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The National tribune., 1906-06-07

The land problem Is probably the
most serious one which the Russian
Democrats have to meet. Far behind
the rest of the civilized world In every
thing, the Russians are farther behind
In the matter OF land ownership than IN
anything else. In the old DAYS the land
was held by the nobility and the people
were fastened to 1T: that Is, they were
adscripti glebae (chained to the SOLD
The owner OF the estate owned all the
peasants upon 1t, and parceled them
out over the land as he saw fit. The
change from this was that much of the
land passed into the hands of the Mir or
community. The Mir or community had
so much land, which it apportioned out
among It's members for their support
and no one therefore had any private
ownership of the soil. This condition
which Is the dream of the Socialists, on
development OF the country. No mar
viii permanently improve land that he
does not own, and when he has worn
out one piece he Will try to get hold o,
another and richer one No system
could be more destructive, but it is tho
one to which the people are accustom.
ed. and large portion of them are i'm.
sisting upon the abolition Of all private
ownership of land and everyone beins
allowed TO squat on whatever he car
hold and cultivate. There are man,
plans before the Duma for the dispose
OF the land, and as each faction is des
perately In earnest for its own theor,
the outlook is not assuring for an,
speedy settlement.
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

In spite OF the conclusions arrived Ut
by CommAnder-in-Chief Tanner and
the distinguished comrades whom he
called into his council. The NatfoaAi
Tribune will continue with unfiagging
energy its campaign for . straight Ser
vice Pension bill Of $12 to every hon.
orably-discharged veteran. with like
amount to his widow, regardless of date
OF marriage.
We do this, first, because 1T is emf
nently right. No matter what the EXT
gencies Of the revenue, this Is a debt
which should be paid. 1t is a more sa-
cred debt than that owed the bond
holders, since II is owed for lives.
health, bodily wrecks and sacrificed op-
portunities.
The country did not count hardships
and sacrifices when paying the bond
holders from $4,000, 600 to $250.000,-
900 year in gold, for principal and in
terest. Why should there be such deli
cate consideration for the nerves Of the
taxpayers when the country is seven
fold richer and that much better able
to- pay? The bondholders could have
without detriment waited q while for
their principal and interest. 1t was q
debt which would have made a hand
some legacy for their children. Not so
the debt due the veteran. 1t must be
paid him while alive, or it is lost His
widow may get something. but not
much. Therefore the opportunity for
the country to pay its debt to Its de-
tenders is rapidly passing, never to re-
turn. AS a matter of strict honesty
merely 1T would be far better to have
the Treasury suffer a little striDgency
for a year or two rather than suffer the
men to whom 1T owes everything to go
to their graves, with their last years OF
sickness and want unrelieved by what
a grateful Nation should give them.
The Service Pension is right, just. de-
manded by National decency and graft
tude. 1t is bound to come; the public
mind demands 1t. Every community
has men to whom the pension is rightly
due, and their neighbors murmur be-
cause it is not paid.
Representatives say openly that
Service Pension bill is inevitable. Then
why not pass it? The small saving
made by delaying 1T year or two until
more veterans die is most unworthy
reason to give for postponing its pas
sage
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

The press dispatches say that Queen
Ena looked upon the crueities OF . bull
fight unmoyed. This might have been
expected. In spite Of her small guam
tum Of royal blood and her accidental
birth In England, Ena is essentially a
tough-fibered German woman. not so
very far removed from the peasant
class, as her large hands and feet and
coarse features show. Her class have
never been distinguished refinement
and sensitiyeness. All the same she
will bring sound, healthy blood to re-
tuvenate the wornout old Bourbon
strain.
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

The only possible excuse for the An
archisttc horror in Madrid are stories
OF the torments to which Anarchistic
suspects were subjected In the gloomy
old towers used as prisons Unfortunate
~, tho public Is disposed to believe
these stories. Spain has never escaped
from the Inquisition. and the crueities
OF that awful regime are believed to bs
stu 1reotjcsA BIZ the Spanish police.
The National tribune., 1906-06-07


The French people. are making the
most strenuous efforts to divorce Church
and State. and make their relations the
same as in the United States This is
something not existing anywhere in
Europe, but which would be Of decided
advantage to both. Everywhere in Eu-
rope the Church is an important part
of the State Government. This undoubt-
edly hurts the Church more than it does
the Government. In this country, where
religion Is q matter private and per-
sonal to every individual. there is far
more real interest and zeal than can be
found in any Of the Established
Churches Of Europe. Undoubtedly there
are far more good working Roman
Catholics than can be found in Spain,
France, Italy or Austria. The Episcopal
Church is doing far better in the United
States than in England and the Luther
an than in Germany. The latest news
Is that the French Bishops generally
recognize this. AT q recent convoca-
ton Of the Bishops there was majority
OF % votes in a total of "A in favor of
advising the Pope to accept the new
laws separating Church and State, and
secularizing public education.
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

