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Single Copies 5 Cents. , \u25a0 " Terms by Mall, Including Postage (Cash With Order): DAILY CALL (Including Sunday). 1 year $8.00 DAILY CALL (Including Sunday), 6 months ; $4.00 DAILY CALL— By single month .;........ ."' 75c SUNDAY CALL, 1 year $2.50 WEEKLY CALL. 1 year $1.00 FOREIGN ( DaHy $3.00 Per Year Extra rutttlw J Sunday $4.15 Per Year Extra POSTAGE, /weekly if. $1.00 Per Year Extra Entered at the United States Postofflce as Second Class Matter. ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested. Mall subscribers In ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS In order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. TARIFF REVISION A ROOSEVELT POLICY THE country has waited long for President Roosevelt's definite expression of his views on tariff revision, and at last it has come from the lips of Secretary Taft. In the course of his speech at Columbus, 0., on Monday night, the sec retary said: It is the duty of the republican party, however, to see to it that, the tariff on important articles does not exceed substantially the reasonably permanent differential between the cost of production in the foreign coun tries and that in the United States, and therefore when changes take place in the conditions of production likely to produce a very large reduction in the cost of production in the United States, it is. time that schedules be re-examined, and, if excessive, that they be reduced so as to bring them within the justification for the rule by which the amount of tariff to be imposed under the protective system is properly determined. Such sentiments must grieve Uncle Joe Cannon, for there is not a suspicion of standpattism in them. Rather they are full of common sense, and could hardly offend any one who demands protection solely for protective purposes. Business conditions have changed since the Dingley law " was passed. As Secretary Taft says, "We have had a decade of prosperity and an increase and expansion of trade unexampled in the history of this or any other country." Obviously, under such conditions, a tariff schedule that was equable ten years ago would pot be equable now — and that it should be anything else is not the desire of honest pro tectionists. The theory of protection is that foreign goods coming in to compete with goods manufactured here should be taxed the difference in the cost of production,. plus a fair profit to the home manufacturer. To quote the again, "whenever the tariff imposed. is largely in excess of the differential between the cost of production in the two countries, then there is formed at once a great temptation to monopolize the business of producing the particular product and to take advantage of profit in the excessive tariff." It is plain, then, that as far as Roosevelt and Taft can effect it, tariff revision is to be the republican policy in .the next campaign. That will doubtless make a political revolutionist of our sometimes emotional contemporary, the Chronicle, to which there is nothing more holy than, an existing tariff schedule. In a recent editorial on tariff trading with Germany it denominates this form of reciprocity a "device of the devil." Even free trade could hardly call for a more bitter characterization. And the Chronicle gloomily predicts in the following terms a democratic west: "If the party managers at Washington have a real desire to make all the Pacific coast states solidly democratic they cannot do better than keep fussing with the tariff and trying to evade the plain letter of the law." Portentous words, these. Taft is a "fusser"; so is Roosevelt; so is anybody who would lay jmpious hands upon the tables of the tariff law. And if the administration at Washington keeps on "fussing" the Pacific coast states will go solidly democratic. THE HUMANITIES IN INDUSTRIALISM AT the banquet given to the Japanese secretary, Kikijuro Ishii, on Saturday, Mayor Taylor, in the course of his speech, voiced some pertinent views regarding capital and labor, using our own industrial troubles as his text. Materialism*, he says, is at the bottom of it. The employer looks upon labor as a commodity to be bought at' the lowest possible price; the employe seeks to sell his labor in small quantities for as much money as he can get. Said the mayor : You will always have a chasm if it be looked upon in that way, and you never can bridge that chasm as long as each one plants