The National tribune., 1906-10-11

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!, official. 1t Is recommended that tn
purchase of machinery be placed un
, der the Joint Committee on Printin,
of Congress, as is now the case Will
paper.
The Commission criticises the ldcl
of system throughout the Printing
Office and recommends that a chang,
be made. The lack of system makes il
impossible to ascertain what work cost:
and whether the work could b,
), cheapened.
i A young Washington stenographer il
the Customs Department of the Gov
ernment has been raised to the dignity
of a position on the Philippine Com
mission. w. Morgan Shuster, not ye
80 years old. is the man. Mr.. Shustel
has been Collector of Customs in Man
lila for the past three years at a salary
of $1,000 a year.
Mr.. Shuster's rise has been rapid
At the breaking out of the Spanish.
American war he was studying law
| with Carlisle & johnson. He entered
| the Government service as steEog-
| rapher in the Customs Service under
| Gen. Taslier II. Bliss, and was advanced
rapidly until he became Chief Clerk OF
| Cuban Customs and second in command
to the Collector himself When it be-
came necessary to send some one to
the Philippines to administer the du-
| ties of the Customs Service Mr.. Shus-
ter was recommended by Gen. Bliss.
|
| Chairman Jim Tawney. of the
House Committee on Appropriations
| declares that the Republicans will
easily control the House in the next
| Congress.
The unique suit instituted by the
| Spanish Countess of Buena Vista OF
Cuba against Maj.-Gen. John r.
Brooke which was decided against her
in the Federal Court Of New York. has
been appealed to the Supreme Court of
| the United States.
Gen Brooke when he was Governor
General of Cuba abolished the Coun-
| tess concession to slaughter all the
cattle killed in Havana. The claim is
set up that this right had been exer-
cised by her family since 1927, and she
asked S250,O00 damages.
The New York court held that While
| she had a right against the United
States Government, or against Cuba,
she had none against Gen. Brooke. The
appeal made to the Supreme Court as
serts that this ruling is erroneous.
Attorney General Moody declares
that the Government is proceeding very
carefully in the preparation of the cases
against trusts. and particularly the cases
against the Standard Oil Company.
MANY things have been said" OBJ
served Mr.. Moody, relative to what the
Department of Justice intends to do in
this connection, but so far the Depart
ment has kept its own counsel, finding
1t most conducive to satisfactory results
not to try its cases before they are
ready.
1T may be said, as a general propo-
sition, that the Department is going
ahead with its work. carefully collecting
its evidence, digeSting it, and getting
things in shape for such future action
as the evidence obtainable may justify.
There has been no change in policy,
and wherever there has been any evil
dence to indicate violation of the anti
trust laws. rigid inquiry has followed
When the Department is prepared to
act there will be no secrecy about its
movements"
The practise of hazing new cadets at
West Point has been effectually stamp
ed out, according to the report made
to the War Department by the Special
OU blSClpllUe,
and Hygiene of the Board of Visitors.
The committee says:
I'VE have been informed that no in
stance of real hazing has come to the
attention of the Academy authorities
during the last three years, OF since
effective measures were employed for
it's abolition. This excellent state of
discipline could only have resulted from
the hearty cooperation of the student
hndV whom IL had hro,1Uhf tn re
attention the fact that the hazing prac-
tice as carried on was seriously i'm
pairing the usefulness of the institu-
ton.
''The esprit de corps and high code
of honor prevalent in the cadet ranks
Were never more satisfactory than at
the present time, and that haZng no
longer exists here must be very largely
attributed to this gratifying status
among the students themselves.
The Sultan of Turkey has at last re-
ceived ambassador Leishman. of the
United States, and that gentleman is
now a full fedged diplomat This
thing has been hanging fire for the last
six months. and there were grave
doubts whether the United States
would ever be able to secure an EN-
bassador to Turkey, as the Sultan is an
does not want to be forced to do things
he does not want to. Among other
things he did not want an EmbaSSa-
dor from the United States for the gen.
tleman holding that position is the
President of the United States in per-
son, so to speak, and when he wishes
to visit the Sultan, the Sultan, under
rigid diplomatic etiquet, must receive
him or be brought up standing in short
order for breaking the entente cor
dale between the two countries. Tur-
key is always and eternally doing some
thing to our missionaries over there,
or letting her cutthroats do it, and
there is scarcely a day that it is not
necessary to interview the Sultan in per-
son. When we had only Minister TO
Turkey, he was obliged to sit in the
corridor and cool his heels while some
body else who could visit the Sultan on
an equality presented mis- case to him
Even after Minister Leishman was ap-
pointed ambassador, he was kept for
months dancing attendance on the
Sultan till that willy gentleman got
good and ready to receive. At last EN-
bassador Leishman has arrived"
Senator Clark. of Montana, and Mrs.
Clark have been 'mobiling through
France for some time, and met with
grievous accident recently. Senat ,r
Clark was thrown from his auto near
Clark was bruised. but not seriously in
jured. The bursting of tire caused
the accident.