New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
Constant Reader Tells What III
Missed in Last Weeks Papers.

bo,,- time. for Congress to begin Its
,-orI-g.' asked the Busy Man on meeting
W e-ssnd the Constant Reader.
Hs H-.-sss mas already gone to work. replied the
-. Reader. ION Tuesday both houses as
Oo"s --bA Presidents message was read, and
sen SEN .ha California members IL caused a con-
a-lo- ab,e burx. The President not only said that
- T.,anese in San Francisco should nave the
-. school privileges as the whites put ne also
s~--,.osed s~- q law permitting the naturalization
~ japanese VINO come H0is
a-,s-ioan citizens"
.lTtts must have pleased Japan remarked the
Busy Nan. a.s -. Constant
r.s5sr The japanese press applaudeo MI
,so,svelt as most broad minded The President
- -soomn1endad a law prohibiting ell corpora
.,.,s from cOatrI1atinz 10 the campaign expenses
;. CIV marty. Furthermore, he urged g thorough
s-ss-.rstion OF the conditions Of child labor and
=. the labor OF women IN the United States He
also asked for more conplste governmental control
:, oorporations 70 prevent the evils OF excessive
.-,srs+alizat!on and 10 secure proper publicity
E5e ernphaszed ths need OF constitutional amend
-nsnt wfich VIII relegate the whole question OF
marriage and divorce TO the authority OF the ns-
-,onal Congress which would give 1t power to deal
radically s9o sen A5nayioan We ot,lPensn FOR the
eople OF Porto Rico and the administration Of the
ss5aruSent In regard TO Cuba the President said
N the elections become farce, and If the insur-
-scfiouarv ha1lt becomes confirmed in the island
II absolutely out OF the question that the island
saoge ssfss T2s has assumed the sponsorship before
Ire civilized world for Cuba's career as 6 nation
os,lS sraIn have TO Intervene and to see that the
,ove-nneut was managed IN such orderly fashion
ss 10 secure The safety OF life and property. =.
THAT sounds like annexation, I should think"
'Nlot annexation, but sort Of protectorats"
resoned the Constant Reader. Meantime the dis
raissal Of the Negro troops OF the 25th infantry
aroused the senate. II adopted a resolution asking
FOR facts concerning the matter For sucn an IN
guiry the President Is also anxious, In ms last
CONDEMNATION OF the non-commissionHd officers Of
s.-pefrators 9 Of the outrage and Of the enlisted
men OF the battalion who. by maintaining silence
seTs77; sssi7 ~ conradeship should prevent the men
To telling The truth but indicates that such OF
the men are guiltess may be re-enAstec Ine
sub3ect has caused lot CT talk all over the coun-
r-T two more diplomatic changes have been an
nounos6. Henry White goes from Rome 70 Paris
~ waite vii be succeeded at Rome By Lloyd G.
cr.scom, no goes thither from Brazil And Mr. MI
3r5ercaE Minister 10 Peru
y heard somewhere elSI tl-iss1s5 slg {or notttng
nurde-s' said the Busy Man.
.trss OF the leaders of the Western Federation q
Miners are TO be tried for murder at Caldwel;
eS-Covern0r- -Steunenberg Of that state The miners
sppeal that they we're arrested iaega1y was osnieo
Some one was telling me that rS SoDernor-
EsEass E4s tsi5 to pBe Bus1 Nm
SIt.s already done said the Constan: Reader.
sesssred can5idate for reelection as Lieutenant
ioTernor to be a justice OF the Supreme Court, 10
NorEan J. O'Brien. Mayor Mcclellan also made an
appointment last week, choosing Thomas l. HaInis
ton as q Tax ComUissioner; 10 take the place OF
Samuel SJrasbourgeT- Mr.. Jerome mean time has
vsEed up Again he has been hot the trail
q the man higher up in the gambling graft game.
The grand jury has been QuiZZlng police captains.
II Is said Corporation Counsel Ellison, at the
Mayors request Is making an INVESTIGATION OF the
rot EoiSE TO Ise aIy WhiteWash, And here's a
third probing William P Burr. Assistant Cor
porau0n Counsel. has dug Up the fact that the
sIAndard OIL contracted 70 buy its oil Of the Rookie
1eller company At cent salon more than the the
proht q the standar5 on C9mEany in two years
been extremely ugnt IN spite OF the $1,000 re-
leased 10y Secretary Shaw. ". ". finley was
s oee5 saei spenesr I SRo Vas killed n train
wreck week before last And here is come out Of
Students ana three volunteer fremen were killed
4 are which destroyed the pelatial Chi Psi fra
electe5 10 succeed the late Professor Samuel P.
lsrgiev as secrerarv OF the Smithsonian Inst.tu-
ton Chester L. Gillette was convicted ot the muir
.nitte5 ar Sig Moose Lake Herkimer County, last
Jrly. Cold weather has closed the Hudson carrier
'Tn Russia the famine sufferers are rapidly n
cessing Prince LVon visited me IaIl!Is d
.acing starvation. The old farce Of trying Russian
plcefs ~ LoI Icing % 80 se1-eTTveib7 others
are nov being tried for surrendering 70 the enemy
q the battle OF the Sea OF Japan. on May % lglo
England has begun building stil greater battle
ship thar the Dreaduought The keel plates were
isc lzst week at Portsmouth. In Spain the l1beraI
pertv has been victorious Many anti-clericai
demonstrations have occurred. the police IN Madrid
being compelled 10 charge tie crowds to restore
order.'
q heard that an American admiral was dead
SAID the Busy Man
Rear ADMIRAL Peter z. Asserson. I guess you
mean" said the Constant Reader. He died at MS
home n Brooklyn. He was on the retired hst.
Others who died last week were ex-Goyernor George
" Fendee of Vermont; Professor Ferdinand 7.
I BOYLE II the Brooklyn Institute: Chief Justice
Andrew = Wtswell. Of Massachusetts,; Frank Il.
Hyde rrCuiuent American lawyer, in Paris; Jonn
Earseu Rnoades. president Of the Greenwich Saw
trgs Bank ana Dr. LappOni. the Pope's physician