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The Washington times., 1905-10-22
BRIDAL PAIR FROM CADIZ.

c. A. Branson. of Cadiz. Ohio, is at
the New Willard with his bride Mr..
Branson is business man at home and
has little to say about politics, but he
thinks the Ohio campaign the hyeliest
known in many years.
Cadiz is a village of 1S00 population,
but 1T has the distinction of being the
richest town of its size in the world II
Is on branch of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, and Is built on hills. AS the coun-
~ seat Of Harrison county, it is a mar
ket for wool, as Harrison county sheep
have made millions of money for the
shepherds Arcola. H., is another VII
iage that contests sharply with Cadix
fer being the richest town per capita,
but so far Cadiz leads The Arcola
wealth is from broom corn.
Cadiz is farnoU>. too, as the one-time
home OF John A Bingham. who was in
Congress sixteen years. and who sent
Custer to West Point. Bingham conduct-
ed the prosecution OF the Lincoln corr
spirators. and also the impeachment pro-
ceedings against Andrew Johnson Beat
en- Tor ninth term in Congress by the
late Lorenzo Danford, Bingham was sent
TO Japan by President Grant, and re-
NAMED twelve years, returning when
Cleveland was first elected President
Bingham was a man like MacGregor.
of whom 1t was said, wherever Mao
Gregor sits is the head of the table,
While in Japan. Bingham won the con-
hdence of the Mikado. becoming his
closest adviser. The wonderful strides
OF Japan can well be partly ascrtbed TO
the influence OF Bingham at the Mika-
dos court
The Washington times., 1905-10-22
Political BiOgraph
Gives Sh0w in Capital
Ex-Speaker keifer Arrives to Resume Work
in House After Absence of Twenty
Years-OhiO Boiling.

Cen J. Warren Keifer. OF Ohio. ar
rived last evening ct the Ebbitt House.
The general will be one of the most
conspicuous members of the House at
the coming session of Congress He re-
turns to the House after an absence of
twenty years, and will be the only ex-
Speaker in that body, having presided
over the popular branch during the
Forty-seventh Congress. AS an ex-
Speaker the courtesy of selecting his
seat before the drawing for seats begins
on the opening day of the Congress, will
be extended to him. The general Is
hale and hearty, and says he is pre-
pared for a busy session.
There will be lots of wind" said he,
land some substantial legislation. There
will not be lacking in number those who
have views, ane they VIII have an op-
portunity to, speak their thoughts.
What will be done about railroad
rate legislation. / am frank to confess
do not know. 1 have given some
thought to the subject from the bottom
up, but 1 cannot say that l understand
it. There is ground for legislation on
the subject, and in a way / believe we
have authority to deal with the subject.
but as to the power of fixing arbitrary
rates. that creates a doubt
There is no question as 10 the i'm
portance and the right to enact legisla-
ton to regulate the railroads, and some
measure on this line will be passed by
the House. 1t is now admitted that the
Esch-Townsend bill, which passed the
House last winter. was somewhat crude
and hastily considered, but this time it
will be different. If the House does not
atfernDt 70 do too much at once, II may
be we can pass a bill TO correct rail-
road abuses that will stand the test of
the courts"
There is not Democrat In the COM
ing Congress who was in the House
when General Keifer was there twenty
years ago, and of the Republicans there
are but five OF his old colleagues. They
are Cannon and Hit of Illinois. Hep
burn OF Iowa. Ketchum of New York,
and Bingham OF Pennsylvania, the
Father of the House"
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

hold their next convention IN Washing
ton. but the objection was made that the
Capital City had no convention hall that
could compare with half dozen other
cities that were Offering inducements for
the convention.
Il would like 10 see here IN Wash
ington an auditorium that would be Of
size to accommodate a morse show,
when horse shows are in season: q
flower show, when flower shows are due;
a baby show, at the pro7er time, and
all kinds of conventions. from national
conventions down And when such q
convention hall Is built. Washington VIII
then be the convention city OF tie coun-
try. for it is the one city everybody
in the United States has a longing to
visit
The Washington times., 1905-10-22
HEALTH, WEALTH, AND CROPS.

