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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
RESULTS OF THE
YEARS ELECTIONS
Democrats Gain In congress-Hearst
loses-Covernor Chosen.

This year has been one OF great po-
iitical significance. May 81 Lewis EN-
cry, jr., got the nomination for gov
ernor of Pennsylvania from the Lin
coin" Republican party, and II was
thought he might be elected by the re-
form element. but he wasn't. June 5
Governor Chamberlain, Democrat, was
elected in Oregon. June II Colonel
Henry A. Dupont, Republican, was
chosen to I'LL the United States sena-
torial vacancy from Delaware; this
ended Addicks definitely and finally.
Sept. Representative Little, Dem
ocrat, was elected governor of Arkan-
sas, and on the same day Fletcher A.
Proctor, Republican, was chosen gov
ernor of Vermont. On the 10th Will
liam T. Cobb, Republican, was elected
governor of Maine. Three noteworthy
gubernatorial nominations were made
in September: Judge Ben D. Lindsey,
the children's judge (20th), in Colorado,
on an independent ticket; Charles Z.
Hughes, the insurance investigator in
New York (26th), on the Republican
ticket, and William r. Hearst (27th),
already named by the Independence
League in New York, on the Democrat
ic ticket. In October (3d) Hoke Smith,
Democrat, was elected governor in
Georgia
The election on Nov. 8 resulted in the
choice of 223 Republican members Of
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was passed in the senate but died In
the house; the railroad rate bill. the
meat inspection bill. the lock canal bill,
the pure food bill and the statehood bill
were all passed and are now laws.
The statehood bill admitted Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as one state. and
New Mexico and Arizona, If they de-
sired to enter that way. There were
many amendments to the railroad rae
bill before it finally passed. Senator
Knox demanded a court review clause
and got something resembling what he
wanted; Senator Tillman, though q
Democrat, reported the bill out of COM
mittee, and his memorable row with tire
president followed; Senator Foraker
was against the bill.
The president sent James w. Rey-
holds and Charles P. Neil to Chicago
to look up the condition of the packing
houses there. James w. Wadsworth,
Sr., his lifelong friend, and father of the
New York assembly speaker. opposed
his inspection bill. When election day
came around Wadswerth, ST.. was de-
feated; the son was elected. Tho Santo
Domingo treaty, which tho president
approved and fought for, was not
adopted.
Both houses passed and the president
signed the bill removing the tax from
denatured alcohol. The Niagara Falls
bill, providing for cooperation with
Canada to preserve the falls from too
great utilization of its water for power
purposes. was put through, and SIS, 900
was appropriated for the presidents
travelling expenses. His salary was not
raised.
Other features during the first ses-
sion of the ytar was the calling for IN
formation regarding the alleged conbi-
nations between the Pennsylvania and
other railroad companies: the decision
that Panama supplies must be pUr-
chased in the United States; Roosevelt s
recommended accompanying Gar
fields Standard Oil message, which ne
transmitted to congress-, and the sue
cession of Senator Burton, convicted OF
and imprisoned for trying to Influence
certain action or the postal department.
by Senator Benson, appointed by the
governor Of Kansas. Congress adj
journed on June 30.
Congress recc1vena1 on Monday De-
oember 3. The president sent In nomi-
nations the same day, which changed
materially the complexion of his cabi-
net as follows: Secretary of the treas
urv. George b. CCrtelyou; attorney gen.
erai, Charles ). Bouaparte; postmaster
general. George Won L. Meyer; secre-
tary of the navy, Victor II. Metcalfe;
secretary of the interior, James F. Gar
field; associate justice of the supreme
court, William H. Moody. This eIlmi-
mates Ethan Allen Hitchcock, for years
secretary of the interior. and Mr..
Moody, long attorney general, from the
cabinet, and moves Cortelyou from the
postmaster generaiship, Bonaparte
from the navy secretaryship and Met
calfe from commerce and labor. Gar
field and Meyer are cabinet newcomers,
though both are well known in public
life.
The president also named John H.
McIlhenny, of Louisiana, as civil serv-
ice commissioner, and Edgar 4. Clarke
of Iowa, James A. Harlan. OF Chicago.
and Judson c. Clements. of Georgia, as
interstate commerce commissioners.
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The japanese Difficulties.

