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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-04-21

States.
BY Mr.. Carleton OF NaSsau--To
amend the Law relating to the pres
ervation Of wild deer.
By General jewell OF 0range-To re.
imbnrse Orange county for money
spent BY that county for rent Of an
armory for the use Of State troops.
BY Mr.. Crawford OF orAnge--To
amend the Act Of 1903 providing for
the settlement Of the Wales Beard
claim.
Speaker GilehrlSt announced the ap-
pOintment OF Msssrs. Sprague Of Put.
nam aud Johnston OF Pasco as com.
mitteemen on the part Of the House to
visit and inspect the work on the Flor
ida Coast Line Cspal and Transports.
ton Company.
Bills That Passed.
By vote Of 05 20 o, the House passed
the bill Of Mr.. WAHmann OF Marion TO
regulate the running Of automobiles or
motor vehicles on the public roads or
highways OF the State.
The bill OF Mr.. smith OF Volusia, ex.
tending and enlarging the powers OF
the city OF Daytona, was passed go to o.
DR.. Julian's bill to legalize and vail
date all warrants heretofore issued by
boards OF county commissioners for
work and materials In constructing
court houses and jsils for county pur-
poses.
Special Order.
The special order OF the day, Mr..
Avery's bill TO require street car COM
panies aud Others In this State TO
furnish separate cars or compartments
for white and colored passengers; to
require said companies aud others TO
keep white and colored passengers In
their respective cars or compA rtmenis /;
to give conductors and employees OF
said companies police powers, and IN
provide penalties for the violation Of
ihis act, was taken up, and after slight
amendments thereto we're adopted, The
bill being ordered ehRtossed for third
reading.
The bill Of Mr.. Wells OF Hillsboro 10
provide for the payment Of Gusts IN
cases OF commitment trials before
county judgss and justices Of the
peace, was passed, 4s toll,
The bill NJ Mr., Crawford OF Orange
relating to the posting Of laws was
passed 81 TO 3.
AZ this point the hour Of IL having
arrived, the Joint assembly OF the two
houses for the election Of n United
states Senator. fully reported below
wap held.
The House then adjourned.
Election Senator Tallafsrro.
In Joint session ~ noon the LeRlsls.
ture ratified the choice OF the people
a. the nominating body by eleetlnG
Hon, James r. TAliaterro TO succeed
himself ~ United States senator from
Florida for the next six yean. Short
" before noon Me-, Bockmaa Of DIVA
moved that the Speaker appoint cum
mitIec Of three TO notify the Senate
that a. noon the HOuse would be res II
60 receive the senate In Joint session
Tor the purpose OF eleeting q unitet
States SenAtor. The speaker nance
Messrs Buchanan % DuvAl. Smith 81
Nolusia aud Wells OF Hllsborc ~ sool
eommittee.
Promptly At noon the senators anS
Secretary OF the senate appeared a
The bar Of the House aud we're ~
ceivcd by member~ of the House
standing. President Trammrll tool
the chair aud ordered q roll call % th'
Senators, 10 members resPOnding. M
then requested Speaker Gilchrisl q
p
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24
Good Politics and Bad.

The Pioneer Press Qnd. Rep) Of st.
Paul does not expect that government
expenditures will be cut down sufi-
GENTLY to wipe out the deficit, and
there remain the alternative of clap
ping on new internal revenue taxes
or of modifying the tariff. AS to the
latter it says: "To raise the present
rates would result not in stimulating
imports, but in discouraging imports,
and thus reducing the net revenues,
for almost every rate is already above
the maximum revenue producing point.
The alternative is O stimulation Of I'M
ports by a general lowering Of the tar
if toward the maximum revenue pro-
ducing point. The choice Of congress
therefore practically lies between toll
GRAFTON Of the deficit, which would be
bad politics, and tariff revision. which
would be good politics."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24
SMITHSONIAN SCANDAL.
Affairs of the Institution Should Be
Investigated.