David Mercer. of Nebraska, for several
Congresses chairman of the House Com
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
is at the New willard He is here to
visit his children. who are at school
in Washington.
''The West is full of crops. full of
wealth and fun of health said he, land
the farmers are losing no time with
politics.
by the way" he asked. when do
the people here intend to get busy and
build a convention hall or auditorium?
Not long since several State business
organizations in Nebraska wanted to
The Washington times., 1905-10-22
NO TIME WASTED.

Farmer Cy Whipple was said to have
had more religion than any other man
in Mendocino county He boasted that
for more than forty years, he had never
missed a meal or neglected 10 say grace
II was said that Cy's religion and his
appetite merged so closely that it was
hard to tell where one left or and the
other began. When the dinner bell sum
moned the family and the help to the
dining room. Cy always led the charge
While the others We're seating them
selves at the table. the old man would
start in:
20 Lord we thank thee for havsno
given us such beautiful day SanctIfy
this food to our souls good. Amer
Pass the meat. t."-San Francisco CaiL
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fix would be in violation OF that arti-
Gle of the Constitution declaring that
no preference shall be given by any
regulation of commerce or revenues
TO the ports of one State over those
of another, he says the objection
is fully met in the argument of the
Attorney General in his opinion re-
specting the power of Congress to
regulate the rates of railways en-
gagged in interstate commerce: First,
that the Supreme Court has held
that the section has no application
to a preference between ports which
is only incidental to the proposed
regulation and not 9ts direct object,
and, second, that as the commission
would be only authorized by law to
fix rates that were just and impartial
as between different localities, such
rates could not constitute pref
erence" within the constitutional
inhibition. In other words, prefer
ence means undue discrimination, y
and this it is the very purpose of
the commission to avoid in fixing
rates.
To insure elasticity in the system
of rate-fixing, Mr. Taft would have
a provision in the law that the rate
fixed shall remain as a permanent
To n
year, provided that If conditions
change in that time application may
be made to the commission for leave
to change the rate accordingly. That
sudden changes of conditions neces-
stating a change of rates is not to
be anticipated in many cases is put
very forcibly by the Secretary In
this sentence: THE many restric-
tions that the railroad companies
themselves place upon change of a
rate in their own freight association
justify the view that this intense
anxiety to maintain complete elastic
ity In rates is rather simulated than
real"
In closing his discussion of the
rate problem, Mr.. Taft called atten-
ton to the fact that the commission
will still be governed by the rules
of law laid down by the Supreme
Court for determining whether a
rate is reasonable or unreasonable
and the circumstances justifying dis
elimination.
We have analyzed at length the
speech of Mr.. Taft, so far as 1t dis
cussed the rate problem, because II
seems to us to be the most lucid and
convincing presentation of the mat
ter that has yet been made. The
Secretary speaks not only as one
having authority, but, what is more
as one convinced of the complete
| justice and absolute constitutionality
of the proposed amendments to the
! law.
Mr.. Taft's address was a great
| speech, by great man, upon a great
subject. 1t is entitled to the careful
and deep consideration of every
| thinking man in the United States
Until 1t is answered by as able and
| fair an argument as itself, the Ad-
ministration's contention for the con-
troll of railway rates should be con-
sidered as theoretically won. But
the real fighting will be done in the
Senate, and human wisdom is not
able to foretell what that body will
con -fHa. tarol11n y1OCiffnn
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though with apparent indifference
the leadership of a corps of reso-
lutte citizens, who closed the dive
within its borders and invoked the
process of the law to stop the gam
ing permanently. The two counties
first named have yet to fight before
they can be counted secure against
open law-breaking.
But they have made progress and
this Is the essential thing-the
faces of their people are set in the
| right direction.
But what of Prince George?
Only this last week an actor
| against men charged with supply
| ing poolrooms at Kenilworth, in this
county, with an unlawful gambling
service failed. Why? Through the
ineffectiveness of the prosecuting Of
| fieers in pressing their case; or their
mistake In choosing their defendant; !;
or the misjudgment of the jury. {
We have the authority of the
judge who presided at the trial for
accepting the last explanation. If
his estimate of the law and the
evidence is sound, these residents
of Prince George county, charged
with an official responsibility, looked
carelessly on the invasion of their
ewn neighborhoods by an agency
certain to bring them into general
discredit. The names Of those men
follow:
| w. D. Pyles. foreman.
| w. J Klocpk.
| R. " Pumphrey.
c. NJ. Beckett.
| Edward Penn.
| John Polla.
| c. d. Clancy.
/ Thomas Wells.
| John E. COff1en.
| ]. r. Ridgley.
William Robinson.
John Jenkins.
In this same county, few miles
away, a young white woman has
been murdered. Her death was re-
ported on Thursday, October H. A
jury was convened the morning of
October 13. A constable, taking the
matter into his own hands, swore
out a warrant fer a man at whom
suspicion seemed to point and ar
rested him.
Ten days have now elapsed since
the report of the woman's death.
But the impaneling of the jury, the
hearing of testimony from a ply
sician who examined the body, and
the independent action Of the con-
stable are the only things actually
accomplished toward the punishment
OF the criminal Important evidence
lies around unused. Warrants duly
issued remain unserved The jury
exists, but does nothing. The victim
has not even been declared dead.
In the light of these two happen
ings, can Prince George county
wonder If men ask where she stands
For the suppression of gambling or
encouraging it? For the punishment
of crime as dreadful as murder or
inaction concerning it? With the
law or against it?
The Times has said the reputation
1 of Hyattsvilie as a community mind
full of law and order is on trial until
this crime is punished. It is the
whole county that is on trial.
Il
The Washington times., 1905-10-22
FOLKS BROTHER HERE.