The Standard Oil Company will be
most strongly affected by the pipeline
provision in the Rate bill, but the small
or Independent lines will be also much
Influenced, but how no one can tell un-
til shown by the bilPs actual operation
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

This is day Of triumph for vege-
tarians. No grewsome stories of pto-
maines. diseased meat and packing
house horrors about their food sources.
But how about copper-tinted peas. ami
ine-dyed preserves and borax-salted
fr,,if
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

The King of the Relgians has issued
decree making certain important re-
forms in the Congo Free State but he
insists that he is still absolute King of
the country. His grin Is as solid as that
of meat packer.
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

isfaction with the Rate bill as it has
come out of conference. and is sure
that 1t will bring much relief to the
country,
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

Upon the host of her other troubles
San Francisco has the fear that the
rival cities of the Pacific coast may
take away a large portion of her pre-
eminence. Her first fear was as to
Oakland, which received comparatively
little damage from the earthquake, and
now she is worried over Seattle, Ia
coma and Los Angeles. These rivals
have acted very generously to San
Francisco in her hour of disaster, and
were the first to send relief and offer
shelter to the San Francisco people.
San Francisco Will have no more of q
fight to retain her pre-eminence. than
she has been having for years. The
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
RAILROADS are trying hard to build up
Seattle, as the Southern Pacific is to
build up Los Angeles. Whether either
of these will outstrip San Francisco
eventually depends on San Francisco
herself The accusation has been made,
with probably a great deal Of truth,
that San Francisco has acted with a
self-importance generally exhibited by
great ports. These assume that they
are gateways, and that the trade must
come through them, and there is no
necessity for their doing anything more
than taking the utmost toll out of it.
New York. and it was what Frustrated
New Orleans. Every little while the
people of the country have to do some
thing very sharp and decisive to bring
New York to realization that she is
not the only pebble on the beach, anG
goods to market through her agencies
nor import what they buy abroad.
New Orleans was for decades the un-
disputed mistress of the trade Of the
Mississippi Valley, and she got to be-
lieving that there was no necessity for
her doing anything to retain that posi-
ton. When she found that the more
enterprising cities north of her were
cutting terribly into her trade she went
into rebellion to shut them out of her
territory.
In the past San Francisco has been
entirely too we'll satisfied with her
natural position" and believed that 1t
would give her all that she wanted. The
energetic business men of Seattle and
Los Angeles have been going ahead de-
veloping their resources and gained a
start that seriously alarmed San Fran
cisco, as it should. The earthquake will
have it's compensations if 1t wakes up
the San Francisco business men ID q
perception of the fact that they must
keep their city to the very front of
Progress IL they hope to hold their own
With Los Angeles and Seattle
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

ezEs q. -
10 ia Soasand approval Of ~
|ssA- 1As sAaahgs = regarded - vssy
Important dAs dry Senators. and it Il
likely that iems opposition will be Of
ferd to IT. adoption. -
/ In SectioN o Of tho bill the Senate
struck out .thsa word regularly and
inserted the swepd lawfully" as quail
flying an order made by the Interstate
Commerce Eonmission. The Senate
copferees reSedsd from this amendment
and restorediths, word regularly"
The Hoissl conferees accepted abso-
lutely the Senate amendment relating
to court review, Including the provision
that no Injunction, interiocutory order
or decree should be made suspending
an order OF the Commission except on
hearing after not less than five days
notice to the Commission" The aues-
ton OF the five days notice was a stub
bornly contested point in the confer
ence. but the Senate amendmnt finally
prevailed and the five days Limitation
remains in the BILL
In the general raid which the con-
passes the amendment inserted in the
BILL on motion Of Senator La Toilette.
of Wisconsin, excepting from the opera
ton of the pass inhibition officers of
railway organizations, was dropped from
the bill
The Senate amendment. Of which
Senator Piles, Of Washington, was the
author, excepting from the operation
OF the law which forbids Interstate car
riers from. engaging in transporting
their ewn commodities in opposition to
other shippers over their lines. rail-
roads carrying lumber and timber was
struck out In conference
The efforts made by the House con-
ferees to restore the words fairly re-
munerative" and '1n it's Judgment"
which were In the House bill. but omit
ted by the Senate. failed. The former
phrase was used to qualify rate to be
made by the Commission: The latter
conferred discretionary power on. the
Interstate Commerce Commission i'm the
matter. of rate making.
Senator TilIman expressed himself as
very much pleased with the result of
the Conference Committees work. and
declared that the bill as 1t came from
conference was much more satisfactory
to him than when 1t left. the Senate.
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