himself "on ;the materiality; as long as the employer^ treats labor as so much sugar] and as so much flour; as long as the laboring man thinks of nothing in the world but short hours and long wages, without any ref er ence whatever to the quality of his service. What is necessary? It is necessary to bridge .that chasm by the humanities, and when you build that bridge of the humanities between the two your labor problems are solved. And -I tell you in all seriousness, gentlemen, you never will solve them, you never will solve labor questions, or any other questions, with sword and gun and dub. There is wisdom in that to benefit both parties if they will. .Each side forgets that there is any humanity in the relations (between capital and labor. The employer of a few men may remem iber that each of them is a human being, \u25a0 capable of suffering .through insufficient pay. The man who hires his help by the : scores or the htm'dreds is prone to forget this fact and to look upon his employes as the means to an end—the cheaper the means .the more profitable the end. It is sometimes this attitude, some ! times instinct, .combined with selfishness, that causes the employe i to regard . the man who hires him as' merely a paymaster, from whom it is his duty to extract as much cash as possible, giving as little labor as possible in return. Socialists are trying to reform conditions without taking into account the frailties of human nature. Their efforts are as futile as are those of economists who would bring about better labor conditions without taking the humanities into consideration. POLITICS AND THE PEDAGOGUE IT is evident from President Benjamin Ide Wheeler's interference in the selection of a postmaster for Berkeley that he looks upon the university as a cause and the town that lies at its feet as an effect. He and 1,500 students, according to his way. of thinking, attract an admiring population of 25,000. Berkeley has beautiful hillside homes, from the windows and verandas^ of u-hich their fortunate owners feast their eyes upon as fair- a> scene as lies out of doors—meadow, hills arid mountains, a magnificent EDITORIAL PAGE bay and that portion of the Pacific 'that can be seen through; the doors of the Golden gate. But President Wheeler does not know this. In his fond imagination the eyes of all ites turn reverently upon the university, \u25a0 the flat dwellers looking humbly upward and the ; hill dwellers \u25a0- gazing . thankf ully| across : the slopes at the town's chief attraction. ' "/f" /f - : : .": >•\u25a0 t&!?. *\u25a0 ; - But President Wheeler, is mistaken. - Berkeley was .there first arid: would be there today, minus President \u25a0 Wheeteiy some pro fessors, several hundred' students and a few boarding Houses, even had the university been located elsewhere: For this reason it is unseemly that he should try to dictate the appointment 'to the post mastership ; that he • should call congressmen into .consultation, and that he should deprive Charles E. Thomas, candidate • for the posi tion, of his vacation. Thomas was catching fish :at: Lake. Tahoe and had many an additional trout in his mind's eye, when the news came that- caused; him to reel in his line and hasten 'back; to; combat Wheeler's efforts against him. President Roosevelt has various : reasons for , his choice of friends. He enjoys discussing with John Burroughs the instinct that leads the tomtit to build a nest instead of boring a hole in the ground for his domicile— or, maybe, it's the other way around. With Coloradans he talks bobcats. It has been generally sup posed that he (arid President -Wheeler are united by a bond that is purely ethical, /v Perhaps /that is still President Roosevelt's idea' But it is evident that President. Wheeler entertains other notions.' Since it discovered that we have a real mayor the Spring Valley is thinking more about the water in its reservoirs and less about the water in its stock. """ Scientists have made the astonishing discovery that as the sun's heat increases or diminishes the earth grows warmer or cooler 'in proportion. Who'd have believed it? ?' There is a man in Livermore who has not visited .-Oakland since 1855, when it consisted of three houses, six tents and a Herd of cattle. 1 He should. revisit the town*^t has changed considerably. An Oakland man is accused by an angry.