The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Hereand There

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The lower house of the legislature
in Minnesota has passed bill pro-
viding for the direct nomination OF
senators by the Oregon plan. The
Ohio legislature has adopted reso-
luton calling on congress to summon
federal constitutional convention for
direct vote on United States senators.
New York city's board of education
has gone on record as opposed to any
legislation designed to prohibit pupils
in public schools from belonging TO
secret societies or fraternities. res
olution was adopted opposing bill to
to this end pending in the legislature.
The proposed trip of the Chicago
| Association of Commerce to the orient
has been given up owing toan accident
20 the steamship Minnesota, on which
the delegation was to have sailed.
nolbler than that Of a united continent
Ia spectacle which would astound the
world by its novelty and grandeur a
spectacle of two people living side by
side, separated only by an invisible
lime. with not gun frowning across
it. not fortress on either side, with
. no armament one against the other,
but living in harmony in mutual con-
hdence and with no other rivalry than
generous emulation in commerce
and the arts of peace.-Sir William
Laurier.
The art of swimming is to be taught
in the Chicago public schools as part
/ Of the regular curriculum. Plans have
been approved by the board of educa-
ton and pools will be established In
two school buildings, with an expert
instructor.
At his office i'm New York, Colonel
Roosevelt. just before leaving for his
long southern and western trip show
ed stacks of letters numbering more
than . 900 received during the last two
| davs. i'm almost all of which was an
invitation to address organizations In
| cities along his line of travel. Many
simply asked for a car end speech.
Samuel Gompers, disappearing the
action OF the socialists in forcing John
Mitchell out of the Civic Federation,
speaks more i'm anger than in sorrow
Of socialists generally. 1.-THE normal
state of the socialist writer and pub
lie speakers" he says, els the howl
3 ing dervish state. In certain circum'
, stances they all get together and make
their howl unusually loud, long ant
| cantankerous. Moreover, the tactics OF
the socialists require that their howl'
should be extraordinarily vicious. {
howl OF scorn and derision, upon see
ing representative employers in con
ference. In order to serve up thel
Gish of scorn to the ignorant, the so
cialist leaders have thrown into 1t a
constituent elements bitter misrepre
sentation. the heat of hatred, and tn
ginger of approbrious epithet.
The excess of births over death
throughout France was only 1922 Il
1909 an increase of the population o
| france of three to 10000. The increas
| of population in 1908 was 46,411.
During the twelve months ended Dee
| 81 last England paid to foreign coun
tries S4O,5S7,225 for eggs and poultry
of which $S6.4SO.725 was for eggs an
the balance for poultry.
Not only have some of the peak
near Pontresina been ascended TIL
winter, but also some of the highes
| mountains in Switzerland, includin
the Jungfrau. Feats in winter climb
ing are now often performed whic
few years ago would have been con
sidered impossible.
The attempt to bridge the st. Law
renee at Quebec has already cost ",
900. 600 and many lives. The govern
nent estimate is that $1S,25O,OOO, G
| whereabouts, will complete the bridge
Mr.. I.ennox of the Dominion hous
thinks that the bridge when complet
I'd. will represent an expenditure
$25,0O0,000.
Renuhlican leaders in Kansas al