The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-23
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Stand-pat Republicans do not like
The clamor from various quarters for
another revision of the tariff by the
present Congress.
Eugene V. Debs. the national leader
of the Socialists. in a lecture at Tope-
ka, made the prediction that next
year will witness the election of the
first Socialist Congressman" but did
not say who the man would be.
Elmer Dover. who entered politics
with the late Senator Mark A. Hanna.
ard acted as his secretary, has decided
TO abandon politics and has become ex-
ecutive officer for firm of Chicago
engineers. For many years Mr. Dover
held the position of secretary of the
Republican National Committee.
Just before the opening of Congress
Representative Fowler of New Jersey
issued a statement in favor of pro-
posed bill for permanent tariff COM
mission and bitterly assailing both
Cannon and Aldrich. His bill propos-
es that Congress fix the maximum and
minimum rates and that a commission
of fifteen shall determine the actual
rates within those bounds.
Vice President James S. Sherman
in recent address said: During this
administration we intend to still fur
Their perfect our monetary laws. We
intend to start the rehabilitation of the
merchant marine. We propose to fur
Their improve our methods OF federal
regulation. We shall take up serious
our natural resources and the matter
of inland waterways"
In the course of his series OF ad-
dresses in Texas before starting on his
travels to tropical chimes, w. j. Bryan
said at Galveston that he had been
criticised in past years for his advo-
cacy of the income tax on the ground
that it would not hit him much, if any.
He would not now say what he was
worth, but he did not mind saying that
his income tax would exceed the
amount that 80 per cent of the wealthy
Republicans would have to pay.
In his speech at the Civic Fedora
ton banquet in New York, Senator
Root again warned the country that
down under the policy of vast central
| ization OF authority and called a halt
He said: "This country is too great,
| it's population too numerous. it's inter
ests too vast and complicated already,
TO say nothing of the enormous in
creases that we can see before us in
e future, to be governed as to the
AT range of our daily affairs frou
&c central power in Washington"
Among the batch of nomination
sent TO the Senate by the President
was that of Franklin Lane to continue
his service as member of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. He was
first appointed as a Democrat by Pres
ident Roosevelt.
In his report as president of the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform League.
Dr. Charles w. Eliot asserts that Con
gress has not helped the civil servic
movement as it should, and tha. or
presidents have understood the maxi
egter. He felt that the merit SYST
at TO he extended TO the - Saer
Is. and he advocated retiring alo
noes.
Prospective antitrust legislation tha
may be brought to the attention O.
| Congress after The United States Su-
pr,me Court has passed on the stand
ard Oil and tobacco trust cases formed
the subject of recent conference be-
tween President Taft and Senator Mel
son of Minnesota.
John Caldwell, who has held the po-
sition of assistant superintendent OF
logging under VIM. O'Neill at Cass
| Lake, Mimi, for ten years, has receiv-
ed notice from Washington to appear
1T the national capital and prepare to
accept the position of superb terdent
II all the Indian lands In the United
| states.