Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

town, and South Portland. The Republi-
cans retain PASSPORT, Bath and Els
worth.
The New York State Assembly finance
committee voted in favor of an investiga-
ton of the State banking department,
naming former Chief Judges Parker and
Andrews of the Court of Appeals to DO
the probing.
A movement is on foot among the lead
ing lawyers of New York to take the
nomination of judges out of politics, and
to put forward for judicial offices next
year men selected and Endorsed by the
legal fraternity.
Newton W. Gilbert, Congressman from
the Twelfth District of Indiana, will re-
sign his seat to accept judgeship in the
Philippines, which he has been offered by
President Roosevelt. He will leave for
his post on July !.
"Old Tom" Corwn, as he was familiar
ly known Governor of Ohio, United
States Senator. and Secretary of the
Treasury in Fillmores cabinet, used tc
say: BE solemn-all the monuments are
raised to solemn ashes"
Congressman Gaines of West Virginia
was arguing for the passage of the rail
way rate regulation when John Gaines OF
Tennessee, no relative, and of the oppo
sition, saw chance to INTERCEPT docs
'the gentleman from West Virginia yieldY
asked the chairman. 'Of course l do
replied the West Virginian. II congrat
ulate the country on hearing us both il
one speech
During the consideration of tine Indiar
| appropriation bill in the House of Repre-
sentatives the question of tariff revision
was under discussion, and considerable,
| applause greeted the statement of Mr.
Rucker (Dem.) Of Missouri. that thu
Democrats would go before the country il
the next national campaign with tariff
revision as its platform, and with w j
Bryan as it's leader.
Every time I see this picture of tn,
late Speaker Michael c. Kerr of Indi
ana said Congressman Campbell o.
Ohio, Il am reminded of an old friend O
mine who worked on Boston newspaper
This man was the telegraph editor, anC
was possessed of one of those queel
streaks of humor which he always useC
at the wrong time. When the story O
| Speaker Kerr's death came into the offic'
my friend wrote this headline over th'
story: From gavel to gravel He los
his Job the next morning"
The resolution passed by the recen
reform Legislature of Pennsylvania di
recting an inquiry into the coal carryin;
business of the Pennsylvania railroad am
| other anthracite roads has been vetoed b,
Gov. Pennypacker, on the ground that i
was not germane 10 the call of the extr;
session. He also vetoed the resolution
asking that the session be reconvened t,
enact a 2-cent passenger rate for tn
railroads and to enable trolley lines t.
carry freight. These are expected to b
the live issues of the next campaign.
Close on the heels of the announcement
that Joseph Medill Patterson had resign
ed his position as Commissioner of Pub
lie Works of Chicago because he hai
become an out-and-Out socialist, and Will
The country was discussing with unusua
interest the explanation of his course, tn
fact leaked out that a private conference
of leading political reformers of all SORT
and conditions was in progress at III
Stamford Conn., residence of Ansol
Phelps Stokes. ON invitation of Rober
Hunter. author of Poverty Youn
Patterson was himself a guest. and wit
him were several well-known socialis
writers and spe.kers.
Rufus Bullock. the only Republican
ever elected Governor of Georgia. an
who played a conspicuous part in the re
construction period. is now spending hi
declining days in the village of Albion
\. Y. his boyhood home.