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The National tribune., 1907-10-31
THE NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AT
ATLANTA.

The Atlanta Constitution gives a
warm Endorsement to the proposition to
take the National Encampment to that
city in 1909. In 1909 there will be
completed at Atlanta It's new Audito-
rium-Armory, which Will be an admir-
able place for holding the National En-
campment. The Atlanta Constitution
says editorially:
"Forty-three years ago its members,
many of them, tho in different organ
ization, held their first Encampment in
the environS, later within the limits, of
this city.
THAT their reception was warm one
then those who were present will tes-
tify. That the warmth of their recep-
ton now, in the direction of hospitality,
would exceed even that of other days,
abundant assurance is given in the fact
that it is Gen. Evans. second in COM
mand of the United Conferedate Vet
erans, and leader in Confederate coun-
ellis. who now launches the suggestion
that the Grand Army of the Republic
hold it's 1909 Convention in Georgia'S S
Capital.
'Recent years have witnessed many
a feast at which sat as friends those
who stood in the opposing ranks of the
sos, and now the time has come to
make it unanimous in fact as it already
is in spirit.
THE Grand Army will answer for
the North, the United Confederate Vet
Grams for the South, and it will be at
once a Reunion and an Encampment-
"a great generalization of that cordial
friendship. now full grown, already So
often instanced in the gathering of q
few from each of these great sections.
Atlanta and Georgia promise the
Grand Army a victory OF peace, the
memory of whose joys shall surpass in
its lasting qualities even recollections
of the hottest fire the front rank ever
went against.
This time Atlanta is theirs gladly
as ready to work to bring them here as
she once was to fight to keep them
away"
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GOV. vARDAMAN, THE BooR.

1t was long the boast of the South
that the Southern gentleman greatly
surpassed the Northern man in his cul-
tivation and his inbred, unfailing sense
of what constituted a gentleman and
what he should do under all circum-
stances. Gov. Vardaman, of Missssip-
pi, has been deyoting his energies since
he came into public notice to demon
strating the falseness of this idea of
Southern manliness. His latest boorish
act was something incomprehensible in
courtesies and decencies of life. When
President Roosevelt went to Mississip-
pi, Vardaman, the Governor OF that
State, absented himself to Memphis 20
avoid being in the State when the Pres
ident was there. This was so absurdly
wrong that words fail to properly char
acterize it, No matter what Vardaman
may think OF Theodore Roosevelt per-
sonally, and 1t is really of no conse-
quence what Vardaman thinks of any
thing he was still the Governor-alas!
for Mississippi-of a great State, one
of the constituent parts of the mighty
Commonwealth of which Theodore
Roosevelt is the official head. Ordinary
loyalty and public duty demand the
Governor of Mississippi to meet the
President of the United States and ex-
tend to him every courtesy. On such
an occasion the personalities of Theo-
dore Roosevelt and James X. Varda-
t...;.~ I
capacity. One is the head, direct rep
lresentative and spokesman for the ST.
000, 900 Americans of the United States;
the other occupies similar position
for the 1,750,000 people who live in
mississippi. The private feelings of
each toward the other have no more
connection with the matter than their
private feelings toward a man whose
death warrant they are called upon to
sign. Gov. Vardaman in declining to
meet the President showed as little
sense of his public duty as he did of
the common decencies of life. The peo-
tple of Mississippi showed their opinion
of their misrepresentation Governor by
the magnificent reception they gave the
President at Vicksburg and elsewhere.
The Southern papers all condemn Var>
daman, which they could hardly help
doing with their ideals of what South
ern gentleman should be. The Atlanta
Constitution says:
"As President Roosevelt came into
! Mississippi, Va:daman, the Governor
| God save the marl-went out. going TO
Memphis to avoid being in Mississippi
while Roosevelt was there. 1t was the
act of q boor and a political chariatan,
and Mississippi did not hesitate to re-
| sent it by making in behalf of Roose-
welt the most remarkable demonstration
accorded any visiting public man in
many a year."
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Golfers of the cash accumulated for bet
terments. to use the same in purchasing
q bare majority of the stock of another
railroad. and repeating the operation in
definitely.
As long as our laws permit this sort
Of thing it is certain TO be practiced b.
ambitious and unscrupulCus men, and it
is equally certain to result IN great dis
astci-. The whole trouble centcrs around
the dcfectiveness OF our laws in giving
such unlimited power TO the hold
er of bare majority Of stock
Within Certain vide limits he
does not have to regard the in
terests of the mon who own 49 shares
of stock, and who may really be the
owners of more than one-haIf OF the
property. This was possibly a necessary
condition in the earlier development of
our corporations when their value was
largely speculative, but it is manlfestly
unjust and dangerous when these cor
porations have assumed more tangible
land permanent form. 1t is absolutely
different in European countries, where
the !G-N5 CS Cal CAuiis sriiE5 hebi u tiiS
rights of the minority stockholders as
they do of the majority owners, and
such performances as that which pre-
cipitated the crisis in New York would
be impossible in England, France or
Germany. There such operations as
those of Hartman, HeinZe, Thomas et
al. are distinctly criminal, ana the men
who perpetrated them would speedily
find themselves behind the bars. without
hope OF executive clcmeHcy. The result
wiIl undoubtedly be an improvement III
our corporation laws which will prevent
such practices in the future. The crisis
calls attention to this grave defect, the
! evils of which have never before been
so fully apparent. and muci-needed
Legislation will now follow. First and
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE's REFOSI-
TORY.

