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The National tribune., 1906-05-10
HoBsoN FOR PRESIDENT.

OF course. there is nothing in the
Constitution of the United States or in
the laws made in pursuance thereof to
prevent any man who takes n fancy to
the stunt running for President of the
United States. That is one OF the IN
alienable rights bought for us by our
fathers upon the bloodstained fields of
Monmouth and Trenton. Therefore. we
can view with composure the fact that
Capt. Richmond Pearson HobsOn. of
Alabama, has been so encouraged by
his victory in securing the Congression-
al nomination that he scars to still loft
Ter heights. and has begun a boom for
himself for the Presidency. Capt. Hob
son has several bases for his candidacy.
which commend themselves highly to
himself, and he thinks will be equally
pleasing to the free and independent
voters of the country. First. he is Capt.
Hobson, which is matter of immense
it is one of great importance to the
100000 of his fellow-countrymen.
Next, he sank the Merrimac in the
Harbor of Santiago. and did 81 gallant
deed in a very handsome and sailorlike
way. If we were elccting Presidents
Capt. HObsOn's chances would be very
good. Next, he is Democrat and
young. In common with many millions
of his fellow-countrymen he feels that
it is high time for the Democracy to
come out of the graveyards of the past
and mingle in the active life of the
present. Therefore, his entrance into
the arena will be q clarion call for the
young men of the Democracy to s,ough
off the gray moss of n disastrous pas,
and begin to read In that bright lexicon
of youth in which there is no such word
as fail. While we cannot promise his
candidacy The National Tribune's sup
port, he has our active sympathy. Hob
son is picturesque fellow of unbound
ed belief in Hobson, and liable to dc
things that will agreeabIy vary the
monotony of the old stereotyped Presi-
Dental campaign. So more power to
his elbow, and may he enter the next
Democratic National Convention with
hosts of unterrified young Democrats
behind him, whose wild vociferation fol
the hero Of Santiago Harbor will give
the Democrats something else to think
about than issues which have long since
been inscribed on the tOmbstones of q
past dead beyond resurrection.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10
THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY LAW.

The Illinois Legislature is struggling
with a new primary law with decided
differences between the House and the
and the Democrats. The proposed law
is highly-important measure, and ex-
pected to work decided reform in the
manner of conducting elections. Among
other things it will bring about the
election of Senators by the people. The
bill decided upon by the Senate Repub-
Iicans:
81. All primaries of all parties to be
held on the same day throughout the
State.
"2. Polling places to be the same as
under the general election law.
'3. For the nomination of candidates
by plurality vote on a percentage ba-
sis-the candidate receiving 35 per cent
Of the total party vote to be declared
the nominee.
"a. That primary election expenses be
paid as the expenses of general eiec-
tions are now paid.
as. That the names of all candidates
for United States Senator of their re-
spective parties shall be placed upon
ties. respectively, for the sole and only
purpose Of ascertaining the sentiment
of the voters of the respective parties.
"6. That the bill shall provide only
for the nomination of the County Off
GERS and the selection of delegates to
the County Convention: Provided, That
the names of the candidates for men,
bers of the Congress and the General
Assembly shall be printed upon the Off
cial ballot and that the delegates to
such Congressional and Senatorial Con-
ventions shall vote for the candidate
who receives the plurality of votes as
provided in the Election Districts or
County as the case may be.
81. That the names of candidates for
delegates be printed on an official bal
lot. as may be provided for in the bill.
IS. That County officers be nominat-
ed by direct vote by a plurality of 80
per cent of the electors of such party
voting at such primary election"
The main dispute seems to be among
the advocates of majority, plurality and
percentage plurality plans.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10
NEGROES IN MISSOURI.

