The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-29

A little while ago, when it was be-
Iieyed 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 d.
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
much literature" has been prepared
and other preliminary steps have
been taken, the campaign will not
begin in earnest until about July l,
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 superfuous, 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 a 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 admins
tration purposes to take no chances,
and to meet such q contingency will
have an ample force of field artillery,
cavalry and infantry at hand. The
protection of the locks from cranks,
anarchists, and ven 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
who believe it will inure to the ben
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 a 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-
complish still more, and the an
neuncement 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. MI. Hale, too, has
been classed as a reactionary of the
extreme type, and his retirement will
probably take some measure of
weight from the shoulders OF the
party.
X X X
Actuated by humanitarian rather
than economic motives, the House
Committee on immigration has re-
ported ~fayorably 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-
grant family is suffering from some
loathseme or contagious disease or
from some irreparable 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 hardshlps.
OF course, it is not %purposed to throw
down the bars, but it is maintained
that it is entirely safe and far more
humanitarian to clothe the immigra-
ton officials with sufficient authority
to permit of their exercising their dis
erection when the rigid enforcement
of the law would entail separating
members of a family.
X X X
The enactment of the Alaskan gov
eminent bill will be deferred until
next session, with the entire approval
of the President, who is deeply inter,
ested in the subject, but
Alaskan who believes that more
Legislation. justice can be done this
important subject then
than now. Mr.. Taft is ~steadfast IL
his conviction that the welfare OF the
district depends on the creation OF an
executive council, to be appointed by
the President, rather than an elective
legislature, and would doubtless veto
any bill which provided for the latter
The House Committee on Territories
is convinced that material change
should be made in the present law
governing the association of LAND
claims so as to prevent eight meI
filing claims on 100 acres of land ano
holding that area by working only
twenty acres whereas an individual
who files on twenty acres must worn
the entire area. 1t Is probable that
bill seeking to correct this discrepan'
CIV will he reDorted at this session.