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columns by most admirable articles that
should be published that we have de-
cided to issue monthly or more often
a Repository, in which we will put
many of the best articles sent u.s. and
which we think are of such value that
they should be printed in form suitable
for permanent preservation. The Re-
pository will be handsome pamphlet
printed on fine paper in large type, and
its contents will be of the highest class.
The fist issue of this is now on the
press and will appear at once. 1t will
contain:
THE Arrnys Powerful Ally; Was the
Navy an Important Factor in the Sup
preston OF the Rebellion" BY Lieut..
Tom =. Johnson of the U. S. N. 1S61-5,
and Paymaster, Missouri Naval Reserve,
st. Louis, Mo.
Fifteen Months in Prison; Experi-
ence in Pemberton, Belle Isle and An
dersonville" BY James NJ. Emery, Bat
terry \, Sd Pa. II. A, Chicago. Ill.
'MiI.cr's Brigade at Stone River" By
J. NJ. Barbour, Co. H, 21st Ohio, De-
troit, Mich.
':Filied With VicissitudeS; the ups
and Downs in the History of the SD
Ohio from Shiloh to the Grand Review"
By Frank N. Lewis, Captain, SD Ohio,
and a. A. G., Second Brigade, Second
Division, Fifteenth Corps.
"Early's Raid on Washington; a Leaf
From History" Ey Henry A. Castle,
Minneapolis. MINI.
"The Regiment That Put Down the
Rebellion" By A. j. Ward, 4th Mich.
Cav.
There will be other shorter but not
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running for the office OF Mayor, not
because the Administration wants him
to, but because of the reason that many
thousands of the citizens of Cleveland
signed petitions and because other thou
sands sent to him personal letters urg-
ing him to do so.
Outside CT politics the old soldiers
have a grievance. Johnson never has
Grand lRmy columns While marching
in review or on parade on Memorial
Day or any other day. He is reported
to have said that he has no use for the
Union soldiers
1t has been studiously disseminated
abroad thru the newspapers that the
only issue involved in Mr.. Joiinson's
several campaigns for Mayor was that
of three-cent fare on the tranways
for the poor people. Incidentally it was
said that he, altlo {. millionaire, was a
determined foe, OF trusts. corporations
and combinations of all kinds. The
letter gives quite different view of
Fir. johnson, and what is said in there
| is reinforced by the Independent Cleve-
land papers. which openly and emphat-
icaliy accuse johnson of Haunting his
I tIlICt-Etiit lttsC picpcfoilloii d SOhti
! 60 all manner of political misdoings and
Grass mismanagement OF the city's af-
fairs. The three-cent fare was deiu-
sion from start to finish. Johnson has
made no progress whatever in that di-
rection. If lie did succeed in having Il
straight three-cent fare with no trans
fers ii is certain that the people would
not be as well off at at present when
they can ride 19 miles for three and a
half cents with two transfers. This
| has been Haunted to obscure neglect of
the city's more apparent needs-an out
side harbor, which her growing position
as lake port imperatively demands,
better municipal buildings. better clean
ing of the streets. better enforcement
of the law and order and better safe
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ing. No doubt our municipal troubles
look different to people who view them
from distance. If you would visit
Cleveland and hear the people talk who
are not ohicehoiders you would surely
find out ''why!' The people who pay
taxes in Cleveland do not think Tom
Johnson has made a fairly good Mayor.
It Is not truthful statement. A ma
iority of all the people in Cleveland
think IL was' unnecessary for him to
urge the raising OF the tax rate from 80
to 2.S7 and AZ the same time run the
city in debt Is tine extent of Si2,O0O.0OO.
cxpendiag large sums OF money in eX-
plotting foolish, new and untried theo
ries. some of them relating to criminals
and palfbers5aHd belonging to the juris-
.fictjGn BF this courts. The majority OF
the people tlifflk Johnson is wrong in
establishing Few boards of Comnis-
sions, the members of which have moth
ing whsteveto to do, except to draw
their saHiries.t So per day. 1t is wrong
to increase the officers in the different
official departments where it is unnec-
essary, bf thar he"should use his time
and inffneaceia as Mayor. with the as
'sistanceHoff t7e police and the whole
power of the City Government. in back
ing financially and pushing forward
private railroad enterprise, promising
short ride for three cents as against
a splendid street railroad system, wisely
and carefully operated, with a ride of
10 miles for three and half cents ana
double transfers. The people do not
want his system-!sEown as the New
York Tammany organization intro
duced for the purpose of carrying cleo
tions in the interest of officehoiders-
nor his tricky. faker methods Of run
ming the City Government. They, the
people, want 4 man who Will spend
more than 80 days during the year in
the interests of the city Government.
at a salary of 5000 per year. They do
not believe he has done anything for
the welfare of Cleveland.
In regard to EIr. Burton, he is
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MAY6R TOM JOHNSON.