The negro population of Missouri fs
and is far less in proportion
to the white population than it has
been at any time in the history of the
State. Less than five per cent of the
population of the State have negro
blood in them. or not one person in 20.
In two Counties. Schuyler and Rey-
nolds. there are no negroes. and in
about IA other Counties there are less
than Il dozen. The negroes are found
almost entirely in the large cities and
in the older Counties along the Mis-
souri, River which were taken up by
slave-owners from Kentucky, Tennes-
see and Virginia. The largest popula-
ton in proportion is in Howard Coun-
ty. AS a rule, the negro has stayed
close around the neighborhood where
his father was brought as slave, and
if he left it 1t was to so to some large
city. Missouri has done well in the
way of educating negro children. and
maintains separate schools. wherever
there are any number. for them.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

Very proper State pride manifests it
self in Senators Perkins and Flint of
California. and they are doubtful il CAL
ifornia and San Francisco cannot man
age their own finances without the heip
OF the United States. Therefore, they
are quite cool toward the resolution in
troduced by Senator Newlands, of Ne
vada, to extend the Endorsement of the
cisco. They would prefer that Con-
gress pass their public lands claim,
which aggregates about $1,000, GOO;
their war of the rebellion claims, ag-
gregating s4,0OO.000. and Indian war
claims amounting to S660,000. AS the
destruction of $500. .000. 900 of San Fran
fifth of the taxable value of the state.
the prompt payment of these claims by
the United States would help the State
greatly in meeting its liabilities fer the
maintenance of asylums, penitentiary
and repairs of public buildings. Sen
ator Newlands says. on the other hand
that a country that can spend $500. .009,-
600 in freeing Cuba and unnumbered
millions on the Philippines can easily
afford to lend its credit to the extent
of from $50,000.000 10 500. 900, 900 to
help the greatest port of the Pacili1
Coast in it's hour of distress.
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swINDLING SOLICITORS.

James Forbes. Special Mendicancy
Officer for the New York Association Of
Charities. publishes long warning to
the public against the flood of solicitors
for San Francisco. All sorts of crooks
are going into the business-elegantly-
dressed elderly women; sweet, gushing
young ones. selling tickets to some en-
tertainment or other; clerically-cIad
men pretending to represent some great
charitable organization; brokendown
gamblers; ''yeggs" of every description.
These human rats and weasels'' fat
tened off the public at the time of the
Galveston disaster, and their success
then inspires them to greater efforts
now.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10
INSURANCE LIABILITIES.

A curious and hitherto unthought-nf
provision in the California insurance
laws complicates the insurance situation
and discOurages the poiicy-holders. II
reads:
Section 2628-Excepted Risks--When
a peril is specially excepted in con-
tract of insurance loss which would
not have occurred but for such peril is
thereby excepted, although the imme-
diate cause Of loss was peril which
was not excepted.
This section has passed through the
courts and been declared constitutional.
1t may afford the basis for most, If not
all, of the companies evading payment.
The claim can and will be made that
the fire was caused by the earthquake,
and consequently the companies are not
liable for any damage resulting there
from. AS Horace Greeley once said
pithiIy, This being common sense is
probably not law" 1t is hard to believe
that the men who have been paying big
premiums these many years for insur-
ance against fire can now be robbed of
their rights by some obscure clause like
this. 1t has always been expected that
a fire would follow an earthquake, and
this was considered in taking out the
policy. The companies always cOnsid-
cred it when they issued a policy. and
therefore it is in the nature os a fully
understood contract which, in spite of
the lawyers, we are going to believe will
be held valid by the courts, and that
the men who have lost by fire will be
decided to have legal right to the
payment of damages by the companies
in which they were insured.
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nah. was through a barren country.

