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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21
BY BIG MAJORITY
House Adopts Conference
Report on immigration Bill.
"BiG STICK" IN EVIDENCE
Measure, as Adopted, Gives Roosevelt
Power and Privilege to Deal With
Exclusion of Jap Laborers
as f,e Sees Fit.

A Washington special says: Un.
der suspension OF th3 rules, the house
Monday adopted the conference re.
port or the immigration bill, which
was agreed to by the senate Saturday,
although the Democrats generally
made d party issue against the pass
port provision as well as TO that re-
curing air space in vessels. The vote
stood ayes 1877, noes 10l. Four Re
publicans voted against the bill, and
four Democrats voted for it.
Representative Burnett of Alabama
made points OF order against the
first provision, which undertakes to
regulate the incoming Of Japanese
cDoIies, by giving the president au-
thority to refuse to recognize their
passports, and also against the whole
OF section AZ, having relation to the
air space in vessels bringing immi.
grants to the United States.
AS to the first proposition, Mr.. Bur-
nett insisted that the authority con.
ferred by the section en- the president
put IN his hands big Stick" which
he could WELD over state. He de-
clarsd that it gave the chief execu'
tive power which was never con-
tcn,plated by the constitution, nor by
the enabling act of any sovereign
stale.
AS to the second proposition, it
WAS NIr. Burnett's contention that
the air space provision properly be-
longod in a bill relating to navigation.
AID had no part in a bill regulating
the immigration of aliens into the
United States
NJ. Burnett. asked the speaker II
the whole Chinese exclusion law
could not be repealed by conference
report.
"Oh. why does the gentlemen ask
about that which might, could, would,
or should happen?' replied the
speaker, amid laughter.
alr. Williams, OF Mississippi, desir-
ed to war;. the people Of California
Of something which they already
knew and that was that the views
OF the president was not their views.
This man to whom you have lett
the discretion in the matter of Japa'
rese immigration is one who mas al
ready recommended the .natura!iZa-
tion of the Japanese said Mr.. Viii
Har,s. Il am with the people OF Cali
fornia on the question OF separate
schools.
And, l am with them or another
question" continued Mr. Williams. Il
wan. the Pacific coast kelt<a white
mans country (applause), anG want
all this country, as far as it eau
be, to be 4 white mans country. not
merely because l believe the Ca,i-
casian is superior to other races, put
because this is our land, the !and OF
our traditions and orr ideals, and 1
Know that the influx Of another race
means another race problem for an
ether portion of this republic, and an
other social warfare.
Il want to say that every woe
which this country has suffered has
resulted from the landing; of the first
slave ship at Jamestown (Applause.)
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21
TRUTHFULNESS.
If I had been George Washington-if /

If T had been George Washington-f !
had, ..
7 never would have told lie
To vex my dear old dad.
And yet the people seem to think
Because he told the truth,
It's something very wonderful;
Indeed, my great-aunt Ruth,
She sighs and says she wishes that
"Our George were such boy,
For then he couldn't fail to be
His fathers greatest JOY"
But I can't help thought or two
About that other lad
If once before he'd told the truth
(Please don't repeat this to Aunt Ruth),
Whv should there so much praising be
About the chopped old cherry tree?
Olive Preston.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21
COTTON EXPERTS ASSURED.

Provision for Their Salaries is Final.
Iy Agreed Upon.
The appropriation OF $4,000 for, the
employment Of experts to work abroad
to increase the business in cotton
products, which has been in confer
enca for several weeks, has been
finally agreed upon.
The conference report containing
the item was signed Monday after.
noon. The whole appropriation for
extending foreign trade in Ameri-
can manufactures is $4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21
SCHOOLS OPEN TO JAps.
Frisco Authorities VIII Admit Yellow
Youngsters Unde: is Years, and !.
Who Speak English.

