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The Seattle Republican., 1909-09-24

Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota is dead, which
likewise that the hopes of majority of the mem
bank of Nebraska but said above his death leaves the
died at the same time He the only that had
any opportunity to beat Billy Bryan for the next Demo-
cratic nomination for president of the United States
johnson was the that could have and verify
would have called the turn the distinguished monte
back of Nebraska but said above his death leaves the
way absolutely clear for him to again lead the Democratic
party to ignominous defeat. Gov. johnson man
The Seattle Republican., 1909-09-24

- The above is brother of former Senator John L.
Wilson, who is at present chief stochoder OF the Seattle
PostInteligencer and who is being prominently spoken
of in connection with the next United States senaorshp
from the state Of Washington. With President Taft
Wilson stands very high and the president has handed
him good manv plums since he has been in the presi
DENTAL chair chief among which the promotion OF his
brother the appointment of Walter Clarke as governor
of Alaska the appointment of A. P. Sawyer who for
number of years was Senator Wilson's private secretary
and hundred and other courteses OF similar but
smaller nature Before Mr. Taft nominated for pres
ident will be remembered that he visited Seattle and
while in the city Mr. and Mrs William Howard Taft
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Il. Wilson, President
Taft is soon to in Seattle and while he will not be
ertaned he previously at the Wilson home yet
he is to have short time with Senator Wilson in order
to 90 over the situation in this section OF the country
The Seattle Republican., 1909-09-24

Wilson in Okanogan. That there is general move
all the state to support former United States Sena
tor John L. Wilson for senator to succeed Senator Piles
may be from the following and similar excerpts that
have appeared the press of the state from time to time
for the past month:
''The Senatorial Boom launched not by himself, but
by his friends for Hon John L. Wilson, is meeting with
great enthusiasm OkanOgan county strongly IN favor
Of Mr. Wilson, as a who does things and man who
has done more for Okanogan county than anyone who
has been fortunate enough to sit in the United States
senate. ''-Okanogan Record
The Seattle Republican., 1909-09-24
THE PASSING THRONG

that the newspaper of the senator's home county do
not think he has made good.
The Seattle Republican., 1909-09-24

R. R. Hargrove, president Of the Conconuly Copper
Company with headquarters at COnconuly, Okanogan
county, writes as follows the senatorial situation
far Okanogan county is concerned:
Conconully Wash. Sept 18TH 1909
Mr.. L. H. Gray,
Seattle, Wash.
Dear Sir: Yours of the 18th ut at hand and con-
tents noted I say am glad you have taken steps
to have Mr. Wilson again for senator. believe he
made Of the best representatives in and in
the senate the territory the state had
Mr. Wilson has many friends in Okanogan
county, and should he decide to become candidate he
can depend Okanogan county to support him [ have
been talking Wilson all summer and find good many
Democrats who would like to him senator again. He
is energetic willing worker and the nobest Roman
Of them ALL
I am very busy but you can rest assured I will do
what I can for him With best wishes I remain,
Yours respectfully,
(Signed) R. r. HARGROVE,
Of 10
The Seattle Republican., 1909-09-24

Abe Lincoln Day Last Wednesday might have been
featured by the A.-YP Exposition management Abe
Lincoln dav and every true blue American of Uncle
The Seattle Republican., 1909-09-24

Piles Only Paper. Speaking about Senator Piles
chances to succeed himself in the United States senate
minds the writer that to advocate his before the
people of the he has not single daily paper and
but weekly the Seattle Argus. When United States
senator falls low in the estimation of the journalistic
world that but weekly in the whole state is willing
to espouse his and that paper under the ban OF
being badly tnged with the disease of backmai then it
seems that it is almost time for him to throw up the
sponge In King county there three influential daily
papers and despite the fact that this the home of Sen
Piles yet not of them has good word to say
for his reelection. There more of weekly
papers, all less influential and not of these
except the aforesaid paper of questionable reputation is
supporting him for reelection, all of which must
The Seattle Republican., 1909-09-24

Councilman Eugene w. Way is to the front with
proposition have the postoce department erect dis
trbution station near the Union depot at which all Of
the mails may be segregated and those not directed to
Seattle be their respective ways without being carted
to and from the Seattle postoce His ideas to have
the City of Seattle permit the Federal government to
build distribution station under the Fourth street bridge
Vt Jackson which is sufficiently ample to accommodate
the mails indicated above for the next century
The city authorities for the most part very favorable
to the proposition and Postmaster General Hitchcock and
Postmaster Russell both think capital idea. If the
proposition meets general approval then it is further
planned have Senator Piles ask for appropriation
Of say $50000 for the construction of the building OF
the city not give the national government
absolute title to the property because she will have
to have street overhead, but arrangement be
entered into which would obviae all obstacles to title
and that would be all the government could expect.
The Seattle Republican., 1909-09-24

of wonderful pluck and energy who by his efforts
from obscury to of the foremost men OF the
land While it is not possible for all to rise high
in the scale of life he did, nevertheless with his life
as criterion all rise from obscurty to import
ance the community in which they reside and the world
will be better for their having lived
New-York tribune., 1909-02-08
THE MAKING OF 4 FLEET.

