The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-26
WASHINGTON NOTES

over the Cuban situation for an hour
Sunday afternoon with Carlos Garcia
Felez, the island s minister to Wash
ington. From 3 until o'clock the
diplomat and the President sat IL
earnest conversation on the veranda
of the Taft cottage. Mr.. Nclcz de-
clared after the long interview thar
he had found President Taft deeply
interested in Cuba and thoroughly
acquainted with the ideals and ambit-
ions of the people. Mr. Nelez 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
II he Il -ught it ever would be neces.
sary for the United States again tc
intervene to set the republics house
in order.
In letter addressed Sunday tc
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 III politics in any way will be
, dismissed Immediately from the SER
wee. AT the same time announce.
ment was made of the appointment
OF 134 additional supervisors. Out.
side OF casting their votes the Presi.
dcnt 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 Secr,-
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 III his letter. Mr.. Taft saws
that III appointing census supervisors
1t has been found necessary to select
men recommended by Senators and
congressman i'll their districts. He
says he realizes that this method Of
selection might easily be perverted tc
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. Meckin, Sr.: second. James NJ
Newborn; third, H. Frank Brown;
fourth. William CT. lius Pearson:
sixth, Irvine B. Tuck :; 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 Cramp & Sons, of Phila.
delphia, 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 $4,450,000 and another at
$4,475.OO0. AS both ships cannot be
built by the same ward the Camden
yards bid of $4,675. 900 is considered
as lowest for one of the vessels.
The Newport News company offer
ed 10 build battleship for $4.79O,0OO
according to the Navy Department 8
plans. Two bids were made by the
Newport News yard, under class .
the department s plans as to hull and
equipment but the company's designs
as to the machinery. These bids were
$4,6SO,0O0 and $5,O1O,OO0, respective.
ly.
Under class 2, propositions were
made for the installation of turbine
coupled with reciprocating engines
and turbines combined with electric
motors. The speed promised general
ly was 20 1-2 knots under both
classes, but the New York Shipbuild-
ing Company offered to build a vessel
at 20 3-4 knots at $4.750,000 under
class / and at $4.875,000 under class
2. Another bid by the same COM
pany was for 20 1-2 knot vessel al
$4, 100000
Accusing the court of inquiry which
investigated the death of Second