The first cause for dissension be-
tween ourselves and the Japs became
known on Aug. Z, when the cable told
of the shooting of five japanese seal
poachers on one of the Aleutian ISL
ands by the men on the United States
revenue cutter McCulloch. An inquiry
was ordered and the japanese decided
to watch IT closely, but the episode
was never considered serious.
The serious differences between the
two countries reached a state of ten
sion on Oct. %, when Japan drew our
attention informally to the fact that
Japanese were being excluded from
some ofsthe public schools of San Fran
cisco, and demanded the full treaty
rights" granted by the instrument of
1894. Secretary Metcalfe of the presi-
dents cabinet was sent to California to
investigate.
The presidents message. sent to
congress Dec. 5, gave much attention
to the situation, and seemed to advo-
cate the Japanese cause, much to the
pertur baton of California.
The Philippines are more than 10, 900
miles away from the United States,
but much nearer to Japan; England,
which has a treaty with Japan and
doesn't wish to fight US. is supposed TO
consider Japan her chief bulwark so
far as India is concerned, and, in
launching the Satsuma, wholly built in
Japan. the brown men have the largest
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It has been a great year, though
without great wars. The fight to extend
socialism has been strong throughout
the civilized world. and there has been
some yielding to the socialistic forces.
In England, however, they were set
back by the sweeping defeat of the
"progressives' at the borough elections
on Nov. l, and IN this country by Mr..
Hearst's defeat for New York's gov
ernorship.
Germany has remained calm; Aus
tria-Hungary is still united under the
Hapsburgs; Norway's king is getting
along all right on his new throne. and
there is no immediate cause TO expect
serious trouble anywhere west of Rus
STA, although the whole world is pretty
well keyed up.
Russia is little better of than she
was year ago. yet the autocratic gov
eminent still stands; the liberal gov
eminent in England has now lasted
more than year; France has changed
its cabinet twice, and Clemenceau is
now premier, but the situation between
the government and Rome is still acute.
Troubles have arisen between US and
Japan. but President Roosevelt thinks
he can settle them; the negro question
IS more acute than it was twelve
months ago; Cuba has had her first
revolution since the Spanish war, and
Magoon is now holding down the lid:
the Republicans still hold a majority in
Congress, but ii has been reduced.
Materially the United States were
never so prosperous; the crops have
been fine. pfices and wages were never
90 high; money is especially high, and
will likely go higher before there is any
ioosentng up. All in all, few previous
years have added more interesting
chapters to the worlds history than
1905
Here are some of the years interest
ing news items, personal and other
wise, some cheerful and some depress-
ing, that do not fall into any Of the
classifications Of this review:
The most serious trouble in the Phil
ippines came March and Z, when 600
AIoros were killed by American troops
In the crater of an extinct volcano
near Jolo, the American loss being IS
killed and 81 wounded. The governor
Bhip of the islands was changed Jan.
20, when Governor General Luke f.
Wright was made first United States
ambassador to Japan, Judge Henry c.
hde being appointed to succeed him till
Uune /. when he was displaced by Gen
eral James G. Smith.
Tho notorious Dowie. Elijah III
got into serious trouble at Zion City,
near Chicago, on April 2. when steps
were taken 10 remove him. His trou-
bies continued till Dec. 8, when at Zion
City he became a raying maniac while
preaching.
The Rev. AIgernon S. Crapsey, rector
of St Andrews Episcopal church, in
Rochester, n. Y, was tried for heresy
at Batavia, N. Y, late in April. May
Is he was found guilty, but appealed.
Late In November his conviction was
affirmed He was formally deposed in
Buffalo Dec. 5.
Harry Thaw, Of the immensely rich
Pittsburg family Of that name, on June
IS shot and instantly killed Stanford
White, the architect, during a roof
garden performance which they were
both attending.
Count Boni de Castellane's election to
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| the French chamber Of deputies was
annulled July 3. His wife, formerly
Miss Anna Gould, was granted a di-
vorce by the French courts Nov. Is.
The Milwaukee Avenue State bank
Of Chicago was placed in the hands of
a receiver Aug. z. Paul o. Stensland.
president. fed to Tangier, Morocco.
where he was captured early in Sep
TENDER Taken to Chicago, he was tried
and convicted, and on Sept. 26 was SEN
fenced to ten years imprisonment
Despite the efforts to limit the
draught OF water from Niagara for
power purposes by law, Secretary Taft
issued temporary order July 10 per-
hitting certain companies to take wa
ter from the river and to import cleo
trical current from Canada.
The Coney Island trolley riots began
Aug. IL. They were due to Justice
Gaynors decision in a test case that a
second fare was illegal Three days
later 1t was arranged that passengers
pay the second fare, receiving IN return
check for cents, redeemable by the
company if Justice Gaynor's decision Is
sustained.
The Real Estate Trust company of
Philadelphia closed its doors on Aug
%, liabilities SO, 000, 900. The death of its
president occurred few days later.
The Atlanta anti-negro riots took
place Sept. % and the days immediate
ly following.
All through the year there have con-
tinued stories of dreadful atrocities in
the Congo region, which Leopold has
declared is to be turned over to Bel
GUM by him. Nov. 10 vast concessions
were reported to have been made to
American capitalists.
William ]. Bryan, who had been max
ing q tour around the world, returned
to the United States in August, and on
the both made q noteworthy speech in
New York which resulted in his in
dorsement for the presidency In 1908 by
several Democratic state conventions
and many Democratic newspapers.
Professor John w. Burgess, formerly
of Columbia university, signalized the
beginning Of his service as first Roose-
welt professor of American history at
Berlin by expressing his individual
views on the Monroe doctrine and the
tariff Oct. 81.
Commander Robert E. Peary, who
had been in the far north two years,
was heard from at Hopedale, Labrador.
Nov 2. He had reached z degrees 6
minutes north, and now holds the
farthest-north record.
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DOINGS OF THE FtFTY-NINTH
CONGRESS.
Great Numbers Of Important Meas.
ures Passed-Extenslve
Cabinet Changes.

