The National tribune., 1907-07-18

Senator Dolliver has his dander up
so he has He Indignantly denies tha
he was challenged to fight a duel b,
Senator Tillman, and then proceeds tt
say that the Chaatauqua lecture Sourst
people are to blame for the sensational
charges, and that said lecture bureau
is perfectly willing to lend itself to any
kind of sensational advertising of tn;
lectures in its course. Which is a pretti
direct accusation. and he then furthe,
says that if the methods are not chang.
ed he, Senator Dolliver. for one, viii
withdraw from the course.
Judge Bernard S Rodey, who presfdes
over the Federal Court in the Island oil
Porto Rico, but who was formerly a
Delegate from New Mexico to the Ma
tional House of Representatives is in
Washington on a visit. 1t is of interest
to know what he thinks of things down
there.
1T pleases me to tell you that the
people of Porto Rico are really enjoying
wonderful amount of prosperity ne
declares The growers of sugar and
tobacco are especially fortunate, ana
fruit growing is fast becoming lucra-
tive business. 1 have enjoyed my stay
in the country, and consider it one oil
those little spots on the globe that Prov
idence has greatly favored. 1t IllSnt
be called the pet possession OF Ohcie
Sam, and our Government has been IN
the highest degree kind and beneilceht.
AT the same time one or two thlhSs
might be done to supplement the Judl.
cious Foraker act, which was one OF
the hest statutes ever devised for the
control of a dependency
.'First of ALL the Porto Ricans ought
to be given American citizenship. They
expected this blessing from the begin
ming and in anticipation were overflow
ing with loyalty to the United States
They are still loyal, but their enthu-
siasm has perceptibly waned, and they
no longer vociferously applaud when
the band plays the Star Spangled Ban
ner.' In the old days they were under
the flag of Spain. To-day they feel hu-
inflated to think they are people
without country-political monde
scripts 1t would be a good thing to
give them at least the status of Ter
rftory of the United States.
''Under the Foraker act one-thIrd OF
the revenues arising from lnterna!
taxes and customs receipts are to be
applied to the cause of free education
My advice is that all the funds 50
raised, or at least two-thirds. should go
to the public schools. The schools are
doing a great work. and their useful
ness should be enlarged. The rising
generation is learning the English Ian
guage, and in course of time it will be
the dominant tongue of the island
Among the descendants of signers OF
the Declaration of Independence who
formed an organization at the James
town Exposition the other day were:
Myra w. Wilson, descendant OF john
Hart, of New Jersey; Augusta T. Dan
ieI, descendant of Thomas Stone, of
Maryland; Josephine Stone Crane. de-
scenda It of TIL omas Stone, of Mary
land; Richard S. Rodney, descendant of
George Reed Hart, of New jersey;
Elizabeth T. d. Conway. descendant o.
Thomas Stone. of Maryland; Mildred
March, descendant of Thomas Stone. Of
Maryland; Heman P. Black. descendant
of Richard Stockton. of New Jersey;
Bradford Mapey. descendant of John
Hart. of New Jersey; S. \. Ross. de-
scendant of George Ross, of Ohio; NJ
r. Fisher, descendant of John Hart, OF
New Jersey: f. NJ Sandys. descendant;
of Carter Rraxton Of Virginia: J. r.
Copeland. descendant of Benjamin Har-
rison; Elliott NJ. Braxton, descendant of
Carter EraXton, of Virginia; Peter w.
D. Conway. descendant of r. Thomas
Stone, OF Maryland: Rev. G. w. Dame,
descendant of Thomas Nelson. of Fir-
ginia: agnes W. Bishop. descendant of
John Penn. of Virginia; Elizabeth S. II.
Buckner, descendant of Benjamin Har
rison, of Virginia; Colline y. Randolph, /
descendant of Thomas Jefferson; Thorn |
as Jefferson Randolph, also descendant !
of Thomas Jefferson.
A committee of Treasury officials has
been appointed by Secretary Cortelyou
to consider a plan for improving the or
ganiZation of the Department So that
the business of the various divisions |
and bureaus may be facilitated ThiaI
committee consists of James +. ftey
nolds. ]. II. Edwards. Bcckman Win
throp, the three Assistant Secretaries Of
the Treasury; Robert J. T-acrsvell. /
Comptroller Of the Treasury. and Rob |
ert S. Person, Auditor of the Treasury |
for the Interior Department
In his letter Of instructions to the |
committee Secretary Cortelyou SarS:
You are hereby appointed to make |
recommendations looking to better
organization of this Department. with |
a view TO the sim plificatiou of methods. |
and the adoption of a system whereby |
the Secretary and his assistants shall
be brought into Cl0ser relations with |
the work of the various branches. In |
making the necessary Investigation. |
which shall form the basis 3f your rec
concentrations, ] dcSir.. ';Iat the pro- |
suited, and that, whore it is thought |
necessary. suggestions b. made for such |
changes in the law as VII tend TO bet !
ter administration"
AS was expected. Cnite.l States Sen |
ator A. .. Bacon. of Georgia. VIII, was |
nominated for the same hish uffco at
the Stale primaries last August has |
been reelected United States Senator |
by the Georgia Legislature. The cicc-
tion was unanimous. Senator Bacon is !
ponderous and heavy in argument. but
he is generally credited with being a |
careful, painstaking, high-miri,d man.
He will never set the world on lire with
brilliancy.
It appears to be only too true that
every rose has its thorn. TD put Ii !
another way, both Uncle Joe Cannon
and his cigar are well known the coua-
try over. but some benightei indivi- !
duals still labor under the delusion that
a dry smoke is the only kind INDUCED |
in by the gentleman from Danvii.c. 4
day or two ago Uncle Joe rece!Vad a
package from a town in South Caro- |
iha-lt should have come from his na-
i've State OF North Carolina of course. |
but did not-which. on inyesti caii1u |
was found to contain a box of ciyars !
'-TheSe cigars are not made To smoke - I
the sender of the gift wrote in effect |
land therefore they ought to suit Won
exactly Notwithstanding his coI,iI /
ing nature. Uncle Jaa was n liftIa 80,