The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-01-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Thaw Case Drags On-President At
ter Hartman With Big Suit-Penn-
sylvania Grafters on Trial.


sylvania Grafters on Trial.
THAW CASE DRAGS:--The Thaw
case has gone along without anything
OF great interest happening. Doctors
have been on the witness stand. and
have been engaged in giving Eek
pert" opinions aG to whether Thaw's
peculiar kind Of cussedness is insanity
or not. All the men that Thaw pays
think Il ia. Those that the state
pays think It isn't.
GREAT RAILROAD CASE:-The
President is keeping up his attack on
Il. II. Hartman. whom he has called
an undesirable sitizen" for trying
to control so many railroads without
regard TO the law or the rights OF
either the people or the stockholders
A suit will soon be begun to break
ND the merger OF railroads which
Hartman controls The case viii be
the most important OF the kind since
the famous Northern Securities case
several years ago.
NEEDS OF MISUNDERSTANDING
Taft, In a long report to Congress,
says that we will have to 30 slowly
in giving liberty to the Filipinos. as
they are far from being ready for
self government The President, in
a letter sent with the report, endor-
ses H.
GRAFTERs ON TRIAL;-The ia
nous Pennsylvania Capitol graft
cases began Monday. The men (all
Republicans) who had charge OF the
building Of the great capitol and stole
millions OF dollars. will I've tried 10
see II they have committed an Of
Tense that the law can reach. There
Is no doubt at all that the steal has
been one of the worst ever commit
ted. and II is TO be hoped that some
Of the thieves will be sent TO jail
Politics In the Republican ring in
Pennsylvania has got to be so bad
that the President said once that
the only thing tina could save the
state would be for Il to go Demo-
cratic. and chat he hoped Il would.
BUSINESS BETTER:-The busi-
ness situation continues 10 improve
One measure OF the change is shown
In the discount rates OF the big banks.
That OF the Bank OF France, which
was six per cent during the panic, Is
now three. and the Bank OF England
has come down from seven per cent
to four.
REVOLT IN PoRTUGAL:-A plot
10 overthrow tho King Of Portugal
has been nipped In the bud, and the
Republicans" as the conspirators are
called, have been arrested. Portugal
Is a most unfortunate country, where
the people know little about govern
ment, and under the name of giving
freedom a band OF politicians have
kept themselves in power and looted
the government. The king has been
powerless till recently. when a new
premier got In power. and. using the
army. threw out the other party and
began giving an autocratic. but good.
government The thieves who have
been thrown out are bowling TO get
back in and are saying that the
people are being deprived OF their
liberties. when really II is only tie
the thieves who are being deprived Of
their loot.
BATTLESHIPS ALL RIGHT:--A
few weeks ago a man who had been
a government expert. and was sup
posed to know. came out with long
article In which he said that the bat
tleships for which the government
has paid millions were no good. He
told number OF things which he
said were wrong, but which cannot
be understood except by one whose
business 1t is. Now THE Scientific
American" paper which is known
to be honest, and whose writer's are
among the best posted on earth. has
had an Investigation made. 1t finds
that many OF the things that the man
said are not true-.hat the ships are
good. and are properly built, and that
while there Is always room for i'm
provement. there has been no waste
of money and the ships are as strong
as those of any other nation.
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