Affairs of the Institution Should Be
Investigated.
Probably the worst scandal this ad-
ministration has had to face Is the en-
bezzlement Of the funds of the Smith
sonian institution. What makes the
affair notifying from a national point
Of view is that the funds embezzled
were those of a trust committed to the
United States by an Englishman three
generations ago. 1t will be nothing but
right that congress should make resti-
tuition by ~appropriating the amount
that is found to have been taken. The
peculations appear to have gone on for
a number Of years, which show a most
lax system of management. s. p.
Langley, the secretary, has evidently
given more time to experiments with
flying machines than to supervising the
institution Of which he is the acting
manager. How much Of the trust
funds have been sQuandered on such
useless experiments is not known, for
the mana Se'nent is a close corporation
that does not contiIe in the public by
publishing its receipts and eXpendi-
lures.
Congress when it meets should order
that the accounts of the Smithsonian
be audited rs the accounts Of other
government bureaus are, and the insti-
tuition should be added to the depart
ment Of commerce and labor or the de-
partment of the interior, so that there
can be a responsible head. AS it is now
an irresponsible secretary has no one
to control Ills actions unless it be the
equally irresponsible executive COM
mittee, which has evidently not taken
the trouble to investigate the receipts
and expenditures for some years. AS
President Roosevelt is the presiding
officer ex ot1icio Of the institution, he
should order a thorough investigation
OF its affairs and see that q competent
executive Official be placed in charge.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

Senator Dick Of Ohio Is teetotally op-
posed to mcddling with the sacred tar
if, but he Iavors the imposing of the
Spanish war revenue taxes, especially
the stamp taxes. That would be a
pleasant prospect for the taxpayers In
time Of peace. In case Of the calamity
Of II war what would the Republicans
propose to tax? About the only thing
then left would be Il direct tax OF so
much per capitalize poor man would
pay as much as the rich man, which
Is about tho case under the present
protective tariff law.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24
THAT CHINESE BOYCOTT.
Loss of Trade Not to BE Feared-Pref-
cradle to Cody Influx.

A strong effort Is being made to
lower the bars so that the Chinese can
more easily enter the country. Yet
If a referendum vote could be ordered
there would be practically a unani-
nous vote against Chinese immigra-
ton. The present effort is being
backed up by the great Chinese COM
panies that control the emigration of
the coolies from China, and these four
companies have induced many Of the
Chinese merchants to boycott Amerl-
can goods as long as our Chinese immi-
grafton laws are sc drastically admin
istered.
The Chinese government does not
seem to be asking that our policy be
changed, probably knowing that such
could not be. but it is demanding that
our treaty engagements be kept, which
guarantee the entry Of merchants and
students and others travelling for bust
ness or pleasure. The difficulty of ad-
ministering this agreement at the Gus
tom houses is the we'll known duplicity
Of the coolies who desire to enter the
United States and the tricks they are
capable Of to evade the law, which
has resulted in the stringent efforts Of
the officials. There is no doubt that
great injustice has been done in some
cases and that those entitled to entry
have been i'll used and excluded. The
trouble is that the class of men who
have been appointed immigration in
spectors are not competent to Judge
between those who should and those
who should not be allowed to land.
The threat Of %boycotting our goods in
China is not to be feared, for the ex-
ports to that country are insignificant
compared to the influx Of a horde of
such undesirable immigrants as the
Chinese coolies are. In 1893 the total
exports to China were less than $780,
100000 in value, the year previous be-
ing about $24,O 900, 900, indicating that
u trade was fast decreasing before
the boycott was inaugurated. We are
admitting millions of very undesirable
immigrants from Europe, but they
bring their families with them and in.
tend to make this country their home,
and these we hope to assimilate with
our population in good time, though
the task in the big cities is a stu
pendous one
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