- mother in law of attempting to make; love ~ to' her. He denies; it. , Men -wise in the ways of matrimony will be inclineci to* believe him, without even seeing the mother in law. --,--. One of the favorite topics of discus sion \u25a0 among western railroadmen' Is the naming of -the i future, officers of the Western Pacific, and scarcely ; a week passes that some new .names are not. mentioned for important positions; Railroadmen *in California"; have "been busy selecting ; Calif ornians ; for,; every post on. the V Gould 1 .line, and;; the" men in i are TeQually/ zealous In"{nam ing, officers f ronu among;, their .number/ I ; This :is i the : last list i furnished- by la convention . on > nominations /.which ; met recently . at j Salt ; Lake: "\ A." EJ.. W*l»by, now : general. -3 superintendent of >',; the Denver and \u25a0 Rl6 Grande,'; to be , the ' gen eral' manager;! Bert I Worthlngton,', who was unanimously." presented iwlthl the Job i, by. his ?' friends -out \ here,,. ls \ given the overlook;;- F.; 'A. , Wadlelgh^,; assist ant general passenger and ticket agent of ?:, the, RlO; Grande/-. to ? ! be'?. the general passenger ' agent, which V; dashes 'the hopes '; of : B. B. ; Wade,'; who] already; has been made the | general | passenger! agent of; the, Western Pacific ;by r ; hlsiadmir-' ers in j the;. Transportation t club; ; sS;iyJ Darragh - has I been t' named : for general frelghtagent,* for : which iF.VW.^Thdmpr son ;, of j' the^" Rock '.^lsland i; vr ,was S,'.;flrst elated.: '; ltl appears Y&s 'If \there^will|be more -guesses coming -before' the, Wes- J ; crn * Pacific Is officered.^-f^^fflHßßHj * ', \-. \u25a0'•\u25a0-'.- \u25a0\u25a0':•\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 :i~* '-.•« \u25a0-\u25a0.'>\u25a0« V. 1 -- . •-.- , : ;. George. Fraser^ and J nine; mep are';go lrig.j to j CbicOi Sunday i, to ; play ;' thej team there -a rgame Vof i.baseball. ;:^The ? fact that their -star, player, ;: E. *: M." ' Ponjeroy, has "left': f or/Albuquerque ; does -not |^Jis£ hearten i the; club, - for . it > never : travels Few of Them and High Up NOTE AND COMMENT fiossipin Railway Circles without 40 substitute*, f The game last Saturday was : disastrous -to tha \u25a0< rail roadmen; ,; as the ; Fen»acqlas wer« * un gallant: enough to hammeri in ialwhole flock •of runs without * giving I the \ rail - road I stars \ a peep : at the \ plate. : . ' n," So \u25a0 * ar '\u25a0- tne only. - game'" which $ the Transportation club got ; away i with was the^ono In whl?h ; they iwentt against the almshouse. contingent Th«?aatter team flight have left the] field, with the big end of, the j score but* for ; the ] fact that one of the men played second base on \u25a0:; crutches/ >% £? *::\u25a0\u25a0;;:' : \u25a0;\u25a0 . r?-* \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0-:\u25a0 " , v i?^?.-- ..In ; accordance with =' the rulings, of the Interstate ; commerce':, commission; the . new^rate ; on'- wheat '« became" effec tive yesterday.! The present "rate! of '65 cents ;on:; flour,* however, ; Is left iundis tujbed: The: new; wheats rate 1 ; Is] raised from , 55 "centsfto 559 * cents s a"" hundred' pounds from . Kansas points r to j Call; f ornia-. terminals. ' - • . v .The Santa Fa'. Issued' yesterday /notice of v; a?: change inrthe: carload irate ; on cannedf goods :'\u25a0 f rom ; ; Calif ornian>: ter minals ,to t New) Mexico { points ; between Belen'.'.and* Albuquerque .arid "Trinidad* Colo. , The \u25a0 reduction^ from %l to^7s cents: a, -hundred*' pounds;- and 'will" be effective in; 30 days. .' ',;\u25a0'. UThe . Grand j Trunk'; Pacific : is Crushing construction . between ' '\u25a0> Saskatoon : ; ; and Edmonton : and ; work :is^ being? carried onf over; the '.whole ! sectlon:VV:.The "com pany; hasJ 1,700 ; men ! and J 900 iteams *en^ gaged ;' and \ is i endeavoring £ to. j procure" 100 'more teams 1 and- 200 imors 1 men. ,r, r Personal Mention . ! George S. Carr of Carrvllle is staying at .the -* Imperial. '> George F.King of Medford is a guest at the Dorchester! \u0084; . " - .- •. John C. Batham ':. of New . York is a guest at the Jefferson. ..'- .\u25a0'\u25a0 Lawrence Chapman of ; Cazadero is : a guest at .the Imperial. :;:\u25a0'•<! , .Ll*. Harvey and wife of Evanston, 111., .are at the Jeffersoalv -Rives W. Baker and wifo of Lake* 'port are at. the. Fairmont / Henry E. Hart, a contractor of Santa Rosa,* is at., the SL James. ;J. W. Preston, a prominent attorney of Ukiah, is at the Hamlin. J. H.