New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20
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raded the town -
,oo Russia is confronted by a deficit of $780,
Visional budget for 1907 The raac+ionayies
seem TO be in fun swing again Admiral Riri-
- III, VINO Planned the recent naval reforms, has
peeh forced 10 resign, and Admiral Alexieff
L14Iuer Nlceroy in the Far East, and one of the
S,o causes OF the war with Japan. is again in
! heard somewhere that Senator Ttllman
R nea attacked the President" said the Busy
- only another throw Of the South Carolinian's
nns uaI pltchtork responded the Constant
IedueE Inc President sent a special mes
sage to the Senate in which he declared that
tie eV4uehce against the dismissed Negro SOL
9leTs was conclusive and that there was no
d 59 OF his legal and constitutional power to
CIsInlss them The Presidents position was
eIoquenrly defended by Senator Spooner
senator Foraker still continued his policy of
oIpposllon TO the President, being supported in
SiIls pS the senator from South Carolina Presi
Gent Roosevelt also sent another message urg-
ing legislation to solve the car shortage problem.
he asks that the powers Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission be increased so that # can
see that cars are distributed in places where
they are needed most He also made 1t known
In letter to Chairman FOss of the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs that he believed two
monster battleships Of the Dreadnought type
ought 70 be built. The Ship Subsidy bill, II is
now believed. has good prospect Of passage. It
was reported TO the House It provides for
maximum annual appropriation of S3T50O00 to
aid our Southern and Oriental trade Seven
propositions are provided IN the measure First,
$500 600 for or more lines running monthly
from Atlantic coast ports to Rio Janero. or
100000 for fOrtnightly trips; second, S4Oo000
for monthly trips and SS0O00O for fortnightly
trips from Atlantic coast ports to Argentina;
third, $4,000 for fortnightly trips and $4,000
Mexico 10 Colon: fourth. $500 O0O for monthly
trips and S600000 for fortnightly trips from the
Pacific Coast 20 Panama, Peru and Chill; fifth.
S350.O00 for monthly trips and S7OOO00 for fort
nightly trips from a port on the Pacific coast
north of Cape Mendocino to Japan China and
q Ciyrh m trims
and 100000 for fortnightly trips from port on
the Pacific Coast south Of Cape Mendocino TO
Hawaii Japan China and the Philippines, and,
seventh. 5000 900 for tr-weekly trips from San
Francisco to Hawaii, Samoa and Australasia
For the purpose also Of extending American
trade IN the Orient Secretary Root asked Con-
gress TO appropriate 81 .000O 900 for proper quar-
tiers for American consulates in China Japan
and Corea."
Il suppose Governor Hughes Is still keeping
the politicians guessing at Albany" said the
Busy Man.
mot in regard to some things" was the re-
Spouse. "He made known. to the utter surprise
OF the Senate, appointments Of ex-senator Fred
erick c. Stevens OF Attica, as Superintendent Of
Public Works. He also appointed for State
superintendent OF the Metropolitan Elections
District. William Leary. OF New York; for State
Superintendent OF Banks Charles H. Keep. Of
Buffalo: for tax commissioners, Frank f. Per-
ley, Of New York. and Benjamin Z. Hall. %
New York for Judge Of the City Court Of New
York William Z. Wadhams, OF New York: for
miscellaneous court reporter Charles c. Lester.
Of Saratoga.
Meantime the new State Engineer announced
that he was going 10 shake up his Office In lively
fashion He said he had found about hun
ored contracts on which practically work has
been done The Insurance Department is said
10 be rather qually under the Governors stern
scrutiny. Isaac VanderpoeI. its chief examiner
has resigned, and others TO follow him"
What is all this talk OF bribery among our
Aldermen" asked the Busy Man.
William S Clifford. an Alderman from
Queens County. trapped while alleged TO be
taking a bride OF Sc 900 for delivering the eleven
votes Of the Municipal Ownership or Hearst n
tingent 70 ex-Judge Cowing a candidate for
Recorder. Judge Cowing was wholly innocent
Of the plan. The trap was sprung as the result
Of talk that the Municipal Ownership League
men out for the dough Negotiations were
opened with Clifford and $4,000 handed to
him, whereupon he arrested The alleged
bribe for each Of the eleven $500 with $500
for expenses Following this scandal Senator
Page, at Albany. introduced bill abolishing the
office OF recorder and reorganiZing the Court
OF Sessions. vesting the appointing power in the
Governor"