The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-12-06

Hon. =. N. fowier as it did, the
government interest bearing debt when
there was already $240,O00,000 in the
treasury. Furthermore, he said, he
was not aware Of any statute by which
these certificates could be construed to
be a lawful basis for bank note circula-
ton.
Official Third Termers Rebuked.
In a letter sent to the heads of the
various governmental departments
President Roosevelt has made known
his unwillingness to have his candi-
dacy forced upon the next presidential
convention through the political activ-
This letter, the substance of which has
been made public, states that it has
been called to the presidents attention
that certain officeholders in each of the
departments have been proposing to
obtain election as delegates to the ma
tional convention with the intention Of
advocating his denomination or his in
dorsement by state conventions. This.
he says, must not be. He directs the
heads of departments to notify such
ofiiceholders as may be necessary that
their acceptance of election as dele
gates instructed for this purpose or adj
vOcating such denomination will be
considered serious violation of Off
cial propriety and dealt with accord
ingly.
Bryan's Cal! at White House.
During his recent visit to Washing
ton to attend q Democratic banquet w.
j. Bryan took occasion to call on Pres
ident Roosevelt for friendly talk, in
the course of which he urged his plan
for the government guarantee of indi-
vidual deposits in national banks. The
president listened with interest to Mr..
Bryan's Views and asked many ques-
tons, although it is understood that he
did not commit himself to any special
line of action.
Chance Apportions Patronage.
The two United States senators from
South Dakota having come to dead
lock as to the nominations for federal
officers in that state, President Roose-
welt when the two senators were to-
gether in his Office recently solved the
difficulty by having them draw cuts"
pieces of paper, and when these were
exhausted he resorted to the common
practice Of Tipping coin. The result
was that the choice of nominations
was apportioned almost equally be-
tween the two men, and the presidents
embarrassment was much relieved, al
though there may be struggle when
the nominations come up in the senate
for ratification.
Justice AssaiIs Constitution.
Justice Walter Clark Of the North
Carolina supreme court in his New
York address tried TO show how the
federal constitution was devised to
suppress the will Of the people rather
than to express II and urged the call.
ing of n convention of the whole peo-
pie to revise 1t In accordance with
present need and genuine democracy.
He especially attacked the supreme
court for presuming to amend the con-
stitution and to nullify the acts of
congress, saying, "More complete do
NAL of popular control of this govern
ment could not have been conceived
than the placing of such unreviewable
power In tie lands of men not elected
by the people and holding office for
life" He said that we retain only the
form of democratic government
Federation to Fight Taft.
One Of the last acts Of the American
Federation Of Labor convention at Nor
folk was to adopt resolution ex-
pressing the conviction that great
political party could not more wan
tonly affront and outrage the organized
toilefs OF the country than by nominal