Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-05-17
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There will be no invasion of Mexico
as the result of the killing of Amer
ican citizens in the city of Ell Paso
as an incident of the fighting at Jua.
rez. The statement of President Taft
following the reported deaths of a
half dozen Americans, and the debate
in congress provoked by this occur
renee, made plain the future conduct
Of the government Senator Bacon of
Georgia undoubtedly voiced the senti,
ment of an overwhelming majority OF
the senate in his superb analysis Of
the legal and diplomatic situation
growing out of the Mexican hostili-
ties.
The farmers free list bill was pass
ed b. the house by a vote of 236 To-
l09, the entire Democratic side voting
in favor of the measure, and "a Re.
publicans in addition. 1t will now so
to the senate, and the chances are
that it will never see the light of day
in that body, but be strangled in the
finance committee. The senate will
never accept free lumber, boots and
shoes and leather. Still the Demo-
cratic house will secure whatever
credit and political accretions may re-.
suit from this enactment.
Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of New
Hampshire was unanimously nominal
ed as president pro tempore of the
senate at the Republican senatorial
caucus. Twenty of the fifty Republi-
can senators were abs snt, including
nine Progressive senators. The four
Progressives in attendance, Senators
Borah, Brown, Dixon and Kenyon, vot-
ed for Mr.. Gallinger. Senator CALM
ger was placed in nomination by Sem
ator Warren, who eulogized Senator
William P. Frye, the retiring presi-
dent.
President Taft indulged in some
plain talk in explaining to 25 men,
bers of the National Grange that he
does not intend to play politics with
the Canadian reciprocity agreement,
even if the enactment of the measure
costs him the farmer vote. The pres.
ident told his visitors bluntly he was
sorry to hear that Republican farmers
would desert the party if the agree.
ment goes through, but fear of such
desertion would not at all change his
conviction as to the wisdom of the
legislation.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the Georgia
Peach,'' and the Detroit teams won
derful batsman, has developed into a
political factor. Judge William NJ.
Dunbar of Augusta owes several votes
which helped to elect him postmaster
OF the house to the influence of Ty
Cobb Representative Doremus Of
Michigan (Dem.) told of the activity
OF the Georgia ball player in inducing
members OF congress whom he had
met to support his old friend and fell
lcw.Georgian, Judge Dunbar.
Andrew Carnegie received what he
called his greatest mark of honor
wren twenty-one American republics
bestowed upon him a gold medal bear.
ing on one side the words, "Benefac.
tor of Humanity" and on the other,
The American Republics to Andrew
Carnegie According to John Bar.
rett director general of the Pan-Amer-
ioan Union, it was the first time that
such tribute had been paid to an in
dividual Senor de Zamacona, the
Mexican ambassador, made the pre-.
sentation speech, and Secretary OF
State Knox and President Taft also
spoke.
Another puzzling question about the
Sherman antitrust law made its ap-
pearance in the Supreme court of the
United States: Does conspiracy to
fix the price of commodity by pro-
curing a corner constitute viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust law?
The government ranks the Importance
of the question alongside that of the
Standard Oil and Tobacco cases. This
latest member Of the trust" problem
family came to the court in writ of
error obtained by the government
from the recent cotton bull" decision
of Judge Noyes Of New York.