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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-12
THE RAILROAD RATE BILL.

A very important conference was held
last week between Re preventative Town.
send, of Michigan, and the President as
TO the railway legislation this Winter,
and Mr.. Townsend feels confident that
ne and the President have come into the
fullest accord. Mr.. Townsend was, with
Mr.. Esch, of Wisconsin, the author Of
the Townsend Bill, which passed
the House last Winter. The new bill
which has been decided upon will con-
tain all the features Of the old bill
which were approved, with such modifi-
cations generally, as il received during
the discussion. 1t will probably be
somewhat more radical and farther
reaching than the old bill. A pivotal
feature of the proposed legislation will
be the powers to be conferred upon the
Interstate Commerce Commission, and
upon this Mr.. Townsend says:
THAT provision is, Of course, the crux
of the whole matter. There is no prop
osition that the Commission or any 9TH
CT Federal body shall make whole
schedules of rates We simply ask that
the Commission have the power to cure
an evil when an evil is found to exist
Some of the States have made laws
more radical than anything we propose.
For example, in Illinois the Railroad
Commission is proposing to make whole
schedules from the ground up. That
is not only unwise, but unnecessary. If
the Interstate Commerce Commission be
given the power to substitute reason
able rate for a rate which is found to
be unreasonable there will be fewer
rates needing correction. If you know,
now, that you have the power to undo
thing which you do, you will be a
good deal less likely to do that thing
The railroads will be in the same sit
uation; there will be fewer offenses if
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has the power we propose to give it,
and there will be no occasion for it to
go wholesale into the business of fixing
freight rates"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-12

The Honorable Hoke Smith, who Is
fervently if not admiringly remembered
as Cleveland's Secretary of the Inter-
for the Senatorship from Georgia, the
election for which will not take place
for more than a year. Mr.. Smith has
been having much trouble finding issues
upon which to commend himself par
ticularly to the people Of Georgia. The
Georgians are having too big a share of
the general prosperity to feel any
strong demand for reform or to have
any grievances which the United States
Government should remedy. They are
getting 10 cents pound for their cot
ton and have lots of it. The turpentine
crop is good, and brings a fair price,
while watermelons and peaches have
been the same as money in bank. Mr..
Smith has had to search long for some
thing in which they are oppressed and
to sound the hewgag upon it. He at
last made up his mind that the railroads
were crushing the life out of the peo-
pie. and that they should be whacked
with the beesom of State ownership.
He has. therefore, appropriated LaFol-
lette's program in Wisconsin, and is
working it for all that he can. He
sounds the slogan, mo foreign corpora
ton or nonresident should be allowed
to operate railroads in Georgia" and
upon this Is Marching Through Georgia
In every direction with two speeches
planned for every week between now
and the Senatorial election. AS a side
issue he is working the negro racket.
Very few negroes vote in Georgia, and
then only in Presidential elections.
Only those can vote who have paid
| their poll tax, which very few of them
do. but all the same Mr.. Smith sees
enough embers in the old fire to try
to fan it into lively combustion. He
| is not having smooth sailing by any
means. Some very able men are also
ambitious Of the Senatorial toga, and
they are not backward in poking sticks
| through Mr.. Smiths beautiful fabrica-
tons. Among other things they are
pointing out to the Temperance people
Of Georgia that in spite of Mr.. Smith $
feryent temperance declarations he is
the part owner Of a large hotel much
of the profits OF which are derived from
a finely-furnished bar. Mr.. Smith,
partner has come out with the state
ment that he devoted his share of the
profits from the bar to supporting a
charitable institution. but SO far the
name of the same has not been given
the public. The campaign is making
| lots Of fun for the Georgians. and Incl
dentally for people outside of the
State.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-12