Talk about fining the packers and
Gamers. They have already been fined
millions of dollars, and their fines viii
be continuous for years
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

THE above represents a per capita
expenditure for beverages in 1905 of
$3.50 for the S3.143,000 Inhabitants of
the United States, or s93.15 for each
family Of five"
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

Senator Smoot has to go. The Com
mittee has so decided. bat how. is an
other question. and the Senate will have
to decide that.
The National tribune., 1906-06-07


MANDER-IN-CHIEF,G G. A. II.
Boone. iowa. Encampment, Tuesday,
June 5. tn Gt
salina, Kan; Encampment. Thurs
day, June Z. ~" 20
Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago. Satur-
day night, iJurte 8. CLong enough to get
mail at least. probably over Sunday.)
Marinette. Wis, Encampment, Tues
day, June'12.t
Saginaw, Midh., Encampment, Thurs
day, June II.
Kenosha, Wis. Saturday. June 1s,
and over Sunday.
Yankton..i s. D., Encampment
Wednesday, June 20.
Mitchell. 8. D.. Saturday. June 20,
and over Sunday.
Bismarck. N. D., Encampment
Wednesday, juno 27.
Following closely, dates to be settled
hereafter, Helena and Butte, Mont:
Tacoma, Seattle and Vancouver, Wash.
Portland, Ore.
Then home.
At dates named are dates the Com
mander-in- Chief will be at the places.
Any letters to be mailed should bs sent
In time. SO as to set there at least be-
fore the date named.
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

Senator Burton (Kansas) has re-
signed, and the Governor of Kansas
has offered the remainder Of the un-
expired term to w. b. Coburn, Secre-
tary of Agriculture of Kansas. CO.
burn has not accepted, but IL is TO be
hoped that he will. A cleaner. better
man than Coburn of Kansas never
lived. He has never shone pre-eminent
as a Statesman, but as Secretary OF
Agriculture he has been doing things
for the past Is years that have bene-
fitted mankind the world over. His
Agricultural reports have been gems
of literature, crammed with interesting
facts, clothed in the most beautiful Ian
guage. He has been offered lucrative
positions under the Government. bat
has refused them, believing that he
could do more good for Kansas in his
present position than in any other.
When he dies, across his heart will be
written Kansas
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

new example of the power Of I'm.
junction is furnished in Texas, where
an injunction has prevented Cecil A.
Lyon, Chairman Of the Republican State
Committee, from holding Convention
at FL Paso in accordance with the de-
cision of the Committee. The ground OF
the injunction is that the members~N
the Executive Committee are offio<fold-
ers. and under the Texas Law recently
enacted no officer can act as a member
of political Executive Committee. w.
L. Mcdonald, who heads the list OF Pc
titioners for the injunction, is leader OF
the negro Republicans, and bitterly op-
posed of course, TO the attempt to elm
mate them from the party. The mem
bers of the Executive Committee say
that they were regularly selected by the
Republicans of their respective districts
before the law became effective. and
consequently are entitled to act until
their successors can be appointed.
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

Does this make q Democratic House
II Representatives, W. tARse
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

