The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-07-12


With the close Of the Government |
fiscal year came several important
changes In the personnel OF the Treas |
ury Department Chief among these
was the succession Of J. II. Edwards as |
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury In |
the place OF III. A. Taylor. who resigned
several months ago.
Mr.. Edwards enjoys the distinction |
OF being the youngest man who has
ever held this Office. He Is an Ohio
product. and previous to his appoint |
ment to the present position he acted
as private secretary to Secretary Shaw.
In his new position he will have charge
of the Internal Revenue. Public Build
ings. the Supervising Architects Office.
Public Health and Marine Hospital Ser
vice and Revenue Cutter Service. He
Is also Chairman Of the Committee on
Personnel and Secretary OF the Ter
Centennial Committee jamestown Ex-
position.
A correspondent Of New York pa
per declares that Senator Depew Is 4
mental and physical wreck. who sits
day after day staring at nothing In his
retreat in New York Sanitorium. The
doctors have diagnosed his case as
nervous prostration." which Is all
embracing. It is said that the Sena-
another sanatorium. There Is some
thing pathetically tragic In the Depew
case, the fall has been SO tremendous.
From the topmost wave OF popularity,
with the Presidency one time in view,
to such depths OF aversion that his alma
mater associates refuse to permit him
after a quarter century OF service to
again be placed upon the Board OF
Managers. Public opinion is against
even the suspicion of wrongdoing in the
servants OF the people. Senator Depew
IS simply suffering from q just con-
domination of those who have been de-
ceived in him.
j. The records OF the Senate show that
1t exceeded the House by 1872 In the
number of bills passed at the recent
session. The House passed 1852 House
and 1907 Senate bills; making total
Of 1850. The Senate passed 1905 Sem
tai Of 4.481. OF the 1905 bills passed by
the Senate and sent to the House, the
latter body passed 1907. permitting 3ss
to go over to the next session. The
Senate postponed 1S2 Senate bills in
definitely and referred 222 to the Court
Of Claims.
The House passed and sent to the
Senate 3.152 bills and joint resolutions.
OF which the Senate passed 2.875. post
poning 277 until the next session.
In addition to the cruiser Columbia,
the Mayffower, known as the Presi-
dents yacht: the Dixie. and the Tacoma
have been ordered to Santo Domingo
waters. where all possible steps will be
taken to prevent any revolutionary up
rising which might place I'm jeopardy
the customs funds Of $4,000 In New
York City.
It has been decided that the new star
In the blue field of the American Flag
snail De placed In the lower right-hand
corner.
Quartermaster General Humphrey
and Admiral Cowles looked over the
field, and have decided that 1t might as
we'll be in the lower right-hand corner
as In any other.
Their decision does not bind by any
official privilege. but as they are charx-
ed with making and issuing National
Flags for the Army and Navy respec-
lively 1T will be we'll for fagmakers to
follow their suggestion when the new
star for Oklahoma is added.
AS several things remain to be done
before the new State Is actually admit
additional star shall only be set In the
hefd at the beginning Of the next fiscal
year after the State Is one in fact. the
Oklahoma star viii not be seen on the
National ensign until July I. 1907.
The -talked-about Third Inter-
national Conference OF American Re-
publics will open In Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. on Saturday. July Fl. and re-
main in session until Sept. /. Hon.
Elihu Root. our distinguished Secre-
tary of State, has sailed for Rio de
Janeiro on board the cruiser Charles
ton. one Of the latest and finest vessels
- ~ At
Der, headed by Hon. William !. Buch-
anan, ex-Minfster to Argentina and
Panama, member OF the last Pan
American Conference in Mexico City.
sailed from New York on July 2 on
the 9. s. Byron. A number Of distin-
guished South American diplomats at
Washington have already left for Eu-
rope whence they win proceed to Rio
That our commercial relations with
South America are still far from salts
factory Is shown In a number Of timely
and able articles which appear In the
current issue Of the American Export
er.
From one Of the articles under the
title OF Commercial Relations Between
the United States and FITS 20 Latin
American Sister Republics we see that
while the 20 latina merican Republics
imported in 1905 goods to the value OF
nearly $610, 1000, OO0, only $1S1 ,0O0. 900
came from the United States. Hoy
ever, OF this share Of American trade
more than one-half Is credited to Mex
leo and Cuha. consequently leaving very
little for Central and South America
In other words, while our trade 10 ire
mendous In Mexico and Cuba, through
out South America we are doing but a
trifie OF business. There Is not q single
country In South America where Our
trade can compare with that Of Europe.
and this In spite Of the fact that the
United States Is one Of the largest buy
ers Of South American products. The
10 Republics Of South America import
ed In 1905 goods to the value Of $40I.-
900. 900. TO which this country contrib-
uted less than Is per cent.
/ The above-referred-t0 article gives q
clear idea Of our commercial relations
with each OF the 20 Latfn-American
Republics. and should be read by any
one interested In our commercial inter-
course with Latin-Amerfca.
veterosa n. the City.
Judge Edward 8. Walker, Of Helena,
Mont, accompanied the remains OF Mrs.
Tanner to Washington and represented
his Department at her funeral. He
served In the 1st Kan. and I'd Kan. Cav,
and Is clerk Of the United States Court
at Helena, Mont.