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The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
NO RAISE FOR SECRETARIES
Department Assistants May Not Get
Proposed Increase.
House Forced 90 Cut Provisions from
sentative MHcon's Kick.

The entire session OF the House yester-
day was spent in considering in Com.
mlttee Of the Whole the bill making ap-
propTiations for the legislative. executive
and judicial departments Of the govern
ment The feature Of the proceedings
was the successful effort Of Represent
ative Macon, Of Arkansas, in having
stricken from the measure the provisions
for increases in the salaries Of various
officials Of the executive departments and
Of the Senate and House.
Included in these increases as provided
IN The bin were the assistant secretaries
Of the executive departments. The bill
Increases TO $500 the salaries Of those
assistent secretaries Vho are called upon
to act at the head Of their respective de-
partments in the absence OF their chiefs,
and provides $500 a year for other as
sistants.
When the provision to increase the sal
airy OF the Assistant Secretary Of State
was reached, Representative Dalzell said
that II increases were TO be made. he
would favor increasing the salary Of the
Solicitor General. who is now paid s7.500
an amount. he declared. a country lawyer
could earn. while the present incumbent,
Mr. Hoyt, had been engaged IN prosecut-
ing most of the trust-busting cases.
Members OF the committee explained
that the reason for the increases in the
salaries Of assistants was due 10 the fact
that at its last session Congress put the
salaries Of Cabinet officers up 10 Sl2.00a
and the amount now paid assistants was
out Of proportion 70 that increase.
Representative Macon insisted upon his
objection, and under the rule OF the
House, which forbids new legislation or
appropriation bills, each increase as II
was reached was stricken from the meas
ure.
Many members sought, 10 induce the
Arkansas member 20 withdraw his point
Of order. but he refused 10 yield. Since
the increases were made last year. Mr.
Macon said. the country had suffered
from a panic, and the presen; was not
the right time to raise salaries. Con
sideration OF the bin will be continued To-
day
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
AGAINST BoND-sECURED NOTES.


that Is toward Imitation
should the mOney-ending
rs The business Of IA bank.
hold Its hand
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all
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bOndsecured circulation
hasnO doubt, at one
TO subs
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The bonds of the be
prices
circu atIOn," SENATOR
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
FINANCIAL HEARING CLOSED
House Banking Committee to Begin
Currency Bill Monday.
Neither Aldrich. Fowler, or Williams
Measures Entirely Acceptable to
some Members.

The House Committee on Banking
and Currency in executive session yes
terday morning agreed TO close hear
inss on the pending financial bills and
10 begin on Monday next the prepara-
tion of a measure TO report to the
House. In view of the fact that the
committee was the first 10 be appointed,
and has as yet done pothing tangible,
the sentiment was expressed that no
further time should be lost. but that a
measure should be agreed upon without
waiting for the AldTich bill to come
from the Senate.
Tt was also decided 20 eliminate from
consideration the two currency COM
mission bills and to proceed without
the advice of commission to map out
a plan Of legislation to remedy existing
financial evils.
Although the committee has had the
Fowler bill before ii for more than a
month, and has been most liberal in its
invitations to bankers and others 70
appear and present arguments for or
against it--or. in fact. on any scheme
of financial legislation-very little has
been offered in the way Of suggestion.
Secretary Cortelyou has never given
the committee the benefit Of any of his
advice and the only representative of
the American Bankers Association who
has appeared was ex-President Hamil-
ton, of Illinois, who vigorously opposed
both the AldTich and Fowler bills and
advocated the measure introduced by
Representative Mckinney, which IS
along the line of the plan proposed by
the currency commission Of the Bank
ers' Association.
Chairman Fowler is absent from Wash
ingtun and is not expected to return for
ten days There is some feeling among
the members OF the committee that he
ought to be here, assisting in the shaping
OF q BILL rather than travelling about the
country seeking to impress his views
upon people whc are not legislators.
Notwithstanding his absence the com
mittee viii proceed with the work OF
framing a bin. Just what sort OF a meas
ure will be evolved from It is impossible
to say at this time, as not even members
themselves are certain by any means
what they are going TO do
In consideration OF the matter, how
ever. the Fowler bill viii be used as a
bSAHl1s A4' Abf tApAANoAA AhiNAAANNAo NA AA-N
committee are by no means agreed upon
Mr. Fowler's bill, but there is a feeling
that some sort Of a measure should be
reported to the House before the Senate
sends over the Aldrich bill
The Democrats of the committee. al
though they are not unanimous In favor
Of the Williams substitute In all Of its
features, are expected 10 stand by it when
the vote is taken. and doubtless will
present a minority report.
The situation In the committee leaves
the House in more OF less Of a chaotic
condition. with respect to financial legis-
lation, and well-informed members con-
fidently express the opinion that the ses-
sion will adjourn without the House en-
acting any measure Of relief.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
SHERMAN ACTS WITH EASE.
New York Representative Makes
First Reports from Committee.

