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New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
CUBANs DECIDE ON QUORUM RULES.
Senate Interprets Constitution So as to Per-
nit Resumption of Business

weeks there a quorum OF the Senate to-day.
and a resolution was passed declaring that the
constitution required the presence OF two-thirdS
majority tngeach house OF Congress only at the
opening OF the periodic sessions instead OF two
thirds majority at the daily sittings Of Congress.
as heretofore considered necessary. The Radical
Senators did not vote
The Moderates in the House Of Representatives
by following the establishment of this precedent
by the Senate, obtain a quorum without
the aid OF the opposition, thus giving them control
OF the House.
A quorum in each house Will enable President
Palma 10 send TO Congress his lonS-deiayed mes
sage with reference TO the additional loan the
distribution of the veterans pay. the resumption
by the government Of the work Of sanitation Of
cities and other matters OF Importance.
The action Of the Senate to-day not sug-
gested by President Palma, who has maintained
a policy of neutrality in partisan differences and
Congress Quarrels.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
ASKED 800 ON PAIN OF DEATH.
italian Saloonkeeper Declares That Arrested
Laborer Sent a Letter So Demanding.

PasouaIe Corteze Iaborer OF 10 NIulberry-st-.
was q prisoner in the Tombs court yesterday
charged with extortion The complainant was
Foreno CaporeIH. a saIoonkeeper. OF 3 Elizabeth
ST Cortezs was held IN $3.50 bail for exaTnina-
tioa.
.-snoreu said he got letter from Corteze OF
T1,lrsdav demanding Sl00 pain OF instant death.
He did not reply at once but told the police OF the
Elizabeth-st- station. who advised him 10 make
an appointment with Corteze. Then CaporeI sent
word 10 Corteze TO cal at his store IhqEsday nlghC
Corteze old so In the background Pauolman
Bartheluess was waiting. CaporeIu walked up the
st~eet with Correze explaining that ne could Lot
give him 500 as he had only 80 handy oLt gortsZe
Gould have that Then, CaPorelI says. ne hanoed
Correza TWO marked SO bills. The arrest followed
Al tho station the marked bills were found IN lhe
Trtsoner's hat Sewed in the leg OF his trousers
"S9rteza In court denied all knowledge Of the
letter and said the so was lent MN 'y O1Poe''--
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
KELLY DID NOT DIE FROM INJURY.
That Is the Law, Says Corporation Counsel
he Caught Pneumonia at Baltimore.

Corporation Counsel DeIany has sent an opinion
@ Fire Commissioner Hayes IN which he says that
the widow OF Martin Kelly. formerly engineer OF
Engine NO I6 entitled 70 more than 500 pen
SION the sum usually given by the department
Kelly vas one OF the hremen who went 70 BaIrf-
more to fight the conAagration there. He caught
cold got pneumonia and died Mrs. Kelly applied
tor the pension provided for the widow OF a fire
man fatally injured IN active duty. Commissioner
Hayes was inclined 70 grant the pension OF $50.
The corporation counsel writes that IL is a Well
settled rule OF law that death caused by disease.
such pneumonia. is not due directly TO in
Jury 1t Is p-Oba bic that ths will be contested
the courts. The people OF Baltimore raised about
S,CI0 FOR Mrs Kelly after her husbands death
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
PLANS FoF G. A. r. ENCAMPMEET
Boston to Receive Massachusetts, Army
Nurses Association

Boston Aug. 5.-One OF the features announced
to-day for the week OF the Grand Army OF the
Republic encarnprnent in Boston will be the recep-
ton OF the Massachusetts Army Nurses Associa-
ton on August II. from To p. m. The recep-
ton Will be held in Memorial Hall. at the State
House. All members OF the New England WOman's
Press Association club women and members OF
wonen's organizations in Boston and New England
are invited and tickets will be required
II IS expected that Governor Bates and Mrs.
Bates with many State officials. will be present.
together with many members of the Grand Army
OF the Republic the Women's Relief Corps and the
Sons OF Veterans. Many rare Old battle hags have
been lent for the occasion. and a guard Of honor
will be provided BY the State.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
POSTAL CLERKS MUST GIVE BONDS.
About Ten Thousand Employees Affected by
the DEPARTMENTS New Order.

