The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03

Iieved that the chief battle-ground in
the coming campaign would be in the
West, it was proposed to establish
the headquarters of
battle-ground the Republican Con-
Shifts. gressional Committee
in Chicago. But the
aspect of things political has SO far
changed that it is now proposed to
maintain two headquarters, one in
New York and the other in Chicago,
and to have Chairman Mckinley di-
vide his time between the two. Rep
resentative Loudenslager, secretary
of the committee, will remain at the
New York headquarters permanently.
Mr.. Mckinley will soon call the COM
mittee together for a general discus
sion of the campaign, but although
mucn literature has been prepared
and other preliminary steps have
been taken, the campaign will not
begin In earnest until about July /,
when most of the nominations will
have been made.
With such effective Notifications
at the Panama Canal the mainten-
ance of land forces of 1000 or 5000
men might seem superfiuous, but the
probabilities are that
The Land were an enemy to seek
Forces the capture or the de-
For Canal. struction of the canal
the attempt would be
made by means of force landed at
some distance from and outside the
range of the Notifications; and while
the landing OF any material force on
the isthmus and without the range of
the Notifications would be attended
with grave difficulties, the adminis-
tration purposes to take no chances,
and to meet such contingency will
have an ample force of field artillery.
cavalry and infantry at hand. The
protection of the locks from cranks,
anarchists, and even from the fool
| hardy spies of an enemy in time of
war, will also be necessary, and this
work can best be performed by the
troops garrisoned along the line Of
the canal.
The political effect of the retire
ment of Senators Aldrich and Hale is
problematical, but there are many
eft of the party in the
Effect of next election and in the
Senatorial one that follows. AL
Retirements. drich, in the Senate,
and Cannon, in the
House, have been denounced from
one end OF the country to the other,
and in the minds of the uniformed
are closely allied. The rejection of
"Cannonism,' by means Of the cleo
ton of new Rules Committee of
which the Speaker is not a member,
has already produced a most favor
able effect on the country. The as
surance that Mr.. Cannon will not be
reelected Speaker is expected to ac-
compiish still more, and the am
nouncement that Mr.. Aldrich will not
come back will doubtless have weight
with many people who have been
taught to associate the Rhode Island
| Senator with Mr.. Cannon and with
those who blame him for the defects
in the tariff law. Mr.. Hale, too, has
been classed as reactionary of the
extreme tyne, and his retirement will
probably take some measure of
weight from the shoulders }of the
party.
W X
Actuated by humanitarian rather
than economic motives. the House
Committee on Immigration has re-
ported favorably the Sulzer-O' Con-
nell bill prohibiting the
To Mitigate separationof immigrant
immigration families. This measure
Hardships. provides that unless a
member Of an immi-
I grant family is suffering from some
| loathsome or contagious disease or
! from some irrenarah1a mental defect
he or she shall not be separated from
the remainder of the family or be de-
ported. The present law leaves no
discretion to the immigration officials
in the matter Of deportation where
disease or mental incapacity is found.
and has resulted in many hardships.
OF course, it is not purposed to throw
down the bars, but II IS maintained