New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-10
THE PASSING THRONG.


schools. and the advantages generally extended.
One matter that Is Of great interest to people .
the constitutional amendment Just passed by thF
legislature affecting the method 81 laying the tax
FOR additional school funds Under the old c0nstt1-
ton It was necessary that two-thirds % all To
registered should favor school tax levy and
under this provision any who might be dead tloss
who had changed their residence or neglected %
vote. counted against the proposal Under TO
amendment which, have no doubt. Will BE- raf.-
fed By a vote Of the people. two-thirds or thoss
voting will be able 70 approve and make the levy
effective The State now supports the schools Hys
The expense OF maintenance for three months m1s=
be by the levy upon the various sections ., 80
said: The only thing that is the matter with 10
agree with Mr. Page as he expresses himself "a
the subject IN a puOlsheL aIIlee M.-sal "- s'Jis
The race problem needs the rest cure
VI. II. De Young. who helped 20 found The San
Francisco Chronicle" when he was only 6oys
thirty-eght years ago. and ras keps
POLITICS a hand on the helm eve- since %
IN a guest az the Waldorf. "Ou- in
CALIFORNIA. mediate interest IS centred" said
he upon the election o. lIsyo-
and other city officers az the end o. the campaign
now in progress. Mayor Schmltz il again rs
candidate OF the labor party. the Democrats have
named a candidate and Henry J. Croker has been
nominated by the Republicans IL is. accordingly. 70
triangular fight Mr.. Croker is a successful. solt
business man. nominated because % his ernineu=
thousand population. I have doubt vi
elect the entire ticket. We are all for Roosevelt
The State convention Will declare for him. ant
E.oosts s. 49, -,~,a h. r1e0ri0neT b., Pa-
pUblicans the coast He also has Lr,enls oNis.is
the party. He will set the vote OF Cali-orn--, and
Will be elected"
John w Bryant. OF New-Orleans. now ~ 80
Hoffman House identified for many years with ths
river interests Of New-C-Ieans. -
IMPORTANCE in this city on an Important special
OF MIS- mission related 20 the lcvee
SISSIPPI vention 20 be held In NeV-Orieans
LEVEES on October r. He IS secretary .
the executive committee ot the m
terstate Mississippi River Improvement and LeVes
Association. charged with arranging for the con-
vention.
II am visiting business men said NIr. BRYANT
"to whom have letters Of Introduction furnished
by their customers or others in the states bordering
the Mississippi. and aiming 20 arouse their III
terest in the convention. The object is % havs
them send delegates 20 the convention Delegates
may be accredited by Governors % States. Mayors
Of cities and commercial bodies Il is my mission
make IL clear that the building OF permanent bikes
along the Mississippi River is not matter u
which the seven States bordering its course ars
alone interested The fact is that these states
produce sugar rice and cotton which they must sell
that they may buy practically everything they con-
sumo They are. therefore. the consumers 81 It's
food products OF the Western farms and purchasers
OF the manufactured products OF the East. II our
Isvees We deprived OF the means with which =
buy Our protection from the foods OF water .
therefore matter OF national concern We havs
found that the evees that have been built by aid %
the national government are more permanent than
we were able 70 build unaided-they are higher ard
stronger. The aid has been average OF S1.0loo9S
year. to which the bordering states have adds
100000: but this rate il Will take long
time 20 sH1stitute ne I9yess OF tae goves'' -
army engineers have recommended an expeIditlr9
ject OF the convention Will be to vitaze that recoa~
mendatiCn
Senator George C. Perkins. OF California. vho
has Just returned from three months or European
travel is at the Waldorf Speak
AGAINST THE ing OF the failure OF the t7eatv
PANAMA with the Colombian Government
CANAL for the construction Of the Paua-
Canal. Senator Perkins saids
II was o. the ardent advocates Of tha
Nicaragua route. 1 based my preference upon tes
testimony eminent engineers concerning the d.
fculties presented in the geological conditions On
the Isthmus OF Panama. especially at the Bahia
dam. and the fact that sailing vessels c0-d not
get than six hundred miles o. the canal az
the Pacific end II the Panama route were tdof ted
VGttu IOT me on aI -. ..-e 80, SiI CI ~ -
further action the President viii proceed under -
SpOOner amendment to bring about the building p
California are very much interested in the prospect
OF canal We might OF course. lose some o.. -
Oriental trade that now comes 20 san Fr9llsSeo'
but the advantase We would gain ~ jle -
OF the rich natural resources or inc state =
the result OF a large influx OF population. N7-1
compensate for the loss fourIOld
General oliver o. Howard is the Fifth Iysn1s
Hotel He continues register from Burlington
Vt but the task he has Raid On
EDUCATING himself OF permanently establish
THE NOUN ing the Lincoln Memorial Jnlver-
TANNERS slty. at Cumberland Gap. Tenn.
keeps him the move. much -
in the stirring days in the COS lie Is Jreless ~
his devotion the interests Of the university. ara
finds iegttimate occasion for couSratulron i1 to
success thus far achieved "Cur uulGinE- saNA
he which include Grant-Lee HAN Harrow ttsA
and the new dormtory Just now being Completed
together with the splendid barns on the property
could not be duplicated $4,000. and our en''-
ment now amounts to S950o00. We have arcomin'-
dations for students and have already sent olt
forty-sight teachers. who so among the mountain
people and teach. then come back 20 learn moie.
Great interest has already been aroused aHionS
the people OF the rugged country in NsrtIc Sy rem
nessee and Virginia that has Cumoeriaud Gap
for a centre Good roads which would render as
cess to the more enlightened sections easier v'r
go far toward the betterment Of conditions. ~
Course tae people in the mountain country na'a
been much as they In Scotland On t7a DAYS
when the clans hourtshed- Every man W.
amounts ything has his friends. has f'.-
who originate 10. but all their friends-boh sides
become involved And IL blood was shed seusit
there is cherished feud. BUT the est1rl-huls1t
~ churches and schools Is accor-pfi@niu. q curs
, for feuds / recall iu which Two men
who had been deadly enemies are elders =.
one or the rural churches. our university No.>.
Cies accomplishing a great deal iu ornsin7
light and Christianizins Influences % tne $50
people OF the mountain region
Major General Frederick Slade, Inspector Generat
OF Artillery. attached 10 the London war Once -
the Victoria General si1de h''