Japanese children are to be admit
ted tD white schools OF San Francisco
under certain restrictions; skilled aad
unskilIed laborers coming from Japan
barred from the mainland OF the Unit
ed States and American la5orers>
skilled and unskilled, are to be eA-
cludetl from Japan. This is the basis
of the agreement between President
Roosevelt, Secretary Root, Mayor
Schmi,z and the San Francisco school
board, as an adjustment OF the anti
JapaIese agitation brought about by
the segregation of japanese children
ir the schools of San Francisco. Tae
agreement means that schools cf San
Francisco will be conducted i'll the
same manner as they were before
the board OF education adopted the
resolution last October providing for
the segregation Of the japanese, ex-
cepting that adult Japanese, who are
in primary grades must continue TO
attend the Oriental schools, and that
japanese children under 16 years Of
age Will be admitted to classes with
white children of their own ages.
While the resolution Of the school
board, Us amended, reads children OF
alien BIRTH it is freely admitted by.
Mayor SchJnitz and his associates
that the resolution Will apply only
to the japanese children, and that
the changing OF the wording was TO
make it plain to the Toxic govern
n2nnt that no, discrimination was in-
Tended against Japanese children. g
Mayor Schnitz is quoted as saying:
"chis is only a temporary agree
ment President Roosevelt has given
US direct and, positive assurances /.
that he will at once begin negotta-
tions with Japan for the purpose OF
bringing about new treaty that will 8
exclude Japanese laborers, skilled and
enskiiled, from continental United
States.
Shortly before midnight Monday
night the following statement was
gwen out at the White House:
"a typewritten copy of Mayor
Schmitz's statement was submitted to
President Roosevelt and Secretary
ROOF. and the statement is entirely
satisfactory to them" 80 -
In reference to modifying the order
excluding Japanese children from the
white schools, the representatives OF
SaI. Francisco said:
''As condition of the modification
Of said resolution. we respectfully hi-
sist that the legal proceedings hereta-
fore instituted DE dismissed forth
with, and that it is expressly under-
stood that we have mot conceded and
do not concede, or intend to concedes
that onr action was in violation OF \
any Of the: stipnlations Of the treaty:
between the United States and Ja7S
pan, bu. IN the contrary we dosciaina !
and assert that if any stipulation IN
said treaty contained is Inconsistent
or conflicts with the power and aai-
1hority given by section No. 1862. Of
the ne1al code of the state OF Cali
fo,nia, then so far as said treaty att
tempts to circunscribe OF prevent the
board Of education from. regnlatii
its own school affairs as an exercise
OF local police power, such prosisiosrls
in SAID treaty are negatory and VOC. .sS
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21
COTTON DUCK COMPANY
Shows Great Gain in Business Done
the Past Year.

The annual: meeting OF the stock
holders of the Consolidated Cotton
Duck Company was held in Baltimore
Monday and largely attended. The
statement OF earnings for the year,
ended December 31st. last, showed
the gross income to be sl0,024,S24 go,
an increase OF sS66,S67.46 as COM
pared With 1865, and net earnings OF
S1,%O1 ISL. SO, an increase OF 1884,
7Oe.31, as compared with the prev.
ious year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21
GARRETT TO SUCCEED WALTER

As Head of the seaboard Air Line
is Current Report.
The New York Herald Prints the
following: "
ut is understood that William A..
Garrett. first vice president OF I!le
Seaboard Air Line, will succeed the
late Alfred Walter, as president OF
that road.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21
CONTRADICTORY TESTIMONY.
Versions of Black and White Soldiers
Do Not Agree. .slsts

Witnesses in the Brownsville hear
ing at Washington Monday testihedi
that the shooting began in the rear
OF the connlissa1y, away from the.
town, and continued around the road
and into the town while the cali to-
arms was being sounded The cora-
mittee heard great deal of contra;
dictory testimony. AS to certain Incl
dents it was white soldier against me-
gro soldier. :a
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21
BAR PASSES AND FRANKS.
Tc Accept Either is Made Criminal
OFense in Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma constitutional con-.
ventior Monday passed the Section Of
the railroad report making II a erinai-
nal offcnse to accept railroad pass
or a telegraph frank A railroad COM
mission to be elected by direct vote.
Of the people was created and the
consolidation OF railroad companies
was prohibited. s .
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21
RAILROADS ARE EXEMPT

