATRICAL TRUST\
Well Known Men Have Been Sum?
moned to Tell What They
Know About It.
(XXv .\s3oclnted Press.)
NEW YORK; Jan. 22.?An inves?
tigation of the so-called theatrical
trust was begun by the grand jury
today. Nearly all (h o prominent
theatrical promoters In tills city nnd
some from other cities have been
subphoonneil to r.ppenr before the
jury In connection with the In-j
ouiry.
Among those who were present'
awaiting their turn to testify were
Al llnyman and his representative,
Louis Morgenstein; Robert Young,
representing Charles Frohman; Mey?
er W. Livlngstlne, representing
Klaw and Erlanger; George H. Nic?
olai and Dudley McAdow repre?
senting Stair and Havelin; H. R.
Jacobs of Albany for Schubort and
many employees of all tho theatri?
cal companies.
G. D. Mattox, Takes Bride.
BEDFORD CITY, VA., Jan. 22. -
Miss Trnylor, daughter of John Tray
lor. a prominent farmer of this coun?
ty, and G. D. Mattox, who was in
charge of the block station at Ran?
goon on the night President Sam ml
Spencer, of the Southern railway,
was killed, eloped to Pelham, N. C,
wnere they were married yesterday.
Virginia Air Line Assured.
WILMINGTON. VA.. nln. 22.?At a
meeting of the board of supervisors
of tho county n few days ago the
mattor pertaining to the building
of tho Virginia Air Lino railway war,
definitely settled, nnd the construc?
tion of the road may now be expect?
ed.
1,200 LIVES WEBE L?ST
Tidal Wave ?Weh Swpt Over Dutch
Ineias Unusually Severe.
OHE ISLAND ALMOST DISAPPEARS
Earthquake Shocks Are Felt Every
Day and It is Feared That There
Will be More Loss of Life and
Property.
(By Associated Press.)
THE HAG UK, Jan. 22.?The tidal
wave which devastated some of the
Dutch Fast Indian Islands, South of
Atchln, as announced January 11,
practically engulfed the Island of
Simula.
According to the latest information
received here. Slmnlit has almost dis?
appeared, it is said that probably
1.5000 persons lost their lives. Vio?
lent earth shocks continued to befell
daily. The civil government of Atchln
has gone to the scene of the catas?
trophe. According to the brief offi?
cial despatch which first announced
the devastation wrought by the tidal
wavo in some of the Dutch Hast In?
dian Islands. 300 persons perished on
the Island of Tana and 10 on the Is?
land of Simula. Pttda Bnbi or Siinu
lu Is situated off the northwest coast
of the. Island of Sumatra and south
of the Province of Atchln.
TEXAS RETURNS BAILEY
TO THE U. S. SENATE
The Vote Was One Hundred and
Eight to Forty-five on the
Joint Ballot.
fRy Aspocmtcd Press.)
AUSTIN. TEXAS, Jan. 22.?Joseph
W. Bailey was today re-elected Unit
eel States Senator by a vote in tho
two branches of the state legislature
of 108 to 15. In the Senate the vote
was 19, In favor of Senator Bailey
nnd ten against; in the lower house
it was SD to 35.
Moonshine Still Found.
DANVILLE, VA., Jan. 22.?A 100
gallon copper still. 500 gallons of corn
beer, a quantity of low wines nnd
various distillery fixtures and, para?
phernalia were seized Sunday by the
internal revenue officers a few miles
beyond (he city near the North Car?
olina border. The still had recently
been operated, but the moonshiners
had been probably forewarned of the
approach of the officers and fled.
Shelby M. Cullom Re-elected Senator.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.. Jan. 22.?In
joint session the Illinois Legislature
today re-elected Shelby M. Cullom to
tho United States Senate.
If you have ,vacant houses, ploaso
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dwellings. C. B. Nelms, PresL, Clar?
ence G. Nelms, Secretary, W. E. Kit?
chen, Treas., W. Howard Bowen.
Directors, H. E. Pnrker, L. P. Stearnes,
Albert Howe. 1-18-6L
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Choice Timothy Hay, per 100 lbs. $1.10
No. l Timothy Hay, per 100 lbs. 1.05
Ship Stuff, sacked, per 10? lbs. 1.20
Bran, sacked, per 100 lbs. 1.15
Va. water ground white bolted meal, sacked . 1.15
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ROCHESTER. N. Y., Jan. 22.?As
the result of a quarrel over Christian
Science doctrine this morning, Ed?
ward Dabei!, seventy-five years old.
shot his daughter, Emma, in the
head, and her compnninn. Miss M.
C. Taber. through the back. Miss
Dnbell was not seriously hurt, but th?
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juries.
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