There is some little feeling develop
ing with regard to the date of holding
the National Encampment at Mime
apolis. If it is held, as usual, in the
first week in September, it will conflict
with the State Fair, and the railroads
and local interests favor setting the date
earlier. even to as far back as the mid
die of July. This does not please a
number of veterans, who have heard of
the proposition and who do not want to
attend the National Encampment dur
ing the hot Midsummer months.
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Editor National Tribune: One OF the
most thrifty Departments of the Ladies'
Of the GAR. is that Of Nebraska, under
the administration OF the Department
President, Mrs. Camella E. Elliott. OF
Omaha.
There are now IS Circles I'm the State,
and all OF them are active and wide
awake and doing noble work. The
wives, sisters and daughters of the sur
viving veterans of the war for the pre-
servation Of the Union. well as the
wives. sisters and daughters OF those
veterans who have passed into the eter-
nal beyond. realize daily that the Grand
Army Of the Republic is diminishing i'm
numbers with startling rapidity, and IL
Is our purpose to make the pathway OF
their declining years as beautiful as pos
sible and keep their memories forever
enshrined most sacredly and reverently
In our hearts. The closeness OF our re-
lationship to them is an honor we cam
not prize too highly, and the conscious
ness that We are with and of them is an
inheritance Of love that grows more sa-
cred with the years. IL is for this rea-
son that We are growing stronger each
year. The patent of membership i'm the
Ladies OF the GAR. is like that OF the
GA .-the patent OF blood and pa
triotiSm.
Among the recently organized Circles
OF the STATE Is tnat or sherman Circle,
As. at Beatrice, Neb., with q member
ship OF nearly SO, and Mrs. Fredericka
j. Cole President. Mrs. Cole is one of
the old wartime Army Nurses and is
President of the Western District Of the
Army Nurses Association, consisting OF
the States of Nebraska. Colorado, Wyo-
ming. North and South Dakota, Mon
tana and Idaho.
Among the members OF Garfield Cir
Gle. IL, Of Omaha, is Mrs. Carrie NJ.
Peters, a daughter of q veteran of the
War of 1912. wife Of a Union war vet
eran and mother Of two boys OF the
Spanish-American and Philippine wars
Mrs. Peters is lovingly distinguished as
the originator of the beautiful custom
of strewing flowers on the waters of the
rivers and oceans in memory of the dead
heroes sleeping In ocean tombs. She
conceived the idea in 1898 as a result
OF the death and ocean burial of Serg't
George Geddes, who died at sea while
on his way with his regiment Co. c, 1st
Neb., to Manila, p. l., June 81, 1898.
Her two sons were members OF the
same company. So when Memorial Day
came around the next year Mrs. Peters
sent flowers to San Francisco from Cher
them Beatrice, Neb.. home, and had
them strewn on the ocean i'm memory OF
the soldier and sailor dead at sea- Since
that time the custom has become a part
Of the Memorial Day ritual and is OBJ
served all over the world where exists
an organization Of Union veterans
Carrie Peters Corresponding Secretary,
Department Nebraska, Ladies of the G.
A. r., Omaha. Neb.
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Communicating Chief Tanner has
made number OF important stan ap-
pointments. Comrade Frank Battles
Of Concord, n. H., and at present AS
sistant Adjutant- General OF the Depart
ment, has been selected for Quarter
master-General. much to the satisfac-
ton Of all the New England comrades
with whom Comrade Battles is very
popular.
Comrade ]. Henry Holcomb, of Phil
adelphia, has been reappointed Custo-
dian, a position that he has occupied
for several years with great credit tc
himself and usefulness to the Order.
Maj. Frank A. Butts, Of Washington
D. c., has been appointed Senior Aid
Maj. Butts enlisted in the Attn n. Y.
and by good soldiership rose through
all the ranks until he was mustered
out as Major Of the regiment. He is a
well-known comrade Of the Grand
Army of the Republic and popular
everywhere. The position requires tao,
and savoir faire, and Comrade Butts
has these in abundance.
Gen. William p. Rogers has been ap-
pointed Assistant Adjutant- General, an
other fitting and acceptable appoint
ment. Comrade Rogers enlisted in the
1th Md, rose to the rank of Corporal
lost an arm in battle, and was dis
charged. He received a commission In
the Regular Army as Second Lieuten-
ant and rose through all the grades un-
til he became, in 1902, Colonel Of the
3Oth u. s. He was retired in 1903 with
the rank of Brigadier- General
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It Is surprising to learn that the Dem.
ocratic heelers at Louisville attacked
Gen. Basil w. Duke, the noted ex-Con-
federate. and gave him a vicious beat
ing. because he was exercising his right
to inspect the registration lists. Gen
Duke, 1t will be remembered. was one
ers, and much Of John H. Morgan's
success was attributed to the sound ad-
vice Of his brother-in-law, Gen. Duke.
Gen. Duke has been Republican for
many years, and is now acting with the
Fuston Party, made up Of Republicans
and those Democrats who are dissatis-
fed with the corruption Of the dominant
ing In the party.
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THE PARADE AT DENVER.
The Department Of Missouri Was Distin
guished by Discipline and SOldierl
Bearing.

