Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-07-15

as 10 NDeL0er CIlmlDdl pIOocCutlOh Oah
be begun against him. This question
| will be Decided upon whether his ap-
pearance upon the witn's, stand in hear
Jugs held by the commission hiss granted
him immunity. High officials of the
government believe thst the violation Of
the act Of June 20, 1874, in which the
Central Pacific was gobbled up, can be
legally fastened upon him.
A careful analysis of the mild-msnner-
ed style of expression in the report OF
the commission, on the results of its
eight months investigation, shows Mr.
Hartman charged with these oferses:
Elimination of competition IN trans
Continental and oriental trade between
the Union and Southern Pacific;
Control directly seventeen per cent Of
the stock of the Santa Fe system, and
divided traffic;
Restraints combination between his
system and The San Pedro route;
That the Illinois Central is a compel
ing line with the Chicago & Alton which
is jointly controlled through stock owner
ship by the Union Pacific and Rock
Island and is msnifestly competing
line with the Rock Island;
That Hartman dominates the Illinois
Central; and that the joint control of the
Alton by the Union Pacific and Rock
Islsnd "hss undoubtedly elin i'ated
competition between the Alton and Rock
Island between Chicago, St. Louis and
Kansis City,"
That officers or agents of the Union
Pacific, Central Pacific, and Western
Pacific are guilty of a misdemeanor,
punishable by fine of 81, 900 and not
less than six months in prison for fail
inC to operate them as independent lines
and free from any discrimination;
That the purposes aud policy of the
Union Pacific have been those of Hal
riman, "who exercises powers that are
well-nigh absolute"
That the Hartman policy has bean
to gather under one head ell existing
trans continental lines 80 as to exclude
competitors;
That if the policy is permitted to Coz
tinue, it must mean suppression of com-
petition.
Resenting a recent criticism of the
efficiency OF the Atlantic fleet under bis
command, Rear Admiral Robley ID.
Evans declared today that he would
match it in drill sg ,inst any fgreign
navy, whether in peace evolutions or
war evoulioDs. "FrOm the commander
I-chief down to the enlisted men," he
says, "efOrts are being made TO keep The
Atlantic fleet up to The highest standard
of efficiency. Battle plans have been
worked out in detail and not only the
division commanders of the fleet, but
the captains Of every ship are prepared
to drill against any one, whether in play
or in earnest. judging from g careful
reading of the reports of the maneuvers
and drills Of all the navies of the world,
it is my opinion that the work done by
The Atlantic fleet compares fagorably
with that of any other fleet under any
other flag" Referring TO criticisms OF
alleged defects in some of the vessels OF
toe u. s. navy, Admiral Evans cOnlin-
ued: ono one has yet constructed the per-
feet battleship. This country, though,
has come as near to accomplishing that as
any country in the world. Fewer mistakes
have been made by our naval construct
oys than by those of other navies.
Quite recently, in the British parliament
for instance, it was frankly declared that
out of total of about seventy battle
ships, only sc were considered able to 60 |
into the line Of battle. The remainder |
are to be stricken from the navy lis. |
The proportion of obsolete ships in our
navy is nothing like that. Without
desiring to discuss the patriotism of
those who have chosen to point out TO |
the world defects known to exist in some
of our ships, it may be well to call atteD-
ton to the fact that if foreign critics are
to be believed, other navies have de-
fects quite as vital. We are endeavoring |
to remedy ours ss soon as possible after
they have been apparent in actual ser
vice.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, the Chap
lain of the United States Senate, has set
high church Washington by the ears by
his free handed criticism of ecclesiast-
icism. In recent New England address
before the Free Religious Association of
America, DR.. Hale said: 81 will not
say curse it, because it is wrong for
clergyman to say such words, but if it
were a man of the world he would say
that this ecclesissticism prevents all
the forward look, which, if may be per-
mitted to say it in an assembly like this,
the day of Pentecost and
WhilsundaY. Aggressive christianity,
aggressive religion tia, is what they
ought to be after, but what they are after
is the eCclesSstic'sm oftheir own par
tieular sect. He declared that of the
two or three church conventions held in
shis city, weekly, nearly all of them as
semble simply and absolutely to pre-
serve the continuity of that conference
aud to report that the people of North
in the sub-conference of the
northern States, or in the sub-conier
ence of the southern States, have pre-
sented a thimbe TO the wife OF the min
ster OF North Podunk, or have shiugled
he meeting house in South POdunk."
A satisfactory construction has bee
put upon the law providing for the re-
payment of the governments loan o.