nah, was through q barren country,
where there was hardly enough raised
to supply the scanty population, and
to live on what it had gathered
from the country in the rear. Only
when they came within short dis
tance of Savannah did they find an
other fertile strip of country which had
some supplies. The stories of robber-
les and plunderings are mostly imagina-
tive. and belong to that class of fiction
cherished by the South in regard to the
negroes. Every man and woman who
was born south of Mason and Dixon's S
line has an incurable tendency to tell
of the number of negroes his or her
father owned, and his impoverishment
by their loss on account of the war.
Everyone knows that there were at
most but 100000 slave owners in the
South. of whom more than one-fourth
owned but one negro.
1t is unpleasant to relate that Presi-
dent Roosevelt was so affected by this
foolish clamOr and took so little time
to investigate the facts of the case that
he called the practice march off and
had the troops ordered back to Fort
Mcpherson. 1t would have been a
great deal more sensible as well as
dignified in him to have simply pooh
poohed the noise as it deserved.
Father Sherman is, properly, dis
gusted with this weakening of the Pres
- Has. yx-itto
drawn from all relations to the expedi-
ton and taken up his quarters with
friends in Georgia.
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The British insurance companies
have made a great mistake in policy.
If not in actual law, in their decision
not to pay any losses incurred by blow
ing up buildings in San Francisco or
other losses not directly due to fire.
This implies very narrow construc-
ton of their liabilities. and it is doubt
full whether their decision will be sus-
tanned by the courts They sag they
will pay nothing for earthquake dam
ages where no fire ensued. This can
hardly amount to much. however. since
the fire ragged all over the shaken por-
ton of the city. As a matter of inn
policy it is unfortunate for the British
companies, since it will probably force
their withdrawal from the profitable
field of San Francisco.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10
THE RATE BILL.

Another striking episode in the his
veloped last week in the introduction of
the following amendment in which it
is said that Senator Allison wrote in
the words which are in black type:
''The venue of suits brought in any
of the Circuit Courts of the Unit
ed States against the Interstate
Commerce Commission to enjoin, set
aside, annul or suspend any order
or requirement of the Commission shall
be in the district where the carrier
against whom such order or require
ment may have been made has its prin-
cipal office, and jurisdiction to hear and
determine such suits is hereby vested
i'm such courts"
Senator Dolliver denied that his col
league was the author of this amend
ment. and Senator Allison himself was
ill at home and could not be seen to
affirm or deny. 1t is believed that this
amendment came about by conviction
at the White House that the Long
amendment cannot secure the 45 votes
necessary to pass it. The supporters of
that amendment have not, however,
abandoned hope. nor will they admit
that there is any prospect of its being
Withdrawn.
How this new amendment will be
viewed by the Democrats is a problem
of the utmost interest. Senator Tillman
says that II it is true that the President
is supporting this amendment it is an
abject surrender to the railroad inter-
ests, and other Southern Senators seem
to concur in that view. 1t is therefore
unlikely that any considerable Demo-
cratic strength can be mustered for its
support 1t is believed that the Presi-
dent still prefers the Long amendment.
and if the temper of the Senate shows
hopefully he may insist upon that being
put through. If not, then the so-called
Allison amendment will be offered in
stead. 1t was also said-everything is
"also said" because there in nothing
absolutely definite-that Senator Aid
rich has given out that the Allison
amendment can command votes enough
to win. This means that the bill will
be passed by Republican votes without
any assistance from the Democrats.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

1t was supposed that the vigorous
efforts taken by the Government to
head off any revolution in France would
rebound to its injury in the election
held last Sunday. The contrary has
been the result. and by decisive ma
jority the people have approved of
everything that was done. The minis
terial candidates elected were 235, a
gain of 80, while the opposition only
elected 141 members of Parliament. The
results of the election show. first, that
the country strongly approves of the
separation of Church and State, and
secondly, that the Socialist strength is
declining instead of increasing. The
French people want peace above al!
things, and they will rally to the support
of a Government that will take effec-
tive measures to maintain this.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

Representative Ernest w. Roberts, of
Massachusetts, is a calamity-howler who
has really something to howl about and
it is neither trusts nor graft. 1t is the
gypsy moth, far more dangerous to the
country's wealth than fires, earth
quakes, cyclones or floods. Massachu
fighting the pest, which by destroying
vegetation destroys real estate, and
makes houses and buildings worthless
1t has now spread from Massachusetts,
into adjoining States. and Mr.. Roberts
asks for an appropriation of S65, 900 to
aid Massachusetts, and save the rest OF
the country. 1t would seem that his re-
quest is modest and reasonable,
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

