The National tribune., 1906-03-08


The greater cost of the army OF the
United States is explained by the fact
that this country pays its Army men
| something like wages. while only
| small and almost nominal stipend is
allowed the troops of Germany, France
and other European countries.
Senator Lafollette is at 1t. He has
| introduced a bill to require an account
| ing of money expended in elections,
| provide for the filing of statements of
receipts and disbursements of political
committeeman with the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor, and to prohibit
corporations from directly or indirectly
| paying or contributing money, proper
| ty or anything of value to any political
| committee or candidate.
The bill defines political commit
tee as composed of two or more per-
sons who have been elected, appointed
or chosen by a National political party
convention or by members of either or
both Houses of Congress belonging to
! the same political party, for the pur-
pose, wholly or in part, of raising, coll
lecting or disbursing money.
Treasurers of every such committee
are compelled to keep correct and
| true report of all moneys collected and
disbursed and file the same with the
| Secretary of Commerce and Labor
| Candidates for Senator or Represen-
| tative in Congress are also compelled
to file with the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor within 80 days after cleo
| ton a sworn statement of moneys re-
| ceived and disbursed and the persons
| from whom such moneys We're received.
The bill also stipulates that no cam
| didate for any office under the Con
stitution is permitted to accept money.
under a fine of not less than $500 or
| more than $4,000, or by Imprisonment
| at hard labor for not more than five
years.
DIR. Harvey w. Wiley, the expert
Chemist of the Agricultural Depart
| ment, who is rotund and jolly, declared
| to the Senate Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce the other day
that there is poison in every article of
food that goes into the human stomach.
Then he declared airily that of course
there was more poison in some things
than in others, which relieved the ap-
prehension of some members of the
Committee, who, like himself, are pret-
ty good livers. Some one asked him
| about the benzoic acid in cranberries.
There is proportion of the poison
in cranDerries," he replied, but it is
different and has different action on
the human system from that used as
| a preservative by the manufacturer,
which places burden on the digestive
system and interferes with the normal
course of the food When man eats
normal food in a normal way, human
life will be greatly extended"
Representative Il. Spencer Black
! burn. of the Eighth North Carolina
| District, has submitted himself to the
Jurisdiction 40 I-nItaH
trict Court in answer TO the indictment
recently returned against him on the
charge of having practiced before the
Treasury Department and received fees
| therefrom. while member of Con-
gress, in violation of the Federal law.
His bail was fixed at $1,000 and imme
diately furnished. The trial will begin
about the middle of April.
Won't this make the "Anties" hop?|
The Filipinos want to organize volun-
teer regiments to assist the United
States in China. Shades of AguinaIdo.
By the way, where is that intrepid
young Napoleon? Anybody able to To-
cate him?
Gen. Keifer, of Ohio, has introduced
a bill to reduce the representation in
Congress in those States Of the South
where 1t is alleged the negro vote has
been disfranchised. The table which
he has prepared to go with this bill is
interesting.
"A table 1 have prepared" he says,
| shows that Alabama, with nine Rep
resentativcs. has white voting popu-
lation of 232,2s4, and that the vote
cast in the election of 1904 was los, s45;
Arkansas. with seven Representatives.,
has white voting population of 226,-
5g1, and that the vote cast was 6,421;
Florida. with three Representatives.
has white voting population of II, ,962,
! and that the vote cast was 39,30T;
Georgia, with II Representatives, has
white voting population of 277, 1876.
and that the vote cast was 29,S6T;
Louisiana, with seven Representatives.
has white voting population of H.
S78, and that the vote cast was 53.90S;
Mississippi, with eight Representa-
| tives, has a white voting population of
| 150,530, and that the vote cast was
| 5S,3S3; North Carolina, with 10 Rep
| resentatiVes, has a white voting popu
lation of 2S9.263, and that the vote
cast was 206,134; South Carolina, with
seven Representatives. has a white YOt-
ing population of 130,375, and that the
vote cast was 56,912; Tennessee, with
10 Representatives, has a white voting
| population of 375.046, and that the
vote cast was 242,756; Texas, with 16
has d Nnlle NollHS
| population of 599.961, and that the
vote cast was 234,00S, and Virginia,
with 10 Representatives.. has white
voting population of 301.379. and that
| the vote cast was l2S, 103.
at thus appears that these II States
have SO Representatives and 120 cleo
! tors and a total of white voters of q,
/ S3S,781, and that they cast l,375,64A
| votes"
Gen. Keifer says of his bill that il
does not undertake TO regulate either
white or cOlored suffrage. That is sole
| ly a matter for the States
| 1.-The purpose is to equalize, so far
| as possible. political power among the
several States and Congressional Dis
tricts thereof and in the Electoral Col
| lege, and to the end that a republican
| form of Government may be secured
| in the States named
! Really, you know, Senator Tillman
must feel as though he is the subject
/ OF haZing scheme by the Senate Com
| mittee on Interstate Commerce. And
| Senator Doliver must feel as though
he had been hazed. too. and before the
Senate gets through with that bill it
will feel as though it had been haZed.
| Now, just watch out.
| President Roosevelt always makes ii
| his business and pleasure to shake
| hands with the engineer who brings
/ him safely TO his destination Now