The log cabin Democrat., 1907-01-17

report of Frank Sargent, commis- sioner general of immigration. Dur ing that period the population of the United States was increased by the admission of 1,100,735 immigrant aliens and G5,618 non-immigrant aliens entered at its ports, making the total admissions 1,166,353. The increase over last years record of 1,O59,755 was 1O6, ,599, During the fiscal year 1905 the department re- jected II ,48O aliens, and during the past year 12,432 of the immigrant alens-that is, those who intended settling in the United States.
 The New Mexico constitutional convention, consisting of delegates elected at the November election, convened to draft a constitution to submit to congress, with plea for immediate admission to statehood. Ex-Gov. Bradford Prince, who was a member of the New York constitu- tional convention, was elected pres ident, and David NJ. White, of Santa Fe, secretary.
 A colossal statue of Pope Leo XIII, weighing 12 tons and des- tined for his tomb in the Church of St. John Lateran, has been trans ported to that church, where 1t will be raised.
 The constitutional convention of Oklahoma has authorized the ap- pointment of a segregated coal and asphalt commission, whose duty 1t shall be to investigate the value and extent of the segregated coal and asphalt land in the Choctaw and Chickashaw nations, and make nego- tiations for the purchase by the state of all these lands. The commission Is a permanent one, appointed by the president of the convention, and its members are to report to the fu- ture governor of the state. It Is be- lieved that the state will make an attempt to own and operate all of the segregated coal lands in the present Indian territory.
 Commissioner Clark denies that he has been requested by President Roosevelt to use his influence in set ting the Southern Pacific fremen's strike.
 Samuel A. Groff, 60 years of age, who was released from the Mounds vile (W. Va.) penitentiary last September, after serving three years for complicity in the postal frauds, died of melancholia at his home in Washington.
 Fifteen unidentified bodies of Mexican laborers, taken from the smoker of train No. 29, in the Rock Island wreck at Volland, Kas., were buried in a single trench in the Alma (Kas.) cemetery.
 John s. Simmons, of Dighton, was selected on the first ballot as the party nominee for speaker of the house of representatives of the Kan sas legislature by the republican caucus. The legislature will elect United States senator.
 Railroad, insurance, liquor, pure food and county accounting bills will be presented to Texas legisla- ture.
 Engineer Hildebrand, of the dead" train in the Terra Gotta wreck, near Washington, D. C., ad- mitted, when recalled before the grand jury, that he failed to ob- serve any signal at Takoma Park on the night of the wreck, as he thought that station was ''dead,' and consequently did not look for the signal.
 The first speech in defense of Senator Smoot in the senate was de- livered by Senator Hopkins, of H. linois. The senator argued that United States senators are not off cers of the United States, and there fore cannot be impeached. He cited the case of Senator Blount, of Ten ressee, many years ago, who was charged with reasonable core spondence with a foreign nation. The senate of that day so held, and refused to impeach him. That con ,l1lSiOn said Mr HOOkins has never