Representative Burton. of Ohio. seems
to have been unscathed by the Presi-
dents fierce dcnunciation of those MEM
of the Navy. Mr.. Burton has made a
strong speech insisting that the pro-
posed enlargement is needless, and that
the American Nation can well afford to
serve notice upon ether Nations that
it stands for arbitration and peace, and
will not enter into the race for naval
supremacy. Representative Butler. of
Pennsylvania. spoke in opposition, and
said that the Spanish american war
would never have occurred If we had
had three more battleships.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

The center of population in the Unit
ed States has steadily moved westward
along the 39th parallel. never getting
more than i6.5 minutes north OF it nor
three minutes south Of it. 1t is now
near Columbus. Ind. 519 miles west OF
where it was in 1908 miles east of
Baltimore. The center of the negro
population is at Rome. Ga. and moving
toward the Gulf.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

After all. Castro knows enough to
pick out some one of his size. After
threatening to fight the United States,
France, Italy and sundry others, ne
turns around and pitches on 10 Colom-
bia, which has never been able to get
even into the feather-weight class.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

1t is pointed out by the boomers of
Senator Knox that Pennsylvania has not
had a Presidential candidate since Ham
cock ran against Garfield in 1850. which
will be IS years IN 1908. She has never
had but one observation-disclosures
elected so years ago. With all the good
men there are among Pennsylvania S
100000 the pie plate ought to come
around more frequently.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

The International Waterways Com
mission for the preservation of Niagara
has completed and published its report
1t recommends that exclusive of water
required for domestic use and for the
canal locks that the diversions be lin
tied to $4,000 cubic feet per second on
the Canadian and 1880 cubic feet per
second on the United States side. and
that a treaty of legislation be concluded
enforcing these limits
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

The National Druggist Is violently
alarmed over the alleged formation of
a physicians trust" with The 5000
members of the American Medical As
sociation controlling not only the $780,
900 doctors in the country. but all the
druggists. The first point of attack is
to be the sale of patent or proprietary
medicines by the druggists.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

Mighty few women can scare as many
bv threatening to tell all she knows
as Cassie Chadwick. Every time ihe
reporters make a visit to the Ohio Peni-
tentiary cold chills chase along the
spines of eminent financiers in Cleve-
land
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

It is calculated that there are at least
10000. 600 cubic yards of debris to be
cleared out of San Francisco, and by
the ordinary methods this will take five
years or more. a plan has been sug-
gested to use cable cars, by which it
can be done in eight months.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

The first man to register as lobby
ist under the new law in New York was
a minister of the Gospel, who announced
that he was a lobbyist for the suppress
sion of gambling and kindred vices. He
set a good example of promptness, and
if it is followed by the agents of cor
ruption a great deal of good vii! be
accomplished.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

The sensationalists have been trying
to work up a revolution in Cuba, but a
careful inspection of the eastern end
of the Island shows that there is abso-
1utely no basis for such an expectation.
The Cubans seem to be getting along
unexpectedly well with their new Gov
ernment.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

The victory of the American athletes
in the Olympic games at Athens is an
other triumph for American manhood
The final score gives the United States rs
points and Great Britain and the Brit
ish Colonies SO points, with Greece and
Sweden tied for the third place. There
may be degenerates in this country,
but there is finer lot of the strong.
sturdy old stock than any other coun-
try in the world can boast of.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

The Aetna Fire Insurance Co, or
Hartford, Conn, reports that its loss in
San Francisco is $2.700,00O on total
amount of insurance of s4,400,00o car
ried by the company. This gives some
basis upon which to guess at the losses
of the other companies.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

Justices leaden feet have caught up
with Henry c. Coll. former Cashier of
the First National Bank of Milwaukee.
and President Bigelow's chief assistant
in wrecking the bank. Coll goes TO the
Leayenworth Penitentiary for 10 years.
Isn't 1t time for some one to say some
thing about the big criminals always
going free?
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

Mayor Dixon. OF Savannah, Ga, says
with that heartfelt earnestness charac-
teristic of a thoroughly reconstructed
and loyal son of the South. "If it were
left to me, I'd have Father Sherman
hung before he reached Savannah" All
these things are pleasant echoes of the
Presidents visit to his mothers native
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

Maxim Gorky is writing his impress
sions of America. His first and strong
est must be the stony-heartedness OF
hotel clerks who refuse to allow their
houses to be openly used for immoral
DrIrnoSeS
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

From the pictures which are being
published of Gov. Hoch we cannot
blame a woman for getting angry at
his attempt to kiss her. 1t was won
der she wasn't scared to death.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10
HELr FOR SAN FRANCISCO.