The following letter from a valued
veteran correspondent in Cleveland, O..
gives quite u different view of Mayor
Tom JShnsonIthan that which has been
spread hbroad By the newspapers:
EditSr National Tribune: I am a
constant reader of your valuable pa
per, grsatlyl enjoying the articles writ
ten upon the campaigns. battles, con-
duct of the war and in the description
and makeup of the officers and men
who composed the armies. But in your
issue Of Sept. 10, 1907, there is a state
ment under a political heading which
1 do not like. especially the closing SEN
tepces It reads: Tom Johnson has
made fairly good Mayor of Cleveland
during his three terms of office. and 1t
is not made plain why there should be
such a tremendous onset of Republicans
of National prominence to prevent Mr..
johnson securing a reelection. The
above quotation Is altogether mislead-
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What strikes one as a safe and sane
procedure is a conference of the Gov
era States to agree upon more mod
crate policy toward the railroads The
railroad managers will be fnyited to the
conference, and it is likely that fair
compromise will be agreed upon which
will give the people lower rates of fare
and yet be just TO the railroads. Ala
bama has made a compromise on a two
and three-fourths cent rate, which is an
indication of what the others viii prob
ably do.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

The Department of Agriculture be-
lieves that it is found in Cassava the
best of alcohol-producing plants and a
cheaper source of spirits than the po-
tato of Germany. A ton of Cassava,
which grows abundantly in Florida and
along the Gulf Coast. will produce 35
gallons of alcohol and 10 tons of the
roots can be raised to the acre. At 35
cents to 40 cents a gallon the gross
profit would be from $35 to $40 an acre.
But still this does not seem to us as
cheap a source Of alcohol a. corn grown
in the West.
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DEATH OF PAST COMMANDER Low.
ELL.