the conference Committees work and
declared that the bill as 1t came from
conference was much more satisfactory
to him than when It left, the Senate,
THE STATEHOOD BILL.
+, The conferees on the Statehood bill
succeeded in reaching an agreement
last week, and the matter viii prob
ably come up in the Senate some time
this week for action. The agreement
proposes the admission of Indian Ter
ritory and oklahoma at once. and the
application. OF the Foraker amendment
to Arizona oand, New Mexico. Accord
Ing to thisiahe people Of Arizona and
New Mexico will vote separately upon
the adoption Or State Constitution,
the election OF State officers and joint
Statehood. s1fsrthe people Of either
Territory v8te against joint Statehood,
the measure will be lost, and New
Mexico and Arizona will continue In
their present Territorial condition. The
opponents Sr flint Statehood still con-
tinue their dissatisfaction with this
proposed course of action. as they de-
sire that Arizona should have a spe-
,ciai electians ~. order to indicate her
wishes on 1.-THE. subject, and. that. the
postponement OF the election will op-
crate 10 the disadvantage Of those who
want to keep Arizona and New Mex
leo separate. -.se. .a
Senator Patterson denounces the bill
as elaborate machinery to coerce the
people Of Arizona and New Mexico to
vote for joint Statehood" The m jor-
ity members OF the Conference Com
mittee report:
t"rhe conference report gives SIS del
egates to the Indian Territory, SIS to
Oklahoma and one to the Usage Indian
Reservation. -
1T strikes out the Warren amend
ment. which permitted the mineral
school lands of Oklahoma to be taken
up by miners. and provides instead
that the lands shall be kept by the
state of Oklahoma for its schools; that
they shall not be sold until 1915, and
In the meantime the School Board of
the new State may lease the lands and
the proceeds thereof to go into the
school funds of the State
= THE Capital is temporarily located
at Guthrie until 1913. after which the
people at an election to be provided by
the Legislature will fix the Capital per-
manently, but the Legislature is not
permitted to appropriate any money
for any permanent Capital buildings DIT
Guthrie in the meantime"
Senator Foraker will, continue his
fight for his later amendment, which
provides for a special election for the
people to vote upon the Statehood
question. ~
There is considerable talk about
friction between the House and Senate
and about saving the pride of the
Speaker and Of the Senate respective
ly. The Republican politicians, how
ever. know that the country will hold
the Republican Administration re-
sponsible for the outcome, and cannot
differentiate between the petty SQUAD
bles OF the House and Senate So the
managers in the two bodies are striv-
Ing to get together, while the Demo-
Gratis are endeavoring to keep them
apart
II the Senate refuses to concur In
the House amendments, there will be
long and bitter fight between the
two Housess ..
ITINERARY OF JAMES TANNER, COM
MANDER-IN-CHIEF,G G. A. II.
Boone, iowa low Encampment, Tuesday,
The National tribune., 1906-06-07

the "Jim Crow" car idea and accord
Ing to their view, invited general dis
elimination between white and colored
in the Northern and Western States.
The Southern Senators made no OPPOSE
ton to 1T, but when the protests from
the negroes became general the Repub-
lican conferees demanded that the
amendment be dropped from tho bill.
Senator Tillman was obdurate, and the
point proved finally to be the most stub
bornly contested of any submitted to
the conferees. Mr.. Tillman became it's
jealous defender, and yielded only after
severe struggle.
A few changes were made I'm the
wording Of the bill which the conferees
admit may be thrown out by the Senate
and House as in the nature Of new Leg
islation. .--,
The Lodge amendment, as well as the
McCumber amendment, the former re-
storing the imprisonment penalty clause
of the Interstate Commerce act, which
was repealed by the Elkins rebate law
OF 1903, and the latter directed against
| the Standard Oil Company and other
"S0Sy ohAppSio, "hASh ptoNiucS lOE-
fixture by the shipper who solicits or
| receives rebates OF three times the
| amount OF the rebate, were both modi-
| fed SO that the qualifying words.
knowingly and willfully." inserted on
motion Of Senator Lodge, were clint
| mated.
Another important modification made
by the conferees In this amendment was
the striking out Of the provision that
the foregoing penalty shall not apply to
lrebates or considerations receiveS pUe.
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NOTICIAS De
BAYAMON.
Para eI SaItO De COmerIO.---La COrte
municipal. .---Una 'truIIa.
Ode nuestrO corresponsaI. }

Enero 12.-Hoy hemos visto en- esta
ciudad, al sefior don Ramon Valdez, que
en- union de unos sefiores ingenieros anne
ricanos, fueron para ell Salto de Comerfo,
sin duda estudiar los trabajos del indi-
cado sitio.
En- la Corte Municipal de esta ciu-
dad Sc han celebrado 1915 iuicios en- el
afio que termin6.
El lunes pr6ximo sale la Hon. Corte
& celebaar juicios, en- los pueblos del
Distrito regresando 81 sabado venidero.
Vienen siendo muy laboriosos los ira
bajos de esta Corte, desde el dia 10. hasta
Ia fecha- Hay dias en- que Sc celebran
Is y 20 juicios.
lei senior Superintendente de este Dis
trito Escolar, Mr. Wood, en- union de
presidente de la Junta local Lcdo. don AL
fredo Gimenez vienen demostrando mucho
interes en- favor de La instruction, que Sc
gun datos que Sc me han dado eI promedio
de nifios, que Sc estan instruyendo en- las
escuelas pdblicas, alcanza 1000, habien-
do aumentado el n1mero en- estos dias.
Merece placemoa 81 sefior Superinten-
dente, asf como el sefior Gimenez.
Hay mucha animation para Ia truua
de hoy, sabado, al senior Nevarez, de Toa
Baja La juveHtud, y 81 senior Schetini
particularmente, han invitado este CO.
rresponsal, cuys cortesfa agradece
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SENSIBLE FALLECIMIENTO.