In his summary of the advantages Of the re-
markable cruise he is now bringing 10 close
Admiral Sperry gives the first place to the weid-
Inc together Of the individual vessels under his
command into fleet. 1t has been remarked
that a characteristic of those races which DO
the most for human progress is the faculty OF
organization The principle is equally appli-
cable to military affairs, and President Roose-
velt and his successive Secretaries Of the Navy
have been laboring for years TO promote that
object with great energy and intelligence
To meet the particular need referred 10 by
Admiral Sperry there has been no adequate op-
portunity until within a year or two. The num-
Der of vessels taking part in maneuvres was
small and the period during which they were
so engaged was brief. The country now not
only possesses a formidable aggregation OF fight
ing ships, but has seen the officers and men
who serve on them receive a lesson Of unprece-
dented length and thoroughness. By a splendid
interplay Of command and loyal response.
familiarity with duty has been acquired which
must render service much easier and more ell
fective hereafter than ever before
Admiral SperTy reports that during their long
absence from the Atlantic his ships have been
kept in an excellent state Of repair by his own
machinists and that new standards OF fuel
economy have been established. He demon
strated his ability TO steam more than 3,bVV
miles without rec0aiing, and yet have enough
fuel in his bunkers TO take him 1000 miles FUR
ther Both Of these revelations will cause sur
prise They furnish unforeseen indications OF
what might be expected in future emergencies
Perhaps. without "a great stretch of the imag
ination. the achievements themselves may be at
tributed TO the pride and enthusiasm which SO
unprecedented an undertaking inspired. and
which were a product Of the welding process
begun by Admiral Evans and finished by his
New-York tribune., 1909-02-08
THE COURTHOUSE SITE.

Increasing public opposition to the construc-
tio1 of a courthouse building in Washington
Square encourages the belief that that highly
undesirable site will be abandoned. 1t has none
of the merits Of convenience aad accessibility
which are required, and its acceptance would
involve the practical ruin of one of the few at
tractive parks in lower New York. The op-
position voiced at the hearing last week before
a committee of the Board of Estimate and Ap,
portionment was earnest and formidable The
Washington Square Association. comprised Of
residents of the Washington Square section,
protested against the spoliation of the square.
Were the courthouse 10 be built OH a site which
il would improve. its construction would be
welcomed by the property owners, residents and
business men Of the neighborhood. 1t should
not 20 to a part Of the city where its intrusion
is resented.
Still more important was the testimony Of
those who will use the building most, that the
site is unsuitable. A canvass of 10000 lawyers
has been undertaken by the New York County
Lawyers Association. and the secretary of the
association reports that Of 5,071 replies so far
received only 36S favor Washington Square.
The great majority, 3.945, favor q new building
AT the natural centre for the courts City Hall
Park The remainder prefer Union Square.
The commission which recommended Washing
ton Square admitted all its faults as site and
regretted having TO make the recommendation.
Why should such report be taken seriously =?
1t would be better TO select entirely salts
factory site and wait until the city can afford
10 acquire it than TO practise false economy
By accepting OyerhaStily an admittedly 1ncon-
yenient and undesirable one
New-York tribune., 1909-02-08
GERMAN COLONIAL PROGRESS.

Mr. Dernburg the German Secretary of State
for the Colonies, has been giving an account of
his stewardship. 1t will be recalled that he
was appointed to his place for the specific pur-
pose of promoting colonial progress on business
lines Ever since she acquired them Germanys
colonies had been a source of large expense and
little profit. We are not sure that any of them,
excepting little Togoland, ever came near to
paying running expenses Germans would not
go 10 them 10 settle, and arbitrary military gov
ernment Of the natives failed to produce salts
factory pecuniary results. Mr. Dernburg was
therefore made Colonial Secretary in the hope
that he would be able to effect change for the
better. He was not a soldier, nor Junker, nor
a politician. but a successful business man, the
first to be put into such a place. Now, he has
been lecturing before important audiences upon
the results Of his administration and the pres
ent condition and prospects of the colonies.
He reports that, as we long ago anticipated
in these columns, cotton culture in German
Africa is hopefully and rapidly increasing.
Thus In German East Africa hitherto that in
dustry has been left entirely TO the natives,
who have now only about $500 acres under
cultivation and will send to market this year
not more than 1,6OO bales. But the Germans
are entering the field. A single Saxon cot
ton spinning concern has taken a concession of
75OO0 acres and will at once begin planting on
a large scale In West Africa much progress
is being made the cotton output of Togoland
having increased from only $3.50 in 1903 30
S57.JO0 In 1907. These figures are the more
significant for the reason that the industry
there also has been confined almost entirely to
the natives In the Cameroons territory and in
New Guinea there is much excellent cotton
land, which needs only transportation facili-
ties and a solution of the labor problem TO be-
come profitaby productive. The introduction
OF Mexican sisa into East Africa has proved
highly successful. ST50,000 worth year being
now exported. with prospects of 4 great In
crease In the near future Indian corn is be-
coming important crop In Togoand, last
years exports amounting to $4,000 tons The
New-York tribune., 1909-02-08
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New-York tribune., 1909-02-08
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

