The National tribune., 1908-10-01

agreement between this country and
canada the Immigration Service has
inspectors stationed at Vancouver to-
pass on such cases, and these Inspectors
have decided against the admission OF
sohe Hindus. They appealed thru a
lawyer, and the case coming before As
sistant Secretary William r. Wheeler,
he decided they could not be admitted.
In doing so he acted in accordance with
q previous decision in the case of Fay
Eda. decided last July. The circum-
stances were practically the same In
both appeals, and the Fayada case
Deems destined to become historic.
1t is said that the history of the Hin
dus in the Pacific States, where they
have come in fairly large numbers, Is
mot an agreeable one They are physi-
cally unable to endure hard labor, liza
BILE 10 sickness, and their caste preju-
dices seem to- be insurmountable; also,
they find it difficult to learn our Ian
guage. Until reversed by higher judi
eial authority, the fact now stands that
Findus of the laboring classes Will not
be admitted to the United States, but
Rill be deported when they do come.
President Roosevelt has long thought
that the various statistical bureaus OF
the Government should come more
closely in touch with each other. 1t is
known that figures from the various
Departments on exactly the same sub
jects have widely varied at times, and
caused unpleasant comment on the out
side. To harmonic figures and statis-
tics, the President had appointed an
"Inter-Departmenta Statistical Com
mittee,'. to coordinate the entire sta
tistical work of the Government.
The committee is as follows: John
Ball Osborne, Chief of the Bureau of
IA pa1o rtr nj State.
Lawrence o. Murray, Comptroller of
the Currency, Department of the Treas
lry: Maj. John 7. Thompson, assistant,
Ordnance Bureau, Department OF
Mar; n. c. Gauss, private secretary to
the Attorney General. Department of
Justice; E. T. Bushnell, Chief Clerk to
The First Assistant Postmaster-General,
Post Office Department; F. S. Curtis,
Chief Clerk, Department of the Navy:
clarence ]. Blanchard, Statfstician,
Reclamation Service, Department Of
the Interior; Victor II. Olmsted, Statis-
fician and Chief. Bureau of Statistics,
Department of Agriculture; Oscar P.
Austin, Chief of Bureau Of Statistics,
Department of Commerce and Labor.
and Prof. Henry c. Adams. in charge
of statistics and accounts, Interstate
commerce Commission.
Mr.. Murray was designated to act as
Chairman of this committee.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Corteiyou, has received as contribu-
tion to the conscience fund an envelope.
In which was one half of a $500 gold
certificate. OF course, the thing was
not worth the paper it was printed on.
but the joke of 1T is that the sender
didn't care to trust Secretary Cortelyou,
SO informed him in note that he had
sent the other half of the bill to the
Custom House in New York With tr-o
men in the scheme, the contributor TO
the conscience fund felt that his money
would get to the right place In the
unsigned note he said: The product Of
with Yankee caution" The $500 goes
into the Treasury conscience fund.
Here, indeed, is the true word to
those of the colored race who banker
for unlawful flesh pets and unearaed
rights" They were uttered by Ernest
Gather, a negro lecturer here, the 9th
er night, and they ring true-for both
white and black man who desires TO
reap where he has not sown. Gather
spoke of the 40 years march OF prog
gess of the American negro, of the SCH
Gus problems confronting him, and sol
EMMY warned his people not to depend
upon the penal machinery TO restrain
them from swerying from the path of
duty and righteousness.
IF we reduce our criminal record,
we must work upon the unfortunate
and neglected class of our youth. Twcn-
~ thousand of our race are Isolated in
The alleys and housed in novels Inru
which the inspiring rays Of hope never
enter. This should appeal to our men
and women whose station in life is
slightly terraced above the ordinary far
more than the glamour of social affairs
and frivolous amusements. Apply the
toucflstone of the old, simple rule-the
rule that the man who lives to himself
shall die. sym pathy with the unfortun-
ate, mutual helpfulness, public and pri-
Tate honesty. integrity in all relations
and the nobility of labor"
Engineer-in- Chief c. A. McAllister, OF
the Revenue Cutter Service, has re-
ported to Capt. Lewis, the Command.
ant. the result OF the acceptance tria
of the Snohontish, and the results arc
wonderful
The Snohomish Is the only vessel Of
3ts kind in American waters, or, fol
that matter, anywhere in the world
II is TO be sent to Meah Bay, near Van
-couver Island, British Columbia. ant
is the boat which has been hl:ilt as thu
result of the agitation following th'
wreck of the passenger steamer Valen
cia in those waters on Jan. 26, 1906, il
which 1876 lives were lost.
In its acceptance trial, the Snohomisi
developed a maximum speed Of IA
knots and an average speed for fou
and a half hours of 13 65 knots. Th
main engine developed 1,S00-horse
power.
Hon. James T. McCleary, Second As
sistant Postmaster-General, and former
1y a Representative in Congress from
the Second Minnesota District, conclud
ed 20 run for Congress again. and wol
out IN the primaries in his district. Blu
he is no longer Second Assistant Post
master-General, and thereby hangs
tale which has not all got to the publ
yet II seems that Mr.. Paul Ewart, ais
of Minnesota, aspired to get the nomi
nation from the Second Minnesota Con
gressional District. de was in the De
partment of Justice. The President ha
been explicit as to anybody in Govern
ment service doing anything in the po
liticai field. 1t seems that the primarie
were almost on before the Presiden
kney that these two gentlemen wer
so vitaHy interested in politics. an
then there came a peremptory order fo
them to tender their designations, whic
they promptly proceeded to do. NJ
Mccleary was nominated in the pr
maries, and, of course, Mr.. Ewart wa
NOT, as they were running for the sam
Office. Now Mr.. Ewart wants to be tt
appointed in the Department of Justicr
and 1t is said that he will not be, s
that he has really lost two Offices, s
to speak, and one big salary.