Washinetoa. Aug the PostoElce Department
TO-DAY issued q general order that every railway
postal clerk shall give bond OF S1.cO to the United
states The order calls for "good security con
d.oned for the faithful discharge OF all duties and
trusts imposed upon them by law and the rules
and. regulations of the department and drawn in
accordance with the form prescribed by the depart
ment Bonds OF two or more clerks may be given
on a blanket or schedule form Each clerk shall
pay the premium chargeable to himself Bonds
will be fled with the Second Assistant Postmaster
General" This order affects approximately ten
thousand employees, embracing all railway postal
clerks except those who assigned clerical
duties in which they DO not have access to reg
tstered mail.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
REINsPECTIoN A BIG TASK.
Cannot Now Be Extended to Excursion
Steamers Throughout the Country.
IFRoa1 THE rRIBuHE BUREAU ]

Washington. Aug. 5.-The fact that IT VIII take
least six weeks 70 complete the renspecIion OF
the passenger carrying boats IN the New-Kork
waters would render Il impossible 20 ezteQd the
vogS 20 excursion steamers II other parts OF the
country Immediately The purpose OF the govern
msnt is 20 make the examinations now under way
az thorough and complete competent and con-
scientious inspectors can make them and then 10
si5s- pians looking 10 the better protection OF
- r5lic. pending the necessary medication or
exta.Isl,n Of existing laws BY Congress next SEES
sior-
The suggestion that The steamboat inspection
service extend its -einsDection excursion
srs throughout the country has not yet been fully
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
GREAT RUSH FOR NORTHWEST FARMS

St Paul Aug. sit is expected that seventy-hve
thousand people will register for the Fort TOtten
reservation lands offered by the government. Esti
mates Compiled Grand Forks. n. D, that
fully fifteen thousand of those who were UnSuc-
cessful applicants for Rosebud lapds viii try for
the new reserve farms Indian lands offered for
cash 10 the highest bidders promise TO bring about
sharp competition. Experienced land men say
that the Northwest has never sean keener effort
obtain farnA
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
HAYT1ANs AGAIN ATTACK sYRIANs
Shops Looted at Archaeological Quiet
Exiles Condemned.

Port-au-Prtnce. Hayti. Aug. Sat Archaries. the
populace. after Iootng three Syrian shops. drove
away one hundred Syrians who arrived here destI-
tute Trouble Is feared IN other cities OF the
public
The stores we're reopened to-day under the pro-
lection OF the police.
The military tribunal condemned TO death
by default forty expelled persons accused Of COM
pciry in tho attempted revolution. headed by Gen
eral Montplalsir. in January last
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
OF BRIDGE POSTPONED.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.-At the close Of a hearing be-
fore Secretary Taft to-day the proposition TO
reconsider the decision of Secretary Root requiring
the elevation OF the Union Railway Bridge across
,ha junction OF the Allegheny and Monongahela
rivers az P1ttsburg, Mr.. TAFT suspended the oroer
recurring the elevation OF the bridge until october
J when the whole question OF the Allegheny
iae.es be taksn up for dsterEnlnaton
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
MORE TROUBLE IN SAN DOMINGO.
Minister Dawson Suggests That Warship
Be Sent to Monte Cristi.

Washington Aug. 5.-Mr Dawson. the Amer
lean Minister San Domingo, in a cable dispatch
to the State Department suggests that IL would Do
well 10 have a warship at Monte Crtsu for a short
time II is inferred from this that another
lutionary movement IS impending
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
TWO KILLED IN HAVANA EXPLOSION
Fireworks Factory on Fire-Three Prob
ably Fatally Hurt.

Havana. Aug. "a large rocket in process OF
manufacture exploded at the Carracidos fireworks
factory. San LaZaro-ave.. to-day. and set fire
10 other explosives with the result that the whole
stock was blown up the building burned two
persons killed and five others We're injured
o..
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
s.NDAY SERVICES ar vARIous oHuRoHEs.

lhe Tribune publishes each saturday an
nOuncen.ents CHE various churches WAth
name 0f Hreache- and topic OF sermon SSn-
suit these advertisements fo-oay under
aendtpE of "ReIiEfous Notices.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-06

considered It IS feared however, that such an
undertaking would require a much larger force
than IS in the service, and that the appro-
PriaIion for the present fiscal year might De IN
sufficient 10 warrant the employment or adc4Cona.
inspectors. II is known. however, that no en9rt
will De spared hv the government 20 insure ths
safety Of the public on excursion steamers
The river press., 1904-10-26
An Ideal American.

