Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
WASHINGTON NOTES

President Taft at Beverly, talked
over the Cuban situation for an hour
Sunday afternoon with Carlos Garcia
Velez, the islands minister to Wash
ington. From until 4 o'clock the
diplomat and the President sat IN
earnest conversation on the veranda
of the Taft cottage. Mr.. Velez de-
clared after the long interview that
he had found President Taft deeply
interested in Cuba and thoroughly
acquainted with the ideals and ambit-
ions of the people. Mr.. Velez said he
realized that forces were at work in
the hope Of disintegrating the repub-
lie. Some of the American newspa-
pers, he declared, had said unkind
things about the Cuban people which
were disheartening and discouraging,
but he emphatically shook his head
and said, "No, no, no. when asked
if he thought it ever would be neces-
sary for the United States again to
intervene to set the republics house
in order.
In a letter addressed Sunday to
Secretary Nagel, Of the Department
of Commerce and labor, President
Taft served notice that any man en-
gagged in the taking of the thirteenth
census of the United States who en-
cages in politics in any way will be
dismissed Immediately from the SER
vice. At the same time announce
ment was made of the appointment
Of 134 additional supervisors. Out
side of casting their votes the Presi-
dent believes that census supervisors
and enumerators should keep clear of
anything that savors Of politics, nat
ional, State or local. In his letter
President Taft orders that the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor and the
director of the census embody in the
regulations governing the taking Of
the census the rule as forcibly laid
down in his letter. Mr.. Taft says
that in appointing census supervisors
it has been found necessary to select
men recommended by Senators and
Congressman in their districts. He
says he realizes that this method OF
selection might easily be perverted to
political purposes, and it is to take
the census out Of politics, so far as
the actual work is concerned, that he
has explicitly expressed his desire as
to the regulations. The census super
visors announced from North Caro-
lima and South Carolina as follows:
North Carolina--First district, Jo-
siah C. Meekin, ST.; second, James M
Newborn; third, H. Frank Brown:
fourth, William Claudius Pearson:
sixth, Irvine B. Tucker; seventh, A.
Turner Grant, Jr.; ninth, j. Yates
Killian,
South Carolina = First district,
William j. Storen; second, George
Waterhouse; third, William Walker
Russell; fifth, Robert Leroy Douglas.
Lowest bids for the construc-
tion of the battleships Wyom-
ing and Arkansas were submit
ted to the Navy Department
by William Cranp &, Sons, of Phila-
sdelphia, and the New, York Shipbuild-
ing Company, Of Camden, N. J.. Ten
ders also were made by the Newport
News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Com
pany Of Newport News, Va, and the
Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Of
Quincy, Mass.
The Cramp yard submitted two
bids, one at $$44,45O,OO0 and another at
$4,475, 900. As both ships cannot be
built by the same yard the Camden
yards bid Of $4,675,000 is considered
as lowest for one of the vessels.
The Newport News company offer
ed to build battleship for $4.790,O0O
according to the Navy Department IS
plans. Two bids were made by the
Newport News yard, under class p
the departments plans as to hull and
equipment but the company's designs
as to the machinery. These bids we're
$4,6SO,OOO and $5,OlO,OOO, respective
".
Under class 2, propositions were
made for the installation of turbine
coupled with reciprocatins engines,
and turbines combined with electric
motors. The speed promised general
ly was 201-2 knots under both
classes, but the New York shipbuild-
ing Company offered to build a vessel
at 20 "a knots at $4.75O,0O0 under
class / and at $4,975,000 under class
2. Another bid by the same COM
pany was for a 20 1-2 knot vessel at
$4.7S0.O0O.
Accusing the court of inquiry which
investigated the death of Second
Lieutenant James N. Sutton, United
States marine corps, of culling from
mixed and contradictory testimony
certain statements almost, if not -ex-
clusively, those Of the accused, which
the court finds "standing out clearly,
distinctly and beyond dispute or
cavil," Henry E. Davis, counsel for
Mrs. Sutton, mother Of the dead Of
ficer, in a statement issued Friday
declares that the court conveniently