Representative Sherman yesterday made
his first report as a member OF the House
Committee on Rules, TO which he succeed
ed on the retirement Of Gen. Grosvenor,
Of Ohio. 1t was a recommendation that
the resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Bartlett. relating TO the proposed
national parks in the Southern Appa-
lachian and White Mountains be passed.
The resolution directs the Committee on
Judiciary to report fully at an early date
they views as to the power of the Fed
eral government by legislation to acquire
the lands required, and to ap-
propriate money therefor and also
what power and authority the Federal
government has by legislation to acquire
for the purpose Of forest reserve lands
within a State wherein the government
OF the United States has no public do
main. and to make appropriation there
for
The resolution was agreed 70. Accord
ing TO a statement by Mr. Sherman no
further action will be taken on the sew
eral bills on the subject referred to by
the Committee on Agriculture until after
the report of the Committee on Judiciary
has been received.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
ROOSEVELT NOT A DEMOCRAT
Nor Are His Policies Democratic.
Says Charles A. Towne.
Tariff Issue the Great One, and
Doctrines still Its own.

Charles a. Towne, Of New York, former
former Tammany Representative, stopped
over in Washington yesterday on his way
10 Alexandria. Va, to deliver himself of
certain sentiments.
Il dissent, with emphasis" said Mr.
TOwne, from the present tendency OF
many Democratic leaders to represent the
President as a typical Democrat, and the
disposition TO commit our party to the
programme OF a continuation Of Roose-
veltism.
1T is, in my opinion, not only wrong IN
principle. but unwise as policy. II IS
both bad patriotism and poor tactics. It
surrenders the advantage Of party ini-
tiative, ana abdicates the historic, char
acteristic. and beneficent doctrine of the
organization.
1T obscures the great issue Of tariff
revision. and seems to involve US in end
less commitment to eX,Tavagant expend-
itUre and the indefinite multiplication Of
the functions Of government.
THE Democratic party does net owe to
Theodore Roosevelt it's doctrine Of the
greatest good to the greatest number. and
u Arill 80 va NAetAai AipiltiiH tiiE NtlLdEt
the many as against the interest Of the
few without reiinquishing its great prin-
ciples Of home rule, local government
the preservation of the autonomy of the
States, and the restoration and mainte-
nance Of the balance among the co-ordi-
nate branches of the national government
mot only is there danger that we may
be guilty of abandoning the fundamental
conceptions Of American constitutional
ism, but I believe ii to be poor party
policy to threaten the country with four
years more Of unrest. uncertainty, and
capricious experimentation.
The body polite must, like the ply
sical body. find some repose after pro-
longed period of strenuous exertion and
nervous excitement"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
AFTER 4 HARTMAN ROAD
Senate Committee Orders Southern
Pacific Brought to Book.
Must Comply with Conditions OF
Land Grant or Forfeit the
Land II Secure0,