While the news from san Francisco
shows that the people are manifesting
the bravest American spirit in going
about rebuilding their city and are as
sonishing the world by their CHEEKY
pluck. yet it is equally manifest that
they are singing the songs of hope and
confidence upon very sad hetrts. for
everywhere around them is desolation
and want IT cannot be otherwise where
at least 100000 people have lost their
homes and their means of livelihood.
Only the youngest and strongest have
any capital. and that is in their strong
hands and willing hearts. How about
our aged comrades. whose hearts. will
ing enough. cannot be seconded by
hands which are feeling the imperative
weakening of age? The only thing that
will save them from actual suffering Is
prompt and bounteous giving by their
more fortunate comrades in the Fast.
There is an effort to put ell the cnniri-
buttons into one general fund. TO be
disbursed from central headquarters. as
a c'h'ioi III ill'il'it inns Is an tNttAit44e
idea. but generous as has been the Ma
tons contributions there is far from
enough being received to meet the Ji,c
exigencies Of the case, and thousands
must go homeless and with scanty food
on the other hand. our comrades and
their widows require special help out
side of the general relief fund. The:i
age and weakness put them in class
by themselves, for which there must be
extraordinary provision. This can only
be done by the comrades themselves di-
rectly through the machinery of thl
Grand Army of the Republic. There
fore, The National Tribune is sending al
the money that it can raise to the De-
| partment Commander of California, tC
be by him disbursed through the G.. a
+. Relief Committee directly to yeter
ans and their widows and children We
believe this is the proper course for IL;
to pursue and shall continue in it. W.
hope that every comrade in the United
| States will give something. and give i
! at once, because the urgency of tht
need Is beyond any words to depict
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whole heap through the papers, aud at
one time timid people felt that they
were really going to make good, since
the Third Republic had already lasted
more than twice as long as any Govern
ment for a century, and therefore piled
up twice as many things against it. The
Third Republic has, however. showed
itself far stronger than the First En-
pire. the Restored Monarchy. the Con-
stitutional Monarchy, or the Second
Empire 1t took such effective precau-
tons that the dreaded May days"
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

The earthquake was not felt in Pan
anna, which is much comfort for friends
of the canal.
The National tribune., 1906-05-10

The end is not yet in the Oregon land
frauds. by any means. The Federal
Grand Jury has added to the previous
indictments and convictions 81 new
indictments, involving that number of
very prominent people of the State.
These are for gross land frauds and
include seven lumbermen. three bank
crs. two former officials, three editors.
three lawyers and three business men.
The particular offense is a conspiracy
to secure 100000 acres OF fne lumber
land in Brook. Lake and Klamath ccun-
ties, Ore The bond of each of the
Indicted ones has been ixt.1 al 81. geo.
1t is all right for Americans to be
enthusiastic over their country and for
our sailors to be ardent in their love
for the flag, but the sailors at GGanta-
namo who wanted to celebrate their
shore leave by hauling down the Span
ish flag from over a clubhouse went be-
ycnd the limit. The police and the citi-
zens interfered. with the result that
there were quite lot of Cuban sore
heads the next day. and one policeman
was seriously woun5e :. Two OF the
sailors We're also wounded.
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at is highly desirable that an ele-
ment of competition should be intro
duced by the passage of some such law
as that which, has already passed the
House, putting alcohol used in the arts
and manufactures upon the free list.
Futhermone, the time has come when
no oil or coal lands held by the Gov
ernment, either upon the public domain
proper orIin territory owned by the
Indian tribes should be alienated. The
fee to suclE lands should be kept in the
United States Government, whether or
not the pgofits arising from it are to
be given toiyany Indian tribe, and the
lands should be leased only on such
terms and 3for such periods as will en-
able the Government to keep entire con-
troll thereof."t /
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