Reau e. Folk. State treasurer and IN
surance commissioner OF Tennessee. is
at the New Willard. He is here on busi-
ness connected with the Interstate Live
Stock Insurance Company Treasurer
Folk IS a brother Of Governor Folk OF
Missouri. and is not unlike his famous
brother. who promises to be Missouri's
choice for President on the Democratic
ticket IL 1909
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

A New York film fam artist who was
pardoned from the penitentiary by Pres
ident Harrison because he was dying
has just soaked Russell Sage for $21. 900.
lie must be q pretty stiff propoSition
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

Sarah Bernhardt is in disfavor in Ha-
vana because sac said the Cubans were
savages who wear dress clothes. 1t
was a mistake to local!ze the observa-
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

The chorus of praise for President
Roosevelt that comes over the seas
every day or two is not due 10 the
recent concert OF the powers over
Morocco.
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

Politics is not the only institution that
makes strange bed-feliows. Excise has
done pretty well with the District Com
| missioners, the Anti-SaloOn League, and
| the local brewers.
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

The Excise Board would strike q
popular chord by devoting more atten-
tion to the foam on beer and less TO the
bottom OF the bucket.
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

Two of Iowa's bright young men wh,
stole hand car to ride to a dance sub
sequently got their dress suits in tn,
penitentiary.
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

Most OF us will have TO take Treas
urer Roberts word for it that there is
four times as much gold in the world
today as there was ten years ago.
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

Mr.. Bacon and Mr.. Pinchot are likely
to get in deeper than they did in the
c. & o. canal if they follow the Presi-
dent far
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

Babies are so rare in Kansas that a
single one is said TO be worth s333,
$50 What's the matter with Kansas?
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

Chicago is likely 10 lose her faith in
the lie eternal, now that the new post
! office has actually been finished.
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

That Massachusetts man who ha:
such a horror of water might NOV,
TO Maine.
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

Mr.. Lands might use those unneces-
sary Government reports as ballast for
the ship subsidy.
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