The long session of congress recon-
vened soon after Jan. 1 and at once got
down to business.
The measures which attracted most
attention throughout the session were
the statehood bill, affecting Oklahoma,
Arizona ard New Mexico: the pure
food bill, the ship subsidy bill, the rail-
road rate bill, the meat inspection bill.
the Philippine tariff bill and the lock
canal bill The Philippine tariff bill
was not passed. the ship subsidy bill
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Der 6. Two days later further and
more drastic Investigations were Or
dered. The corporations have never
had so lively year.
The greatest municipal graft ex-
posures have been made In san Fran
cisco. They resulted in the indictment
of Mayor Schmitz and Boss" Abraham
Ruef. Mayor Schmitz went to Europe
after the earthquake. He reached San
Francisco on his return November %
when he was promptly arrested.
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BY OSBORN SPENCER.

British Dreadnought, launched Feb. 10
all these things furnish plenty Of ma
terial for discussion. A test case viii
be brought before the United States
courts.
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LATIN AMERICA IN
CURRENT HISTORY.
Roots Big Trip South-Pan-Amer-
lean Congress-Various
Short Little Wars.

1t was expected that this years Pan
American congress, held at Rio Jansiro.
would be ono Of the most important IN
history, and President Roosevelt de-
cided that Elihu Root, secretary Of
state, should attend. Accordingly, on
July 3, he began an extended South
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Senators Depew and Plat. of New
York, absent most of the time during
the long session. were present on De-
cember g.
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BAD TEETH OF SCHOOL Chill.
pREk.
GERMANY.

FRANKFORT, GERMANY.
The result of an examination OF the
teeth of the pupils of school at
Hochheide is very suggestive. OF the
1920 children examined 4S2 were boys
and 53S girls. The boys had 1896
defective teeth and only 2,116 sound
ones. Only 10 of the boys had per-
fectly sound sets of teeth 397 sets
were unfit for chewing food, with 1872
boys disturbances in their general
condition were observed, due to de
cayed teeth. Of the teeth of the
girls 15.747 were found defective and
only 931 sound. Only 16 girls had
perfect sets of teeth; 205 girls were
suffering in their general condition In
consequence of decayed teeth.
The total result showed that 80 per
cent. of all the teeth examined were
defective; only 35 out of 1920 chill
dren had sound sets of teeth, In 1886
children a poor bodily constitution
was due to poor teeth. The result
shows that carries, or decay OF tho
teeth, has extremely noXious conse'
quences.
RICHARD GUENTHER.
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EFFORT TO RECLAIM LAND
important National Movement Begun
In PortugaI-Natural Advantages
Awaiting Development In
Mexican State.
LISBON. PORTUGAL.

