The National tribune., 1906-03-08

United States is explained by the fac,
| that this country pays its Army mey
something like wages. while only q
small and almost nominal stipend Ii
| allowed the troops Of Germany, France
and other European countries.
Senator LafOllette is at it. He ha.
introduced bill to require an account.
ing of money expended in elections
provide for the filing of statements OF
receipts and disbursements of politica
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 politica
committee or candidate
me bill defines political commit.
tee as composed of two or more per.
sons who have been elected, appointed
or CHOSEN by National political party
convention or by members of either OIL
both Houses of Congress belonging te
the same political party, for the pur.
pose, wholly or in part, of raising, col
lectlng or disbursing money.
Ifeasurers of every such committee
are compelled to keep a 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-
to file with the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor within 80 days after cleo
ton sworn statement of moneys re-
ce1Ved and disbursed and the persons
from whom such moneys were received
The bill also stipulates that no can
dldate for any office under the Con
stitutiOn is permitted to accept money
under fine of not less than $500 or
more than $1,000, 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
ana 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 pref
ty good livers. Some one asked him
about the benzoic acid in cranberries.
mere Is proportion of the poison
in cranberries." he replied, but it Is
different and has different action on
the human system from that used as
preservative by the manufactures,
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 of the United States Dis
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 a member of Con-
gress. in violation of the Federal law.
His bail was fixed at $1,000 and imme-
dfately 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 Aguinaldo!
BY the way, where Is that intrepid
young Napoleon? Anybody able to To-
cate him?
Gen. Keifer, Of Ohio, has introduced
Dill to reduce the representation I'm
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 I have prepared" he says,
Shows that Alabama, with nine Rep
resentativcs. has white voting popu-
lation Of 232,294, and that the vote
cast in the election Of 1904 was los, S45:
Arkansas, with seven Representatives,
has white voting population of 226.-
597. and that the vote cast was 116, 421;
Florida. with three Representatives.
has white voting population of 1882,
and that the vote cast was 39,3O7:
Georgia, with II Representatives, has
white voting population Of 277,496,
and that the vote cast was 129,867;
Louisiana, with seven Representatives,
has white voting population of H.
S78, and that the vote cast was 53.908;
Mississippi, with eight Representa-
tives. has white voting population Of
$780, $50, and that the vote cast was
$3.50; North Carolina, with 10 Rep
resentatives, has white voting popu-
lation of 2S9,263, and that the vote
cast was 206,134; South Carolina, with
seven Representatives. has a white vOt-
ing population of 13O,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
Representatives, has white voting
population of 599.961, and that the
vote Cast was I0f,VUo, anu virginia,
with 10 Representatives, has a white
voting population Of 301.379, and that
the vote cast was 129,103.
1T thus appears that these II States
have SO Representatives and 1870 cleo
tors and a total Of white voters of g.
S3S,7S1, and that they cast 1854
votes
Gen. keifer says of his bill that 1t
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
I'm the States named"
Really. you know, Senator Tillman
must feel as though he is the subject
OF a haZing scheme by the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce. And
Senator Dolliver must feel as though
he had been haZed, too, and before the
Senate gets through with that bill it
will feel as though 1t had been haZed.
Now, just watch out.
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