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The Washington herald., 1909-05-26
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ASSERTS MAXIMUM
TARIFF WILL RULE
Shiyely Opposes Aldrich Bill
on New Grounds.
CAUSES STIR IN THE SENATE

New Senator Declares that Trade
Privileges Can Only Bring Lower
President - May PreciDitate Tarin
Wars-Affect Of Test in Court.
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in his maiden speech in the Senate yes
terday Senator Benjamin F. ShiveIy. OF
Indiana, Democrat, sprang a sensation
by declaring that the maximum rates OF
the pending tariff bill viii be the general
tariff Of the country. and that the mini
mum rates VIII be imposed only in the
case Of nations which grant reciprocal
trade relations 10 the United States.
The minimum rate, he declared, can
only be imposed after the President Of
the United States has made investigation
OF the commercial relations with foreign
countries and has satisfied himself that
the foreign countries do not in any way
discriminate against any American prod
Get. and, besides. grants commercial,
privileges to this country. This. Mr
shively said, IS an Impossible func-
ton"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-26
BBYERIDGE SCORES
TIE TARIFF MAKERS
Declares Republican Party Is
Not Keeping Pledge.
CHASTISES THE STANDPATTERS

SenafOr McERery FavOrs Protection
Of Sugar Industry in Louisiana,
and senator Foster Declare. Con-
greSs VIII Be Guilty of "A Great
Wrong If the Duty Is Reduced.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-26
Last az Long as Act.

/ The maximum rates. Mr.. Shively con-
/ tinued. VIII remain in force as long as
/ the act itself IS on the statute books. and
viii apply 70 all countries except those
whose commercial relations with the
United States are Investigated BIZ the
! President and are found not 10 discrimi-
nate against any OF the products Of Ibis
/ country.
The rates prescribed in section 2
I (the maximum tsrif)," Mr. ShlveIy
added. ''are to be the actual and pre-
vailing rates. The rates prescribed in
/ section 1 (the minimum tarin) are ali
made conditional and contingent and
could only become operative as rates
cha-geable against all dutiabIe Imports
when the President shall have performed
the physically. Il not legally, impossible
function assigned % him by the proyiso
ia section 2 I say physically impos-
sible, for the reason that she proviso
makes the judgment OF the President
final as 70 what shah constitute undue
discrimination. and as 70 what shall con
stitute terms reciprocal and equivalent
ana requires EUCh mastery o. facts IN
wide and complicated detail as 10 render
the task. even with ali available assist
ance within the time Of a Presidential
snce within the time OF a presidential
tenn q"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-26
Resolution Asks Information

A resolution introduced by Senator Ia
Toilette, OF Wisconsin. calling upon the
Secretary Of State for any information
collected by that department as TO the
wages paid workmen in certain industries
n Germany was adopted after a short de-
bate. Senator Smith. OF Michigan. wanted
70 amend the resolution 80 as 70 include the
wage scales IN other countries Of Furope
Ar- La Toilette objected 10 this amend
ment. on the ground that the preparation
0f this additional Information urollld
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Euect OF Test IN Court.
Mr. ShiveIy said he did not wish al the
present time 10 enter upon a discussion
OF the c5nsututionality OF the provlso
which delegates this wo-k 20 the Presi-
dent In case tie courts reject the pro
viso IN section ?, as an attempted dele
cation Of legislative power TO the execu-
tive department. the maximum rates. he
contsnded. would 90 into effect. In case
the courts should hold that not only
the pro, iso but also the preceding lines.
which are dependent on and inseparable
from the proviso. he continued. are in
valid. then there would remain n the
act no definition Of what shall constitute
the general tariE OF the United States.
and the courts might hold that the Ding
ley law was the only unrepealed and ex-
isting tariff law.
IN brief" Ar- Shively continued. The
proposed act would make the general
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-06-27