The Senate Committee on judiciary
yesterday decided to start proceedings 10
compel the Southern Pacific Railroad
either to disgorge the vast grants of pub
lie lands held by it as the result Of the
grants OF Congress. or perform the con-
ditOns imposed by the statute making the
grants.
The subcommittee which has had the
matter in charge had before il yesterday
Assistant Attorney General Purdy. spe-
cial Assistant Attorney Townshend, OF
South Dakota, who appeared for the gov
ernment, and x-Representative Lewis Z.
Payson, of Illinois, who appeared for the
Southern Pacific
The case came Up on a resolution intro
duced a few days ago by Senator Tillman,
which directed the Attorney General TO
proceed in the courts 10 compel the road
either 10 perform its obligations under the
statute making the grant or forfeit the
lands
The grants were made TO the Oregon
and California a branch Of the Southern
Pacific. The conditions Of the grant were
that the railroad should sell the lands 10
actual settlers at prices not exceeding
S2.50 an acre, and in lots not exceeding
80 acres 10 each purchaser. When the
matter was under consideration in the
Senate Mr. Fulton. OF Oregon. told how
he had tried in vain by correspondence
TO get the Southern Pacific officers to
comply with the law, and they had re-
fused.
II was decided yesterday. in view Of the
fact that the Attorney General had col
lected considerable evidence IN the mat
ter. that the Attorney General should be
instructed 10 continue his Investigations
along the line on which he had been pro
ceeding, and be authorized in his discre-
ton to bring suits TO compel performance
or work forfeiture.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15

This is a simple home recipe now being
made known in all the larger cities
through the newspapers. It is intended
to check the many cases Of rheumatism,
kidney and bladder trouble which have
made so many cripples and invalids and
weaklings of some of our brightest and
strongest people.
The druggists here have been notified
TO supply themselves with the ingredients
and the sufferer will have no trouble 20
obtain them. The prescription is as fol-
lows: Fluid Extract Dandelion. one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon. one ounce.
and Compound Syrup Of sarsaparlla,
three ounces. Mix by shaking well in
bottle. The dose is one teaspoonful
after each meal and at bedtime.
Recent experiments, even in severe hos
pital cases, prove this simple mixture the
remedy for Rheumatism. because Of its
positive action upon the eliminative It's
sues Of the kidneys. II compels these
most vital organs TO filter from the blood
and system the waste impurities and uric
acid which are the cause Of Rheumatism.
It cleanses the kidneys. strengthens them
and removes quickly such symptoms as
backaehe. blood disorders, bladder weak
ness, frequent urination, painful, scald-
ing. and discOlOTed urine. 1t acts as d
powerful stimulant to the entire kidney
and bladder structure. puts new life into
them, and invigorates the entire tract
All the ingredients. states a well-knoWn
local druggist, are OF vegetable extraC-
ton, making It a safe and harmless pre-
scription at any time.
Those who suffer and are accustomed
10 purchase a bottle Of patent medicine
should not let a little inconvenience in
terfere with making this up.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
RAISE FOR ENLISTED MEN.
sOuse Committee Has scheme fol
army Pay Increase,

AtsMs ray increase
Enlisted men O. -'n regular army will
te granted increases in pay proportiorate
o their grades Of service. II the provision
Fhich the subcommittee of the House
committee on Military Affairs has
tamed, is carried through Congress.
These Increases. which will range IN
amount from about % per cent to about
b per cent are based on the present
rates of pay. N0ncommissioned officers
viii be affected as Wen as privates.
No increase. it is understood. will be
asked by the House committee IN the paw
of officers of the army, although Il is
possible. however. that the Senate will
consider such increase when the bin
saehes that portion Of the Capitol.
Various estimates. ranging from 5000
30 20 double that amount, have been
made as to the total Increase in army nav
expenditures. IL the new provision be-
s0mes effective.
IL IS not expected that the increase for
enlisted men will be contested TO any
sreat extent n the floor.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
WANT NEW ENGRAVING PLANT
Secretary COrteIyOu Asks Three
Million Dollars for 1t.


More than 100000 Is the amount which
Secretary Cortelyou deems necessary for
the construction of new buildings for the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, to
supplant the one now in use.
In his recommendation to Congress, for
warded from the Treasury yesterday, the
Secretary calls attention to the urgency
Of the need for erecting other buildings
He says that conditions in the building
now used are practically intolerable, and
that there Is a continual and entirely de-
plorable overcrowding.
It is probable that not merely one build
Ing. but a group will be erected, If the
Seeretary's plan is carried out by Con-.
gress as it is believed improbable that
one building Of a suitable nature can be
erected.
The total amount asked Of Congress is
$s.O75,O00.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
GIVE G0MPERs AN HOUR.
House Committee TO Hear LaboI
Leader on Anti-injunctiOn Bill.