Transactions in the securities markets reflect
unwillingness on the part OF SPECTATORS 10
make extensive commitments on either side Of
the account but sons inquiry from owners of
idle money for attractive railway mortgage is
sues fer permanent investment The bond de-
partment offers attractive opportunities for con-
servatiye purchases, while in the greater num-
Der of stocks prices are too high to appeal
either to buyers on margin or traders whose
financial resources are large enough to warrant
the accumulation of lines of speculative hold
ings on their own capital. Current operations
are being conducted within narrow limits, with
the general tendency apparently toward a lower
range OF values. though in certain parts of the
list aggressive efforts to bring about higher
level through the medium of manipulation are
reported There is no general source of weak
ness except the feeling in most circles that
New-York tribune., 1909-02-08
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-AIr. Taft sailed from Colon for
New Orleans on board the cruiser North caro-
lima: before his departure he expressed ms
pleasure at the progress Of the work on the
canal and the spirit which animated all the en-
-5ioves The American battleship feet
passed Cape st. Vincent, Aomlral SpeTTE eis-
railing "All we'll - General treder1cks
sorrner Governor of Mini Noygorod. was con-
<icted Of completely in the grain frauds and was
sentenced TO dismissal from the service and a
TrFe Of 5000 -= The Russian Synod mas SEN
fenced the Archirna ndrite Michael OF Winnipeg
and Bishop Innocent. who confirmed him, TO two
years close confinement in the monastery al
-Sijni Novgorod -= A heavy storm delayed
the Llusttania from Liverpool TO New York. and
she VIII not enter Queenstown f9arbor until to-
morrow morning -= President DaFlla OF
taIonduras has sent apology 10 Guatemala for
e reference TO the latter country IN MS annual
message TO Congress. - An insane man IN
ontario killed two persons and wounded three.
whose injuries are probably fatal
DoAESTIC-It is reported in Pittsburg, that
George J. Gould is TO retire from the railroad
business on account Of a promise made 10 l. IL
Hartman 80 Some Of the tariff experts at
Washington think a dual tariff. with maximum
sard rsiniTnum rates, may be necessary for this
country. - Governor Radley OF missouri is
expected TO recommend state legislation regu-
latirlg the prices TO be charged by monopones.
The Norwegian steamship Munln, W-hlcn
had been missing for several days. was reported
safe at 8 Georgia port. - The Rev W. T
Hudson was shot and killed while preparing his
Sunday sermon az Houston. Miss. -= The
annual report OF the State Civil Service Com
mission and the preliminary report Of the com
mission to inquire into the courts Of inferior
criminal Jurisdiction in cities Of the first class
were mace public at Albany. 80 Reports sub
5aittsd TO the State Prison Commission follow
snE inspections severely criticise the condition
Of several penal institutions in the state -=
It was announced at Ithaca that 15S Corneu
students had been dropped on account of de-
hciencies IN the midwinter examinations
CTTY-Professor Charles A Strong, son-in-
law Of John d Rockefeller. was bitten by
,na6uan while \. passenger on the Barbarossa-
Archbishop Farley said the stage was
worse to-day than in the days of paganlsrn
The rescues attending tenement house
fire on the East Side were watched by hundreds
Of 1noGrnars attending the funeral of Rabbi
Podin =- An immense throng of East Siders
attended the funeral Of Rabbi Rodin- ~ Four
big meetings and more than six hundred smaller
ones VIII be held in this city TO celebrate Lin
coins centennial, il announced -
Charles ". Morse's lawyers said they would
make application this week 10 have their client
admitted TO bail - An arrest for excise Vio-
1ation was made IN Rector's- - Owners Of
+he tunnel to Queens VIII sue the city for the
loss Of interest the investment.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 80
degrees; lowest, SO.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-08
uR. WADswoRrH's ARGUMENTS.