\u0094 Thomas , and wife of ' Chicago are registered at the Hamlin. F. R. Doran of Portland is among the Iguests at the Baltimore. v 8. I. Ashlock of Syracuse registered at ;'. the St. James yesterday. Charles D. Prlrice registered at the Savoy r yesterday from Stockton. "James Harvey 'and wife of Los An geles are staying at the Majestic. ,: . % F. A. Alderman I and wife of Santa Clara are registered at the, Dorchester. J. .< Grover, a Coiusa merchant, is at # the Baltimore accompanied by his wife. ' Adrian" Gil-Spear registered , at the Majestic \u25a0 yesterday irom Philadelphia. ', .\ M. I Brasch is at the Majestic from Honolulu on a visit to San .Francisco. M. O. Freeman of Tucson, who is here for a few days, Is at the Fair .rnont. W. H. : Evans arrived .from New «York yesterday.: He Is a . guest at the Ma jestic. . : J.E.: Perry of Denver arrived here yesterday -and is registered at the Savoy.' : '*/-S- \u25a0• ••. \u25a0.- \u25a0 " ' ' '. r A- ;E. Boyle arrived from Modesto yesterday " and is registered at the St. James.- ' ". \u25a0 ; ' ; " Dr. Ralph C. Matson registered at the St.! Francis from Portland ; yes i terday. ,*- .;;,.;. : - ..\u25a0';' . B. C.V, Sejrdel and wife are at the Baltimore on: a holiday visit from Lob 'Angeles.';- : -'' \u25a0 ..\u25a0' •-;\u25a0. , T. J. Field, president of the' Bank Of fj Monterey, and'- wife are .at the Majestic. •'{ . . I J. ?A?t Burton . of ' the Grant construc tion company, Los Angeles, is at tho St. - Francis: , A. ; C. . Bingbam, - a canker of Marys vllle,! is at . the St.' , : Francis during > a visit to- the city. V ';, ',- - • J. C; Popper, who has discovered .val uable^ properties l , at Round .-Mountain, is at:, the St. '-Francis. '.";. / , Kruttschnitt ? Jr," son of -the .well known railroad official! of : Chicago, reg istered \at - the SV Francis yesterday. V Charles -M. Quinn and L. P.- Quinn of rPalo, Alto, ;here, to attend the, grand council of Red Men, registered at the Hamlin. V In the Joke World V ' "See here.",, said . the lady, "you told me ! that < work iwould, ohlyj cost me : JlB, ahdi here ;you*ve i sent} ln ; a blll^ f or • $l 4.'* .jviisTes'm.V.S replied :ithe " ; carpenter; ; : "you see, ';J when ,l] I J ; came i to think ,\u25a0 the thing *ovef?afterward,<l ftwas! afraid .. maybe you'd 2be , about! that 14.** \u25a0^Catholic Standard and" Times. . 1 '.'•'\u25a0f : , ':*'\u25a0"..\u25a0\u25a0' -":'\u25a0.•"•\u25a0."\u25a0;"• ":.::• "-"•\u25a0.'-. . When the thermometer .was scaled The^sultry^heights it knew of .'old. rj \u0084 Oh," ; then,'; remember! how ; you ; walled ; fit Because, -you ', thought it rather, cold. -:' ' ' >.' ' :"=: \u25a0 .' "-^Washington Star. ' " i \u25a0 .'-.-' -..\u25a0/ :;-'.' * " >*r;'s . *:\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ...... [ The * Ancient Mariner had Just uttered ' the |^ Immortal , r^' words, >.^Water,'l-.water, every.where.'yior ? anyj* drop to drink!" Suddenly,} he'Vga^ed". over the desolate waste vwithilonglng;eyes. T ,; .; Mjflt "IjcouldiOnljvlive -till 'the sprlng.of 1908 ;I ; could > get; all \u25a0 of ; It, I wanted." -;< :Nibbling|at^afdried{ herring.; he; kept his > weather v ' eye iopen ; for a saJL— Mil- THE INSIDER Tells of the blunder made by.a society woman in congratulating a pianist and notes the changes in nature of music afforded public Clastic Air F*: TT is interesting to note the changes in the t i \u25a0' x n <*> I character of the music afforded by the iaken for Ragtime J. numerous smaU bands, orchestras, quar tets or soloists catering to the public taste. Forty years ago the streets re sounded with the simple, highly accented strains, of "I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines," "Monastery Bells," "Heimweh" or "The Maiden's Prayer." ; After the decline in popularity of these there came a period of rather senti mental balladslexpressed in such melodies as 'There's a Letter in the Candle," "When the ISaves Begin to Turn," which were the marks of an emotional epoch amonf^the young people of those days. Then came a reaction, and the public foot;beat time to the stirring rhythms of coon songs and ragtime. This last, however condemned by some, has the best of warrants for its ex istence, as it is practically nothing but syncopation, which word recalls an amusing story. When Mrs^Carmichael Carr was giving her memorable "Pop" concerts in connection with Sigmund Beel she spent an evening at a house" where she^ was urged to play for the pleasure of the guests. Mrs. Carr disliked solo