One hour against eternity is the way
the labor leaders size up the division Of
time which the House Committee on the
Judiciary has made for hearing argu-
ments for and against the anti-injunctiOn
bills. The committee agreed yesterday
to hear Samuel Gompers for one hour on
February "A in support of the proposition,
and thereafter will listen TO arguments
of opponents OF such legislation.
The claim Is made That the committee
is antagonistic TO the anti-injunction bills.
and that the opposition viii be able 10
delay action and talk them TO death.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
Frame Elevator Bill.

The Commissioners yesterday sent a
report to Congress recommending un-
favorable action on a bill proposing 10
regulate elevators and elevator landings.
The Commissioners stated that they will
presently draft a bill. requiring elevator
operators TO be licensed, which will, they
believe, meet all the purposes for which
the Objectionable bill was framed
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
HOUSE.

bin authorizing the repayment Of money adj
yaneed on land entries which for any other rea-
son than fraud have not been completed vas
passed.
The House in Committee Of the Whole pro
ceeded to the further consideration Of the legis-
lstiFe. executive and judicial appropriation bill
The bill was taken up under the fye-minuie rule
as reported by the Committee on Appropriations
for amendment
At p. m. the committee arose, and at sos
the House adjourned until to-day at nooa.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
Bomb Was Set for Kfne Carlos.

Lisbon. Feb 14.-It has been learned
that a bomb was found under the landing
stage where King Carlos landed on the
day OF the assassination. 1t had failed
to explode because Of defect in the fuse.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.


Senators Clay and Lodge made the principal
addresses during the debate on the Aldrioh bill,
both indicati opposition to the bin.
Senator Gailinger and Senator Carter reported
several bills from the District Committee. IL
cluding that proposing 10 reform the fee system
in the Probate Court
A 2.S0 p. m. the Senate adjourned until noon
on Monday next
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
Where snIdiers Nrnr Lie.

Representative HUI, of Iowa, yesterday
introduced a bill directing the Secretary
of War to accord TO the enlisted men of
the army. navy. or Marine Corps. who
fought in the civil war. the right to De
buried in national cemeteries.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful II Is
In Preserving Health and Beauty.
Cost Nothing to Try.

Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
IS the safest and most efficient disinfect-
ant and purifier in nature, but few realize
its. value when taken into the human svs-
TEN for the same cleansing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more YOU
take of II the better: II is not a drug az
all, but simply absOrbs the gases and i'm
purities always present in the stomach
and intestines and carries them out of the
system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking. drinking. or after eating onions
and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and improves
the complexion. il whtens the teeth. and
further acts as natural and eminently
safe cathartic,
Il absoTbes the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; il dis
infects the mouth and throat from the
poison of catarTh.
Ali druggists sell charcoal n one form
or another, but probably the best char
coal and the most for the money is in
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges. they are
composed of the finest powdered Wiuoyy
charcoal and other harmless antiseptics
in tablet form, or rather in the form OF
large pleasant tasting lozenges, the char
coal being mixed with honey.
The daily use of these IoZenges viii
soon tell in a much improved condition OF
the general health, better complexion
sweeter breath, and purer blood, and The
beauty Of IL is that no possible harm car
result from their continued use, but ON
the contrary, great benefit
A Buffalo physician. in speaking Of the
benefits Of charcoal, says II advise
Stuart's Charcoal LoZenges TO all patients
suffering from gas In the stomach and
bowels, and to clear the complexion and
purify the breath, mouth. and thFoat: I
also believe the liver is greatly benefited
by the daily use OF them: they cost bul
twenty-five cents a box at drug stores.
and although in some sense a patent
preparation, yet I believe I get more and
better charcoal in Stuart's Charcoal I.oz-
coal tablets" -
Send your name and ~ - k-f0r
a free trial package an
F. A. Stuart CO.. 200
shall, Mich.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
WouId Restore Motto.