dose la ardua tarea,ds defender Ia
susceptibiIidad, de algunas entida-
des de epidermis muy fina, papel
por demas desairado.
Antes que NADIA. haremos constar
que ei comunicante nos concede la
raz6n en- todo 10 que hemos -dicho.,
fueddRdO pUes en- que por dbdHdon0
sl pueblo esi1ba sin aqua que por
abdndono Ia cdrHioeriG estd CONFER
tida en- foco de infection Y
por abandono los seis mil y Dioo de
dollars que cussta Ia plaza darf mu-
ohO que decir Y PenSdr y supoRer; con
forme pues v adeiante que los
demzs abandono S saidran por or
den de procession.
Ahora bien, despues de tan precio-
sa confession Sc mdkstra tan impor-
tante Y pequefa ei controversial
que con Ia ofensa personal. trata
de des7istamos del objeto que per-
segu.n =. es deeir de IA defensa de
los derechos = de los intereses del
pueblo sin soouiarse que esta pisan-
do sobre IN terreno muy quebradi-
20 Al inyertir los terminos en- ese
sentido nuestra plums ira : otras
manos y Sc contestant
Ierminams por hoy.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-06-27
GacGtiIIa de JuaRa-Diaz.
De nues 10 cor1esnonsaI.

Junio "a. Despues de las notas de
information local pubIicadas en- este
periodico hacienda uso de nueStra
natural tempisnza, tuvimos el pro
'p6sito de deiar en- ei tintero Ia coIilla
que 4 manera de tragedia tendria
que desaroiIarse en- distintos actos;
Pero los aspirantes de un comunican-
te que nos es muy couocidO, Y que
nos ha salido.sl paso tan impr.med;-
tamente en- el No. del Aglliia CORES
pOndiente al dia de aver. imponien-
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-06-27

que acuerde IA Camara. con "a cual
habra de compartir Ia suerte.
Sc da por fracasada IA conferencia
para Eegar i un arregiO en- las dife-
reneias surgidas en- ei proyeetOde ley
Para enmendar las secciOnes II, IL,
V 81 de IA lev para estabsecer TN sis
tema de gobieno local Y para otros
fines, aprobada en- ) de Mario de
1905.
yuelYe Ocupar "A presidencia el
sponkr.
Nease Ia edicci6n de m2danll
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-06-27
OFREElTDA.
Para E..

Para E..
Mraronme tus oios, y vi en- clos
Brilar un cielo eterno de ventura
Tn cielo Gayo- mAgcos destelos
HablSronme de tu alma blanca, pura
Ne sonreiste, en- tus labios bellos ii,
Que delieado mGnce purpurs,
vi esbozarse un eden. en- tus csbeIos
Fingi yer pnsioners mi ternura.---
tPorque negarte 10 que el peeho Eents?
aPorque negarte 10 que el pecho ana
81 eres bella, simpatics, strsyente?-
Deia brilar de amor Ia pura llama
II remanso De aver, e. hoy tOrrente
Que del vase del alma Sc derrama.
g. Diego YAEqOsz.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.


washington, April 10-COrnmissloner General
Francis b I.oomis entertained at dinner to-rlslt
in honor of the japanese Imperial CoIllInlssLoi-eI
Mr. Wsda and his companion. Mr.. SakaI IA's7
at the dinner were the Attorney General I-e So
re+ar,, of the Interior the Secretary Of Commerce
and Labor the Japanese Ambassador. ComnllS-
sioner General Francis D M1let, Senator hIloA
Senator Frazier, Senator Johnston senator fli5S
Senator Money Senator stone, Senator ShlllL- l-l'
Assistant Secretary of State, the Second Assistant
Secretary of State the Assistant Secretary OF JIe
>a,,,- Senator Burton. Senator Clark, of Wyoming
Representative DENLY, Representative BuFIes'Il
Representative Howard, Representative RCdellpeS =
Representative Ocott, Representative Perkins, ftep
resentative Mckinley, Mr. Matsui MI Hahatl-a'
Mr. Mfsuro, the japanese Consul General IN Ne"
York. DR. Takanline and Mr.. Fukim, OF New YORK,
Rear Admiral Sigsbee, Rear Admiral opefTE' rear
Admiral Hemphin, Commander Cleland Dayls'
Lieutenant General Corbfn Brigadier General Ed
wards Colonel Hiestand, Clifford Pinchot' FRANK
D y,-fro-, lindsay Russell and E. A s de Lima,
Of New York; Mr. OKeefe. Wilbur j Carr. John
T, OTaughlin w E. Curtis, Scott c. Bone and
William A NeWcome.
Miss Mary Lansing CatIin Of Washington daugh-
ter of the late Captain Robert CatLih VIII De ma
ried to Dr. Edward CussIer. of New York at 81
AIban's Church at April ~ Miss Jane
CatIin will be maid of honor for her sister, ana
Miss Constance Satterlee, her cousin, and MISS
lane Hunt will be bridesmaids. Dr. DlnSnan' OF
New York will be best man for Dr. Cussler, ana
his other attendants VIII be Dr. Bartlett, Dr. Creep
way DR. satterIee and DR.. Humphries, ali of New
York The bride is niece Of the late BlShop
satter!ee. \ number of relatives and friends VIII
come from New York for the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. John Is. Henderson entertained at
dinner tonight. They have issued Invitations for
a stereopticon talk on English houses for next
/ Wednesday evening
Colonel Henry May has returned from long
visit in Europe Mrs May and her two daughters
are still abroad.
The Assistant Secretary of War. Mrs Robert
Shaw Oliver, and Miss Oliver have gone 10 Albany
TO attend the marriage of Mrs. divers niece Miss
place there Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley have as house
guests MI and Mrs G. Marshall Allen and E \
Dickerson. Of New York. Among other guests in
yitcd to meet them at dinner tonight We're Com
mander and Mrs Reamey, Mr. and Mrs Jack
/ Biddle and Miss BaugheT.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
.I4RION CRAWFORD.

