The Springdale news., 1906-01-26

statements are taken up one by one for refutation One of Taft's principal points is that Bigelow was on the isth- mus only tWenty-nine hours, between the arrival and sailing of his vessel, and that he could not have qualified himself in that time first hand. for any reliable criticisms of the great engi- neering project. The secretary says further that he recognizes Bigelow's principal informants is two men who have not got what they wanted out of the canal commission. As to the charge that the negroes were paid only half what they were promised. he says It is untrue and that. so far from leaving the isthmus. the working force has been in creased 10 7.00o Most of Bigelow's article Taft eharaeterizes as misrepre- sentation He admits that the expense of transportation for women 10 the isth- mus was paid but declares that they were members of the families Of the laborers
 The senate committee on interoceanic canals issued q summons for Mir Bfge- low to appear as q witness concerning conditions on the isthmus
 Governor Pattison lnaagurated
 When John NJ Pattison was inau- gurated as governor of Ohio II Gelnm- bus. on account of illness he employed the novel device of q glass cage and foot warmers while reviewing the in- augural procession. movement has sta fal 4ys ..Ias YH ton date 10 the first Monday in April For Direct Senatorial Elections.
 Leader Williams of the house minor ity has issued signed statement favor ing the election of senators by popular vote in their respective states Mir Williams expects to be candidate for the senate from the state of Missis- sippi. where the party primary system amounts virtually to popular election Mississippi's Anti lobby Bill.
 The antizlobby law passed recently by the Mississippi house of representatives defines lobbyist as all paid represen- tatives of individual or private corpora uons created for profit which have spe- cial interests involved in legislation. These are prohibited from discussing any measure in committee or open ses- sion until they have filed credentials showing who employed them. oh penal ty of imprisonment and permanent ex- clusion from the legislature
 overstreot Over the Traces.
 Owing to his intense dissatisfaction with the presidents distribution of off. ces in Indiana and particularly with the proposed appointment of L. (. Rothschtid as surveyor of the port of Indianapolis. Representative Oxerstreet of the Seventh Indiana district an- nouneed that he would resign as secre- tary of the Republican congressional committee and indicated that he would refuse to stand for reelection to con gress. Mir. Rothschild is the former law partner of Senator Beveridge and at present assistant attorney general of Indiana. His appointment to the sur veyorship Is to be made on request of the senator in spite of Mir Overstreet's recommendation of another man. For several years 1t has been customary to fill this Indianapolis place on recon mendation of the member of congress from that district.
 Heading Of the "Yellow Dog"
 A bill has been introduced in the New York assembly carrying out the recon mendation of Governor Higgins to pre- vent corporations from contributing to political campaign funds II provides that any corporation so offending shall forfeit it's charter, and that any person so offending can give testimony against another and escape punishment
 Van Sant's Words of Warning.
 One Of the most striking addresses before the freight rate convention at Wichita. Kan. was made by former Governor Van Sant of Minnesota. He urged political action to curb the power of great trusts and said that special transportation privileges which enabled Rockefeller to establish the world s most gigantic monopoly threatened the nations free institutions.
 Bosses Defeated at Primaries.
 That there is no serious backsliding among the Republican reform forces of Philadelphia was indicated by the par