The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-06

usual compliment by the president last
week when he requested him to pre-
pare a bill for the control of corpora
lions doing an interstate business. The
president and Senator Hepburn have
similar views as to the proper control
That should be exercised over corpora
zions by the federal government. Sem
! ator Hepburn Is now preparing the
: bill which will be introduced immedi-
ately after the holidays. This bill will
be the most important measure of the
present session, and it will no doubt be
oitterly opposed by certain powerful
corporate interests. The administration
v~ill make determined effort to have
shis bill passed. but it Is too much at
present to venture an opinion as TO
Its passage.
Anti-imperialists are not at all happy
over the bill for administration of
the Philippines. which was adopted by
senate by a vote OF A to %, for the
. oil provides for the building OF rail-
reads in the islands. and anything lik.
} the building OF railroads, which re-
quires American capital, Is certainly
not very promising sign for the early
abandonment of the territory.
Senator Foraker undertook to amend
the Philippine bill by admitting free Of
duty In this country all Philippine pro-
ducts except tobacco and sugar. and
reducing rates on these articles to rs
ger cent of the Dingley duties. The
existing rate is rs per cent Objec-
ton was Immediately raised from dem
ocratic senators, and Foraker withdrew
his motion
Attorney General Ragley Of Idaho
spent a few days in Washington last
week on business for the state before
Ehe department OF the interior. Mr..
9agfey together with Senator Hepburn.
Who came over from New York at his
request. called on Secretary Hitchcock
and Commissioner Richards of the
general land office and all matters in
which the attorney general was inter-
ested We're satisfactorily adjusted.
Representative French has secured
she passage of an act granting a PEN
sion fof s24 per month 10 T.. d. Jami-
son, of Moscow. The bill will go TO
The senate Immediately after the holt
days, and there is no doubt that ii will
pass that body
.l,r. William w. Yothers. of Rath-
drum Idaho, graduate of the Univer-
sity of Idaho and of Cornell university.
was in Washington "A few days last
week DIR. Yothers is special agent
for the department Of agriculture. and
mas been for the past year Investigate
ing the boil feevil in Texas. He sub
nntted his report to the department
together with lot of data on the cot
ron pest" which will be the basis of G
aulletm to be issued shortly. DR.
Yothers will spend three months al
= Cornell and then return to Texas t,
!. resume his investigation of the boil
y xeevil
The determination of the house o
representatives to bring Judge Charlie
F1orida to trial Is most creditable I,
that body. Acting as it does in
grand jury capacity, 1t Is difficult L
ssssee how, in the face of such seriou
charges against Judge Swayne, tn
house could have done otherwise. bu
shere was always the possibility Of tn
ssn5ection of politics In the case. an
Saad this been done the result Nigh
nave been different. Judge Swayns
however, is far from a conviction. Tn
mouse has had very poor success In IT
impeachment trials. 1t requires a three
fourths vote of the senate to convic
and this fact may result in an acqutta
In this case, although n seems tina
Judge Swayne is a very incompeter
ana unfair judge.
More government employees wen
nome to vote this year than ever be
Gore an the history of the government
AZ has been impossible to keep dow
he political spirit. and though the civ
service reform bureau has been tryin
TO dampen the political fervor, 1t ha
not been able to do So If the clerk
wanted to talk politics they talked
they wanted to contribute to campaig
expenses. they contributed Ike me,
Yes, and like women. too. because Their
were hundreds OF women just as muc
interested in the result of the electio
: ass men. They could not vote but the
+. could help men to go home to vot,
and they did. Men and women VIII
NIL offices created by politics. could d
nothing else and keep their self-re
+. spect.
The two small sons of the Chimes
minister look like they might hav
just stepped out of a show case. The
are typical Chinese youngsters. wear
ing the robes of their nationality. an
are quite as full of mischief as thej
: american playmates, and they have
plenty. for the Chinese minister is nc
at all exclusive with his boys. G
course, his daughter has not the sam
liberty but she has yet good des
more freedom than any Chinese gil
before her has had. She is not vet L
and Is applying herself closely TO he
>. studies. The other day the two sma
sons ot1f on fhafr u-baaI. a.