Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-12-10
;fSSe5gssxiS1sals duty on underweights

of sugar. The Government has re-
eosexA ffM4tHe American Sugar Re
fning Company all that it is shown
to have been defrauded of. The sum
was receiyedsla full of the amount
due, which might have been recov-
'efrad sbst ctlT sstt against the benefit
larry of'the fraud, but there was an
express--Fesef~~eion in the contract
of ssettlsmsnt " which the settle
tmeht sADffd G& interfere with, or
prevent the criminal prosecution OF
everyone who was found to be SUBJ
ject to the same. Criminal prosecu-
rions fare now Focseding against
lumber IN the Government officers
Maximum and minimum Clause in
=. - ~ Tariff Act.
Fya.Seatures.ef the new tariff act
call fett SPECIAL reference. BY virtue
of the, clause known as the Maxi
mum and Mihinsnms' clause. it is the
duty of the Executive to consider the
laws and practices Of other countries
With reference TO the importation
into'etties9S countries of the products
and lantefchahdise of the United
States, and if the Executive finds
such laws and practices not to be
unadly discrfhiinsttory against the
United stases, tie minimum duties
provided in the biz are to go into
force. Unless, thes President makes
such a finAjng,.. them. the maximum
duties pnsesaed in'qhe bill, that is,
an increass Of twenty-five per cent
ad valorem .eyer :tkeomihimum du-
ties, are t9sbe in Force Fear has
beer' Expressed thastthis power con-
ferred and duty imposed on the Ex-
ecutive is likely to lead to tariff
war. II beg TO cypress the hope and
belief that no such result need be an
/ ',et':s Arss Changes.
pe~ffe Secretary of War calls atten-
tion-to a number of needed changes
Isffi 4efe Army in all of which l concur,
but. the point. -upes--whieh l place
most emphasis is the need for an
E.sefn{satiS sff foviding' a method
/ BY which the merits of officers shall
nave GONE effect upon their ad-
l.Naaeemsnx - a nd ,by.swhich the ad-
vancement of all may be accelerat-
ed by the effective elimination of q
definite proportion of the least eff
cient.
The Navy.
The return of the battle-snip feet
from its voyage around the world,
in more efficient condition than when
ipstartedkTas a. nbteEorthy event OF
I interest alike to our citizens and the
naval authorities, OF the world. Be-
Sid IS the sbenefcial shnd far-reachine
fefect on our personal and diplomatic
relations in the countries which the
feet $fsfted, sthe marked success OF
the ships in steaming around the
world mall weathers on schedule
time has :intreased respect for our
Navy and has added to our national
nrrSttees ~ /. =
Early in the. coming session COM
| prA&siveEpiA tSr. sGe reorganiza.
f-tiof OF the officers of all corps of the
Navy will be presented to Congress
and 1 hope it will meet with action
suited to its urgency.
| Owing to the necessity for economy
in expediture, / have directed the
curtailment of recommendations fol
naval appropriations so that they are
thirty-eight millions less than the
corresponding estimates. of last year
s.aaaS Yae sfedaesteftf rev naval con
struction-is- limited. 10 two first
class sstsls sh!3s Ne repair yes
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
=, Expedition in Legal Procedure.
The deplorable delays in the ad
mindssrationio civil and criminal Law
have received the attention of com
m*tses ofrsssAnisia sPar,Associa
ti5n sand Of many State Bar Asso
Citations, as well AS sths considered
fthought of'judges and jurists. In m,
judgment. a change in judicial proce
dure, with view to reducing its ex
penses to private. Etieaits in civi
cases and facilitating the dispatch o
business ~aha: final decision in bot
:. civil and criminal cases. constitute
4 the greatest need in ous:American In
stitutiQps.. ~ -. "a So
The platform of the successful
party IN the. last election 'containe
the following:
The Republican party will uphol
at all times the authority and int
gritF'of the courts, State and Federal
and will ever, insist that their pow
hers to- fdrcs their. pzQcess' and t
,pfStect lfs,s liberty ando'propert
shall be preserved inviolate. We be
!. lleve, however, that the rules of pre-
cedure Id the Federal c6drts with res
pect to the issuance Of the writ G
Acknowledgements be- more Accurate
ly defined by statute, and that n
: Injunction or temporary restrainin