Middletown transcript., 1908-12-12

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United States. Can
ment, " or as some call il a odecIars ..
was polite way Of sidestepping The SEN
ate, because the Senate, as past expariienca
mas demonstrated, is rabid on treaties and
very jealous Of its preroeatiye. The say
some OF those fellows in the Senate have
torn to tattsrs treaties between the United
States and Great Britain and other conn
tries, prepared by Secretary Root and his
predecessors has given notice to the
country that the Senate is a treaty nm
making branch of the government. This
declaration" not being ''treaty" will
not go to the Senate and it may be with
certainty assumed that it insures peace
and good understanding for at leest fopr
years during the incumbency of the Presi.
dent'elect and for eight years at least, if
he shall be reelected in 1912.
The declaration is very short and con.
slsts OF live brief articles couched in plain
brief articles may be still further con.
densed as follows:
!. 1t is the wish of the United States
and Japan to live in peace.
2. They accept the status quo with the
policy of the open door.
8. They recognize the meaning of
meum and tuum as applied to the island
of the Pacific.
4. They are for unmutiIated Chinese
territory and the square deal in that
country for all powers.
5. II necessary, they will put their
shoulders together to enforce the afore-
| said.
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1t has been suggested that the President
did not consult Speaker Cannon, Senator
Hale, Senator Penrose or any of those
people in the House or the Senate who are
always carrying knife up their sleeves
for Civil Reform, when he issued the
order placing fifteen thousand fourth. class
postmasters beyond the fear or favor of
their members of Congress, or in other
words, snatched this patronage from the
hands of Congress. The order, it is un-
derstood, is experimental and does not
affect the standing of postmasters east of
the Mississippi and north of the Ohio
Rivers. The movement is 30 contestably
right that is not likely to be changed by
any future administration, certainly not
by the Immediately coming administra-
ton. 1t will not only cut down the pa
tronage of Congress, but it will do much
to improve the quality of legislative SER
vice as we'll as the postal service. 1t is
expected that in few months, the reform
will be extended to other states.
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The recently appointed new Secretary
of the Navy has announced his method
for reforming the bureau system which
naval critics hold responsible for the inef-
fectiveness and cluminess noted by them
in the designing Of warships and tEs de-
fects alleged by them to exist in vessels of
very recent construction. The way in
which the Secretary is expecting to pro-
vide himself with board equivalent to a
general staff or admiralty, is by Depart
ment order creating a general board, of
which the Admiral Of the Navy, the Chief
of the Bureau OF Navigation and the
PRESIDENT of the Naval War College shall
be ex-officio members. This board will
be enlarged by the appointment of ''such
other officers" as the Secretary may des-
ignate. Secretary Newberry will no
doubt appoint board of the aggressive
critics of the Bureau System; also young
and progressive officers of the line. 1t is
proposed to bring the Departmental
Bureaus into close relations with this
board, by designating as members suit
able contingent of staff officers, including
members of the construction board. The
reorganization proposed, it is thought,
will tend to the promotion of unity of
purpose that has been lacking in the ad
ministration of that branch of the service
which has to do with building and equip
ing warships, 1t is well known in naval
circles that Senator Hale, of Maine, who
is the chairman of the Committee on
Naval Affairs in the Senate, is an insur-
mountable obstacle to the improvement
OF the Navy. He has been opposed to
large ships and it is significant that a
large number of the small ships have
been built at shipyards in this state,
where owing to the shallowness of the
water, only small ships can be launched.
His influence is paramount in naval affairs
and has been paralizing to the navy and
very expensive to the country.
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TIE tariff committee has announced
further continuance of its hearings.
There is no telling just what kind of
tariff bill will be presented. much less
what kind OF bill will be passed after it
has been debated and amended, but there
is strong hope among tariff reformers that
there will be large additions to the free
list in the way of raw material, such as
wool. hides, lumber and coal. 1t is well
known that we cannot have the best
WOODEN fabrics made in this country be-
cause the finest feeces of Australia and
South Americago to The looms OF England
and Germany and France, while Ameri-
can manufacturers on account of high
tariff, are obliged to exc out their scanty
supply Of wool with cotton aud shoddy.
An Oyster Worth Money
While opening oysters in his restaurant