From Paying Occupation Tax in
Georgia Towns.
Authority is vested in TO municipal-
ity to levy and collect an occupation
tax uron commercial railroad doing
business in such municipalities.
That was the decision Of the Geor-
gia supreme court Monday moruias
in the case of the town Of Arlington
against the Central railroad. The au-
thorit!es levied an occupation tax OF
$40 on a. warehouse owned by the
Central. 95.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21

hung a picture of Washington, and
beneath it she put a small leather
bound trunk, displaying the initials
G. w. in brass nails. Both the pic
ture and the trunk were gifts Cen
eral Washington had made to her.
1t became a custom to pay old
Mary a visit on these occasions, par
take Of her hospitality and talk Of
Washington's deeds. The custom
spread and by-and-bye the Tammany
Society voted to celebrate the day.
It was the first organization to hold
public celebration in honor Of the
anniversary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21
ENJOYED BRIEF FREEDOM.

Three Prisoners Released from At
Ianta Pen to Face Other Charges.
Out OF the federal prison at At
lanta Where they had done five years
foc pQstofice robbery in South Caro-
lima, three men, with charges of hank
robbery against them, stepped into
the arms Of Carolina officers Monday,
wht were in Atlanta awaiting their
discharges: ::--.~>-s. -
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-02-21

BE PREPARED FOR WAR.
To be prepared for war is one OF
the most effectual means Of preserv-
ing peace.-George Washington.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-07
The Drama at Sea.

Now it is proposed to give theatrical en-
tertainments on %shipboard. OF course, we
see some objections. In spite OF size, IN
spite of turbines, there Is in bad weather
a degree of motion on any vessel wnich
makes it a few removes from sold land. 1t
seems likely that there may be some dis
tressing faux pas on the steamer stage at
times. If when lovers are quarreling n
sudden hrch should plunge them prema-
turely into each others arms. the dramatic
unities would be sadly upset. If in the
fencing scene in Hamlet old Boreas should
get excited there might be a genuine fatal
ity. If the soubre.te In the midst Of her
sweetest sauciness should suddenly feel a
heaving in her ~"innards'' and fly to the
wings ~. RI there would be lapsss, which
might rot only spoil the play, but by sug-
gestion spoil the audience also. Sea sick
ness is mighty catching at times.
Still, we are for the Drummer" on the
ocean. Let US have all the newfangled
things going so that we shall never get
II sight of the ocean from the time Of leav-
ing one dock till the next is reached. We
think that In time there will be, to all ill.,
tents and purposes, no ocean at all for The
traveller, unless one tries a private yacht
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-07
PROMPT Action.

Martin S. Decker, of New Paltz' is
one of the public utilities commission
ers of New York, a body of men with
sweeping jurisdiction over the street
and steam railways and the gas and
electric companies of the State.
Mr.. Decker. discussing the duties OF
his new post the other day, said:
ours is work that must be done
with the utmost prudence and care
Nothing must be undertaken by US
hastily, or else we shall find ourselves
in the position of the new school super
intendent.
There was. you know, a new super
%intendent appointed to a certain school
Ia jealous man, but a choleric ana
hasty one as we'll.
Now 1t happened that on the day of
his arrival at the school, while he was
working hard in his office, a madden
ing noise arose in the room next to him.
1.-The superintendent stood this noise
as long as he could. Then he o
over the glass partition into the up
roarious room n saw among the
noisy lads assembled there a tallish
chap who seemed to be making more
of a row than all the rest combined.
Beside himself with rage, the super
intendent reached out his arm. seized
the tall boy by the collar, dragged him
over the partition and banged him
down into a chair beside his desk.
NOW he said. sit there. and don't
open your lips till / give you the word
Then he bent over his papers, and in
the ensuing quietude worked away
busily.
Some fifteen minute passed. Their
the head of a small boy peered timidly
over the partition, and a meek little
voice said:
"tPlease, sir; you've got our teacner.'"
Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-07
A REoREANr TO HIS PARTY.