What this country wants now is men
mot Il few Of them. but Il multitude
vast majority Of her citizens who shall
DO just such men as Theodore Roosevelt
Of strong and rugged physique, shirkin:
no labor. however larl able to stand
the strain Of sturdy integrity. guided by
high civic ideals, standing intiexible and
incXorably for the truth and the right
His own words from his address. ''lhr
Strenuous Life" may be taken as the
very basis and foundation for new
source OF philosophy and national policy
which ".i1 guard against all social dan
gers if the people Of this country will
hut heed them:
In the last analysis a healthy state can
make it up Lead clean. vigorous. healthy
lives: when the children are 50 trained thar
they shall rnurarnr not tn Silirk difficulties
but to overcome them. not to seek case but
tn know how tn WrcSt Triumph from toll
ana risk. The nlHn must be glad tn do Il
labor. to keep himself aud TO keep those
dependent upon him. The wol,l:h must be
the housewife. he helnnlcet Of the humr
maker. tn" wis" and Jealous mother Of
many healthy children.
Here is remedy that goes to the
foundation. Tho words. are those OF Il
lcaher and carry with them warnin;
and IN admuniton Theodore Roosevelt
a$ Il ationa! watri,worl and set it up
rs Il beacon light on every hilltop
throughout tn" nation: "lIomeAlaker."
The river press., 1904-10-26
Parker's Ad m lesion.

Judge Parker's letter OF acceptance
stands pat-on Republican achievements.
but coyly admits that it's writer would
he safer man at the National throttle
than President Roosevelt so long as a
Republican Senate sits on the safety
valve. II the protective tariff is ''rob-
berry" he is willing to turn sneak thief;
il we burglarized Panama he is willing
to keep the stolen goods; if order No. IS
let's down the bars for pension scandal
he will revoke the order, but let the
bars remain down just the same. 1t is
a very pretty confession that the Repub-
licans have administered the government
so wisely. diligently and effectively that
they deserve a vacation, while he tries
his prentice hand at running it without
reversing single lever.
The river press., 1904-10-26

during the year 1923 more than 10 per
cent. greater than durin. the year 1896
1897. Moreover. it is Il notorious fact
that these averages do not begin to rep
resent the Increase in the earnings OF
railway employees during the summer Of
1903. when the rate Of pay of certain
classes was raised from 10 to Is per cent
In that year, too. there We're 227.912
more persons employed III the six classes
named than in 1897. and according to the
Interstate Commerce Commission they
We're receiving the increa Sed daily aver
age pay where they received nothing in
the year last named
Finally. returns gathered from the an
nual reports for the year ending June
Both. 1904. OF eight representative rail-
ways in different parts OF the country,
having total mileage of 1851 miles.
indicate that the compensation of their
The river press., 1904-10-26
Why Justtce Has Not been Done
Before.

The West has been for years insist.
ing that some legislation should be in.
augurated by Congress looking to the re.
clamation of the arid public lands owned
by the government and constituting in
some States 95 per cent of the area. One
reason this agitation has progressed slow.
~ has been that the portion of the coun-
try most interested in the question il
Scantily settled and has not the intlu.
ence in national councils whichs numbers
give.
Another reason was that it was diff
cult for those living in humid States to
form any proper conception of the irri-
CATION question. and the Senators and
Representatives from States having lio
direct interest in the question have been
slow to acquire the information ueces.
sary to bring them to Il full realization
OF its Importance. 1t is not specially
strange that 50 many American citizens
should be unfamiliar with this subject
1t is one that does not present itself in
Il practical way in the portion of ou,
country which contains ninc-te -tenths OF
our entire population. While the arid
region is Of vast extent. it is but thinly
settled. 1t is estimated that under the
National Irrigation Act the West will
be capable Of sustaining SO.OOO.OOO peo.
nle
The river press., 1904-10-26

These figures present the results Of an
extensive Investigation into the wages
ana hours Of labor in the leading manu-
featuring and mechanical industries Of
The United States during the period nam
ed. 1t has designed to cover thoroughly
the principal destructive occupations, and
Mr.. Wright, in submitting it (see Bulle-
lin OF the Bureau, Of Labor. No. :E}. July.
lDO4,' says: 1T is believed that the
data presented are more comprehensive
and representative SO far as the manl
i.rturinS and mechanical industries are
concerned than any that have been here
;otnrc Published"
The figures as to income and expen
diture are summarized from data gath
cred from 2..''I families. in g.; States.
v hose average income from all sources
was $921 year, whose average expen-
U4a.A was $1GS, and whose average
The river press., 1904-10-26
METHUSElAHANDTREsPHlNX