Portugal has started in on sys-
tenn of land reclamation which, If as
successful as it promises to be. must
result in similar movements In vari-
ous parts of Europe.
In the south of Portugal serious
attempt is being made with some
chance of success to bring back into
cultivation a large tract of land.
This country being essentially agri-
cultural, any steps to reclaim land
that has gone out of cultivation, esti-
mated at 4,314,000 hectares (about
100000 acres), or Al per cent. OF
the total area Of Portugal, are move
In the right direction.
Some energetic members of society
In the district of Serpa, in combina-
ton with the municipal authorities,
have set to work upon 100 600 acres.
dividing it up into allotmentS of 10
acres each and letting 1t at a nominal
rent, calculated according to the es-
timated value of the land, which has.
as it were, four classifications, the
highest quit rent being placed at
| $500 and the lowest at 40 cents per
allotment, free of local rates and
taxes for ten years.
Quite heterogeneous mixture of
settlers has already taken possession
! of their tenements. Carpenters,
masons, doctors, chemists, BARRIERS,
seamstresses, tailors, and even beg
gars, figure in the list
One Of the chief difficulties to be
overcome before making the allot.
ments was to deal with the proprie
tary rights Of bee keepers. who cen
turies ago had certain privileges con,
ferred upon them whereby they did
a thriving trade in honey and wax.
This trade has in later times dimin-
ishe0, owing to the destruction of the
floral produce of the land, chiefly by
firing when portions t. areof We're
cleared for wheat and other cereals.
| Matters have been amicably settled
for the bee keepers and the embryo
agriculturists The success of the
scheme as far as it has gone has
stirred the ambition of the resi-
| dents in a large part of the north of
Portugal, where a project on similar
| lines is being set on foot to bring
back into cultivation something like
half a million acres.
r. H. KINCHANT
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the temperate zone, and mangos.
zapotes, chirimollas, papayas, bread.
fruit, cocoanuts. nanches, pineapples,
coffee, etc, OF the tropics.
The map suggests the ease and
profit of railroad extension. The sus
gested Mexican link in the Pan-Amer-
lean system will doubtless be under
construction soon. 1t will be built a
few miles back from the coast along
the foothills, tapping fertile and we'll
populated valleys, extending back
into the sierras opening and settling
most healthful and delightful re.
gion. The state lacks many things
that are prime necessities elsewhere,
There is need of good roads and city
improvement crusades. In many sec
tions carriages, two or four wheeled,
are unknown. Enterprising automo-
bile builders are eager TO supply this
territory
]. b. RICHARDSON.
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Improvement in Photography.

An inventor has succeeded in evoly-
ing a novel improvement upon the or.
dinary celluloid film used for cinemato-
graphic purposes. The pictures are
taken in a spiral manner upon circular
glass plates, thereby enabling long
series comprising several hundred pic
lures to be obtained In a small space.
The diameter of the plate is - inches
while the photographs themselves 10
not exceed half an inch in length. In
this way it is possible to record story
lasting about four minutes upon one
plate.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-10-06
COOPERATIVE FARMING.
SEVILLE. SPAIN.

SEVILLE. SPAIN,
Cooperative farming associations In
Germany are interesting the Spanish
people.
At the close of 1905, 17,l62 coopera,
tive farming associations existed in
the German empire, comprising a
membership Of over 100000 farm
ers. 1920 Of the above number Of
associations were confederated Out
of the 9,411 associations operating IN
Prussia 6,059 facilitated credits TO
farmers, 776 attended to the supply
and demand, and 1,72S TO dairyng
In Bavaria 2,G13 Of the 1924 associa
tions dedicated their work to furnish
ing credits to agricultural undertak
ings, 234 to supply and demand, 2i7
to dairying, and 200 to various other
purposes, all, however, fostering
mutual assistance to husbandmen and
thus redouuding to their benefit.
The cooperative associations Of
credit expend loans amounting to. on
the average. from s7l 100000 to $73,
34O,0 900 annually. In 1905 the cOopera.
tive bodies for the creation Of demand
purchased fertilizers, forage. seed,
coal and other items amounting to
s12,062 500. On the other hand the
centers of supply and dairying, which,
in a comparatively short time, have
entered a career OF great prosperity.
realized over 1866, 900 on their trans,
actions.
CHARLES KhRMINSkI
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Troubles Of the Great.

