Putnam patriot., 1908-08-07
Editorial Scraps.

of getting their cooperation with the National Conservation Commission, which promises to ie an assured sae- cess Several Governors have already appointed -tate cooperative commis- sions, and many others have signiiied their intention Of doing 50. The Com mission will hold its irzt meeting on December i, and in cooperation with the State commissions, will prepare a preliminary report for the President as he desired by January l. Great re- suits are expected 10 grow uui Of their iabors.
 State and National politics just now are occupying most Of public attention as business interests are convaiescing. In national politics the course seems to be running for Taft and against Bfys an. Not alone Republican and inde. pendent newspapers are certain ot the election of Judge Teft, but also most of the ablest Democratic papers of the East, many of whom are not only be liexing hut are helping to eject him.
 The cali for the Republican State convention has been issued. If K to bc held in New Haven sept and 2. There k a struggle going Oil among the candidates. especially for Governor, Lieutenant Governor Lake and ton- eessman Lilley are most prominent, but ihere k some quiet work dt ing among the friends of Governor @0od- ruff to have him elected foT another term To do this successfully il is urged that Major John q 1Alsan will have to withdraw as candidate for fon- Rressman allafge, as no two -tate can. dldnics From the -aHe town should 6e Nominated.
 1.-The most amnzing event ihat hns re cehtiy liaaspifed lftfhe political world k ihe successful blaedless revolution in Turkey. From the mosl despolic of arbitrary governments and the most deApised and hated oi modern rulers. Turkey has been transformed Into q constitutional governments with the declaration of the equality of nil otto mans without distinction IN so race ot religion, and wiih full liberty of speech and press, and the Suhllms Porte who, had to exclude himself from the sight of his subjects, so hated WAS he, Is now their idolized ruler who mingles safely with them In nil public places. He has Jeff h progressive course.
 Leading members = the syrian cot. ony in New York cits were st delight ed with ihe news of the granting of ihe Turkish Constitution that they deter mined to raise funds and present mo dern hattleship te Tufkeyl There are o,ooo Syrians in that city.
 The movement lo restrict the spread of tuberculosis K witnessed in every direction President Mellen has given instructions thnt rule be adopted and enforced against spitting in railroad cars, to show his deep sympathy with the movement
 George rettihone, for years pfomi- pent in the coupeils Of the Western fe. iteration of Miners, and charged, with Mover and Haywood as the instigaior pf the murder of Governor -teunen- berp of Idaho, died in Denver, Mon. day from the effects of an operation for cancer.
 The House of Lords has yielded to Il popular expression ot the people oi Great Britain tn favor ot an old'ase pension, and have consented lo accept The bill for that purpose passed eN the House of Commons alter having fcius. cd to do NJ.
 The internal revenue tax shows that more matted liquors were manufaetuf. ed and sold in this country last year than the year hefote. But there was n sutslantial reduction in the revenue from distilled liquors.
 Performance in ihe digging the Pan. anna canal is really cNtfaortinafN. Al iifsi the tulebra cut was regarded as tue iStl>lNt lask lV liNi'aiS AhN NNitz pletion of the canal Now II is the Gatum dam and its appuflenanoes. If they are finished Saan after the tn- lebfa eul k done il Is now claimed that President Taft ought to steam through the canal on one of our biggest Dread thoughts some time in his first term of office.
 The remarkable progress made in the construction of flying machines Jnsli. fled The expectations of able mechsni- clans that before long they will he em- ployed as regular means ol travel No less than half dozen different inven- tors are giving practical demonstra- sions of machines that can travel close to the ground ar high up; that can go long distances: can hs steered to go In any direction When the first sugges. ton of N boat to be propelled by steam was made, il was regarded with deri. sion. so also was the steam cars or roads--and improvement in each Ina, gone on and il Is impossible 10 conceive what they are se, To accomplish. so o the air ship-now in it's infancy
 The world Is full of natural disasters and the past week an unusual amour has beea reported. Forest fires tak, precedence. The misery brought uroI many thousands ol poor families l., the loss of all their property and man.