Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-23

| in some of the larger railroads for the
purpose of obtaining representation
upon the boards of directors is plan
which has been proposed to President
Roosevelt, and which, it is reported,
he is seriously considering. The step,
which would be in the direction of gov
ernment ownership, and which was the
first taken by Germany before that
government acquired ownership of a
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 reconmen-
dalton 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
boards of some of the larger railroads
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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-
tarf.,i rincr tho discrimination, of ,No,,,,lot1oD
among the subdivisions into which the
State will he divided should the new
constitution be approved at the polls.
The administration understands that
this constitution would be likely to
gerrymander the State favorably to the
Democrats. The work on the new CEN
sus is to be commenced as soon as the
necessary blanks can be provided. VIII
lam c.. Hunt chief statistician of the
census bureau, viii have immediate SUI
pervsion of the work in the field.
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The completeness of the restoration
of 'Old Ironsides," on which the Navy
Department has been at work for some
time, has lately been attested by the
casting of the big guns with which the
ship will be armed. There are forty
four of them, duplicates of the famous
old pieces with which the Constitution
fought its famous battle with the
Guerrero. Each of them weighs three
thousand four hundred pounds, exchl-
sive of its carriage. The carriages are
also faithful reproductions. made after
old drawings and prints. When all the
work on the Constitution is finished,
the modern visitor VINO steps aboard
will have the sensation of passing into
another century in history and another
era in naval architecture and equip
ment; and the chances are that no one
will ever again want to tear her tat
tered ensign down."
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Regular ambassadors and ministers
to foreign countries are hedged in by
rules, Instructions and customs which
sometimes limit their efficiency. OF
late years there has been an increasing
amount of neighborly visiting between
the nations in the persons of informally
credited representatives. Mr.. Root, on
his visits to South America and Cana
da kept all the time the attitude of a
friendly tourist with no business but to
carry greetings and study the countries
he visited. This summer he is going to
Mexico on a similar mission, and Mr..
Taft will 60 to Japan. BY means Of
these visits much can be done for d.
plomacy which cannot be performed by
regular departments OF state.
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The treaty drawn last February be-
tween the United States and Santo Do
mingo has been signed by President
Roosevelt at his Oyster Bay home, it
having already been ratified by the Do
minican Congress and the United States
Senate. This treaty settles definitely
the question Of the collection of Domin-
lean revenue and makes the island re-
public virtually an American DEEPEN
dency.
There seem to be very few occasions
upon which President Roosevelt deems
it advisable to lay aside the protection
of a revolver. His practice of carrying
weapon has again been advertised,
this time through the discovery made
by one Of the Masonic functionaries to
whom fell the task of tying the apron
about the Presidents waist at the lay
ing of the corner stone of the new Ma
sonic building Isl Washington
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Attorney General Bonaparte has
made public d list of sixteen objections
which have been raised to the proposed
constitution Of the proposed State Of
Oklahoma. The persons who have
brought these objections to the govern
ment's attention regard them 8 war
rantlng President Roosevelt in decid-
ing that the proposed constitution does
not satisfy the test Of the enabling act.
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When the King of Italy was told that
son had been born to the wife Of
Lloyd c. Griscorn, the American am
bassador in Rome, he exclaimed Il
had always believed that ambassadors
were blessed only with grandsonsw
Ambassadors, as well as Senators, used
to be old men, but this all seems to
have been changed. Ambassador Girls
com is only thirty-four years old, and
it will be many years before he is
grandfather; and there are many men
in the Senate less than fifty.
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Secretary Of War Taft has ordered
an investigation Of the case of Lieu
tenant Colonel Charles G. Ayers, whose
alleged criticism of army officers in
newspaper interview was understood to
be connected with a dispute between his
wife and certain officers at the West
Point Military Academy
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