The sun., 1909-05-23
POLITxCAL NOTES.

.. POLITICAL NOTES. so.
Senator sssphen A. Douglas In spsecl
| In 1881 said: . :
Il would vote 10 admit works OF art free
I wish We could Get a'model Of every worl
Of Art, cast Of every pfece Of enoien
statuary. . COPY Of every valuable painting
and rare picture. % that our artists nigh
pursue their studies and exercise their skill
at home
Senator Depsw In his speech on the tarin
several days ago said: N .a
One result Of this discussion has been
to rescue the fame and rchabtlitate the
reputation Of the iamented Gen. Hancock
Little things. single renArks, make snd
mar the careers OF statesmen.
Cen. SCOTS request that he might delay
his letter accepting the nomination for ths
Presidency until he could take . hasty plats
Of soup closed bis camp paign. Gen. Han
cooks answer 70 the committee Of notinoa-
ton that the tariff was . local issue In his
State Of Pennsyivanis laughed him out Of q
CANVAS. fn the cloud OF Generals who
were famous 10 the civil war he 10 nearly
forsotten. rsnember as II Il was yester-
day the telegram which Gen. Mcclellan
sent to his wife after ono Of the great battles
Of the OWL, war. HANCOCK was superb
to-day. All that 10 forgotten by the crowd
ing events OF advancing time.
But now IL Il brought homo to every
Senator and to the whole country that Cen.
Hancock uttered q pregnant truth. and his
fame 10 likely To he en,h.lmed In his phrase
The tarir Ia . local issue everywhere.
1t 10 breaking party lines In States where
It's productive energies are producing
property
Senator La Toilette is rated a. one Of the
wealthlsst members OF the United States
Senate.
Americans are Indebted to Julius Sterling
Morton. father OF Paul Morton, for the es-
tsblsbment of'Arbor Day. Born in little
New York village on April AZ. 1892, he was
graduated from Union College in 1854 and
founding and editing the Nebraska City
New. Morton was elected to the Territorial
Legislature In 1855. and In 1858 President
Buchanan appointed him Secretary Of the
Territory, Of which hs became acting Gov
srnor few months later. In 1865 he was
the Democratic candidate for Governor
but was defeated. and from that time until
1881. when he was again . candidate for
Governor. he took no part In politics. In
1898 he entered the Cabinet OF President
Cleveland ~ Secretary Of Agriculture. re-
msiniug in ONCE until 1887. He died in
1907. Through Mr.. Aorton's efforts April
10. 1877. was observed by Nebraska as
Arbor DAy-ths first In the country.
The Georgia division Of the United Daugh-
ters Of the Confederacy has just unveiled
. monument In memory Of Capt. Henry
Wirz near the site Of the old Andersonville
military prison in Sumpter county. Ga. On
November 10, 1895, Wirx wAs executed In
Washington by order Of . courtmartisl for
his alleged cruelty and inhunan conduct In
the treatment Of prisoners at AndersOnville.
Senator. n than Bay Scott OF West vir-
ginia said in Washington the other day
after visit to President Taft:
when the Pre- sident asked me what
We we're doing told him We we're doing
nothing but talking. II the oratory keeps
going - It 10 now there IL no telling when
We will get away. II we could only empty
the galleries and stop the newspapers
from printing the orstory We d get through
Nth the tariff bill In . week.
-ThtA talk makes me tired. What's the
good OF Il sllt But you'll zee fellows get
up. wavs their arms at the galleries and
talk everybody tired. What We ought to
do 10 10 take the matter up and dispose
Of It In executive session. That would
kill on the iov Of words.
DR.. loseph n. Matthews. sx-prosidsnt
Of thS Austrian Medical Association and
for many yeanH president OF the Kentucky
STATE Board Of Health. delivered an
address before = recent convention Of
the oohmsrcial bodies Of tho State Of
Kentucky at Louisville. In which he dwslt
upon the terrible mortality caused by drink
ing impure water and milk. Among other
things he said:
\ will not say that ! am not q prohibi-
tionist for fear that l may incur the dis
pleasure Of some Of the ministers. and
will not say that am . prohibitionist for
fear that may incur the displessure Of my
friend Mr.. Watterson. but l Wish to make
. statement purely from . health point Of
view. and beg Of you not to misunderstand
or nisinterpret what say.
The statement 10 this: That for every
one death produced by whiskey there have
been ono thousand deaths produced by the
Of Impure milk: that for every
single death produced by whiskey there
have been five Thousand deaths from the
Of contaminated water. Whom
you call to mind the many and disastrous
spidsmics Of cholera. dyssntery. typhoid
fever, Ac., each Of which was produced by
either water or milk. you can quite under
stand this statement
Tho determination Of Governor -elsot
o. Brown OF dsorsia to be inauGurated In
4 simple and democratic manner Is the SUBJ
;sot o! viteapyssa d!sorss.on. The Weas
Point Hsraid. which supported Hoke Smith,
the retiring Governor. In the primary, eI-
claims:
If Brown Is going to institute q now order
Of things. then We take back our adverse
oriticisms and bid him Godspeed in the
glorious work. We thank God
ws had an opportunity to vote for Joe
Brown OF al tho horrifyine ID fool
ism It 10 this pompous display and liquor
drinking demonstration over the inausira-
ton Of our high oflicials and also at other
times."
The Madison Advertiser comments as
follows.
The lnaus usuration Of Gov Brown comes
o6 on June -. Two ysArs ago from this
date Hoke Smith took tho oath Of ofIioe in
4 blaze Of glory. 1t was most impressive
occasion. Solomon in all bis glory would
not have been ashamed Of this grand
with the Hon. Hoke - centrepjeoe
Gov. Browns day will be q little different
He will have very little ceremony at his
II the day be fair he will
walk; II not, hs will ride on . street car to
the Capitol. Add whom there he will take
the ONCE, sh0ck bis coat and go TO work,
will be simple. short and sweet
and purely denocratic,