East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-10
NEW YORK LETTER

New York. Aug. 10.-District Attor-
ney Jerome's new declaration of inde-
pendence and announced intention to
run as an Independent candidate for
reelection is bringing him thousands
of letters of Endorsement daily. Mr..
Jerome declares that he hopes to be
instrumental in revolutionizing politics
and public service throughout the
United States by his Independent fight
for reelection. He says his race is
not to be solely of local Importance,
but is to preach a new political doc
trine to the whole country. He thinks
the country is ripe to welcome the
high principles of independence in
politics. Public service independent
of party masters is the watchword of
Jerome. He says he regards his own
personal fortunes in the race for re-
election as unimportant compared to
the principle he will advocate-a prin-
ciple he hopes his race will help to
promulgate in every hamlet of the ma
ton.
Mr.. Jerome wants to be reelected
by the people without regard for po-
litical parties, because, he says, he in
tends to continue serving the people,
without regard to political parties.
He believes that now Is the appropri-
ate time to make the test, as the at
tention of the country has already
been focused on his office, partly
through the circumstances of his cleo
tion and partly because of incidents
that have occurred since his term of
office began.
West vs.. New York in Rate War.
New York business men are prepar-
ing to fight vigorously the attempt be-
ing made by Chicago Cincinnati and
st. Louis to wrest from this city,
through the interstate commerce
commission, the pre-eminence which
this city has enjoyed as the center of
shipping to the south and southeast.
The proposal that the interstate
commerce commission be empowered
to fix rates and thus to so apportion
the trade of the country as to nullify
natural and acquired advantages in
one locality and confer the favors of
trade and commerce upon other local
tiles by their dictum is being generally
commented upon in commercial cir
cles Representatives of prominent
commercial bodies say that the matter
will be called to the attention of these
bodies as son as the members can be
got together, and an active campaign
will be made in the fall to neutralize
the effort which the west has made to
become the shipping center to south
ern points.
Shackles for Submarines.
Lest the same fate as that of the
French submarine Farfadet in which
the Whole crew were drowned wher
the vessel refused to rise after i'm
( merslon, should befall our plungers
/ the department of construction and re-
I pair at the brooklyn navy yard ha.
| begun the task of equipping the sub
marines at the yard with heavy shack
les and other apparatus for Singing
submarines into place or for lifting
them from the bottom in the event o
their becoming disable. Official ac
counts of the accidents which befel
/ the French and English submarines
show there should be some way to lif
a diving ship when it is disabled, es
pecially when the lives can be saveC
by the prompt raising of the craft.
1t has also been decided by th'
authorities Of the navy department
that tender shall always be kept will
the submarines when they are at prac
tice. 1t is believed that the meth
ods which the experts at the Brooklyn
navy yard have put into effect will af
ford full protection to submarines en-
gagged in practice. In actual warfare
it is not expected the surface facilities
of restoration could be used, but ever
in that case shackles, which will b.
a permanent fixture of the boats here
after, will be a useful addition to thei
equipment.
A Rich Christian Science Convert.
A rich, retired New York business
man has been chosen first reader II
the new Christian Science church, a
Ninety-Sixth street and Central Parl
West, the finest edlfice of all in Mrs
Eddy's cult. He is Edwin T. Hatfield
who has been a student in the New
York Christian Institute, under Mrs
Au6 uoNd IA StelSoii' MI iihlllSiu u
the son of noted New York clergy
man. who officiated for 23 years a
the Seventh Presbyterian church.
Revival of the "Breadwlnners."
Since the death OF Secretary Ha.
raised anew the interesting problem
Of the authorship of ''The Breadwin
ners," there has been renewed ant
lively demand for the work. 1t ha
been a fairly steady seller ever slnc'
itJ great boom ended, more than q