Patriots For the Old Flag-and an
A~n1n Ann~onrSotfnn

Patriots For the Old Flag-and an
Ample Appropriation.
Five special agents have been ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt to in
vestigate trade conditions in foreign
countries. A good fat salary accom-
panies the position and all travelling
expenses r paid, so these special
agents will have a soft snap for a year
or two. AS we have consuls at every
port and city of consequence and COM
mercial agents at other less important
points whose duty it is to keep the
state department Informed on general
trade conditions, it will at once be seen
that the work will be duplicated. But
that would be a waste Of effort, so all
the special agents will have to do is to
interview the consuls or get their latest
reports and forward them to the de-
partment Of labor and commerce, and
then their work will be done until the
next set of consular reports are ready.
The official graft that these special
agents are recipients of causes even
that stanch Republican organ, the New
York Evening Mail, that has hitherto
swallowed the most bitter partisan
doses, to gag at this latest political
bolus and inform the administration
that 1.-The new agents of the govern
ment would be most usefully employed
going about among merchants and
manufac turers In this country and beg
ging them to pay ONE attention to the
facts with which the government is
besieging them" through the consular
reports.
But the Mail should know that the
Republican laborers are many and the
Offices to give them are few, so new
positions must be created to satisfy the
omnivorous appetite Of the Republican
politicians for position for their inlu-
entail henchmen. There is nothing that
so fills the soul of the average senator
or congressman with joy as to land n
Of these coveted positions with little to
do, good pay and all expenses paid.
The department that has the sense to
create this Kind of graft Is sure Of all
the appropriations that it has the cheek
to ask congress for, and the senate will
add a few thousands extra to be sure
there is enough to go around.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24
RATES UNREASONABLE.

Railroads Up to All Kinds of Plans
to Plumber the People.
The way the railroads attorneys are
struggling to get their clients clear Of
government control of unreasonable
rates and the %expedients they are Of
fering to fool the people show they
are trying to earn their large salaries.
The latest suggestion is to place the
railroads under bond to secure differ
ences in imposed charges pending final
adjustment. Some of the railroad
managers are said to be willing to
agree to the plan of placing in escrow
money which is in dispute as the re-
suit Of differences between rates fixed
by the railroads and those named by
the interstate commission.
The bonding proposition would be dis
astrous to the small shipper and expen-
siye to the larger ones The shipper
would be subject to all the willfnl and
unnecessary delay that the railroad
attorneys SO we'll know how to accom-
plish, and after final judgment had
been rendered a civil suit Oh the bond
would be necessary, with its further
vexatious delays.
1t would not be so bad if the dis
puted payment we're placed in escrow,
the money to be delivered to the ship
per or passenger in the event Of the
commissions rate being upheld by the
courts. But why eyade the plain and
easy way to protect the public-<hat
when ON complaint the commission. has
investigated and found the railroad
charge unreasonable and has decided
what is q reasonable rate the rate
decided upon by the commission shall
go into effect until 1t is set aside by
the courts. THAT would protect the
people and coqlld not inture the rail
roads, fm the commission would have
NO object in making a rate that was
not ample to pay the railroads all they
would be reasonably entitled to.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24
StonntnR. the Deficit.

Speaking Of pending congressional
tional revenues, Representative Brick
of Indiana said in Washington re-
Gently: One way Of stopping n def
icit Is to quit spending so much money.
Doubtless there are various items in
which we might well practice q policy
Of retrenchmenI. Any effort to get
extra venu by rpWerttng to such
special taxes MS Were levied In the
Spanish war period will meet with IN
tense public hostility."--New York
Post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24
TARIFF REFORM DEMANDED.
Combinat1onk, Of Republicans and
Trusts In the Way,

