The National tribune., 1903-09-03

trade interests q hearing which was not
accorded to his reports from Manila. He
will, We may be sure, continue to stand
firmly in opposition to any exploitation OF
the islands contrary; to the interests of the
Filipipos. 49,
Senator Quay reitefates previous SOL
emn announcements that he intends to
retire from the Senate at the expiration OF
his present term. which is in March, 1908.
The politicians of PENNSYLVANIA are just
beginning to take him seriously, and TO
believe that he means what he says. al
though some profess to believe that his re-
tirement has a string attached to it. Suf-
fcient faith is placed in the announce
ment. however. to cause some speculation
as to his successor. In this connection 1t
is said that the Senator may compel the
LEGISLATURE to elect Governor Pennypack
er. the present executive of Pennsylvania,
who holds Cousin Matt" in such high
regard that he considers him the equal of
either Clay or Webster.
Should Governor Pennypacker be chosen
as Quay's successor. both of the Pennsyl-
vania Senators would hail from Philadel-
phia, and against this there is certain to
be objection, although of course, this OBJ
lection will count for nothing il Quay wills
that Pennypacker shall go to the Senate.
Two Senators from the same town is not
unprecedented.
The Shah Of Persia has become weary
of paying the millinery bills of LOO
wives--so THE Daily Bul-Bur" of Te-
heran announces in its court bulletin-and
has sent 1.640 of them into a cold and
cruel world. AS he retains threescore of
his best beloved consorts his domestic
hearth may not be altogether desolate.
The ''Trust Question" came to the front
prominently at the meeting of the Amer
lean Bar Association at Hot Springs, Va,
last week, and provoked a very acrimo-
NOUS discussion. A committee report was
submitted which was most unspsring In
dcnunciation of industrial combina tons,
and the remedies for alleged evils result
ing from them were of the most drastic
character. They went much further than
those proposed by Justice Walter Clarke,
of North Carolina. in the paper which he
read before the Virginia Bar Association,
and which shocked the more conservative
Virginia lawyers. 1t is regarded as re-
markable that at least two Of the five MEM
bers of the committee which drafted the
report are known as corporation lawyers.
The manner in which x-Senator Charles
f. Henderson, of Nebraska. began the
fight on the report was undoubtedly re-
sponsible for much of the heat displayed
in the debate which followed He was in
temperate in the language used in denOunc-
ing the report when he moved to lay it on
the table. He is counsel for the Northern
Pacific.
The German priests of the Archdiocese
of Dubuque have banded together to fight
Nnfa l.cy,, nd 81 int ft,r
campaigns in the history of Iowa in which
the Roman Catholic Church is involved
will be waged from the pulpit for the next
few months. All German Catholics will
be warned Of the evils Of Socialism and
urged to do their mightiest to defeat all
candidates for Office on the Socialist ticket.
Costa Rica has already announced that
its Constitution, like that of Colombia, in
terposes ian insuperable obstacle" to the
granting Of canal concession to the
United States. How soon Nicarauga will
make similar announcement remains to
be seen. The chances are that the three
countries in interest have an understand
ing among themselves upon the subject,
anyhow, and that they have arranged to
squeeze this country and divide the spoils.
1t looks as though the United States, I'M
less it is going to give up the idea Of
have to take short cut across lots.
Last Saturday Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver,
recently appointed Assistant Secretary of
War, arrived in Washington from Albany,
N. Y, and taking the oath Of office ut 9
o'clock, the beginning Of the official day,
Immediately entered upon his duties. He
was received at the War Department by
Iieut.-Gen. S. B. NJ. Young, Chief-of-
Staff, Col. William Cary Sanger, his pre-
decessor, and a number Of officers of the
Army, who were in full dress and wore
sidearms. These officers took advantage
Of the occasion to say good-by to Col San
ger. express their regret at his leaving.
and wishes for his future success. After
going from the office Col. Sanger left for
his home at Sangerfeld, where his wife is
| i'll. He expects to take her to Europe as
soon as she is able to travel.
Mr.. James NJ. A. Watson, IT,, the
81 400 clerk who stole $4,000 in few
years, is a very dainty bird. He finds
the Jail food unpa!atable, and has re-
quested to have his meals supplied by a
caterer. He also objects to the Warden
inspecting his mail. The Assistant AttOr-
ney has decided in regard to the letters
that the post office must deliver mail to
Watson intact, but that it has no control
over the Warden's action in inspecting
that which is sent out of the Jail.
| The District Commissioners ant the
Chief Of Police are not having much sue
cess in getting competent men for the po-
lice of Washington. They want 45 more
men, but up to the present time not over
Is of the $50 applicants have successfully
passed the required examination. This is
remarkable, as the pay of the Washing
ton police Is good and their duties not
unusually onerous.
Last week the employees in the Gov
eminent Printing Office were startled by
an order from Public Printer Palmer that
they must all take the oath of allegiance
to the United States. There was an ex-
citing canvass as to what this meant, and
there We're surmises that it had been pre-
cipitated by the knowledge that the oath
taken by delegates to the International
| Typographical Union is held by some to be
in cOntraventiOn of the oath of allegiance
to the United States; others saw in it a
strike preventive, and very urgent inquir-
les were made as to where the order orig
mated, many attributing it to the Presi-
dent on account of the troubles connected
with the restoration Of Bookbindcr Miller
Public Printer Palmer merely stated that
the object of the order was to place the
per diem employees in the same attitude
toward the Government as that of the