Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

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There is a popular impression that
the United States Senate is largely
composed OF men who have been In
that body very long time, if not rum
ming back a generation. This idea is
dispelled by the facts which show that
there are but II Senators who were in
service prior to 1898. There are only
8 Senators who have served over 20
years. During the last few years q
good many Of the men who figured in
national affairs during war times ana
in the 10-year period of reconstruction
after the war have dropped out of pub
lie view from one reason or another.
Senator Allison is the nestor of the
Senate, having begun his service in
1873. Next in length of service comes
Senator Cockrell, with two years less
to his credit, and third, Senator MOE
gan, who began his senatorial work In
1877, and his present term will not end
until 1907, with his reelection prac-
tically assured. Then comes Senator
Plat, of Connecticut, 1879; Hale, Haw-
ley, Frye and Aldrich, 1881; Cullom,
1888; Teller and Berry, 1885; Bate.
Daniel and Stewart, 1887; Gallinger.
Hansborough and Proctor, 1891; Lodge
and Perkins, 1898. All the balance
came in 1895, or since that date. About
half the members of the Senate have
been sworn in during the past four
years, and on the 4th of March the pro-
portion of old Senators will be still
smaller, as Senators CoclSrell and Haw-
ley will both be out of the Senate then.
After being in the courts for II years
or more, the Fayerweather will case
seems at last to have been settled by
the decision of the Supreme Court Of
the United States that the action of the
executors and trustees in dividing the
residuary estate among the 20 col
leges named in Mr.. Fayerweather's
will was legal. Mr.. Fayerweather was
a New York leather merchant who, to
the surprise of the people of the city,
left an estate valued at $6,00O,0OO. 1t
had not been supposed that he was an
unusually rich man-millionaires hide
easily III NEW 1OIh. uC dlllOuAL Ill
volved in the suits was $3,5OOOOO.
Many of the most prominent lawyers
in the country were employed in the
several cases, as counsel for the col
leges or the heirs at law.
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The State Department has informed
Mrs. Florence Maybrick's attorney that
the British government has strong OBJ
jections to his client going about the
country on a lecture tour to expose
the British penal system. The depart
ment made it clear to Mrs. Maybrick's
lawyer that the scheme must be aban-
doned, and all her dates have there
fore been Cancelled. Mrs. Maybrick
had planned comprehensive tour.
She had made lucrative contract with
a theatrical agent, and intended to de-
vote her lectures to a discussion Of the
abuses Of British prisons.
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Unless something now unforeseen
prevents, Secretary Hays remaining
in office to the end of President Roose-
velts coming term, he will have
served in that position nearly eleven
years, the longest period in the his
tory of that Office, for only three per-
sons have served for eight years, and
no one longer than that Yet there is
no other in our whole system Of gov
eminent in which continuity Of plans
and of policy is more important. Dl-
plomacy cannot be hurried. The aver
age term of Secretaries of State be-
fore Mr.. Hay has been about three
years.
The total vote for President at the
last election, according to the canvass
of the New York Times, based on Off
cial state returns, and Oh county re-
turns where the state canvass was in
complete, was 1858, $40, which was
about 100000 less than the vote cast
in 1900. President Roosevelt received
7,64O,56O against 1908, 891 for Mr.. Par
ker, a plurality of 2.546,669 The vote
for other candidates was as follows:
Debs, Socialist, 1902, So7 Swallow, Pro-
hibition, 24S,411; Watson, Peoples par
ty, 124,3S1, and Corregan, Socialist La
Dor, SO $40.
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The deadletter office of the United
States receives 100000 letters, writ
ten by almost as many different people
and failing to reach their intended des-
tinations owing to imperfect direction,
or lack of stamps, etc. If you get no
reply to letters you may know the rea-
son. The safe way is to have printed
letter heads with state and postoffice
printed return, as many forget to give
postoffice and State.
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According to the Interstate Com
merce Commissions annual report the
railways in the United States during
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