The National tribune., 1907-09-19

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miration of many public men for the
intelligence he displayed in conducting
the business of his tribe.
Secretary of State Root, who was
summoned to Clinton to attend the fu-
neral of his brother, Prof. Oren Root.
of Hamilton College, returned to Null
doon's training retreat in Utica to fin
ish up his treatment The Secretary
appeared to be feeling well, and said
he was looking forward to his trip to
Mexico the latter part of this month
with great pleasure. Secretary Root is
averse to this athletic exercise, and
needed toning up; that's why he went
to Muldoon'S.
''The United States will come out of
the conference at The Hague with fly
ing colors. because it has advanced the
only correct and practical propositions
for establishing world peace on a more
permanent basis. With the active sup
port of Germany, the final triumph OF
the American plan is bound to be the
gratifying outcome"
Representative Bartholdt, of Mis-
souri,, who arrived in Washington few
days ago on his return from Europe,
thus summed up the results of the work
of the delegates from the United States
at The Hague. He spent nearly a
month at the conference, and went TO
London and Berlin to secure the sup
port of the British and German dele
gates for the propositions of the inter-
parliamentary Union, the representative
of which he was.
Gas 1 predicted more than a year
ago. continued Mr. Bartholdt, "the
British proposition looking to an ar
rest of armaments has proved a failure,
which, of course. will be used by the
war party as a preteXt for the assertion
that the conference itself is a failure.
/ do not believe, however, that bring
ing up the question was a mistake. 1t
has proved a blessing in disguise IN
making the delegates of all countries
besur themselves to accomplish some
thing in another direction. After the
disarmament proposition was out of the
way the feeling became general that
the conference should not be allowed
to adjourn without some action facili-
tating the maintenance of peace.
America came to the front at the
start, supported by Germany, and our
delegates have remained at the front
of the stage ever since. Choate pro-
posed the periodicity of The Hague
conferences. Porter championed the.
dDOlltlOH Ol lOTce III lHe COliectlOn VI
debts, except where a Government re-
fuses to submit to a decree by arbitra-
ton. The Americans unanimously
brought forth the project of a perma-
nent international court, with II
Judges, as well as the draft of model
arbitration treaty, which refers a great
number of specified questions to obliga-
tory arbitration. These propositions
cover the whole nterparliamentary
plan.
Since the belief that Public Printer
Stillings is to be deposed has taken
possession of pretty much everybody
connected with the big Printing Office.
the friends of Oscar J. Ricketts,, the
former Foreman of Printing. are BOOM
ing him for the position. Mr.. Ricketts,
was designated as Acting Public Print
er after the resignation of Mr.. Palmer,
until the President announced the Sc
lection of Mr.. Stillings. Mr.. Ricketts,
remained in the Office In his old capacity
as Foreman of Printing for some time
after the Inauguration of Mr.. Stillings
did not continue cordial, and Mr.. Rick
etts resigned.
Word has reached Washington that
Representative James Sherman. of New
York, Chairman of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee,
had urged upon the President the ne
cessity for demanding the resignation
Of Mr. Stillings. The reason assigned
by Chairman Sherman, according to
the report, was that the Public Printer
had made himself very unpopular with
organized labor in the management of
the Printing Office Inasmuch as the
labor unions have kept up an energetic
fight against Stillings and purpose, as
~ a
TO carry the fight against him into the
next campaign if he is not removed,
Chairman Sherman holds that it would
be bad politics TO retain an unpopular
man in this position.
AS the next campaign involves not
only TIE election of President. but of
a House Of Representatives as we'll, ard
legislatures in number of important
states, Chairman Sherman does not
wish tG give the labor organizations any
pretext to oppose the Republican ticket
if he can help it.
Ownership of the historic Dent farm
of Gen. Grant, located outside the city
limits. in St Louis County, changed
nands last week. having been sold nj
auction for $4,000
The farm was once nlo,tgaged IN the
Vanderbihs when Grant became Presi-
lent. 1t comprises 43S acres. and has
long been point of interest. as the
old log cabin occupied by Grant is still
standing.
Rear-Admirai William Augustus
Windsor, U. S. N, retired. died at his
home in New York last week.
He was born in Virginia Feb. 10.
1912. and was therefore in his 66th
year.
It doesn't look as tho there is any|
string tied to this declaration of Judge
Alton b. Parker, which same WAS made
last week:
Il saw in a Boston newspaper" sail
Judge Parker. that ex-Goy Campbell,
OF Ohio, said he had verified in New
YORK the fact that / am possessed of
the conviction that l shall again be
nominated for the Presidency. Never
theless, l do not believe that he sail
SO. In any event. he did not verify
any such fact, nor could he, for II is not
true.
Il do not desire ever again TO hold
public office l stated my position on
that subject the day after election in
1904, and have not changed my mind.
| shall, however. always be Interested
IN any question affecting the public well
fare, and l propose TO express my views
whenever II seems to me desirable And
il may as well be understood that I
shall not be deferred in the sliphte,.,