playing, but fearing to seem rude to her hostess, con sented eventually. She played Grieg's inimitable "Papillon," and at the close a lady present whose name was seen daily in the journals in connection with many enterprises rushed to the pianist and exclaimed in audible tones: "Oh, Mrs. Carr! How divinely you executed! And then those adorable syncopations. .We enjoyed them so much!" Tableau. Working Men Are While crossing the bay by the Key Rottta >\u0084 j«_ »« , several days ago I noted an innovation on Charmed by Music the part of the group of muskians who liven the 20 minutes. of bay travel with melodies of divers kind 3. Instead of the regulation blaring rhythm of march, twostep or popular ballad, the in strumentsr-there were four, first and second violin, flute and cello — showed mutes Jn the violins,, yjd the 'flute and cello subdued their tones likewise. Presently the haunting mournfulness of Gounod's "Aye Maria, 1 * soft and pure as an Eolian harp, stole through the close air of the crowded boat, and little by little the noisy buzz of talk and laughter was hushed. One by one those in front of the musicians* inclosure crept closer, till as the sweet, piercing beauty of the last phrase died away there was a tight wedged throng, absolutely silent, gazing out across the blue waters with eyes that showed the thoughts "within. And this throng was not composed of the music dilettante, the student or the amateur. It consisted of men in overalls and jumpers with dinner pail in hand, to whom the exquisite beauty of the "Aye Maria," rendered excellently by the boat quartet, had proved a veritable mag- 1 net, enabling them to relax in some minutes of pure enjoyment and to forget wholly the cares of the long day. Awarded the Belt Fricnd * tell this story about Judge TreadwdL \u0084 .;••*\u25a0 v•.-.'-\u25a0v •.-.'-\u25a0 one ever deemed him a beauty, but It took as Homeliest Man Walter Bogga of San Joge t0 teU was rather impertinent of Boggs. Down San Jose way strangers have .been known to refer to him as "that horse headed fellow." While Treadwell was police Judge, which was seven or eight years ago, Boggs came to town one day. He was standing in a corridor of the city hall when the judge chanced \long. Boggs took one look and then stepped directly in his path. "You take the belt," said the San Josean solemnly. "What's the matter r asked the Judge. "You're it," said Boggs. "For years I've been known as the homeliest man j in California, but it's all a mistake. The belt belongs to you." The* judge was not offended. "Shake," he said. M Have a cigar." ONE of the most enjoyable dances of the" summer, was given last evening at the beautiful ' Hickman home on the crest of the Sausalito hill in honor of the two army brides elect. Miss Etelka Williar and Miss Edith Miller, The walls . of the spacious ballroom were' dressed gayly with flags and a wealth of beautiful roses from every nook and corner. Many red, gold and silver hearts were t pendent from the green foliage used. A hundred or more guests from this side of the bay. Sau salito and the several military, posts in this vicinity danced : to tha excellent muslo of the orchestra. After a de licious supper and many happy toasts dancing -was resumed. The beautiful gowns of the women, Intermingled with the bright uniforms of the army . and naval officers, made It Indeed a . bril liant and beautiful event. Mrs. Hickman was attired in a.hand some gown of white silk trimmed with old lace. Both Miss Miller and Miss Will lar were robed in soft white chif fon and were, most attractive. Receiv ing with the hostess and the two fair guests of, honor were Mrs. Frank Miller, Mrs. F. BY Robbins, Mrs. Winterburn. Mrs. J. C. Cantwell, Mrs. A. A. Watklns and Mrs. Clay Miller. Mrs William Porter will take her young son, Hugh, east about the last of this month and place him In school at the Exeter academy. Mrs. Porter will then visit for a short time along tha Atlantic coast; before returning In No vember. ' ;Mrs. Ynez s Shorb White, bride-elect. was the guest of honor at a beautiful luncheon given yesterday afternoon by Mrs.