Maj. Don G. Lowell dropped dead of
heart disease at Tacoma. Wash, Oct
25. while attending a board meeting at
the First Church of Christian Scientists.
He was Past Commander of the Depart
ment of Washington and Alaska, G. A.
r., and prominent member of the
Loyal Legion. He was born in 1onia,
Mich, and entered the service in 1851
as Corporal of Co A, Sd Mich; was
promoted to Second Lieutenant, 9Th
Mich. Cav; was wounded at Trevillian
Station; promoted to Captain and then
Major, and finally discharged Nov. "a,
1865 After the war he served on the
plains with Custer.
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them all the power they desired to do
what they pleased with the bank and
its money. -'hey then used this money
to buy 81 shares in another bank, which
they put thru the same operation to buy
still third bank, and so on until the
crash came.
To any even medium-sized Napoleon
of finance the process seemed sinSuiarly
easy and certain of success. Owing to
our defective business law the holder OF
81 shares in 100 of stock gets entire
control of the property, and is practi-
caliy free to do with it as he wishes.
Stock certificates in most institutions
are put afloat with entirely TOO little re-
gard to their amount and their relation
to the capital invested. We arc constant
Iy hearing of Institutions which have
been prudently and successfully man
aged By the men who have built them
up, only to lose control Of them at some
important time BY finding the stock
which they have distributed too care
lessIy has been quietly picked up by
some schemer, who, armed with the red
usite 81 per cent, has turned out the
men who have spent their lives in de-
veloping the institution, and proceeded
sometimes to make ducks ard brakes
not only of its money. but of it's caarac-
ter and standing.
1t is the same way in which Hartman
has built himself up to be great rail-
road magnate. By some means or an
other he would get control Of a bare
majority of the stock OF a railroad, and
then take its resources, as in the case
of the Chicago &c Alton. depicting its
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HAVE CONFIDENCE.

1t is egregiously absurd for people
to get into panic because the mob
of New York spectators have over
reached themselves and gone down with
a crash.
Every man of, sense knows that the
country was never more solidly pros
porous. A panic in the midst of this
is as absurd as prarie fire in a wet
season.
The crops are abundant, prices are
good, work and wages abound for every
man, our money is sound, and all that
Is needed is for the people to believe
these things, and to go ahead with rea-
sonable faith and confidence.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

Minnesota has a States Rights case
of her own. 1t Is not unlike that of
North Carolina. Judge Lochren. whom
We all remember as Commissioner of
Pensions, issued an injunction against
the execution of the commodity rates
law passed by the Minnesota Leglsla-
ture, and directed it against Mr.. Young,
the A.torney-General OF the State
Young paid no attention to the restrain
ing order, but went ahead executing the
law, when Lochren had him brought
into court and fined him 800 for con-
tempt of court, committing him to the
custody of the United States Marsha!
A habeas corpus case has been brought
before the Supreme Court of the United
States for the release of Young on the
ground that the matter is virtually q
suit against the State, which is prohib.
Nod bv the Constitution.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31
MEETING OF THE ARMY OF THE
TENNESSEE