Bearing.
Department Commander Henry Fair
back, of Missouri, writes that it was a
mistake to say that the Department OF
Missouri carried the red apples for
which the State has become famous
He says that the Department under his
command would never do such an un-
military act. While Missouri is one of
the great apple States of the Union and
her people are very proud of it, yet such
Posts as Blair, Hassendeubel Harding
and Ransom, of st. Louis, with Custer
of ST. Joseph; Thomas, Farragut and
Mcpherson, of Kansas City, appeared
in strictly military form, and received
no end Of praise for their soldierly ap-
pearance. Apples are not the only great
tobacco, hemp and timber are equally
prominent, and the State has the larg-
est. latest, most useful, most intelligent
and beSt-behaved mules in the world.
The 500 comrades in line from the De-
partment Of Missouri were all very
proud Of the varied resources of their
great State, but they were far from
making their turnout at a National En-
campment a show like a circus or a
County fair. The Department Com
mander's orders restricted them to
nothing beyond the regulation GAR
uniform, with the GAR. badge and the
badge Of Missouri. The officers of all
the Posts carried out these orders strict
ly, and were complimented by the De-
partment Commander for their proper
observance of orders. That this was
appreciated was shown by the contin-
uous rounds of applause wherever the
Department appeared along the line of
march.
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show none of the uppishness with which
a number of the Daughters of the
Southern Confederacy received Presi-
dent McKinley's suggestion as to the
Governments taking care of the graves
of the COnfederates. AT meetings of the
Camps of Confederate Veterans resolu-
lions have been passed appointing COM
mittees to come into touch with the
Federal Government upon the matter
of care for the graves of the veterans.
especially those who died while prison.
erS of war.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-12
TAMMANY'S CLEAR SAILING.

The most astonishing feature of the
present political campaign is the abso-
lutte breakdown of the opposition in
New York City to Tammany and the
almost certain reelection OF Mayor Nc
Clellan. This comes as surprising
change from the shrieks of corruption
and graft over Tammany and it's prac-
tees in New York which have filled the
air for many years Even DIR. Park
hurst says that Mcclellan has given the
city clean administration as far as
was possible and Jacob A. Riis adds
his testimony. He says that though
he worked against Mcclellan when he
vas a candidate, Mcclellan has given
the city very good administration. and
it is useless to think Of eIecting any
other man The main opposition comes
from: the Municipal Ownership League,
of which William r. Hurst, of the New
York American, is the founder and
proprietor Al strong dissatisfaction
with Tamrfiany pospects is expressed by
the New York World, which says that
McCIeIlan's victory is that of Murphy,
and that 1T will open up for Murphy
pOooiUIiitiCS VI wealth oiiu VIC III CcaI
OF avarice. !.
The annual budget of New, York is
over $117, 090, 000,e which is a per capita
tax Of nearly $50 on every man, woman
and child in the city. This Will be in
| creased by the issuance of 5000, 900
of bonds, and during the next four
| Years contracts aggregating nearly
| $250,000,000 will be given out.
Murphy is already several times a
millionaire. with palatial country
| residence. and il he improves his OPP
| pOrtunities his wealth will. be multi
| piled many times.
Hearst's New York American has a
shrek over the way that Murphy s
heelers carried the primaries. Gangs
of plug-uglies and ballot-box suffers
| invaded the polls, and with pistol,
knife, club. fraud and perjury made it
| certain that nobody but Murphy
| friends should get into the conven-
| ton. In one district there were more
| than 400 votes in excess of the legal
| vote of the district, and generally the
| aggregate was more than so per cent
| in excess. Enough money was spent
| to pay every man who took part in the
primaries $3.50 for his vote.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-12

