The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-28

how badly of the navy is Tor off1-
GERS and how seriously this condition
may affect the navy and the nation is
plainly told in the annual report OF
Rear Admiral George A. Converse,
chief of the Bureau of Navigation, ap.
proved by Secretary Norton. Expert.
ence, especially in g~unire, he says, has
shown that it is necessary to increase
the number Of officers assigned to ships
so that the estimate made in 1907 of
the number of officers needed for ships
in commission is inadequate. 1t pro.
yided for only abour one-half as many
officers as ships of the same class car
~ in the British, French and Ger,
man navies. Admiral Converse recon-
mends that the number of iieutenants
be increased from $50 to 600, and that
the number of lieutenant commanders
be increased from 200 to 800.
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Twenty American colleges are az
fected by a decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States in the IA
nous Fayerweather will case, which
mas bNSh IN oobJSIl VI btlSdAlOh LUZ
fourteen years. The question immedi-
ately involved was the Legality of the
act of the executors of the will of Dan
iel b. Fayerweather, of New York, in
dividing among the twenty colleges
designated in the will the residue OF
his estate. This action was contested
by the heirs at law, but was sustained
by the New York Court of Appeals.
The United States Circuit Court up
held the contention of the heirs, but
its action was reversed by the Circuit
Court of Appeals. The heirs appealed
to the United States Supreme Court,
but that tribunal has decided against
them.
What would the builders Of the
great temples and palaces OF the an
cient and medieval world have thought
Of the proposal now seriously consider
ed, to execute in staff, at full size and
with exact coloring, the projected en-
largement Of the Capitol at Washing
ton, so that the country may .
whether the change is wholly desirable,
before striking hammer into the pres
emit east front OF that noble edifce?
Worlds fair buildings have shown
how beautiful temporary structures in
that soft material may be made. There
need be no further mistakes in the
great undertakings of architecture SO
long as any important plan can in this
way be tested, at a cost which Is tri-
fling in proportion to that of chiseling
the actual marble.
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AS a result Of the revelations in the
Chadwick case, the Treasury Depart
ment will start an inquiry to ascer-
tain if possible why it is that national
bank examiners do not detect such
frauds as were perpetrated on the
bank at Oberlin. The Comptroller Of
the Currency declines to discuss the
subject, but there is every reason to
believe that by direction Of the Pres
ident he is preparing to make 1t plain
to the examiners in the field that they
must use greater caution. Within the
last year a large number of national
banks have gone to the wall, and in
nearly every instance, 1t Is asserted,
the examiners ought to have had some
knowledge Of the condition Of the
banks long before they closed their
doors.
Influx of immigration and not dras-
tic legislation by Congress will solve
the negro question in the South. This
Is substantially the decision Of the
House committee having charge Of the
bills proposing reduction of the South's
representation in Congress. While q
resolution may be adopted directing an
Investigation, no bill will be passed
to punish the Southern States for lis
f%ranchising the negroes, rs leaders in
| Congress believe that not only the de-
velopment Of the South, but the well
fare Of the negro, would be injured
by a legislative attempt to correct the
evil.
Because Of their activity during the
recent political campaign, Warren r.
lumber, q rural mail carrier at Lock
port, n. Y, and III. w. Aldrich, a rural
carrier Of Concord, n. H., were re-
moved from the government servics
| by Postmaster General Wynne. Tum-
Der is secretary Of the National Asso-
| citation of the carriers, and be AMI
Aldrich are members Of its executive
board. They were charged with send
ing out circulars seeking to influence
the result in Congressional districts In
the interest of legislation for carriers.
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Now let Congress pass the pure food