The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-07-03
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)


confidential stO ographer TO President
Cleveland. He said: Il know OF no
man in our history more unflinching in
the performance of what he believed
TO be his duty. No man realized more
fully the ideal OF an incorruptible pub
lie servant. His example has been
most wholesome in these years OF so
cial economic unrest. and the influ-
ence of his calm. reasonable and hope
ful spirit has made FOR a better under
standing of the needs and responsible
tiles Of our citizenship"
Convicted Of Land Frauds-Verdicts
of guilty as against Frederick A. Hyde
and Joost II. Schneider and not guilty
as against John A. Benson and Henry
p. Dimond were returned last week by
a jury in the criminal court in the
trial of the four men, all westerners,
one of them, Benson, a millionaire real
estate operator, for alleged conspiracy
TO defraud the government of valuable
lands in the far West. The jury had
been out almost 10 hours. Benson
and Dimond were acquitted on all of
the AZ counts in the indictment and
were released. Hyde and Schneider
were convicted on all but 10 Of the
counts. Sentence in the case OF Hyde
and Schneider was deferred The max
imum penalty for the offence on which
they are held by the jury is imprison'
ment of two years of $4,000 fine, or
both.
Mr.. Sherman's Nickname.-"Short
Weight jim" is a nickname that was
given Congress imam James S. Sher-
man, the Republican noNinee for vice
president, during a memorable debate
in congress on the pure food law OF
1906. Mr.. Sherman himself is a vege-
table Gamer, and it is due to his eff
forts that the pure food law is on the
statute books without a provision OF
requiring the quantity Of the contents
of all cans or packages TO be plainly
printed on the label. AS originally re-
ported the bill contained a provision
to that effect. II was shown by Cong
gressman Mann of Illinois. the famous
pure food expert, that the Gamers de-
liberately have their packages made
small so as to deceive the consumers
by having the cans, bottles, etc, look
as if they were of standard size, while
really they were all short weight. Mr..
Sherman offered an amendment TO
one proposed by Mann, providing that
when the Gamer chose TO state the
quantity of the contents of a package
~
at all. He spoke long and enarnestly
on the subject and thus gained the
name Short Weight Jim" among some
of his critics.
DisIikes to DispIace His chum.-
Charlie Taft, the youngest son Of Sec
retary Taft. is sorry he will have to
which he expects to do after March 4,
because in doing so he will displace
Quentin Roosevelt. Quentin and Char
lie are inseparable. They play dia-
bolo together, go roller skating, bicy.
Gle riding, paint their fares and play
Iadian, and indulge in other boyish
games. Although both boys are Vg-
.orous and robust specimens Of Amer
ican youth, with decided vie VI they
never quarrel and get along on the
best of terms One Of Charles
friends was chatting him about not
caring for his present home. and stat
ed that he heard young Taft was pre-
pairing to move. II do like my home,
replied Charlie, "and I am not going
to make a change" yes, you are"
replied his friend. "You will make
your home in the White House"
That's So said Charlie. Pop will
win and we will occupy the White
House, But I am awfully sorry for
Quentin. I am stuck on him and do not
want him to leave his present home
and take his place there. But he
.caa visit me often and we will have
Jolly times together"
A Sober Second Thought for Castro
The American government Is not
looking for any further trouble in
Venezuela and the recall OF Jacob
Sleeper. charge d'affaires, and Lieut..
Rhggles OF the legation at Caracas ap-
parently ends the diplomatic incident,
except so far as Pres. Castro may add
to the complication by some official
act. Almost a dozen consular officers
and agents of the American govern
ment are stationed in the several
Venezuelan cities. and IL is under
stood there is no intention on the part
OF the government 10 remove them,
as they are attending TO the interests
OF American citizens and their ABB
sence would be undesirable. These
agents have no diplomatic functions.
but II there should be sufficient reason
the state department would not hesi-
tate 10 direct them 10 surrender their
exequaturs and request officers for
some other government 20 look after
the interests OF the United States. on
oia1o hara ara watching with interest