The National tribune., 1907-08-22

S and was prominently identifed with Do
I miuion politics. Mr. Kerr has bee
Crown Prosecutor for several years, an
as such is not allowed 70 vote
I'm all my remembrance l cannot re
: call a case of lynching in Canada. con
2 tinued Mr.. Kerr, f'ani do not belieV
there has been one in great man
2 wears. 1t is not that we extenuat
heinous crimes, but 1t is because OF tn
feeling of the people that person wh
commits an act OF, violence Is certain
meet swift justice, nave haa cases !,
I believe, had the crimes happened Il
, the United States the parpetrator
would have suffered instant death at IN
hands of n mob, mt in every case
single policeman has been able quieti
to take his prisoner from his captors
The Canadian people absolutely respec
the majesty of the law, because the
know an offender will get his deserts
: OF course, Canada has not so many SO
cial problems to deal with as you haV'
in this country, but no matter VIVA
might be the apparent JuStlncatloh 10
mob violence, the people always wal
for the law to take its course Ihere
food for thought in this.
/ Rear-Admiral Dayton. commanding
the Pacific fleet, has cabled the Nav!
Department that the armored cruiser:
| West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Colorad'
and Maryland left Cavite, P. L.. fol
| Yokohama on their way to san Fran,
cisco, in accordance with orders issued
by the Department several weeks ago
After leaving the Japanese port tht
squadron will shape its course 1oI
Honolulu. which will be its only stoI
| in the Pacific Ocean. Proceeding at or
binary speed, it will take the squadron
about five. or six weeks to make the run
to San Francisco. The visit to foko-
| hama is one of courtesy. and clearly
| demonstrates the friendly relations be-
| tween the Governments of Japan ana
the United States
Mr.. and Mrs William Waldorf Astor
Jr, the latter formerly Miss Mamie
LanghOrne, are receiving congratuia-
tions over the arrival of son, VIII
liam Waldorf Astor, Sd, who was born
at Cliveden, the Astor home, near Lon
don Mrs. Astor is well known in WASH
ington, her former home; in New YORK
where she lived for some years, and in
Boston, her home when she was the
wife of Robert Shaw. She Is sister OF
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, and Mrs.
Nnncure Perkins, of Baltimore, all OF
whom aided in making Charles Dana
I1DSOn ldUlouS dS tilc oiiSihttio VI .itN
several "Gibson girls William Wal
dorf Astors fortune is estimated at
fS4O0, 900, 900, and the baby Astor being
the eldest SON. of a British subject,
will inherit several hundred OF these
millions. If he lives he will be almost
fabulously wealthy.
Here's a story which is supposed to
have happened: When Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth and Representa-
tive Longworth were in Yellowstone
Park with Vice President Fairbanks. the
Presidents daughter met with an acci-
dent, according to d. c. Booth, Super
intendent of the United States Fish
Hatchery at Spearfish. The party was
looking at one of the large clay pits.
when Mrs. LongWOrth slipped and fell
head foremost into the pit. 1t was filled
with soft, ooZy red clay. and Mrs.
LongwoTth escaped injury, but her
clothes were sight.
*CCs'*r
George M. Bowers. United States Fish
Commissioner. has been telling about
was being accomplished, especially in
the lobster fisheries along the Atlantic
Coast. ra- -.
Commissioner Bowers will start on a
trip of inspection of the New England
stations within anfew ndays, and will
spend some time Oh the. coast of Maine.
He said the problem of preserving the
lobster on the Atlantic Coast had been
solved. Three years ago the Commits
sion began to supply young Holsters in
earnest, and the success of the propaga-
ton of this crustacean had been such
that never before in the history of the
lobster fisheries, at least in the memory
of men now living. has there been so
large supply of young Holsters as at
present along the Atlantic Coast.
This year. the Commissioner said, no
less than 100000 young Holsters We're
to be turned loose in the waters of the |
and these, with the propaSa- |
ton of the last three years, would, he |
thought, make available by next year n
supply that would satisfy all the de-
nands of the shellfish trade. Commits
sioner Bowers said that when the fig
lres of the year. were ready for pub
ication it would be found that the work
IF the Commission would be prOduc-
i've of gratifying, not to say surprising,
'esults.
Mr.. Speaker of the House. Uncle Joe
blew into town last week fresh
rom his farm in Illinois. near the fam
,us town of Danvilie. Could you get
Jpcle Joe to talk politics? Not on your
ife. He wouldn't talk Fairbanks, or
Taft, or Roosevelt, or even Cannon poll
les.
Don't ask me about politics. Don't
'ou know it's dog days? They won't
listen when you talk politics out my
way. They are too busy and too pros
'erous. Nobody is seeking office there,
.ither. Made too much money in pri-
ate employment. Wait, there were two
'oung fellows who wanted to go to
Panama for the experience, but the rest
ike 1t out there.
Presidency? Don't ask me about the
Presidency. / am not building fences
'he fences that are built now may rot
own before the Convention. That isn't
or 10 months yet"
Then somebody said finance" to him.
wall Street? Financial panic? Ill
ont believe so. It's a furry just now,
think, and if the bulls win the bears
Ose. and If the bears win the bulls
ose-thats all it amounts to now.
MY people don't know which arc
ears and which are bulls, and they
ont care-they really don't care Why.
he banks are rich, richer than they
ave ever been, and we don't worry out
here about Wall Street"
Standard Oil was pitched at him. but
e didn't bite worth cent big enough
D take care of themselves" he declared 4
Telegraph strike? don't even know
hat they're striking about. 1 never