The National tribune., 1908-08-27

\ Mrs. George B. Custer, widow of th'
late Gen. Custer. who has been abroad
on an automobile tour on the continent
has returned to her home in New York
She has approved design of an eques
trian statue of the General which is tC
be ercted BY his friends at his old home
in Monroe, Mich.
Considerable interest attaches to {
recent addition to the records of The
first census. reprints of which are being
issued in pamphlet form by the Bureau
/ AS has been stated frequently. the rec
ords for a number of the States were
destroyed when British soldiers set fire
to the United States Capitol during the
l War oe 1912. The returns for the States
of Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky New
Jersey, Tennessee and Virginia are
I missing in the original records. The
Bureau, by comparing the Virginia
enumerations for 1882. 1888, 1884 and
! 1885 has been enabled to make a par
tial enumeration of the Virginia Coun-
| ties.
Not long since an antiquarian wrote
| the Bureau that he had discovered in
Richmond the incomplete pamphlet
records of the municipal building which
contained an enumeration, practically
complete, of the inhabitants of the city
| VI dl the tllilt VI tiit lilSl
! census This list is supposed to have
been made as a basis for taxation. 1t
contains the names of about 1000
householders, their ages and addresses,
the number of members of their fami-
lies and the number of their slaves. II
is consequently a valuable find for the
Bgreau. DIR. Rossiter delegated C. S.
Sloane, q Bureau gepgrapher, to go to
Richmond to examine the documents,
Ia, ef,e-f 10
over the value of the information OBJ
tanned.
The President has set the time limit
for the independence of the Philippine
Islands. At least that is what Senior
Manuel Quesan says. The Senor is a
leader in the Philippine Assembly. He
and his interpreter, Senior Escamillo,
had returned from Sycamore Hill.
where they held a long conference with
the President, and both were overjoyed
by the Presidents attitude and his ex-
pressions OF good will for the Filipinos.
Senior Quesan visited Secretary Taft at
Hot Springs before he went to Saga
more Hill, and it is said to be Judge
Taft who arranged for him to visit the
President. Senior Quesan reports that
the President said:
president Roosevelt assured me that
independent in 20 years. That is thel
best message / could take back to the
Philippines. and 1 rejoice that l am the
bearer of it. -"f tsnis
THE President said he did not believe
the F'ilipinos should have independence
sooner, as before then they would not
have learned enough about free gov
ernment, nor would they be strong orj
wealthy enough to defy outside enc
mics.
MY mission is of the utmost impor-
tanee" said Senior Quesan before hei
started up Sycamore Hill. "The Amer
leans in the islands are progressive and
are developing the resources rapidly. |
but this arouses fear among us that
there will be nothing left for us, and
that American enterprise viii eventual |
iy control the islands. l am the leader
Of the majority in the Assembly at
home, so 1 was delegated to come here
to see President Roosevelt and to carry
hack. if possible. his assurances that all
the concessions would not be taken from
us and that we would not be left out
in the cold"
Senor Quesan said after he came
back:
President Roosevelt is a great man, |
and / was captiyated by him. He as
sured me that he favored giving all |
possible business concessions TO Fill
pinos able 10 carry out improvements. |
He made it plain that America does not
wish to see any condition brought about |
that would give other Nations a chance
to interfere in the affairs of the islands. |
when I asked the President how
soon we could expect an extension of
our present political rights he told me
he was pleased with the work of the |
present Assembly. and that he believed
that if the Assembly next elected should
show the same ability considerable |
extension of power would be allowed.
Everything is peaceful in the islands
now. We find that many Japanese are
settling among us, but they do not
come in such number as to give rise to
any alarm at the present"
Oh. my, the Methodists are after
Speaker Cannon's scalp as 1.-The cham
pion of King Alcohol" Rev. John
w. r. Sumwalt, d. D., Presiding
Elder of the Methodist Episcopal
Church for the Washington District,
had this to say about the matter:
From the reception accorded the
committee of the General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church by
Speaker Cannon, and the discussion he
entered upon at that time, most of US
Methodists have come to look upon the
Speaker as the special pleader for the
liquor interests and the one man whose
influence has been successfully used to
thwart the will of the majority of the
people. which, we believe. Is that the
States should be protected by the Ma
tional Government in efforts to settle
moral issues according to their desires.
1--WE are somewhat of the opinion
also that the reception accorded the
committee was not such as the charac-
ter of the men who composed it. and
the Church it represented deserved"
1t was plain to be seen that the Pre-
siding Elder was not as harsh in his
language as he could have been under
the circumstances, but was forcing him.
self to be mild.
Capt. Guilford Pendleton, owner of
the schooner Menaway, which July %
was in collision in Long Island Sound
with the Presidents yacht Mayhower,
says President Roosevelt, who was
aboard the Mayfiower, promised to pay
for the damage to the Menaway if the
Government did not.
Capt. Pendleton said:
my loss in the schooner was $10,O00I
wita no insurance. President Roose-
welt admitted to the commander of the
schooner that the yacht was in fault,
and said that If the Government did
not pay in full he would.
We shall demand payment and
make no move until We learn their po-
siton The yacht was seen by the
schooner Captain half an hour before
the collision. Our recompense will
probably come in special appropriation
by Congress, but that is slow. Presi-