The Prohibitionist candidate for Gov
Collingswood Borough, in South Jersey,
is the pastor of a small Methodist
church there, and is said to be an ex-
emplary man and good exhorter, but
we do not share the highly favorable
opinion of Mr.. Mason as a candid4ts
for Governor expressed by N con-
temporary, the News. In the first
place, Mr.. Mason is evidently not much
versed in public questions. He ac-
cepted his party platform calling for
straight-out prohibition, but when
offered the support of a small body of
Independents in this county he &C.
cepted by going squarely back on his
party PLATFORM Evidently Mr.. Mason
didn't know he did it. believing that
the Bishops excise law and prohibition
mean the same thing, when, in fact.
they are radically opposed in principle.
New Jersey will never elect a Pro-
hibitionist Governor, and it would
never take a Governor out of the
clergy, as affairs of state require an
altogether different preparatory train
ing. In Mr.. Mason's case he has dem
onstrated his utter political ~incapacity
by renouncing the one principle upon
which he was nominated and innocent
ly walking into the enemy's camp. His
announcement shows that he has ex-
ceedingly hazy ideas as to what the
prohibition he has professed really
means. A candidate as wobbly as that
cannot suit the Prohibitionist Old
Guard who have been voting in the
air all these years. Surely they will
call another convention, depose the
Rev. John r. Mason, and If possible
put up a more reliable candidate.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-07

weapon should in many cases be con-
doned, and in fact plainly our entire sys-
tenn of laws would become a farce, ana
for the benefit of aliens, at that.
On the other hand the Italians come
here from a country which they have
practically denuded of resident song birds;
and where the migrating birds from other
points of Europe passing through are shot
off as completely as possible, and attempt
to introduce the same methods here. IT
this were allowed we would soon have a
birdless America just as there is a birdless
Italy, and lacking the hosts of insect
eating lizards which in Italy partially
make UP for the absence of birds, our
agricultural interests would suffer untold
losses. The question has very little bear
ing on true game. 1t is almost invariably
the case that the little song birds suffer
from the weapon of the Italian. Humanity
should teach them better. No written law
should be necessary to prevent them from
killing these tiny creatures, of which sew
eral do not make q good "bite."
You say that the game laws are imper-
fectly understood by the sportsmen. They
must be strange sportsmen who do not
familiarize themselves with the provisions
of the game laws before they ever go out
with a gun. This is their first and most
important duty.
Join with the gun clubs which are advo-
eating the best measure that any State
ever had in this respect, a hunters license
law. and then the State can pay Its war
dens without giving them a percentage OF
the fines. B. S. BOWDISH.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-07
STILL WEARING STRIPES.

When striped suits as a badge of
degradation were abolished at the State
prison everybody supposed that in he
penitentiaries of the State, in which are
confined criminals of a minor grade,
the striped suit would be abolished also.
But people reckoned without consider
ing the character of boards of free
holders. The reform was made in the
State prison several years ago and the
inmates of the Essex County Peniten-
tiary are still wearing striped suits.
They are more degraded than the muir
derers and burglars and highwaymen
and forgers in the State prison.
For years there has been a demand
that the pe%nitentiary convicts be given
some useful employment to occupy their
time and afford some income for the
county, but the Freeholders have never
paid n attention to the matter. When
Judge Alfred F. Skinner was on the
bench he outlined a plan of establish
ing reformatory features at the peni-
tertiary, but his words were idle
breath in their effect upon the slug
gish minds in the Board of Freeholders.
Perhaps if Essex County had a smaller
Freebooter Board it would have better
results.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-07
KEEp1Ne w1rH1N THE I1M1r.

