New-York tribune., 1906-10-07
FOR THE BUSY MAN.
,.,,out Reader Tells What He
Missed in Last Weeks Papers.


-,,ss me that the state campaign is
.-sng of pretty slow" said the Busy Man.
s'srA-e ,,,, Mr. Hughes and Mr.. Hearst so con-
-, Of election that they are not going to
work. -. .o,,- a, ,ba,, 90, .. "a
% che Constant Reader. Mr.. Hughes
So the Republican ball rolling on Wednes-
sAi'ee -, when he accepted the nomination at
Gay .ao,,b1ican club. At that time he made a
os - attack on Hearstism. He said that
ss1o,snt was flying under false colors. The
De -, he said was a masquerade; that.
OPP !. ,-ofessed 10 know no boss. it was will
5,oker with one. On Friday night he
he ,o.s great meeting at Carnegie Hall. Mr..
-. r,eantirne, has been making tour OF the
s,ealIng at various county fairs He is
,,.,- about in two private cars He main
uaNe~-bst he is having nothing 10 do with Muir
tal- t Vet Fingey' Corners OF Buffalo. who has
- made chairman Of the Democratic state
pee peS-.5++ee has been travelling back and forth
CON-, Hearst and Murphy. trying TO come to
49, agreement the judiciary nominations.
SOU So mas demanded seven out of the ten
ssT-.E Afr(varren. the Democratic boss or brooh-
VIZ rIToorsr came into open conflict, threaten
" = mn q third ticket in Kings County. Nc
LE-sar - -ero~fed oy promising TO support Hughes.
massachusetts, also is having hot state hght.
~ democrats there have nominated Tor Gov
- - Tobn 3 Moran, the Jerome Of Boston, who
e. efn s11cb p reputation for himself as District
Attorney 49,. .,- 4Ieors+ bAcausa he s+,rs
.,- Lass hatred" said the Busy Man. thought
iua,T aIy1s demagogue who foments strife between
-. -icb and the poor" said the Constant
I5a- was strongly attacked by the Presi-
Se-t onlv last Thursday. At York, Penn, he
.~aEs speech warning the people against this
KIND Of an agitator. He was on his way back
s-om Harrisburg where he dedicated the new
er9 $4,000 State Capitol There he empha-
stzeS the principle that the wealth of the Coun-
t-v should be controlled by the government. but
Tr-bout malice toward the rich The President
-s.,1-ned 10 washington from Oyster Bay on
october ] on the same day Secretary Root also
arrived there having completed fourteen thou
sand mile tour Of South America"
''Did he stop in Cuba on his way. 10 help quiet
down those islanders?" asked the Busy Man.
NO; that task has been left TO Secretary Taft,
who has worked at IT with great success" was
,be response. The Cubans q whole are in
estinaby glad that the United States has in
te-vened and stopped civil war. The desire in
Cuba for annexation 10 the United States which
has been carefully concealed for the last four
wears Is now openly voiced again. The elections
fo- new officials, which had been planned for
January. have been postponed. Meantime the
Insurgents are being disarned. They have
shown little resistance"
But how long can Mr.. Taft run Cuba and the
War Department also?" interrupted the Busy
Man.
M Taft is only in Cuba temporarily" said
the Constant Reader. Charles z. Magoon, who
has been Governor Of Panama, Is 10 succeed Mr.
Taft ss Provisional Governor Of Cuba. General
J Franklin Bell has been appointed 10 command
aI the troops in the island. More American
soldiers are on their way thither The trans
port Sumner sailed on Tuesday from this port
with nine hundred soldiers on board. Mean
time Senor Quesada, Cuban Minister TO the
United States, has changed his mind. He was
persuaded by Secretary Root not 10 resign"
IN our last talk said the Busy Man, you
spoke Of q terrific hurricane in the Gulf of Mex
leo. How disastrous did It prove 10 be2"
In the two cities Of Mobile and Pensacola
80 people were killed" replied the Constant
Reader. The property damage there amounted
% S20000o09. AS q result Of the storm the
prices Of cotton futures jumped II points in two
days. New Orleans was also hit by a hurri-
cane which swept a path five miles long through
the factory and residence section, destroying
about $4,000 The zone OF the storm was so
narrow that the Weather Bureau knew nothing
q its coming. The Great Lake region has been
visited By heavy northeast gales. a steamer
with ell board sunk in Lake Huron, and
or Lake Erie three lives We're lost and three
vessels we're sunk"
Iheard some one say that the New York Cen
tral had begun 10 operate its trains through the
PARK avenue tunnel with electricity" said the
Busy Man
Not Permanently" responded the Constant
Reader The urSI experimental electric train
was Tun into the terminal successfully last Sun
day speed Of seventy miles an hour at
taned portion Of the run"
! an still uncertain as 10 whom shall vote for
IN The election Of officers for the New York
Life" said the Busy Man.
! suppose you've heard Of the charge made
BY George 7. Scrugham, the international COM
m.ttees manager" returned the Constant Read
er He said that the company was spending
a. least $4,000 a day Of the policyholders' money
= elecuoneering for the administration ticket
II was also reported that H. H. Rogers and some
q his associates in the Mutual Life have con-
uibuted 100000 20 assist the Colgate commit.
lee II SIS campaign for the election of the
Frrfr rfurvJ nfTH bud
get viii doubtless be bigger than ever. Many
departments have asked for increased apprOpria.
nons. The Police Commissioner wants lO'
more money for two thousand extra policemen.