Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-26

,ping in the Philippines. In 1902 Con-
yress passed a law which provided
hat census Of the population Of the
Stands should be taken. and that with
IN two years after the completion Of
the census a representa- tive popular
assembly should be elected. The cen
sus was completed on March 9th OF
the present year, and on that day Gov
srnor Wright issued a proclamation
fixing March 27, 1907, as the date for
the first general Filipino election. The
legislative body to be chosen is to
contain between so and 100 members.
elected by popular vote, and is to
form, jointly with the Philippine Com
the two-chambered legislature
of the new government. This legisla-
ture, besides making laws, is to elect
two commissioners to represent them
in Washington. 1t is expected that
these commissioners will be allowed to
sit in the American Congress much as
the territorial delegates now have seats
there.
Moroccan affairs continue to hold an
Important place in international dis
cussion. The desire of Germany, as
stated in a memorandum to the United
States, is for the maintenance of the
open door, in Morocco, for the preser-
vation of the status quo, and for. the
protection of the commercial interests
of all trading nations. 1t is pointed
out, however, on the other hand, that
the Anglo-French agreement of April,
1904, expressly declared for the princi-
pie Of commercial freedom. April 9Th,
King Edward, on his way to join
Queen Alexandra at Marseilles, paid a
brief visit to President Loubet at
Paris, and the incident, following so
soon upon the call of Emperor William
at Tangiers, was interpreted by the
French press as a reaffrmation of the
Angko-French agreement
A reduction in freight rates on the
Panama railway was suggested to See
retary Taft by the ministers in Wash
ington of the republics in Central
America and on the west coast Of
South America. They said that it cost
much more to ship goods to New York
by way Of this railway than to send
the same goods to London by the
Straight of Magellan. They also asked
that equal facilities be granted to
goods shipped by all steamship lines,
and charged that under the old man.
agement- is, before the United
States gained control of the road -
various lines were Disseminated
against. Secretary Taft promised that
the determinations would cease at
once.
The President has, by proclamation,
| invited "all the nations of the earth
to take part in the commemorative"
of the Booth anniversary of the first
English settlement in America, at
Jamestown, "by sending their naval
vessels to the said celebration and by
making such representations of their
military organizations as may be prop
er." The festivities are to last from
May to November, 1907, and are de-
scribed as IAN Internal ational naval, mil
itary and marine celebration" Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, the president of the
managers of the exposition, at the time
of his death, was engaged in persuad-
ing the various States to be represent
ed at the exposition in some official
way.
John Hay, when an undergraduate
at Brown University, assisted in de-
Tending some lower classmen from un-
fair treatment in a hazing episode;
but when a classmate recently wrote
replied, "I remember nothing of my
heroic conduct in the Gordon case. But
my recollection Of everything in those
far-off days is dim, and heroism was
my daily habit. 1 couldn't sleep nights
If hadn't saved somebody's life. Now
only save nation now and then. "
Secretary Hay, just before he replied
to the letter, must have been reading
some Washington correspondents de
scription of how he had prevented the
dismemberment of China.
Chinese Neutrality.-It has been of.
: ficially disclosed at Washington that
the movement in February, 1904, fol
concerted action by the neutral powers
to induce the belligerents in the fal
} East to respect the neutrality of China
$ was made by the United States at the
8 Initiative Of Germany. The reason
1 that this fact was not made known a.
, the time, it is stated, was that the
a German Emperor felt that the sugges
: ton would be more certain to be adopt
r ed If 1t emanated from Washington
g rather than from Berlin.
g
With the beginning Of the new ad
r ministration for the second time in sue
: cession there is no change of part,
q control, whereas from Garfeld's In
e auguration to McKinley's there wal
: every time an alienation from party t,
g party, which made the retiring Presi
!. dent seem almost like a captive chic