The conclusion of peace is bringing
about consideration of new arrange
ment of European alliances. 1t is said
that Great Britain is moving i'm the di-
rection of a friendlier relation with
Russia. even going so far as to bring
about a triple alliance by adding Russia
to Japan in il. In return for this, it is
alleged that she will give Russia freer
hand in Turkey and at Constantinople.
England's opposition has heretofore
been the strongest obstacle to Russia s
designs in Turkey. France is believed
to favor closer relations between Eng
land and Russia, and this sets Germany
to planning for an ally to offset this
powerful combination. 1t seems more
likely that Germany will offer Russia
terms that will attract her to Germany
rather than to England.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-12

The United States leads the world in
its consumption of tobacco, which
reaches the enormous amount of 440.-
100000 pounds per annum. Germany
comes next with 201,7S3,000. and Rus
STA third with 150.244.000 pounds. Bel
GUM leads the world In the per capita
consumption with 6.21 pounds per an
mum, followed by the United States
with $40. Next comes Germany with
3.44. The United States Government
gets $65.S22.102 a year revenue from
tobacco, while France gets over $751;
100000, and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain gets $63.S0s,066 The
revenue Of the United States from to-
bacco averages about Is cents a pound
where France gets 96.1 cents and Great
Britain 1855. Belgium has the lowest
rate, which Is only 3.s cents per pound
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-12

The Mecklenburg Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
have run up squarely against the South
Carolina Chapter of the saTne Order
over the birthplace of Andrew Jackson.
Some time ago the Mecklenburg ladies
sent out the announcement that they
had established beyond doubt that
Jackson's birthplace was near Waxhaw,
Union County, n. c., where they pro-
pose to erect their monument. The
South Carolina Chapter asserts with
equal positiveness that the evidence
shows that Jackson was born in Lam
caster County, s. c., and there they will
erect monument. The Anti-JacksOn
element used to assert with great OBJ
stinacy that he was not born in this
country at all, but on shipboard while
his parents were migrating hither.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-12

There is much stir in the air about a
projected union Of Panama and Costa
RIGA, and it is alleged that President
Roosevelt is maneuvering to bring this
about. The Republic of Panama is 40
miles long nth a breadth of between
81 and 10 miles, giving it total area
of $3.50 square miles and a popula-
ton Of 100000. This makes it nearly
as large as Indiana. Costa Rica has
an estimated area of 1S,400 square
miles. with population of 243,205.
much the same. being admixtures of
Spanish, Indian and negro blood, with
the dominant element being made up
of those whose blood has the least ad-
mixture Of the Indian and negro
strains. Costa Rica adjoins Panama
on the northeast and occupies the 18TH
mus to Nicaragua. She has had a very
troublous history since securing her in
dependence in 1921. and beside the
usual revolutions has had disputes with
Nicaragua and Colombia as to boun-
daries Fqr a long time no President
was allowed to serve out his term. In
1856 Costa RIGA took part in the war
against the Fillibuster. William Walk
er. and her army helped defeat him
and force his surrender. Costa Rica
has an army Of 1000 men and 5000
militia, with a navy consisting Of one
torpedo boat and gunboat. The
principal products Of the country are
coffee and bananas. There are some
valuable mines in the country. The
Republic owes, about s13.000.000 Of a
foreign debt with nearly $1,000, 900
Of unpaid interest, and about the only
regular and settled feature Of the Gov
eminent Is that 1t defaults yearly on
| It's Understanding obligations. Our
trade with the country is large and
growing. In 1904 we imported from
Costa Rica $s.52S.s0s worth, princi-
pally coffee and bananas. We exported
to the country that year goods to the
amount Of S1.s3s.3ss. chiefly iron
goods and hreadstuffs.
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THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