are inclined to vote against the amend
ment. but who are friendly to the or
ganization- 1t is argued that had he
waited until after the amendment was
defeated and then banged the senior
Senator. charging him with carrying the
party to defeat. his position would have
been unassailable.
Warfeld's Ambition.
As 1t is the organization people are al
ready preparing TO blame Mr. Rayner
should the candidates be beaten. Nor
will Mr.. German wait until after the
election. The Senator usually speaks
once during a campaign at his home ir
Howard county. This time he will speak
twice, his second appearance being in
this city November 4. when Senator
Daniel is to speak On this occasion he
intends to answer Senator Rayner and
then the fur will fly.
There is no love lost between the two
Senators. They hate each other cor
daily. If conditions do not improve for
the Democrats by the time Mr.. German
makes his counter-attack and the sftua-
ton appear desperate. there is no tell
ing how far he Will go. He can be in
tensely bitter. and may make some sem
sational revelations.
Those legislative candidates who are
unfriendly to the amendment and who
held their peace are in n state of panic.
Three of them have advised the chair
man of the Democratic city committee
not TO advertise them speakers at
ward meetings. They fear their pres
ence may be regarded as an Endorsement
of what the speakers may say OF
course this action has aroused the regu-
lars. who threaten to cut them at the
general election. The whole city organi-
zation is demoralized.
What is now feared by German is that
the counties may be affected in the same
way Many of them are not in the best
OF shape now and II would not require
much to throw them into the Republican
column. AT the special meeting of the
State central committee last week the
county members submitted their reports
and few cared to state positively their
counties were safe They experience
more or less trouble because OF defec-
tions. All agree the amendment is In
danger because the colored illiterates
could be instructed 10 vote for this
alone, and the Republicans in the black
counties were already organizing
schools
Republicans Are Confident.
Chairman Hanna, of the Republican
committee, is serenely confident of the
defeat OF the amendment which he
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

Mr.. Taft merely touched upon the
elaborate arguments and ponderous
statistics of the railways and their
bureaus Of publicity. all directed to
the general proposition that the rates
in this country are lower than those
in England and Europe. He answers
all this by the coSent argument that
granting the truth of what was al
legged, it was not shown that certain
of those rates ought not TO be lower.
or that determinations were thereby
made less unjust. He might have
added that the foreign rates with
which our railways compare theirs
are for very much shorter hauls. en-
brace the collection and distribution
OF the freight, and cover averages of
smaller bulks. In this view of the
matter 1t is extremely doubtful if
the rates here are lower than the
rates in England and on the CONT
nent of Europe.
The only person dignified by direct
mention In connection with. his dis
cussion of the rate prob EN- is Mr.
Olney, Secretary of State under Mr.
Cleveland. In answer tn Mr.. Olney's
objection to the proposed rate legis-
lation that it would be unconstitu-
tionsl, Mr.. Taft cites the delegation
of such powers by the legislatures Of
twelve States without dissent, and
the opinions of several judges of the
Supreme Court of the United States
that such delegation to a commission
would be lawful and proper under
the Constitution. And in reply TO
Mr.. Olney's further objection that
If the commission were authorized
u fix rates. the rates which 1t would
The Washington times., 1905-10-22
Republicans Are Confident.

Chairman Hanna, of the Republican
committee is serenely confident of the
defeat OF the amendment which he
New-York tribune., 1905-06-24
FRENCH ALARM MARKED.
GERMAN REPLY FEARED.
Reassuring Statements, HosceOer
Issued by Officials.

Paris, June 23.-In spite of the reassuring tone
of official communication issued after the
Cabinet council public uneasiness was accentu-
ated over the strained relations between France
and Germany. This produced panicky senti-
ment the Bourse, where heavy offers Of
rentes sent down prices to the unusual figure
Of $3.50
Parliamentary circles also continued to show
feeling of nervousness and apprehension. This
increased by the publication in sensational
afternoon newspapers of maps showing the dis
positions of the French and German military
forces along the frontier. accompanied by in
terviews setting forth the gloomness of the
situation and the belief that Gernany's reply
to the French note would increase the diff
culties Of the government.
The officials here fully recognize the condition
of public apprehension, and, while admitting
that the negotiations in delicate stage,
insist that there is no cause for alarmist views
They point out as favorable symptoms that En-
peror William is yachting at Kiel and the Ger
man commander of the forces around Metz has
departed upon a furlough. The officials there
fore insist that the Bourse crisis yesterday and
to-day is not political. but purely financial, be-
ing a reaction from the unnaturally high prices
which have prevailed for some time.
The official communication was issued after
the meeting of the Council of Ministers to-day.
It said that Premier Rouvier acquainted his
colleagues with the status of the negotiations
with Germany. These followed their normal
course. without change, since the delivery Of
the note of Prince Won Radolin. the German
Ambassador. The note was simultaneously COM
municated to the French Ambassadors abroad.
for the purpose of informing the powers.
The Journal des Debats" and other important
evening papers strongly counsel the public to
preserve calmness urging the people. as q public
duty, to give their moral support to the gov
ernment-
A semi-official statement appeared this even
ing summing up the main features of the
French note. It said that, instead of seeking to
avoid conference the note invites an exchange
of views thus distinctly showing that France
does not reject the principle of a conference.
The note further EXPLAINS the French policy in
Morocco, thus meeting Germany's complaint
that she had heretofore been deprived Of infor-
nation relative to the development of Morocco.
The statement seeks to show that the govern
rnent course has advanced settlement of the
difficulties.
Notwithstanding this government view,
large element of the public IS convinced tnat
Germany will not accept the note as tending
toward an adjustment. This unofficial view is
strengthened by an intimation from German
diplomatic quarters that Germany is likely TO
decline to give details of the proposed confer
ence insisting that acceptance of the confer
its scope. This firrnness on the part OF Germany
is chiefly responsible for the renewal OF the eX-
citement on the Bourse and the widespread un-
eaSiness
New-York tribune., 1905-06-24
HINTS OF II VAR PLOT.
Intrigues Cause Concern IN Germany
The Papers Calm.

