The National tribune., 1906-04-26

read and write in the language of their
nationality and who have not at the
time of landing at least S25, and in ad-
dition thereto $40 for each female menu
ber of his family and every male MEM
her thereof not 81 years of age.
Senator Tiilman is simply relentless,
50 he is Here is his last piece of sieuth
business:
Resolved. That the Committee on
Finance be directed to inquire whether
or not the National banks have made
contributions in aid of political commit
lees, and, if so. to what extent and why
the facts rave not been discovered by
The Comptroller of the Currency: and
whether or not such contributions have
been embeZZlementS, distractions. or
Wiiiful misappiiCationS of the funds of
he banks, which call for restitutions
and original prosecutions. Said COM
mittee is also directed to inquire wheth
cr or not the National banks of Chi
cago have recently engaged in trans
actions beyond their lawful powers in
connection with the recent failure of
bank in that city, and whether such
failure involved illegalities and crimes;
and also to inquire whether the Ma
tiOnal banks in Ohio have been in the
habit of paying large sums of money
iu a secret and illicit manner to the
pensation to said Treasurers for making
deposits OF public money with such
banks, and to report the facts to the
Senate, and the opinion of the Commit
tee whether any legal proceedings
should be instituted on account of the
transactions disclosed: and whether the
public interest requires any amend
ments of the existing National banking
laws"
The Chinese Minister. Sir Liang
chcng, seems to fail a little short of
being the statesman that the former
Minister was He wouldn't have vio-
lated any Of the etiquet of diplomatic
procedure. and the present incumbent
seems to have-well. talked q little too
much, TO draw it mildly.
81 consider the intimation of Mr..
Denby that but for the vigilance of the
immigration officers there would have
been "a traffic IN bringing in Illegal Chi
nese. which would have enriched thou
sands of officials. and our country would
have been oyerrun with them. as if
there had been no exclusion law as an
from a fertile imagination
rather than a trustworthy judgment
founded on cold facts" is a little of
what he said in letter written by Sir
ChentunG Liang-Cheng, the Chinese
Minister. TO John Foord. Secretary of the
American Asiatic Association, one OF
the foremost advocates of letting down
the bars. so far as Chinese immigration
is concerned. and submitted to the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The letter bears date of April 8.
This letter automatically conveys the
very vivid impression that Mr.. DENLY
has misrepresented the situation rela-
tive TO the admission of the Chinese
into this country.
Chief Justice Fuller is something of
an humorist himself. The Supreme
Court of the United States is. for the
first time in nearly a dozen years, hear
ing the original docket. Attorneys for
New Jersey and Delaware asked for
another continuance of cases for those
States, that have been on the docket
for two decades nearly. In reply, Chief
Justice Fuller said: I'VE don't keep
cases on the docket here for more than
one generation" Just the same. they
come mighty near it.
In the Supreme Court the other day
Attorney William Herring made a mo-
ton that his daughter, Sarah Herring
Ssrin, OF Tucson, Ariz., be allowed to
practice in the United States Supreme
Court. She is the 25th woman to be
duHlllteG. MIS-. BeIVa lDchWOO0, tile
first, WAS in court at the time.
1t was egg-rOlling day at the White
House Easter Monday, and what a lot
OF fun the youngsters did have. But
aiack. IL you We're a grown up" you
had to have a kid at your side or you
couldn't get inside the gates, and If you
were a kid sou had to have a grown up
to get you in, for you could not be in
.saps Id CO 81 sIrs.y
ness grew up outside the gates. A
Daughter of the American Revolution
from out OF town wanted so much to
go in, and when she got to the gate
WAS told she could not go in without
q child to take care of. She went
mnurnfully back and met a dirty-faced
III chin and half dozen more like him
playing hide-and-go-seek with the pail
ings of the inclosure. Say. Miss" asked
the dirtiest one appealingiy, don't yer
want TO buy one?" "One what?" she
asked. somewhat startled. "a kid" She
tumbled III second. How much ."
she asked Iaughingly. Fifteen cents
fer one, two fer quarter" was the
quick response. Miss" tumbled, but
could see no reason for taking a herd
ir. so she fshed out the Is cents, and,
taking the dirty paw of the youngster
in her hands, the two walked proudly
past the policeman, who grinned, and
the lady got in, but she had to go alone
for the boy Skinned back outside 10
earn more rs cents or two fer a quar-
tcrs'' before the gates closed for the
day. Oh it was rich.
An International Conference for the
purpose of securing an International
agreement relative to the regulation of
emigrant aliens to the United States is
provided for in a bill which the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs has Or
dered fayorabiy reported.
Representative John Sharp Williams,
Democratic leader IN the House, has
flung his def at the feet of the Speaker
and now all that a breathless world has
TO do Is to sit still as II can and see
what comes of 1t. There won't be any
earthquake, though. Most of the busi-
ness OF the House at certain times IS
done under unanimous consent Mr.
Williams has given notice that not an
othea unanimous consent shall be Civ
en- until the Speaker has permitted n
report from the conferees of the State
hood bill. This is likely to annoy the
Speaker some, but not much. and the
first thing Nr. Williams knows he will
ran up against his own def. Scarcely
a day passes that a dozen or so men,
bers do not call up matters under unani-
| nous consent. OF course, if one single
| person objects it is not unanimous. Mr.
VI iliiams Will have to be right on hand
! al the time.
| According to a bulletin of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, many oi
| The casualties to passengers and rail
read employees is attributed to inexperi-
| CuCe of cmulOYes and excessive hours