Gene all ye Bryan Democrats.
Your peerless leader sinks:
Come all ye .loatch plutnrrats,
Forget your former kinks:
The banners float for aud you must vote
for
Mctlluselah and the sphinx.
Come all We scattered Democrats
That sull> like frightened minkS,
So lean that we can see your Stats,
AS hungry as the lynx:
The banners float for and you must
vote for
MethuSc'a,l and the sphinx.
Come all We hopeless Democrats,
While Parker thinks he thin.s,
Climb off the ship like frightened rats
Before the old thing sinks:
The banners float for and YOU must
vote for
Nct'luselah and the sphinx.
Chicago Chronicle
The river press., 1904-10-26

1t has been given ont to the forlorn
aud dropping Democracy that willie
Hearst is looscnin= up: that he has
lcrn indnc" to put in Il frw thousands
to open headquarters for the National
Democratic Clubs. The hungry know
We'll rhat this means tlllt Hearst As},irr>
to he Il canli,la;r again. but they are not
Worrying nhr',t 1MN> SOW.
-Four years ago Hearst was p:rsi
HHit and foo;rr Ut bills for the National
iprmn":lti,' Clubs. The inrnhcrS met ;
il mc,'nr: s";'v''; Alright III indianapolis,
expecting to greet their president. l,ut
~ Scnt onr Of lis hired nlrn to receive
the greetings Of his admirers. ,rl>
hAmrencd the ar,lor OF the crowd. de-
spite the fact ti,,t their fare back home
WAS pa;l. Thr November rIrtt:nn set
tod the whole concern, but it seems lsnt
The y. -. {. is 10 he reS,rr"trl. what
little there is LETT of its aSlrS
The river press., 1904-10-26

The Democratic depression Of 1S:c;
nn,' 1891, to which the campaign book
Inadvertently directs attention. was
marked by Il falling off in deposits OF
OYER S;7.UOO.OOO in one year. Between,
lSE: aud 1903 the average due each
dcpostpr increased from $3,9 to SAT-.
More significant than the increase in
deposits is the fact that in 1908 there
were 2.474.62o absolutely new savings
hank depositors in the United States,
marking an increase OF nearly 80 per
cent. during a period when the total
population only increased ~ per cent.
Col. WriEht's Summary.
Turning now to the direct comparison
of the advance in wages and cost OF liv-
in: during tho period under review, the
Democrats affect the greatest contempt
for the government statistics, which,
under the ,bc. conscientious anil UNI
hiaSed direction of Carroll ID. Wright,
present the following instructive sum
mary:
The river press., 1904-10-26
Two Judges with Political Pasts.

Democracy can always be depended
on to blunder. The nomination OF Judge
Parker was blunder. because he re-
ccived his early political training from
ID. 4. Hill, one of the most notorious
wire-pulerS and workers in devious ways
New York has produced. The nominal
ton OF ID. Cahy Hcrrick 70" Governor
OF New York. also was a b!nnler be-
cause he was boss OF the Democratic
''machinc' at Albany before his election
to the bench. The Albany machine"
has a reputation as unenvabe as Tam
niny'a
The river press., 1904-10-26
The last few wears OF ReDuhliran nd

The last few years Of Republican ad-
ninistration have added untold millions
to the agricultural wealth Of the country
by opening new markets for farm pro-
duets ut constantly improving prices. The
beatty Of the Republican policy of pro-
lection is that it develops manufacture
ing and agricultural interests on paral-
Vel lines
The river press., 1904-10-26
Praise from a Democratic Newman.

The New York Times, one of the
Democratic newspapers which has been
denouncing President Roosevelt's Philip
pine policy, recently printed an editorial
leader on the settlement of the Friars'
land question. The article concludes:
1T is creditable both to the intelligence
and the humanity Of the government"
If the Times was less partisan it could
truthfully say that every act of the
Roosevelt administration in dealing with
the Philippine question was creditable
tc the United States
The river press., 1904-10-26

1--WE do not have to guess at our con-
Sictions, and then correct the que ~ If
1T sccu,s unpopular. The principlcs
which we profc~s are those in which!
VIC believe with heart and soul and
strength. Men may differ from us;
hut they cannot accuse us Of al, ,iftiuesS
or insincerity."-R Roosevelts letter of ac-
The river press., 1904-10-26

"The expenditures Of the Nation have
been managed in a spirit OF economy
as far removed from waste as from
niEGardlinesss and in the future every
effort will be continued to secure an
economy a. strict as is consistent with
cy."-Roosevel,'s letter Of acceptance.
The river press., 1904-10-26
DE enocrntic Financial management.

