The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-07-19

purpose OF obtaining representation
upon the hoards 81 directors II plan
which has been proposed TO President
Roosevelt, and which. 1t IL reported,
lie IL seriously considering. The step,
which would be In the direction of gov
ernment ownership, and which WAS the
first taken by Germany befo.e that
government acquired ownership OF
railroad, can only be brought about
by an appropriation by Congress Of
money to be used In the purchase OF
the stock. 1t Is reported that should
the President not make the recommen-
aation to Congress In his annual mes
sage some of the Democratic leaders,
those in harmony with Mr.. Bryan's
government ownership plank, will in
troduce bills proposing the appropria-
ton. The advocates of the policy argue
that government supervision can ma
terially be promoted by having a rep
resentatIve of the government on the
cards of some Of the larger railroads.
49,
Upon the advice of Attorney General
Bonaparte, the President has instructed
, Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus to have the census bureau make
a special enumeration of the proposed
State of Oklahoma, including the pres.
ent territory of Oklahoma and the In
| dian Territory, for the purpose of de,
termining the distribution of population
among the subdivisions into which the
] State will be divided should the new
constitution be approved at the polls
/ The administration understands thai
/ this constitution would be likely t.
gerrymander the State fayorably to thu
/ Democrats. The work on the new cen
sus is to be commenced as soon as thu
necessary blanks can be provided. WIN
| lam G. Hunt, chief statistician of tn,
census bureau, viii have Immediate su
pervision of the work in the field.
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/ The completeness of the restoration
1 of "Old Ironsldes,' on which the Nav.
/ Department has been at work for som
time, has lately been attested by tn
casting of the big guns with which tn
! ship will be armed. There are forty
/ four of them, duplicates OF the famou
/ old pieces with which the Constitution
fought its famous battle with tn
| Guerrero. Each of them weighs thre
| thousand four hundred pounds, exclu
sive of its carriage. The carriages ar
also faithful reproductions, made afte
/ old drawings and prints. When all tn
work on the Constitution Is finished
the modern visitor who steps aboar
will have the sensation Of passing int
another century in history and anothe
era in naval architecture and equiv
ment; and the chances are that no on
will ever again want to tear her tai
tered ensign down."
i $50
j Regular ambassadors and minister
to foreign countries are hedged In b
rules. Instructions and customs whic
sometimes limit their efficiency. O
late years there has been an increasin
amount of neighborly visiting betwee
the nations In the persons of informail
credited representatives. Mr.. Root. O
his visits to South America and Cana
da, kept all the time the attitude or
friendly tourist with no business but I
carry greetings and study the countrie
he visited. This summer he is going I
Mexico on a similar mission, and MI
Taft will go to Japan. BY means Q
these visits much can be done for d
plomacy which cannot be performed b
regular departments OF state.
49,
The treaty drawn last February b,
tween the United States and Santo ID,
mingo has been signed by Presiden
Roosevelt at his Oyster Bay home.
having already been ratified by the d
minican Congress and the United State
Senate. This treaty settles definitel
the question of the collection OF Domir
lean revenue and makes the island n
public virtually an American DEEPER
deney.
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There seem to be very few occasion
upon which President Roosevelt deem
IL advisable TO lay aside the protectio
Of revolver His practice OF carryin
weapon has again been ADVERTISED
this time through the discovery mad
BY one OF the Masonic functionaries (
whom fell the task of tying the apro
about the Presidents waist az the las
ing OF the corner stone OF the new Ma
sonic building In Washington.
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| Attorney General Bonararts ha
made public a list OF sixteen objection
which iiave been raised 10 the proposes
constitution Of the proposed State Q
Oklahoma. The persons who hav
brought these objections 10 the govern
ment's attention regard them az wal
rantlng PresldeaS Roosevelt Ia deeSl
Ing that the proposed constitution doe
not satisfy the test of the enabling aci
..--
When theAKIng Of italy was told tina
| a son had been born 10 the wife o
Lloyd q. Grlsenln, tle American am
bassador In Rome. he exclaimed
had always believed that ambassador
were hiesspd only With grans.sons.
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