Aver tarde, como & las 81 p m. Hev6se
a efecto el sepelio del caddver del que en-
vida fue Jesds Baldorioty, honrado y dis
tinguido obrero de esta ciudad.
A su entierro asisti6 nunerosa concu-
rrencia de todos los gremios aobreaaliendo
entire ellos el elemento de torcedores al
cual pertenecfa 81 fnado.
Jesds Baldorioty fu6 uno de los buenos
tabaqueros de antafo que supo conquistar-
se el aprecio simpatfa de los de ogano
por su afabilidad y carifo.
Terrible paralisis le postr6 por espacio
de doce AMOS sin que los esfuerzos de la
ciencia pudieran salvarle
Informase que, dfas antea de So muerte,
dedicabase despalillar Ia hoia del tabaco
que le proporcionaran sus compaIeros
pues no podfa II al taller trabaiar su
propio oicio, y de aquel modo ibraba au
subsistencia, en- 10 que fn6 cohibido segln
Sc dice por agente de rentas internas, te-
niendo que sacaT patente.
Descanse en- paz 81 alma del buen ami
go, y resignation su desconsolada madre
& hilo.-M g.
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la nhlenIt1 alII eSceleHis aeOjlla.

m Ponce han ae,,lisn,es3s lss .;;,,;;,;;fs
ana a. IS s.s,,..ss 3 ssecoos,.s,,;;o.I;;e IS.
ciera Ser 4 Dssrss 1oan. Con Is paya-
sos Cave Iefl Rusticana. 81 81 tea
ito la Perla fa an kxito colossal para
los artiata da euartlni para III em.
Dres
Mocha dice III esnpctador. al Us
paleos n Iateas Innetas pasillou 4 paraiso.
ss yofaI III Verdadero hoansiq zero de perso
mas: uarece oue la culta Ponce. se di6 all
cita. : fn6 sepuTa anlaudir buenos ar-
tSstas ans ofaps.zis eupl6ndida.
81 aisors;;ey,as aoslor,sdIas sobra este 3
aonal aFtista. sobra a0nella. 3 esta okrs
oartarte: Is iinterpratse;6n de yannutelllii
en sus respecttiivos napeIes en Los Pagasos
CoualEsrta: las parties desempenadaa en-
las citadss 6peras Dor III Fontana; Ia voz
del baritone Carrozzi; Ii orquesta que d.
rice III Gesi todo ssto Que tenfa lugar cd
Ios entreactos desaparecfa 81 levantarse 81
talon. Duea todos como al aouellog gran
des aconteciirniientos nusicaIes ovacionaban
( rs artiataa oroneeta. deiando eclipsa-
ldas las polenaicas cue siempre origina
aaueEEo que vale algo.
Esta troupps, Hegada esta capital ein
boasbos nj plqtiEIos nos sorprendi6 en- 81
pimera audici6n en aqueI peIigroso local
del Parqne con Ia opereta aGeisha De.
eiY1os nelipr0ao 4JDY Ia incomodidad nara.
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Fiesta de Ia Sociedad
Literaria 'BOrinqusn. !
Sc lleva steetO d II De EnsrO de 1905.

El aiguiente fue 81 programa de ID fiesta
que esta sociedad llevara cabo el dia IL
del corriente mes
1.-Discurso inaugural, por el presiden-
te senior Adrian Nelson.
Fantasia, piano, seforita Rosa
AxtmayeT.
8. Lectura del peri6dico por el sefior
Editor Leopoldo Figueroa,
-Intermezzo de Ia "CavalIeria Russ
ticana, duo de aautas por los sefores
Ardfn Montesinos, acompanados en- Ell
piano por la sefiorita r. Axtmayer.
5. 'Purifcaci6n," recitacl6n, seforita
Carmen Ferrer
6.-..Tn the Shade Of the Old Apple
Tree, coro por las sefioritas Maria Ho-
heb, Carmen Ferrer, Maria Mendfn, Emil
liza Sesman, Jnana Hernandez y Alberta
Muriel, acompanado en- el piano por la
sefiorita r. AxtmaYer.
Observaciones del sefior crftico Ar
mando S. Belayal.
CIausura del acto por 81 presidente
senior Adrian Nelson.