Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
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jackson Day at Chicago was a far
different affair from that of the New
York gathering. There the BANQUET Civ.
en- by the Jefferson Club was the scene
of Bryan love feast, in which 600 Dem.
ocrats cheered riotously the words of the
Nebraskan.
Viscount Aoki, the retiring Japanese
ambassador, in an interview at San Fran.
cisco, declared in positive terms that
there could be no such thing at present
as war between this country and Japan,
He said the questions at issue were not
such as would cause war and that all
the high officials of Japan were convinced
of the good faith and friendship of this
country.
The Ohio Republican State Contra,
Committee at its recent meeting decided
to give the members of the party an on
portunity to express by direct vote their
choice for a presidential candidate on
March IL, when delegates to the Republi.
can State convention will be selected
Senator Foraker has issued a statement
declaring that he will not abide by thi,
action of the committee.
The first open declaration of the con
servative Democrats of the East who ar,
known to be unfriendly to the candidacy
OF William J. Bryan took shape at the
Jackson Day dinner of the National
Democratic Club at New York. FIX.
President Cleveland sent a letter of re-
greet, in which, after expressing his in.
terest in the success of the party, he
said: Our country needs conservatism,
recuperation from nervous prOstration, re-
instatement of constitutional observance,
buOyant, but none the less safe and pru-
dent, Americanism scrupulous care of
every person and every interest entitled
to care, and square deal" that means
exact and honest equality before the law
and under constitutional guarantee"
After his return home from Washing
on Mayor Dahlman of Omaha gave to the
press a corrected statement of his much
discussed interview with President Roose
welt. According to this the President
said: '"Tell the boys out West that this
financial panic is being placed on nv
shoulders by reason of the position l
have taken. If this is true, 1t shows that
we are on a rotten foundation, and it only
came a few months sooner than 1t would
have done otherwise, and it shows we
needed housekeeping. You can fell
hem also that don't care what ex-judges
or judges or ex-Governors or Governors
say about It," Mayor Dahlman saws that
az this was spoken in the presence of
eight or ten other persons as a message
to the West, he felt free to give it out.
Secretary Taft, who will soon begin the
preparation of an extended report on his
observations in the Philippines, in n re-
cent interview expressed himself as highly
pleased with the progress already made
in the islands. Peace, he says, prevails
throughout the Philippines to a greater
extent than ever before in their history
and agriculture is proceeding without fear
from predatory bands. He finds the no.
tives receptive to education and tn mod
ern western conceptions of religion and
politics, and says there is no difference |
between the educated and the ipnoront
Filipino that cannot be overcome nv a.
education of one generation. The Sac-o.
tary thinks the people should not ba IN
trusted with self-government until tbnir
primary and Industrial education Is con,
plete, and this may require more thar
generation owing to lack of finn l., o..
educational purposes.