Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-09
WITH THE POLITICIANS.


Missouri Republicans, it is said. will
| present Senator Warmers name as a can
didate for the Republican nomination for
the presidency.
Col Robert E. Lee. .Tr.. is said to be
an aspirant for Congress in the Eighth
district of Virginia, now represented by
Congressman Rixey.
Coy. Nardaman of Mississippi has de
clared himself in favor of w j. Bryan
| for President in 1908, and the adoption
of government ownership platform.
Samuel NJ. Ralston for years one Of
The big men in Democratic councils in
Indiana, has announced that he is out
for the Democratic nomination for COVER
nor Of that state.
Samuel l.. Bestrow lieutenant gov
ernOr under Horace Boips and the only
Democrat ever elected lieutenant gov
ernor in Iowa. died recently at his home
i'll Charlton, aged 81.
William Alden Smith. the new United
States senator from Michigan, is Il com
paratively young man, though he has
served six terms in Congress. He was
born III 1859 and was admitted to the
bar when n years Old.
Within the past wear Georgia 5. Nixon
Of Nevada has become one of the richest
members of the Senate. He was one of
the original boomers Of the TOnopah dis
trict and picked up there numerous
prospects that have developed into prop
critics OF vast value
Arthur L. Statter, the new assistant
secretary of the United States treasury,
was formerly a newspaper man in Walla
Walla. Wash. He went to the national
capital as private secretary of Senator
Ankeny and later occupied similar po-
sition under Secretary Shaw.
EnEdward Borah. who is to succeed Fred,
Il. Dubois in the United States Senate,
was born in Illinois. and spent a number
Of years in Kansas before removing to
Idaho in 1891. He was educated at the
University Of Kansas and began the
practice of law i'll that state. He is
tireless student.
William T. Frye, who has just been
reelected Senator from Maine, has
served that state as Il senator for nearly
twenty-siX years. He was elected to sue
ceed the late James G.. Blaine. when the
latter became secretary of state in 1881
He has been reelected without opposition
whnever his term has expired.
Joseph NJ. Dixon. the new United
States senator from Montana, has been
the only representative in Congress from
that state for the last four years. Pre-
vious to his election to Congress he was
successfully assistant prosecuting attor-
ney of Missoula county. prosecuting at
torney and Il member of the Legsla ture.
President Roosevelt has decided to
appoint n negro to federal office in Ohio
The man selected is Ralph Tyler of Co
lumbus. and he probably will be given
tile place of surveyor of customs at Gin
cinnati. the home of Senator Foraker.
who has been fighting the administration
i'm the Brownsville matter taking the
side of the discharged cOlorCd soldiers.
Establishment of free ports, with adj
iacent a.eus of several thousand acres in
which the manufacture Of goods for ex-
port may be carried on, was suggested
by Secretary Shaw in speech before
the New Hampshire board of trade ut
Concord Speaking on "A Foreign Mar
ket for American Labor" the secretary
said that by admitting imports free to
he utilized for the manufacture of eX-
port goods, the foreign trade might be
stimulated One other thing he said was
uecded-a merchant marne-and Amer
lea would be in position to build up its
trade with other lands.