Representative Foster, OF Illinois, yes
terday introduced a bill to restore the
motto In God We Trust" 20 the coins
Of the United States
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
STORIES OF SADNESS
Told by Representatives Who
Want Perquisites Cut.
POINT OF ORDER WINS OUT

Members Who Desire Clerks Paid
Directly and who Seek Mileage
Cat 60 Eight Cents Face a Sorry
Fate-NObody Seems TO Know what
COngressmen Do spend.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
BILL is NOT POPULAR
Both Sides of the Senate Dis
like Aldrich Plan.
MR.. CLAY SPEAKS AGAINST IT

Declares for Government Money
and Opposes Increasing Power of
Bnnks-L0dge Finds Fault, but
VIII Vote for 1t as Best Makeshift
Measure-Road for Bill Not smoOtla.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
WORTH SAVING
Tells How to Prepare Simple
Remedy Yourself.
DRUGGISTS ARE KEPT BUSY

May Mean Much Less Sickness Here
When KnOwn-ReeOmmen Very
Highly in kidney and Bladder
Trouble and Rheumatism, 30 DIFF
ference How Severe or Chronic
the Case May Be.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
FAVOR DISTRICTBILLS
Senate Committee Reports
Several for Passage.
PROBATE FEE MEASURE ONE

Proposal to Eauali1e Changes In
Registry ONCE Is ADprOyed-Bill TO
Provide Home for Infirm Negroes
Is Retected-Senator Daniels Bill
Tor Avenue AIOng the River.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-09-10
The Bryant & Co. Failure.

The Bryant Co., lumber manufacture
ers of this town and also operators of a
saw mill at Winnecook, are financially
embarrassed and a petition into bank
ruptcy will soon be filed.
Within the last 80 days, at the sugges-
ton of some of the creditors and en-
dorsers OF the company'S paper, an
auditing of the books was had which
revealed the fact that $4,000 had been
lost during seven months, the time
since the new company has had charge
of the business.
The assets are unincumbered, mort
gage of 5000 on one piece OF property
being all that was discovered. The
auditors report based upon inventories
showed $4,000 worth of assets and
only $50, 900 worth of Indebtedness, but
with an allowance for Over-eStlmatlng
and shrinkage in the disposal of the
property and with the constant loss OF
running the different mills, made 1T
necessary for the corporation to do
something for the benefit OF its credl-
tors and bankruptcy proceedings seem
to be the only means to do this.
The conditions of the lumber manu-
featuring market is largely responsible
for the failure of this concern in which
number of young men of this place
were interested. -Pittsfeld Advertiser.
Millions of bottles of Foley's Honey and
Tar have been sold without any person
ever having experienced any other than
beneficial results from its use for coughs,
colds and lung trouble. This is because the
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in the yell
low package contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs. Guard your health by re-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-09-10
Democratic Mud-Slinging.

The Maine campaign is getting to be
a bit intense and personal although the
element of personalities ought to be
banished from State elections and the
preliminary canvass. - Bangor Com
mercial.
This is the sentiment of thousands of
Democrats who have been made a
party to the villifcation of others by
the editor of the Waterville Sentinel.
His campaign for six months has beem
an outrage on decency. Men OF all
parties resent it. The democracy in
Androscoggin is beginning to apologize
for it. The Republicans are aroused
by it.-Lewiston Journal.
The great body of the Maine Demo-
Gratis have no use for nor sympathy
with the campaign of personal abuse.
They will not be content with apollo
giving for it, many of them will rebuke
It by voting against their own party
rather than seem to be co on, the tn.
cial. a Democratic paper, deprecates.-
Portland Express.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-09-10

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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-09-10

has vacated the Pacific. Not single
battleship belonging to European
Power is to be found in any corner os
that great ocean, while America hat
three great squadrons there. The mas
tery Of the Pacific was Britain's only
twenty years ago. The rise of Japan
on the one hand and the naval renais-
sance of the United States on the other
has profoundly changed conditions and
revolutionized Australia's attitude to-
wards problems for national defence.
The Daily Telegraph finds Australians
ambition to have its own navy is but
natural one, but it thinks the American
demonstration will show her how many
millions the realization of such cream
will require and convince her that her
naval interests can best be secured by
contributions to the British navy.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-09-10
half Century in Public Lite.

Forty-three years of devoted service
in the lower and upper house of Con
gress is distinction that belongs only
to one man. 1t was only the second
day of last March that sat with Sena,
tor Allison in his room at the Capitol
on his seventy ninth birthday. With a
merry twinkle in his eye, he sad:
"Forty-five years ago tomorrow | took
my seat in Congress with James y.
Blaine and James A. Garfield. We
were all about thirty-four years OF age,
and you may believe that l had no idea
that my companions of that day would
so soon achieve distinction. National
Magazine.