New-York tribune., 1907-06-02
Wa FOR THE BUSY MAN. I

Among other things he said the government
must have full supervision and control over
railways doing interstate business. Including
fulI publicity for everything which the public
should know; competition by parallel lines should
not be hindered. the government should super-
Wise accounts and capitalization and the ascer-
tanning Of the actual valuation should be se-
cured, He also made plea for the building Of
new lines 70 obtain relief for congested traffic"
Didn't the President hit at Hartman at aIIe"
We'll, he said the country must prevent any
man hereafter from pIundering others by load
ing railway properties with obligations and
pocketing the money. When Mr. Hartman was
asked for his opinion of the Presidents utter
ances. he gave a variation on the phrase not
yet but soon.' by saying not now"
Where else did the President speak?"
He made an address at the semi centenary
OF the Michigan Agricultural College at the state
capital His theme was the value 20 the coun-
try of the rural population. and he pleaded for
making farm life more attractive He touched
on one of his favorite topics in the utterance
that the best crop Is the crop of children. and
that the family relation is the most fundamental
the most important OF all relations He said
that no leader in church OF state in science
or art or industry. however great his achieve-
ment. does work which compares in Importance
with that OF the father and the mother who are
the first of sovereigns and the most divine of
priests"
Il saw the boys in blue marching on Decora-
tion Day as usual"
Yes. the observance OF this annual holiday Is
now a fixed feature. but the number of the vet
Grams in the ranks decreases from year to year
and soon there will be only few survivors. BY
the time half century has passed since there
was the quick response to the call TO arms the
Ol will dp1 hot
bers make the survivors doubly dear. There was
unusual feature of the day in this city by
reason of the fact that II was chosen for unveil-
ing the additional tablets in the Hall OF Fame.
which bring the names OF distinguished Amer
leans there up to fifty. 1t was expected that
when the first selections were made there would
be that number unveiled but various reasons
kept the list down TO thirty-nine. Now the
scope of the scheme has been enlarged and in
addition to the original intention OF honoring
one hundred native American men the plan
embraces the names of fifty more. to take in
women and men of foreign birth, who became
ilustrious In connection with the history of this
land. Some of these names are on the tablets
unveiled this week.
How have matters OF legislation gone for
ward?"
The Legislature put through the Recount bill
as the Governor desired. after a hot debate in
the Senate. In which Governor Mayor and legis-
lators In for some severe scoring. 1t is
up TO Mayor Mcclellan to act on the meas
which will either seat him more firmly in
power for the rest of his term show as his
opponents contend, that he is fraudulently in
office and give his place to his opponent That the
Mayor will disapprove of the bill is foregone
conclusion from the attitude of opposition he
has persistently maintained toward all steps
legally to determine his title TO office II will
be interesting TO see what he sets forth in the
way of argument to bolster up his position.
they appear at the Mayors hearing, in effect
they recognize his right 10 hold a hearing as
the duly elected chief magistrate of the Citv IF
they do not appear they let the matter go bv
default They will probably appear and pour
contumely on the Mayor so far as they are al
lowed
The Mayor took the ground. in disapprov-