The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-03

ters that within the next two days the
Democratic national committee will
take steps to inform the public Of the
change which President Roosevelt is
declared to have undergone with ref
erence to the trusts in the last year
and especially since the Chicago con-
vention. The committee is understood
to have in its possession letters writ
ten by tbs President to personal and
political friends, in which he discusses
the trust question with his usual
breezy frankness. One letter which
he is alleged to have written to Gov.
Van Saint of Minnesota, about Aug.
Is of last year, will be published wide
ly. He is credited in it with referr-
ing to a number Of the big corpora
tons Of the country in anything but
fiattering terms, and indulging in
little play of phraseology regarding
the watered stock Of the United States
Steel Corporation. The letters, it is
said, will be Autographed and placard-
ed in the doubtful states, especially in
New York, New Jersey and Connect
cut, and by them the Democratic com
mittee hopes to show that the presi-
dent has drawn in his horns in these
later days, so far as the trusts ore
concerned. For several days agents of
the Democratic national committee
have been in Washington endeavoring
to secure secret information which
Secretary Cortelyou collected against
the trusts while Secretary of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor. It
is said that they have been quite sue
cessful and that the committee now
has in its hands matter that can be
used to good advantage in the closing
days Of the campaign.
In accordance with the directions Of
the President, Secretary Victor Fl.
Metsalfe, of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, has completed ar
rangements for a thorough investiga-
ton Of the several districts Of the
Steamboat Inspection Service except
that part Of the Second District,
which is included in the Port of New
York. The officers selected to make
inquiry are on the retired list of the
Navy. Each officer has had assign
ed to him a certain district of the
Steamboat Inspection Service as fol-
lows:
First District, San Francisco-Rear
Admiral Louis Kempff.
Third District, Norfolk, Va.-Com-
mander z. L. Tanner.
Interior Mississippi District-Rear
Admiral John r. Bartlett.
Tenth District, New Orleans-Rear
Admiral w. C. Wise.
Where is John R. Gallagher, store
keeper and gauger at Ne wOrleans?
The last time he was heard from he
was at the Charity Hospital, but how
he got away from that institution and
what are his present whereabouts, the
most diligent search on the part of
the government agents and Collector
Mccall has failed to reveal. He has
now absented himself so long without
explanation that Secretary Taylor Of
the Treasury Department decided to-
day to drop his name from the govern
ment payroll, and notice to that effect
was forwarded to the collector Of Gus
toms at New Orleans.
President Roosevelt is making ar
rangemcnts to go home and vote on
election day. He will leave here on
Monday night and early on Tuesday
morning will cast a ballot for the
presidential electors and for the
straight republican ticket. Several
others fthe white house staff will
vote this year at Oyster Bay. Pink
ney is voter at the presidents home.
Secret Service Agent, Taylor, who ac-
companies the president on all his
trips about the country, has acquired
residence at Oyster Bay and will
also vote there on election day.