Every conceivable impulse has contributed TO
rbe making of the fiction of the last twenty
five wears. In 4 reading public embracing hliI-
ior,s if has been easy 70 find favor alike for
The Widest romance and the tract dlSGulSeu
as = novel and every new author has hau
abundant announcement to follow ms own
sweet Will Yet from out of the welter Of
schools. il we may 50 term the numerous elias
sftfcations into which fiction has fallen, there
has emerged one essentially modern type Of
novelist. the type illustrated to perfection in
thc late Marion Crawford. This cosmopolitan
and uecularly versatile man. making his nome
in Southern Italy and maintaining nomlnally
an attitude of detachment from the WorKadaY
world of New York or London. was. neverthe-
less the very embodiment Of all those traits
which readers at large in these and other mod
prn cities prefer in their novests-
He has this much in common with the great
masters of his craft that with the narrative
-cift at the tips of his fingers he always set
tied down at his desk on the hypothesis that
tho story is the thing. Like Dumas. in
earlier day and like Stevenson in his own. he
made it his business to entertain his reader.
He had neither the creative power of the
French man OF genius nor the artistic predilec-
tions of the British man of talent, but, on the
other hand he was not by any means poor in
energy or invention. and though his work
,Dancbjn without diSTlnCtlcN II was sell
resnecting and adequate. Marion Crawford
wrote like man Of the world who, having had
much experience, had many good story to tell
and enioyed telling it. He was too well edu-
Gated and had too lively feeling for letters
IN he utterly neglcctfUl of form. but his was
not the temperament which leads man to
torment himself with problems Of style, and,
besides the idea of turning one of his popular
tales into a work Of art would probably have
struck him as a little absurd Conscientious
rs he was. he must have known that YOU do
not spin yarn IS you compose a Henry Es-
tnond" or a ''i'eTe GOriOt'
He had an exceptional faculty for the pictu-
rescue use Of local COLOR and the long list
of his novels is an index to a surprisingly wide
range Of sympathies. He had come in con
tact with most of the peoples of the earth and
he was ouck 10 make usc of them in his work
Put fl was in Italy that he found his trueSt in
s1,Iration and the series Of novels c0mmemo-
rotiu.s the house Of the Saracinesca will re
main his best monument. These stories of a
great Roman family, retaining many Of the
characteristics ana practices OF the Rrnais-
sance but forced T. reckon with the social
and economic conditions Of moderniZed Italy
are the work Of Il true rOmanccr. TO the
things which he was privileged to observe in
Roman life the author added an instructive
sense Of dranIa, fair for good love story,
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
ANOTHER TERN FOR DI1z,

