The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05

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that the rail- l
roads had been
u. e. foakum. system tlcally
pobbing them and that no one was to
blame for the present antirallroad sen
timent but the managers themselves.
In his opinion no lasting damage could
be done by the present outbreak.
Michigan For Roosevelt.
A poll of the Michigan legislature Oh
the choice for presidential nominee In
1908 disclosed 70 for Roosevelt, 16 for
Taft. for Root, for Hughes, 8 for
Fairbanks and for La Toilette.
No Chinese o, Canal Work.
Several Of the party Of forty-six con-
gressmen who have recently returned
from Inspecting the work on the Pan
anna canal made the statement that
they had not seen a single Chinaman
at work on the isthmus. They also re-
ported an Intense feeling against their
employment. Congressman G. S. Smith
of California said that the laborers are
taking out about $1,000 cubic yards OF
dirt every day, with an average Of $780,
600 cubic yards a month About ST.
O00.0 600 cubic yards are still to be re-
moved. He says there are $4,000 men
on the payroll About 5000 are Amer
leans. about 5000 Jamaicans. and the
are Gallegos.
ton Attacks Roosevelt.
ormer United States Senator j.
oh Burton, who had completed his
on term at Ironton. Mo-, in a speech
tbilene, Kan, insisted that his pros
don was pcrversion Of justice an
ted by Certain commercial COM
n lily Of interests"-na the sug-
Q Srust-and by the personal enmity
dPresident Roosevelt. whom he had
dIlded through opposing some Of the
IeVdent's plans. He said that every
less who testified to anything ma
against him had either been pro-
md In Office or received immunity
fh punishment and that every OFF,
clwho had anything to do with the
q had. with one exception. been pro
ned by the president.
HnrBeverIdge Debate.
e political debate between Will
Jennings Bryan and Senator Bev-
4, recently commenced In the
Magazine, is continued I'm the
Issue of that publication. Mr.
lin favoring state rights makes
3itehtion that the people can act
intelligently on subjects near at
flthan on those further removed
Mfers to the negro problem of the
~uhnd the oriental problem Of the
IN coast as proper subjects to be
had by the people of the affected
lo@es without the interference of
thQtionaI government. AS to the
asdon made by Senator Beveridge
thdhe powerful interests which ex-
pI0the people and the nations re-
sous can more easily handle small
err tion of the American people for
theburposes than they can handle
the lire S0O00,O00," he Intimates that
the kresentativcs OF predatory wealth
are Nvocates of state rights when
proslited by the national government
and Nvocates of Capitalization when
everh1J are attacked by any state.
He hcIudes that the state and the
natio,are both necessary.
Mr.3everidge, on his part. thought
the athdrawal of power from the
statewould not breed Indifference to
pulls affairs, citing as proof the wide
sprea interest In such affairs at the
preset time, when, as he intimates, q
systematic absorption of power by
the feSsrarsovernment" is In progress.
Fe refers to the railway rate bill and
federal legislation upon pure food,
meat Inspection, national quarantine,
commerce and labor and asks If these
laws have caused discomfort among
the people. He adverts also to the San
Francisco school incident to show the
perplextty and danger into which the
exercise of state rights may bring the
entire nation.
oklahoTa's Constitution.
The CONSTITUTION framed by the re-
cent convention for the new state Of
Oklahoma will be submitted to the
people df the state Aug. 6. One of the
measures which was defeated after
much discussion was that which pro-
vided for separate railway coaches for
whites pnd blacks. Woman suffrage
was defeated by a narrow majority.
Among khe measures adopted are the
lnitiativd and referendum. direct pri-
maries, Two cent railroad fares, prohl
bition on watered stock and the prohi-
billion Of the sale or importation of in
toxicatinK liquors.
Foraker md Taft Booms.
On Ma rich. 20 Senator Joseph r.
foraker pf Ohio came out with for
nal state mcnt which was construed rs
| rebuke to tx Nqouncement previ-
'usly ma de by Insurance Com
Vorys the Republican
entiment in Ohio w unanimously in
avor OF Secretary Taft for president.
foraker aid that 1t was his intention
t the pro Pper time to request the Re
ubIlcan state committee to issue
all for a state convention for the pur-
osc not o ply of nominating candidates