AoAAaoo OF dupubl100nA and
rusts In the Way.
Just as the Democrats have claimed,
the protective tariff, which protects
the trusts and combines and not the
people, has about ruined our export
trade. The New York Merchants as
ISOLATION has discovered this and is
urging that congress adopt reciprocity
to save them. A letter just sent out
by the association to 5000 leading
business men Of the country declares
that important changes are about to be
made, or have been made, in the tariff
systems Of nearly all Of continental
Europe, and unless some favorable
agreements can be arranged between
each Of these nations and the United
States the Merchants association
fears a disastrous effect upon the ex-
port trade Of the United States. AS
the protected interests are all powerful
with the Republican leaders and
Speaker Cannon is a stand patter,
which indicates nonaction by congress,
the only hope for relief lies in the cleo
SASA VI q LIN L SOlHIcSS uGAL
year, for there is not much hope that
the coming congress gill do anything
to help the merchants or the people
who pay the tariff tax.
Reciprocity cannot be accomplished
without mutual concessions on the
part of the two parties to a treaty.
Each country must sacrifice some Of
the protection on some of it's products.
That is what prevents the ratification
Of reciprocity treaties by the United
States senate, for each of the protect
ed industries does not intend to be the
one to be sacrificed on the altar Of it's
country If it can help it. AS some Re-
publican United States senator or a
number of them are special representa-
tfves of trusts or combines that have
Judgment in the state they represent,
they object to any reciprocity treaty
that reduces the protection of their
clients, and by hanging together they
have prevented the ratification of the
treaties.
This state of affairs can hardly be
remedied until the people elect repre-
sentatives and the state legislatures
elect senators who will represent the
peoples interests instead Of the inter
ests Of the protected trusts. The two
senators from New York are protec-
tionists and represent special interests,
and the New York Merchants asso-
citation, however influential and i'm
portant the interests it represents,
will find itself secretly defeated
by the interests that would suffer If
a reciprocity treaty should be ratified.
Protection has fostered special inter-
ests, commonly called trusts. and these
trusts have seen to it that tie Repub-
lican leaders have been protected in
return.
The railroad corporations, the banks
n trust companies, the insurance
corporations and the industrial trusts
are nearly all controlled by the same
interests, and the Republican party as
represented in congress represents
those allied interests more than it does
the people.
To unhorse the trusts and combines
there must first be established reel
procity between the congress and the
people, and that cannot be until the
Republicans are defeated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24
TURN THE RASCALS OUT
League of Railroads and Plum
dering Politicians.
ERA OF OFFICIAL ROTTENNEss,

So II wy As being EXllO1tCu
by Observation-Disclosures and Corpo-
rations Always Side With the
Ringsters.
When the Democrats claimed that
the Republican party Of Philadelphia
and Pennsylvania was politically and
morally rotten, the Republican press of
the country defended the organization
and gloried in the large fraudulent
majority that was rolled up in 1896,
1900 and 1904. How many congress
men from Pennsylvania have held
seats in the national legislature and
will sit in the coming congress whose
elections are tainted and whose ma
%jorities are composed Of fraudulent
votes it is impossible to say, but a wit
ness Of the highest authority in the
Republican party has just declared
that the Philadelphia r%ottenness is q
"stain which a corrupt and criminal
combination masquerading under the
name of Republicans has put upon
her" That evidence is given by Elihu
Root, Republican secretary Of state,
and he has just Investigated conditions
In Philadelphia as attorney for Mayor
Weaver and had the evidence before
him that compelled him to use such
vigorous and descriptive language of
what had so far been unearthed that it.
is safe to say his opinion Of the Re-
publican organization Is not over
drawn.
Mayor Weaver Of Philadelphia join
ed with the anti-ring Republicans in
undertaking to reform the city gov
eminent, but no move has been made
to cleanse the state government, which
has been bolstered up and has profted
by the plundering of cities. Until the
Republican state ring is ousted and an
honest legislature elected there can be
no permanent reform in the cities.
Nearly every strongly Republican
state is suffering from the same des-
perate conditions that have been par
TALLY exposed in Pennsylvania, and
only in n state, Wisconsin, has the
poAIJ III pO"SA oLICAApICu W IcAOEu
and turn the rascals out. Governor
La Toilette has partially accomplished
that task in spite Of the railroads and
corporations, and his most active sup
porters have been the Democrats Of
Wisconsin.
In all the worst ring ruled states it
is, without exception, to be noted that
the railroad corporations, with their
immense power for political evil, are
always found siding with the ring, so
that they can more easily plumber the
people by escaping taxation and by
charging unreasonable rates.
By the same test it will be found
that all state officials and congressman
who are being interviewed On railroad
rate legislation, who fear that govern
ment control will be disastrous to the
railroads and the people, can without
exception, be classed as belonging to
the Republican ring. Therefore the
first reformation must be to depose the
railroads from political power, and the
initial step is for congress to protect
the public by regulating the rates the
railroads can charge. The position of
the Democrats in the last congress in
urging the passage of the Davey bill
is the best proof they are on the side
of the people.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24
Sadly Needed,