Speaker Wadsworths address before the Re
tail Lumber Dealers Association presented all
the arguments thus far made against the direct
primary system as effectively as they have been
Tresented Still he failed TO make out con-
sincing case against the Governors proposal
Answers 10 his objections come readily TO mind.
Speaker wadsworth says the proposed system
sYould result in nominations by a minority. If
II did ,re should be no of than we are
now Delegates 10 conventions are actually
selected by minority Of the party. And the
ssaftals of bosses who really pick out tie candi-
date cannot be regarded a majority of the
party. Under the proposed system minority
would nominate only wEeu here was indiffer-
eDce ameng the voters as 10 which one of three
or four men should be chosen as the candidate.
And that very indifference would imply that
any enc of them would be acceptable as any
other on Election Day. If there were no par
Szcular objections 10 q candidate, there would be
10 harm IN having him chosen as the result of
n miaoritys support If there were particular
objections. the primary fight would be pretty
certain to narrow down TO two candidates.
Large centres of population would dominate
primary elections, says Mr.. Wadsworth. So
they would at the general elections Is they voted
as unit But large centres Of population do
not vote as a unit at the general election, and
neither would they-neither have they, for We
have the experience Of Illinois TO go by-at the
primary elections. Big cities probably have
greater influence under the convention system
than they would have under the direct nomina-
ton system. New York County, with Erie DOM
mates Democratic state conventions Tammany
dominates New York City Democratic conven-
zions. New York County IS not without in
duence IN Republican state conventions. as the
effect OF Representative Parsons's successful
support Of Governor Hughes at the last two
conventions proves. If Tammany has a bare
majority of the Democratic votes in this city,
1t casts the whole strength of the city in
Democratic state convention. Under the direct
system 4 Tammany had only bare majority,
almost nals the party voters Of this city could
cooperate with anuTammany elements in the
rural districts The aati-Tammany Democrats
IN this city are voieeleSs now Under the direct
system they would be effective in the measure
Of whatever strength they possessed This illus
trafes she fallacy Of the Speakers argument.
Nr. wadssorth is wrong. toe. regarding the
s6eet of the system on non-partise judiciary
Vaccinations The state docs not owe the con-
New-York tribune., 1909-02-08

tinuanoe of good judges on the bench without
regard TO narty 10 the bosses. It owes IL 10
public opinion formed by the press usually long
in advance of conventions. That public opinion
would he equally strong and effective and the
influence of the press would he Just as great
to secure non-partsan judiciary nominations
under the direct system as at present. Inc
bosses have made non partisan nominations De-
cause they believed the people wanted them. II
the people want them, they can make them tnehl-
selves under the direct system more easily than
at present
So too Of municipal fusion movements 1t is
safe TO say that if there had been direct pri-
naries at that time. Mr.. Low. 4 fusion candl-
date would have been nominated IN this city
in 1897 when the masters of the Republican
delegates under the existing system put UP Gen
eraI Tracy against him. Haggling over terms
is lust as likely 10 prevent fusion as is the lack
of anybody with authority to haggle over terms
Most f,Isions in this city have been weak, more
over. from the kind of terms that have been
made with organizations which really had no
votes to deliver and had TO be bought off from
supporting Tammany. The cause of good gov
ernInent in this city will be stronger without
that sort Of Illusions" If the Republican party
really desires the support of all anti-Tammany
voters. it can deserve and win that support. Its
leadership in the past has too often allenated
that support We should look to the direct
nomination system as something that WOULD give
genuine vitality TO the Republican party of New
York CITY as an anti-Tammany party. II
fusions. however, are necessary, as they doubt
less may be at times, then the personnel OF
fusion ticket can be made clear 70 party voters
hoFore fho urinary election.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-08

Cameroons last year exported cocoa TO the value
of S750,OO0 although only few OF the plan
tations are vet in bearing In southwest
Africa despite the Hottentot wars, there are
now cattle worth S5.O0000O. In the Cameroons
there are thousands of miles of splendid forests
of the best kinds of wood for building pur-
poses and cabinet work. Other items reported
bv Mr.. Dernburg Indicate the existence and
the prospective development of other resources
of great value which are likely to play an I'M
portant part in the industrial and commercial
world.
OF particular and most hopeful interest IS
what Mr.. Dernburg says about the natives of
German Africa, which IS diamerlcaly opposed
TO most that has been said about them hitherto
by other German officials. That they are incor-
rightly lazy is, he says, utterly without founda-
ton On the contrary, if they are deceHty
treated and fairly paid they are as willing to
work as European labOrers, and they are hlghIy
ambitious to earn money and acquire property
Hundreds of thousands of them are now IN
dustrIously and profitably cultivating their
own land while more than sixty thousand are
voluntarily working for wages on German plan
tations and railroads. Mr.. Dernburg therefore
wisely urges that the natives be educated so
as to make them more efficient, that their sani-
tary condition be improved so as to induce
more rapid growth Of population, which Is
much needed and that such treatment be given
TO them as will win their confidence and affec
ton On the whole the Secretary's report is
most encouraging and his recommendations
are benevolently wise; the whole giving prom
ise Of a vastly better era IN the story of Ger
man colonial enterprise.