On the 1St Of July, 1872. the E,s: yea,
Of tho Harrison administration. ,hr total
bonded debt of The United States was, in
round numbers. S:,S:'.nW.O 1000. On the Is.
OF July. 1897. the last yea" of the sec
unl Cleveland administrations, he total
bonded debt was SSl3.WO.OOO. IN in
crease of S2.5S,0Oo.oOO during four years
OF perfect peace.
July l, 1892. the annual interr It
charge on the public debt was S--.>!r:,
900. July l, lSo7, it was S334.33S7 900,
an increase OF 81 .4M.NN during tou.
years Of Democratic administrations
\ party that cannot administer the
government during short period ot
four years without largely increasing the
public debt and the annual intrrrSt a,.-
count is not bit to be entrusted with the
control of affairs
The river press., 1904-10-26
Well Meritcd Tribute.

In leading editorial in MAXWELL $
Ialisman, George II. Maxwell. one OF
the best informed men on irrigation in
the United States says:
And those OF this generation who will en-
JOY these benefits aud advantages aud the
The river press., 1904-10-26

employees has increased more than 10 per
cent. over the year previous, while the
number of their employees has remained
practically stationary, as is shown in the
following table:
Number and compensation Of employees OF
eight representative railways:
Year ending COmpepsa.
June 30 No. employees, tiOn,
1904 .................1 10y, 3A $50, ,49O, ,G67
1903 ......"..........1 .1O3,s ,s91 6O,2S5,0Y
Increase Increase per snt. cent. 81 81 'iS i".:;
Here at last we see truly reflected the
effect Of the horizontal raise in the wages
of railway employees made rs the result
OF the widespread labor agitation in the
summer of 1903. The advance was
yariously estimated at the time as from,
u to 1j per cent. and any statistics
that fail to show it must be distorted
by the introduction of some factor, such
as a disproportion of low price labor
tending to reduce the average.
In connection with the above proof
of the 10 per cent. advance in railway
wages in one year. it should be relnem-
bered that the decline in prices begun
in 1903 continues.
II the Democrats are willing to &C.
cept the pay of railway labor as the most
accurate barometer of wages. the Re-
publican party can call to the witness
stand 1.312.3377 railway employees to
testify to the fact that. measured BY
what it will buy, their income of 1904
is higher than it was in 1897, and near
ly half million of them can truthfully
affirm that they received no compersa-
tion whatever in>1S97 where, according
to the above system Of average compen-
satlon. they now divide some S27j. .OOO,-
OUO among them, or about $5GS apiece.
The river press., 1904-10-26

According I" astronomers it is about
~ trilllonS Of miles. as the crow flies
from the earth to Alpha Centauri. til
nearest fixed star. 1t is about the same
distance from ESupus to the White
House by the Democratic route.
The river press., 1904-10-26
What the Figures Prove.

What the Figures Prove.
1t will be observed that these six dis
t:nctive classes OF railway employes en-
bracing almost half Of all the railway
employees in the United States (191 ,475
in 1903 against oti3;,:I,trs in 1897 were
receiving an average daily compensation
The river press., 1904-10-26
Resolutions by Business Men,

At the ninth annual convention OF the
National Association Of Agricultural In
plemcnt and Vehicle Manufacturers. held
at Minneapolis Oct Is to H. 1902. the
committee on resolutions reported as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That we congratulate the coun
try on the passage OF the National Irriya
ton Act and express our profound appre
clation OF the aid aud cooperation Of Pres
ident Roosevelt. and all friends OF that
measure in the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives. in securing the passage OF that
act. We believe this action by Congress
marked the conception OF one Of the great
est projects ever undertaken by any gov
ernment. and that it innusurates Il new era
IN the progress Of this nation and the de-
velopmcnt OF its internal trade and COM
mercc and the enlargement OF the home
market for all our manufactures; that the
irrigable arid lands, which are estimated
to comprise All area OF over 100000, 900
acres. can and should be reclaimed Just as
rapidly as settlers will take them and re-
pay the cost to the government of irri.n
tion works built for their rcclamatiuu