When a public officer or public board
consciously and deliberately evades the
law of the State in some matter of pub
lie duty a motive is at once inferred.
And such acts are not don't without ul-
terror motive.
The law says that all public work or
orders for supplies in excess of $500 in
cost shall be advertised for competitive
bids. That is plain enough. The law
was wisely enacted for the purpose of
preventing collision and fraud. A self
respecting and conscientious public Off
Ger would be careful to comply strictly
with the law, fearful that any devia-
tion from it would expose him to sus-
picion of practising that which the law
was intended to prevent.
But municipal boards in his city
have evaded the law by splitting up
contracts into sums within the limit
set by the law. The Board of Works
actually decided to buy an automobile
in separate parts, so as to keep within
the statutory limit and thus evade the
law. The Board of Educators supply
committee converted an order for a
telephone system for ten school houses
into ten contracts. Why this was dor
the committee may explain as they
please, but the public will place only
one construction on the act.
There should be a better code of
ethics for public officials and public
boards. In matters in which the in
tegrity of the public officer is involved
or can be affected, the moral obligation
should be as binding as the legal. De-
hberate evasion in such case should be
taken as prima facie evidence of an in
tent. to- do wrong.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-07
A DIRECT STATE TAX.

TIE New Jersey State government
relies entirely for its revenue for State
purposes upon special taxes, largely
from corporations. Since 1884 there has
been no State tax on the people. Gov
ernor Albeit congratulated the State
that year pon the fact that by in
creased railroad taxation the State tax
which had previously been assessed
each year was made unnecessary.
Governor Albeit was both right and
wrong. He was right in that the new
railroad taxes took that much burden
off the people. He was wrong in his
idea that the principle of State tax
should be dispensed with.
The New York Tax Reform Associa-
ton, which, has a large and distin-
guished membership, has declared that
the most direct taxation is the best
because it gives to the real payers of
taxes a conscious and direct pecuniary
interest in honest and economical
government. Professor Edwin r. A.
Seligman, of Columbia University, the
leading authority on taxation in the
United States, in a recent article dwelt
upon the objections to exclusive re-
lance for State revenue from special
taxes. There was a fundamental lack
of elasticity, and as the State expend-
lures increase it becomes more and
more necessary to search out new
sources of State revenue Professor
Seligman a y that if persisted in this
will lead to ultimate disaster.
The effect of this system is observ-
able in government in every State
which derives its revenue for state
purposes from special taxes. 1t is plain
~ evident in the administrator of
government in this State. The state
expenditures have trebled in twenty
years. There is. of course, a natural
increase every year, necessitated by
the increasing needs of the State. but
New Jerseys expenditures far exceed
any reasonable ratio of increase. The
cause is plain enough. The Hair COM
mittee investigation has thrown much
light on the extravaganza, graft, multi
plication of offices and commissions,
etc. that nave gone to swell the an
nual expenditure. AS the people felt nc
tax by the State, they have been COM
paratively Indifferent. They did moi
pay the bill. so what mattered 1t? Il
the State turned over to the taxing dis
tricts all revenues, and derived from q
tax on the people the money needed
for it's maintenance there would be G
very different attitude of the taxpay'
ers respecting state government ant
the conduct of State affairs.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-07
A rAR-FErcHED OBJECTION.

Objection to sending the battleship
fleet to the Pacific on the ground that it
would be a menace to Japan and might
provoke war is far-fetched. 1t Curl
ously overlooks the fact that u fleet
has no more right to be in the Atlantic
Ocean than in the Pacific. If the objec-
ton holds good hen the presence of
u battleship fleet in the Atlantic is a
menace to England and France. But
what shall be said of the proposed dis
patch by England of a more formidable
fleet to the North Sea? That sea is
small compared with the Pacific, and
the British fleet will almost be in sight
of Germany and Scandinavia. Shall
not Germany resent this move and de-
clare war? Shall not all Scandinavia
protest?
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-07

The New York Evening Post is no.
~toriously an unpatriotic newspaper. 1t
went to the point of treason in 1898
when the war with Spain broke out,
and its then editor had to take a va
cation in Europe until the resentment
at the Posts utterances had passed
over. When Cleveland called the bluff
of Lord Salisbury on the Venezuelan
boundary question the Post went into
Mysteries, n called Cleveland a mad
man." The Post is consistent through
out. 1t now assails the American navy
and gives color to all the envious SLAM
ders of envenomed European critics.
The circulation Of the POST is con-