Dr. Samuel Johnson, finding him
SELF In need Of a little ready money
had applied to Boswell for the loan
Of a few shillings
You will not say anything about
this IN the book you are going 10 write
about me- will you, Boz he asked
Not If you pay 1t back, doc. an.
swered Boswell, making g memoran
dun OF the amount.
Later in the day Dr. Johnson dashed
off an immortal poem, which he
hawked through the streets of Lon
the debt.
This Is why the incident now ap
pears In print for the first time
Chicago Tribune
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THE SACRIFICE OF GEN. BELL.

In sacrificing promotion to the rank ot
major general in order that friend may nave 'hc .
coveted honor, Brig. Gen. j, Franklin beii' cn'e.
of staff of the army, has done an act uhparaeIv,u
in magnanimity and generosity in American mill
tary records.
Brig. Gen. Jesse NJ. Lee, civil war veteran
the only one left among the higher olhcers OF
the army is to be retired by law early next Janu'
ary There was a vacancy among the major gen
erals when Lieut.. Gen. Corbin retired the other
day and Mai. Gen. Macarthur was promoted to
succeed him.
Under the usual operation OF the regulations
Gen. Bell would have been advanced to fill the
vacancy, thus giving him rank equal to that OF
any other officer assigned to departmental duty at
Washington, n condition extremely desirable
But Bell stepped aside in favor of Gen. Lee SO
that the latter might retire with the higher rank
record but has always refused to allow iniuent
hasten his promotion.
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CITY PAYS MILLIONS TO EMPLOYEES.

The city of New York has 60,94S employees on
It's pay roll The total pay roll is $57,06S, ,25313.
This fact appears from report submitted to the
board of estimate by the commission named by
the mayor early in the year to reclassfy and re-
grade all the employees in the city departments.
The commission was composed of Joseph Haag
secretary of the board, and the various socre
taries OF the members of the board of estimate.
The report of the commission shows that the
slackest sort of methods prevail in the establish
ing of titles and in the correspondence of the
titles to the civil service regulations. The COM
mission reports that the same position and
grades have been created by the same depart
ments several times since January l. 1902, and
that the titles created do not in many instances
correspond exactly with the titles used in the
civil service regulation, thereby creating much
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stood at the of the
life
everything possible
Sman
Following stiman,
prominent the themselves
a
Few who Rev. Mr. Wilkinson begin his missionary abors in the
Those who thought that he could
street There nothing of the hacned revvaist his
o
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BELL RINGING MAY BE SUPPRESSED.

Shall church bells continue to peal In the
national capital in the good old times, or shall
they be suppressed, is a question which the DIS
trict commissioners have decided to take up lot
serious consideration, and all Interested in IL
pro and con have been requested to submit their
views.
The Koran says that bells hang on the trees
of Paradise and set In motion by wind from
the throne of God as often as the blessed wish
for music
Many of the Christian churches of Washing.
ton have dispensed with steeple bells, and now
nervous citizens complaining that thelr
peace and comfort disturbed by those that
remain.
Commissioner MacFarand. who Is himself
prominent in church affairs has taken the lnltia
tive OF bringing the issue for decision. He be
, enlarge the police regulations prohibiting noises
A timepiece can be found in nearly every house.
cason why notice of the approach OF a service IN
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RESOURCEFUL MEXICAN STATE.
JALAPA. MEXICO.

This region Is rich in resources and
full of promise.
The State of Veracruz is now Of
great interest to foreigners and will
be for years to come. 1t includes
both temperate and tropical zones
and extends from the gulf coast to a
mountain elevation of 10000 feet.
Thus soil and climate are varied.
The markets of Jalapa, 4,6O0 feet
high, have in season apples, peaches
pears, ounces, plums, grapes,
oranges, lemons, figs, melons, etc, of