The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-31

mllted into this country last month il
attracting attention here in a very
pointed manner to the condition now
existing in the immigration service, It
had been anticipated by some that
President Roosevelt's interest in the
matter would result in substantial
liberalization" Of the act under
which the number of Chinese admit
ted would be substantially increased.
This number. however, was less than
200 in July as compared with nearly
800 in the corresponding month
year ago. This situation has been
taken by some to mean that the lib
realization order was simply farce
and was designed to throw dust in the
eyes OF the public. Commissioner
General Sargent, however, when ques-
toned on the matter, said that several
factors in the situation have been APP
parently neglected. He said that the
principal effect of President Roose-
velt's order had been to compel con-
sular officers i'll Chinese ports to stop
the careless or fraudulent issue Of GER
tifcates to Cinnamon evidently not
members of the exempt classes. By
so doing, he says, American immigrant
inspectors have been relieved Of the
disagreeable duty of looking closely at
these certificates in order to ascer-
tain whether they were made out in
a proper way and were in the hands
CT persons justly entitled to them
Continuing, Mr.. Sargent stated that
there had been great decrease in ire
number of such manifestly irregular
certificates presented. At one time,
some months ago, sixty such certif-
Yates Of fraudulent character had
been detected in one month as issued
by single officer. Mr.. Sargent also
pointed to the fact that the number
of Chinese actually turned back dur
ing the past month has been very
small indeed.
George B. Cortelyou will probably
succeed Leslie NJ. Shaw, as Secretary
of the Treasury early in the new year
Truman H. Newberry, long slated to
follow Chas. H. Darling as Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy and to take
office Sept. II, may become Postmas-
ter General. He has recently bought
a hundred thousand dollar house in
the fashionable quarter of the city,
which suggests more important con-
nections with the administration than
the place IN the navy affords. Michi-
gan people steadily assert that Mr.
Newberry accepted the Presidents
original offer with the implicit under
standing that he would eventually go
into the Cabinet, and accordingly his
name has been mentioned in connec-
ton with every vacancy thai has since
arisen. John W. Yerkes of Kentucky,
the present Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, will probably go into the
Cabinet before this administration
ends. He was the original support
err in the Republican National Com
mittee last year of the President s de-
sire to have Cortelyou nl,de national
chairman, and Mr.. Roosevelt is not
forgetful Of strong supprt in emer
gencies. Mr. Yerkes, is moreover,
man Of high character and ability and
his appointment would be a recogni-
ton Of the new Republicanism of the
South. He has been considered for
the Postmaster Generalship and that
may yet be his place, the final adjust
ments remaining to be made.
Theannual report Of Chief Wilk;e
Of the secret service, shows a total of
532 arrests, Of which Al related to
counterfeit currency, SO to altered ob-
legations, 344 to the counterfeiting OF
coin and the others in connection with
various violations Of Feeral statutes.
The nationality Of the defendants,
most Of the civilized coun-
tries, but native-born offenders led
with 800, Italy being second with ~
and Austria third with -. The geo.
graphical division Of prosecutions
Pennsylvania led with "a, New York
had II, Ohio 35, California 20, and
Missouri %. All Of the States and
Territories except Alaska were repre-
,ented. One case was prosecuted in
Cuba. Counterfeit notes confscated
Dy she service aggregated $36,S34,
against $44 $50 the previous year;
while the coins seized aggregated
b24,110, against $16,410 for the pre-
yious twelve months. There were cap
tured 165 plates Of various descrip-
tions for the making Of counterfeit |
notes and 454 dies and molds for coin
ing. A very large proportion of, the
coins was captured in the
hands Of the makers before being
placed in circulation. But nine new
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