New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
Constant Reader Tells What He
Missed in Last Weeks Papers.

opponents talked in TO death. The -t.lth Congress
came to a close last Monday and. although it
failed 10 pass The Ship Subsidy bin, IT enacted
a great many other important and valuable
measures. among which We're tie following
THE revision Of the Immigration law. eXclud-
tng japanese coolies. creating commission II
inquiry and authorizing international con-
ference, "a general service pension Law, EN-
bracing all soldiers sixty-two Years old; law
prohibiting national hanks and corporations
from contributing To political campaign tundS'
a financial law authorizing deposits Of Gus
toms receipts in national banks. adding elias
ticity to the currency. and increasing the supply
Of small bills; a law enabling farmers TO make
oenatured alcohol; the limitation of the working
hours of railroad employees the penalizing of
shanShaiing; the appropriation of Sl00o0on,o
Tor waterway improvements; the authorization
Of the construction II TWO 2o0on ton battle
ships; two destroyers ana S;.Wsiohb worth OF
submarines and The appropriation OF S!6I.G44.-
063 for the maintenance OF the national gov
eminent for the year ended June 30, 1905"
Il heard some one say that Senator Plat had
resigned" said the Busy Man.
'Yon no doubt mean Senator Spooner' said
the Constant Reader with smile Mr. spoon
er has given up his Office for The purpose Of
practising law in New York City. He says be
must earn some more money to insure comfort
10 his family and himself in his declining years.
.
What is all this talk about Hartman getting
a complete transcontinental line" interrupted
the Busy Man
There was tremendous buying If Reading
stock last Wednesday" said the Constant Read
er land Wall Street said that the control of the
road had passed TO Z H. Hartman and Henry
G. Frick and that the Reading would soon be
linked with the Baltimore x Ohio the Chicago
& Alton, the Union Pacific. and the Southern
oaafRN in lf1,a nd
Reading stock rose rapidly and for the time
gave strength TO a market which had been
steadily weakening. The day following the
Reading furry, however. stocks began TO slump
again so that all the alarmiats croal-
ing disaster"
Have they had Mr. Hartman the stand To
obtain any more stock watering evidence" in
, Ierrupted the Busy Man
Mr. Hartman has not been talking Ia the
Interstate Commission" responded the Constant
Reader but he has had lot 10 say in the
newspapers. IN series of interviews he said
that the currency and the tariff should have
ceived attention before the railroad rate ques-
ton was taken up. iie denied that the
continental ROADS were interfering with the con-
struction Of the Panama canal, and expressed
optimistic views concerning the future of our
government commerce. and industry. some
think that Mr. Hartman fears ina, his tcsti-
IaonY concerning The juggling Of various rail
read stocks before lhe Interstate Commerce
Coiam sion may ultimately result in a panic.
and is now trying 10 head off the gathering
storm
In our last iaIll You sai3 Mr. shaw was going
To retire {cgpl The SccIe1alEs5p Of the Treas
ury on 2fa}ah T., said The Busy Man Who
has iaken his place."
M Corleycu. formerly Postmaster General.
is now Secretary Of the Treasury" said the
Constant Reader, and George Won /. Meyer is.
NOW Postmaster General. And these were Tot
the only Changes James r. Garfield took Office
as Secretary ~ the Interior and Herbert Knox
Smith became Commissioner Of The bureau OF
corporations. Regis Henri Post. a former Long
Island Assembly lyman. appointed Governor
Of The island of porto Pico 10 succeed Beck
ecpets M IF 3Pe E9 i TO become Assistant
The Lumber Trust stirred The President TO
action last week. He ISSUED proGlama,ions
which added I7O00010 acres of forest lands 10
the forest reserves of the United States. thus
creating thirty-two forest reservations In doing
this he threw down the gauntlet 10 a gigantic
trust and insured hattie ia the next Congress
which many say viii shake 10 its foundations
the entire forest reserve policy OF the govern
ment The President accompanied hts action
with statement In which he said that the pres
ent policy was 10 keep the land for The benefit
OF the actual settler and home maker. The
President also showed how intense is his inter
est I'm foreign as well as domestic matters bv
making plea for the Russian famine sufferers.
10 whose cause he gave 500 He also completed
she new Canal Commission bv The selection 81
Rear Admiral Harry II. Rousseau TO succeed
Rear Admiral Endicott, and he placed Joseph =.
Bishop I'm full charge Of the commission in
Washington. These then are the members OF
the commission Colonel George ".
GOethals. chairman: Major William /. Sibert.
Major David Du b. Gaillard. Colonel William {.
Gorgas. Rear Admiral Harry H. Rousseau,
Senator Joseph c. s. Blackburn and Jackson
Smith.
Il heard somewhere that George W Perkins
was compelled 10 return lot Of money The
New York Life" said the Busy Man.
Mr.. Perkins returned 10 the New York Life
with interest the s4G5O0 which he contributed
90 the Republican National Campaign Commit
tee I'm 1904 on behalf Of the company. which later
reimbursed him. said the Constant Reader
but he did il of his own free viii because of
the feeling that his former action was wrong
And here's some other town news YOU may have
passed by. The New York Central was found
guilty Of the WOOdlawn wreck. and Coroner
Schwannecke held its president and directors
personally responsible General William Booth
founder of the Salvation Army. arrived here last
Tuesday from London for the purpose Of raising
S5.00000O 10 found a University Of Humanity.
Mrs. Thaw. The mother OF the slayer Of Stanford
white. testlned for the defence that her son had
long broOded over the wrong done his wife by
White. The trial still goes on.
AT Albany police refOrmers We're greatly re-
JOiced by the passage Of Commissioner BinE-
hams anti-graft bill by the Assembly The
Public Utilities bill. reorganizing the system Of
supervising transit and lighting companies. ac-
cordng to the Governors suggestions was in
PRODUCED by Senator Page and AssemblVman
Merritt otto Kelsey. Superintendent of In
eurance, who has refused To be ousted by the
Governor. viii plead his cause before the Senate
Judiciary Committee next Wednesday,"
It's long lime since I've heard anything
about our friend. Governor Swettenham Of
Jamaica" saiG the Busy Man.
Governor Swettenham, who cashed with the
American naval officials because OF their efforts
20 aid Jamaicans after their disastrous earth
quake" said the C0nstan; Reader. has finally
resigned and viii soon leave the island
Has that Russian election ended YETI" asked
the Busy Nan.
IT not only ended" responded the Constant
Reader. but tho Douma met The opening OF