* Mears and Miss Winifred Mears. Undoubtedly many pleasant and in formal affairs will be. given In honor of the" bride-elect Mrs. White Is re ceiving, the most cordial good wishes of her friends on her" betrothal. News comes from Portland, Or., that R. H. Pease and family are having a delightful trip in the north, notwith standing .that 'they lost their automo bile in the Columbia wreck. \u25a0/Miss Marlon, Crocker, daughter ,of Mr: and..Mra. Henry ; Crocker, will leave soon for the east, where she will at tend school. -: Livingston .Baker and his brother, Wakefleld. will leave Saturday.f o r the east. They will enter Phillips' Exeter academy in New ' Hampshire, prepara tory to entering Harvard college. Raleton White, who -went abroad early In May, has been touring Europe in "an automobile with friends. He went v from: Paris .to Geneva recently and through the Alps ;and will go »to Rome., He will sail from Naples and expects to reach here during Septem ber. ;»HfzBMHHBnMHM§&H - Mrs. Louis F. Monteagle and her sons left .Monday night for k Connecticut. They will be placed at school at Water bury, : and Mrs. Monteagle T will visit with: friends until some 'time; lnvNo Conditions in California :lTh» Calif oraia^^Promotion, eommitte* wired 'tin following to Its eastern bureau to Hew York: yestsrday: - * -' California, temperatures for the past 34 hours I Eureka;. ..-..'.Minimum 80......Maximum 60 - Saa-Francisco :....... ...Minimum M......Maximum S8 San Diesro ....................... ....Minimum 64......Maximum 78 lumber receipts at San Trsacitoo for the past week, 20,000.000 feet. . Bonds'hare been sold for the new hi-hsohoel buUdias> at Oridley, in Batte oouaty. and -s-ork is.pTorTessin* rapidly on the buUdiu*. It is to be completed in time for the opening of the'new school year. .• '/. Th f \u25a0t?« 1 \u25a0^ orkl? a«w prcgTessins; on the Jacob Stern bnUdlsg at Fine and Battery ]streets,, Ban Francisco. -> The \u25a0 class'A strucinre will be TSxIJJ feet.'flTe stories & hefcht. and wiU: contain 700.t0M of. steeL Adjoining this cUas A there win be a olasa'O building.' «f1x125. The two bnOdingV will have a uniform fa<dn*. AUGUST 21, 1907 The Smart Set vember, when she will return to' her home. In -Pacific avenue. Early In June she will start for Europe, to be gone some months. Mrs. W. W. Sargent and family, who have been visiting Mrs. Sargent's brother. Dr. Emmett Rlxford, for tha last four months, will leave today for home in Los Angeles. Mrs. G. P. Rixford and her daughter, Mrs. Caroline R. Johnson, will leave tonight for an extended visit to tha eastern states, going by Portland. Or., and over the Canadian Pacific as far as Quebec, and then to Boston Washing ton and New York. Mrs. Thomas Selby and Miss Annla Selby, after touring England and par ticularly enjoying London, are living In Paris, where they will remain in definitely. Austin Tubbs, the son of Mrs. Ana Tubbs, is visiting his aunt. Mrs. Fred erick Tallent, during his mother's ab sence in the east Miss Kate Stone is at the Tavern on Lake Tahoe with Mrs. Charles B., Stone. Mrs. George H. Lent is passing the month as a guest of Mrs. Robert Hooker at San Mateo. .'.Answers to Queries .'. CREDIT MOBlUEß— Subscriber. City. ! The credit moblller was a corporation chartered by the Pennsylvania legixla- i ture as the "Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency," which In 1864 becama a com pany to construct th« Union Paclflo railroad. In the presidential campaign ' of 1872 the democratic leaders charged' the vlc« president, vie« president elect, secretary of the treasury, speaker of> the house and other prominent men with accepting stock of th« company, in return for political influence. On tha convening of congress a committee of! investigation was ordered by the housa , on motion of th» speaker, James G. , Blame. Such a committee, consisting of two democrats, two republicans and! a liberal republican, was appointed by a democrat temporarily filling tha chair. • and at the clos© of tho Investigation ! the committee recommended tho expul- ' •lon Qf Oakes Ames of Massachusetts and James Brooks of New York, both members of congress, th© formar- for having attempted to bribe members of congress by sales of stock below its value;" th« latter for having received stock from the company much below Its value,. knowing that it was intended! to Influence his action as a congress man and as a director in the Union Pacific railroad. The house did not expel either, -but subjected them to tha "absolute condemnation of tha house." Though these were the only members !n\any way punlabed, 'the Innocence of some of tha others in congress was open to doubt. OAK— Subscriber, City. Tho Spanish name for all kinds of oak is roblas. The Spanish for tha bark of the tan oak is cortza de roble.