The confidently expected happens again IN
Mexico Porfirio Diaz lets it be known that he
i willing to accept another term as iTeShfhI
of the republic. That means. We may safely
assume that there viii be no opposing call"l-
date that General DiaZ AT the appointed tlAe
will he unanimously elected to the Presidency
and that on December / of next year, barring
the inevitable uncertainties Of human life, he
will enter npon his eighth term Of office He
has herD President continuously since lSS4-a
reriod of nearly twenty-five years-and he
served one term or the major part Of term.
before. that date. That is an extraordinary rec
ord We do not know of its like III all the his
Tory of governments. in character and results
as we'll as in duration.
There are those who affect 70 regard ii cyni-
callv. as a farce and a traYesty upon popular
government but they are not altogether well
advised At the beginning his Presidential
career was perhaps more open to that reproach
than it has since been. After he had served
out the unexpred term of the fugitive Lerdo it
was discovered that by the terms Of an act of
which he had himself been the author he was
not eligible for reelection Instead Of annul-
linz that act as some would have done, he
obered it. but we probably do him no injustice
in assuming that il was through his own in
fiucnc~ that his secretary. General Gonzales.
was elected iii his place. while he himself be-
came by PRESIDENTIAL appointment Cnef Justice
Of the Supreme Court. During the adminiStra-
ton Of President Gonzales the law fOrbidding
the reelection Of President was repealed not,
however. for the benefit of Gonzales. but Of
Diaz who thereupQn elected to succeed
Gonzales and has since been repeatedly elected
10 succeed himse
Now. as we have mt mated il is not wise to
regard this as a mere tIuvcsty upon republican
ism for TWO major reasons. One is that there
has not in all these years appeared any sub
stamial reason for thinking that General DaZ
is not acceptable 10 the Mexican people aud is
not the real choice Of the vast majority of them
To what extent elections are mere.Countlnc-in
process do NOT know. But do know that
there Is freedom of speech in Mexico ana that
innumcrahie visitors from this and other lands
have had abundant opportunity 10 ascertain the
sentiment of the people. ana that any important
opposition Ia DaZ any widespread dissats-
faction with his practically permanent Presi-
dency has never been disclosed We believe
therefore, that the people OF Mexico really
want him for their President and it is as
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

t,11e democracy for the people to re-eiee' ~ %
man of their choice again and again DIS 10 80
=, nev man each time. In this we hlu9' mn an
consider them wise for the second anu 81
moro obvious reason 10 which we nave To- t -
s that beyond all dispute the to,,o,
president piaz has been of rare ana t,,a+
benefit to Mexico and 10 the people u 'i''''
great republic. tis admin
II * because of the benefcence OF ms 'luinln
istra+fon in maintaining political St'oiii'S. ni
noting industrial and commercial proSpea,,G ,,,1
and encouraging general social proSie'9 1,,si
elevation. that we regard the record oI i,lIa1
don't Diaz as extraordinary If not ulii'"l
Historically there is, of course strohS "Il,r.
TO interest in the spectacle or
of Santa Anna and veteran OF tle n'Nto'.l
war still vigorously directing arIalIS VI 80
and nurposing to begin his eighth term as ieSi
dent when his eighty first year OF NE n'S
welI becun. 1t is Il spectacle honorable TO llie
man himself TO the Aztec race from when ne
i sn,unc. and to the commonwealth which lie
has led from chaos to order and from semi
horI,orfsm to a high place among the ehllSht-
cped nations of the world.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

= shrevd though not perhaps very deep ieei
inc for character. and Il genuine gift for 'iidI
kind of dialogue which may not be eSpecIilS
witty or otherwise brilliant but ntailipiS heepS
= noveI ooinn at n smart pace. Crawford H'Iu'
too ono of the most precious virtues OF the
novelist. He knew how to make his hGufeS
interesting and likGblC His heroheN' 1t 10
fr1e are not always successful. OutSldc cl ll'
So,.o,ineSca series. which embraced one super
Iativey charming woman IN corona MS W.
of femininity were often apt to be saccharlne
and conventional But his lovers and other
men were nearly always very attractive lie
had nrpttv taste in villains and though ms
treatment of them in his later books was eX-
cessfveIv melOdramatic he rarely failed 10
draw some good effects from his more sinister
personages. You might not be deeply moved
by the love affair in hand in one Of his stores
but YOU could not remain Indifferent to the
wicked plot threatening its happy issue
For number of years Mr. Crawford had in
terested himself in Italian history, and he put
forth divers volumes on Rome. Venice ana
Sicily in which the fruits Of industrious fead-
inc were handled with delightfully."- romantic
touch While he was not proIeSSed SchoIar'
he was at any rate. man Of culture ana oL
trained Judgment. His books of history MAKE
capital reading. Yet the author who is regret
ted in his death is above all the author VINO
could beguie us with the powers Of his fmag-
nation in hours of weariness or depression
Sometimes he seemed to deal in puppets. work
inc them with i'll concealed wires. Mostly,
However he portrayed very human creatures
whose adventures seemed real, 50 that you
could not but follow them to the end, absorbed
and refreshed To have thus cheerfully inter
estcd thousands of readers is surely to have
established claim to remembrance.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