Berlin June 23-The French note on the sub
ject Of the proposed Moroccan conference was
handed to the Foreign Office this morning
Owing to its great length the note had to be
sent by mail to Berlin instead of by telegraph.
The Foreign Office, while declining to discuss
the points of the note in detail, admits that 1t
leaves the situation where it was before. The
points of disagreement between Germany and
France have not been removed 1t is expected
that the negotiations will continue for long
time before a positive result is reached.
cermany's answer to Premier Rouvier has not
yet been considered. 1t will require consider
able time in order to meet all the points raised
While the delay might, under ordinary clrcum-
stances, be of advantage in affordfng time for
the excitement to subside, German government
circles note with some concern that powerful in
trigues are going oD having for their object war
between Germany and France. Germany's in
tentfons remain thoroughly pacific, but govern
ment circles here apprehend the possibility that
these intrigues may result in infamfng the
French people against Germany and creating a
delicate and complicated situation.
The evening newspapers frankly express their
disappointment with the French note. Much
had been staked on Premier Rouvier's ostensible
wish TO come to an understanding with Ger
manv but the "Vossische Zeitung." discussing
the note, NJ. Rouvier is continuing M
Delcasse's policy without NJ Delcasse.
The National Zeitune," in an evidently in
spired statement, calls attention to the warlike
asrect which the British press attempts to give
to the situation, whereas Germany does not be-
lieve that the present complications such
as to Justify thoughts of war. This newspaper
foreshadoWs Germarv's rejection of NJ Rou-
vier's suggestion that France and Germany
reach a separate agreement on certain points
before submitting the Moroccan question to a
conference, asserting that Germany maintains
her opposition TO any separate arrangement.
While the newspapers plainly show disappoint-
naent, they all maintain a calm tone. There Is
nc threatening. and nothing is said which is
calculated to wound French susceptibilitfes.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-24
MORSE CAPTAIN WINS.
Ship First to Sail 5ath S7Ueden Ont
of Clearance PaDer

Captain Nilsen. of the tramp steamer IJono'
from the day that Norway seeded from
Sweden has burned to bring even to this distant
land the spirit which has swept over his native
country Though he is only one of the hundreds
of Norwegian captains who enter and leave
United States ports, he took the stand that MS
ship should have no clearance paper save that
from which the name of Sweden was stricken
out Hitherto papers issued to ships under the
Norwegian commercial flag have read Sweden
and Norway"
The Tjomo was ready to sail yesterday. Cap
tain Nilsen erased from the blank clearance
paper the name of Sweden. At the customs
House it was signed and no adverse comment
was made.
AS Norway yet has accredited consul at
this port it became necessary to nave the paper
signed at the Swedish Consulate In the absence
of the CONSUL Vice Consul Hansen hesltated 1t
was irregular. but being Norwegian hlmsei'
and secretly admiring the stand taken py MS
patriotic countryman he yielded, and the clear
ance paper was signed with the name of Sweden
obliterated
to clear from any American port with a NOR
wegian clearance paper. Vice Consul Hansen
explained that temporarily he had been dele
gated to act for Norway.
When the Tjomo sailed she flew the national
flag of Norway. formerly the merchant flag, but
now the national flag.