In the platform adopted by the Ohio
Republican Convention is the follow
ing plank referring to the veterans:
From Lincoln to Roosevelt, every
Republican elected President was a
have had rightful preference in cleo
tive and appofntive positions at the
hands of the Republican Party. That
Ohio is a State of soldiers is shown by
the fact that in distributing the vast
benefits under the Federal pension
laws passed by Republicans. the Ohio
agency ranks among the first, and also
by our liberal State laws for soldiers
The institutions established and sup
ported by Ohio for her soldier unfor-
tunates, their widows and orphans are
supplemented by a liberal system of
relief at their homes. and by an eff
cient State agency for the special pur-
pose Of looking after the pensions of
our volunteers and their families. The
Republican pension system and all
laws for our Nations defenders and
their dependents should be generously
maintained and administered"
This Is as plain, explicit and unmis-
taxable as words can make it, and it
has the further immense advantage of
being consistent with the uniform
COuTSt u lHS IScpuUliCdn fdTIy III ONO
ever since the war. No State has ex-
| ceeded Ohio in consistent friendship
for her soldier sons, and among other
| things the State has magnificent insti-
tutions for the care OF the veterans and
| for their orphan children. The State
has a law on it's books providing for
the relief of veterans and their fami-
| lies who are in needy circumstances
and under this relief is furnished to
Thousands OF families every year There
have been few sessions Of the Ohio Leg
islature since the war. when the Re-
publicans~ had q majority, in which
there has not been some beneficial Law
passed for veterans, their widows and
children.
| On the other hand, the Democratic
platform, upon which Mr.. Pattison ii
running. Is absolutely silent as to the
veterans or their rights. 1t talks about
almost everything else under the sun
but has no word Of commendation OF
recognition for the men who bought
with their hearts blood all that the
country now enjoys.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-12

Very queerly Mayor Dunno, Of Chi
cago, is strongly opposed to Govern
ment control of insurance companies,
and raised quite a breeze at meeting
Of the Iroquois Club in Chicago by his
strong dissention from the action which
the club had taken in favor of Federal
control
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-10-12

It II not often that q convicted GRIM
inal can view his fate with tho philoso-
ply Of Louis Pollard. Of Cleveland, O.,
who was last week sentenced to i'm
prisonmsnt for life for the murder Of
his daughter-in-law. He protested that
no did not kill the woman Intentional
", but said. giving . military salute to
the Judge. that if he had been on the
jury he could net have ye&sd Ter any
ather verdict.
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A Camuare.

Post No. 1, Department Of Massachu-
sets. GAR, at New Bedford celebrat-
ed their 39th anniversary Oct 4, with
Campfire, at which the speakers were
Commander Thomas w. Cook, Maj.
Austin c. Cushman and others. Mai.
Cushman gave the history Of the Post,
OF which he was the only surviving
charter member.
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A peculiar pang will strike the hearts
of comrades everywhere at the an
nouncement that genial, IovabIe, en-
thusiastic John c. Linehan, Past Ju-
nior Vice Commander-in-Chief is no
more. 1t seems incredible that this
winning personality will no longer per-
wade the assemblages Of the Grand
Army OF the Republic, shedding light
and cheer wherever 1t went. Comrade
Linehan suddenly developed Bright's
disease: was Frustrated at the time Of
commandments Blackmars fu-
neral, and had TO be sent home. The
disease made rapid progress, and those
in attendance at the National Eacamp-
ment at Denver, who sorely missed his
presence. received the sOrrowful in
formation that they would never see
him at another National Encampment
Comrade Linehan was born in Ire
land. but came to this country when
very young, served in the Sd " H., and
was a lifelong resident Of the State
where he was held in great esteem. He
had been for many years Insurance
Commissioner for the State. and was
the first Roman Catholic to hold State
office in New Hampshire. He was one
Of the wheel-horses Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic. and wonderfully ef.
fective in whatever he helped to do
He was Commander Of the Department,
Of New Hampshire In 1884, was fol
many years a member Of the GAR
National Pension Committee. and was
. member at the time that the Act OF
June q, 1890. was passed. He waa
Past Junior Vice Chief
q the Grand Army Of the Republic ip
aAa7.
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ChancelloY Buelow. Of Germany. says
that the talk about the probability Of a
war between Great Britain ana Ger
many 70 piece Of stupidity. The two
Nations have too great interests that
would b shattered or destroyed By any
hostility.
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The Rev. DIR. Huntington says that
he never saw an angel with whiskers.
No: nor he never saw one wearing
neat No. = d last. fetching shirt-waist,
and a dream of Spring hat; but some
of us will persist in believing that there
are such angels all the same.
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To show in what esteem Gov. Her
rick is held by the veterans where he
Is best known 1t might be stated that
at the opening OF the meeting Of the
campaign held at Bellefontaine, o., q
military organization Of old veterans
located at Columbus, known as the
"Old Guard" volunteered their sery-
ices as an escort to attend the meeting
at Bellefontaine.