The Forthcoming 37th Reunion of the
will be a notable one in many respects
and an epoch in history The Army of
the Tennessee scored it's greatest tri-
umph at Vicksburg, but most of its
members have not seen the place since
they left there, after the surrender in
the Summer of 1863. The people of
Vicksburg have united in an earnestly
pressing invitation to the Society to
hold it's 37th Reunion there. This in
vitation was strongly supported by the
commercial and business organizations
of Vicksburg, and still more so by the
United Confederate Veterans. The date
of the meeting has been fixed for Nov.
and 8. The Society of the Army of the
Tennessee extends a cordial invitation to
all soldiers who served in the army and
to their families and to all Confederate
veterans to visit Vicksburg with them
and participate in their exercises. One
of the features of the occasion will be
an address by Maj Fred d. Grant on
the Vicksburg campaign. on the even
ing of Nov. T. 1t will be remembered
that as boy following his father Gen.
Grant took part in the Vicksburg cam
paign, and received a bullet in his leg
for his boyish curiosity as to whether
those We're really Johnnies out there
and would shoot. Maj. S. H. NJ. Byers
will give an original poem. The Gov
ernOr of MiSSiSSiDpi will welcome the
Society to the State and the Mayor of
Vicksburg to the city. Any further in
formation can be secured by addressing
Col. Cornelius Cadle. Recording Secre-
taru Rox Cincinnati q
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We get some hint of what will be
Forthcoming when travelling will be
largely transferred from the streets and
roads TO the upper air b. the following
advertisement appearing in German
paper: Can anyone favor me with the
names of the balloonists who. when
passing over the village of Ried last
Thursday evening. dropped a bag OF
ballast down my chimney and COM
pletely ruined fruit tart which / was
cooking Julia Schmidt. IA, Britzel-
gasse, Ried."
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

Hearstism is making crablike prog
fess in Massachusetts,. In Boston the
Independence League candidates poll
ed only SO votes, against 11,G00 for the
Republicans and $4,000 for the Demo-
cratic candidates. In the other towns
1t was about the same.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

The late Mohonk Conference made
the question of the retention of the
Philippines the special subject for dis
cussion at its annual meeting last week,
and after extended review of the whole
situation decided almost unanimously
that it was the duty of the Government
to retain possession of the Archipelago.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

James Wardell. OF New York, who
assisted his wife to commit suicide, has
been sentenced to 20 years imprison-
ment for manslaughter. This is the
first instance OF a conviction for the
crime of aiding a suicide. y letter was
produced on the trial showing that
Wardell and his wife had agreed to die
together.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

The question has been raised in New
York whether jurors should be allowed
to take notes. The officers interfered
in recent case, and stopped the jurors
taking notes, and this seems 10 be a
rule of the court, but it is one that has
no basis in good sense
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

The lines of bank presidents seem
running harder and harder. When the
courts are not after them their own
stockholders are likely to be.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

1t is said that the trouble with Por-
tugal is that every family of any stand
ing makes one boy priest and sends
the othcr to Brazil, with the oldest
keeping the homestead. The priest
hood, like all those in the older and
less enlightened parts OF Europe. are
desperately avaricious. and annoy the
people greatly with their greedy cxac-
tions. The son that goes to Brazil, on
the other hand, becomes rich raising
coffee or at some other pursuit and
comes back TO upset the old order OF
things in Portugal with his radical new
world ideas The priesthood want to
keep Portugal going ahead in the same
old dre@ry rut, while the returned Bra
zilians are the new wine put into old
bottles which strains the ancient ieath.
er to bursting.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

The burglar and the sneak thief now
come to the relief of the banks by scar
ing the people into returning their with
drawn deposits. The man who has
little money has Q hard time knowing
when he Is safe.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

When shy-sailing becomes common,
will there have to be brigades of White
Wings to clear away the clouds and
open up the snow drifts7
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

The British warships are now to have
their magazines cooled by refrigerating
machinery, which it IS expected will
greatly increase their safety.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

OF all the ships that have sailed the
seas none have been more picturesque
or more associated with romance than
the gaIicons Of old Spain. The story OF
their early voyages. of the immense
treasures they carried back from the
they endured from predatory adveatur-
ers from all over the world, is told for
the first time in the November Seribner,
is John c. Fitzpatrick's article on THE
Spanish Galleon and Pieces-of- Eight"
The illustrations by Frank Brangwya
include four superb paintings repro
duced il full color.
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The Hague Peace Conference cost
$4,000 600, and its results figure up like
many hankrupt's assets-nothing.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31

Ex-President Cleveland believes that
Speaker Cannon will be the Republican
candidate for President.
The National tribune., 1907-10-31
WASHINGTON

even rhpre hjndins than legislation will
be the adoption of rules in business cir
cies tos'prest.nt the repetition of such
malfeaeance!q
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