recognition of the character Of his offence Not
one of them can be excused as an honest bu'
misguided patriot And to give any OF theln
immunity would simply be to encourage an
o+bor III disnosad nersons in the island to follow
their example
There is happily no ground for doubling that
Mr.. Gomez is quite correct also i'll saying rs ne
did last week tIla; The government is strong anu
represents an Overwhelming majority OF the
Cuban people There s no conslderapie uiS'.-
fection in the island The political opposition Is
entirely constitutional and not Revolutionary
And If Is highly desirable that this circumstance
should be borne in mind at all times. and par
t.cularly when an occasional report OF troup'e
comes from the island There will Doubtless DC
sporadic outbreaks such as that when mas Jue'
been suppressed But it would be i s'"'e ~.
Justice 10 the Cuban nation and its govfrhllieht
IN suggest that anv of them indicated anything
resembling a general or widespread revoiut'oh-
airy movement.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.I


Washington, April 10.-The President to-day eN-
messed his deep qualification over the passage oL
the Payne tariff bill by the House OF Representa-
tives Yesterday congratulating several of the f'e
publican leaders who early callers at 'i'S
White House. among them Speaker cannon anu
Representa- tives Payne, Dwight and Cushnah-
Two delegations interested in the hosiery ques-
ton invaded the executive Offices to-day, one 'oi
and the other against the increased duty on t1'"'
article in the Payne bill Mrs Nathan o. I+7"
Mrs Z. NJ. Henderson, Mrs Freeman r. Di'"I =
and Miss Helen Norris. representing the League y"
Cook County QIID Womens Clubs proteSs Ss7u
against the new duty. They have hIea -
nctitIon with the House Committee on ways anu "
Means and are going to take up the matter W.. W
the Senate Committee Finance RepIe'e'i'
Wilson introduced the delegation.
President Taft attended the prayer services ovs'
the body of the former Secretary of the inteIiol
E. A. Hitchcock. this afternoon, prior u '''
movaI of the body to St Louis for bdiI"1-
Falowfng his Saturday half holiday cusloi4' 'e''
dent Taft enjoyed a game Of golf on tHe me-
Chase links this afternoon with the SegetTy Oh ''
NAVY General Clarence Edwards and Capla'n
Archibald Butt. The party left the "hlle I'o'9
in the Presidents touring car at 20 p. III
Among those who called TO pay their Fespe0,S
,,ora the Vtce-President who introduced Israel r.
Fischer an appraiser Of merchandise at Ne" @ @lo'A
and formerly a member of Congress; senator Dio
and Burton who talked over Ohio appointments
Senator Burnham who introduced hufhper ~
New Hampshire CONSTITUENCIES 0'"' -.
Bradley and Overman, the Attorney Genera, '--'
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary OF Coiil
merce and Labor. Representatives HuInpiHeS an
C,,,sb,,ar who talked over the Washington judge
ship: REPRESENTATIVES Weeks and Oleott' and eA-
Representative Watson.
The President and Mrs. Taft are entertaining
Henry W Taft the brother of the President over
Easter Miss Helen Taft and Robert A l al ~. -
the members Of their house party, and Miss Mary
Chew, of Washington occupied boxes at the t,'eal.e
tonight to see John Mason in The Nllc-lihe
Hour Later they had supper at the Whlte Fto0S5,
Tomorrow Miss Taft aud her brotler anu q"
+,o 0ar-bere of their house party will attend the
Easter breakfast at Friendship. with Mr. and Mrs
John r. Mclean hosts.
Miss Helen Taft and Robert Taft. with tAe-
house grests went to Great Falls this AFTERNOON