The legislature Of Connecticut has
passed Il corrupt practices act. They
need 1t there, for the Republican lead
ers aavc so demoralized the politics Of
the state that Ex-Governor Bulkeiry.
who has Just been elected United
States senator. defends the purchase Of
votes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

LODGEOF Observation-Disclosures No. s
holds regular communication on the first and
third Thursdays of each month at the Masonic
Temple.
ROBERT WORK, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

The minister to a Latin-Amerlcan re-
public In particular should keep clear
Of syndicates, concessions and claims.
Chicago Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

DEGREE OF HONOR.-Meets in the Work.
man hall on the first and third Fridays OF each
month.
MRS. JAS. LoYNEs, c. H.
MRS. BELLE BIRMINGHAM, Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

A.. F. & A. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
second and fourth Fridays OF each month;
H. MCDONALD, W.. NJ.
ROBERT Work, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

A. o. U. W.-Langdon Lodge meets in the
Workman hall the first and third Mondays OF
each month.
E. A. McCAY, NJ. W.
THos. SHEEHAN. Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

M. B. A.-Modern Brotherhood Of Amn1lch
meets in tho Workman Hall the second Thurs
WA FERGUSON, President.
Eo. E. DUNNIGAN, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

/. O. r. M.-Lnngdou Tribe of the RcdnTn
meet ut the Workman hall every wednesday,
evening.
f.. IL. TRuAx, X. of r,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

o. E. S.-Langdon Temple holds regular com:
munications on the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month at the Masonic hall.
JAS. H. Balm, Mrs. K. WORK, W:M.,
Sec'y. C. C. CRAWFORD, WE
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

RATHBONE SISTERS.-Langdon Temple.
No. 5, meets every Thursday evening at the h.
MRS. JAS. LoYNEs, NJ. f. C..
MISS LILLY SHAW, NJ. of R. & c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

W. O. W.-Excelsior Lodge No. 81, meets on
the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month
in the Woodman Hall.
A. E. LINDsTROM, Clerk.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.-Mpr ON Wedncs-
dny evening OF each week at the *. of 7. hall.
Il. Z. TRuAX, G. G.
r. A, SHAW, Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

M. w. A.-Langdon Camp, No. $3.50 meets in
the Woodman hall the second and fourth
P. P. koPRIvA, V. c.
A. o. Void, Clerk,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

10. r. Lnngdon Court, independent .Orcts'
Of Forcstcrs, meet in the Workmtn hall the
frat and third TnoHdnys Of "ncl month
". a FERGVSON G. X.
j. II. Balm, Roc, Soc'N
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

TFOMEN.-Meet in the X. of P. hall, on the
first and third Thursdays of each month.
THos. SHEEHAN, Woman.
&C. CRAWFORD, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24

c. F. No. s0S-St. Alphonsus Court, meets
on the first and third Wednesdays of each
month in their hall over the Mooney State
Bank. JOHN SHEEHAN, Z. X.
Jos G. SCHILL, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-08-24
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
U. 8. SENATE.

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CONGRESSMAN.
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