The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-11-07

prehend what the department Of COM
merce and labor figures really stand
for.
A statement has been issued cover
ing the United States, white foreign
born population, which clearly shows
that this country is the melting pot of
the races Of the earth. These white
foreign.born men number $780, 17,
and in the United States there are but
7,71O,698 white native born males Of
twenty-One years of age or over. The
proportion of white men of legal age
in this country who were born abroad
and of other ~nationalities is in truth
enormous. In these days when one of
the most exciting national elections
of recent years is at hand, it is Of in
terest to note that there are 3,043,117
white men born in other countries,
who, if not disqualified because of of
fences against this government, or be-
cause of unsound mind, are all quail
fed to cast their votes for presidential
electors in November. These are the
foreign-born males who have 'een
naturalized, a total of 1865 per cen
of the foreign born males of voting
age in continental United States.
Much has been written concerning
Senator Hepburn, who died a few days
ago. His qualities have been discuss
ed, and the eulogists have spent their
volumes of platitudes. That's the US
ual way dead statesmen pass on. The
senator was distinct in his type, and
his great qualities were his honesty,
fear lessness and positiveness. This lat
ter trait was generally regarded here
as egotism, and it was thoroughly I'M
derstood that when the Senator had
arrived at a conclusion, that "all the
kings oxen" were weak as compared
to his resolve. 1t made no difference
to Senator Hepburn if all the world
was against him, he would stand up
and declare that they were all wrong.
He was strong in his likes and dis
likes, and during the past ear arous-
ed the antagonism of the south by his
attacks upon that section of the coun-
try. With Senator Hepburn passes a
real character of congress-one of the
old-fashioned kind that one pictures
as belonging to Americas revolution
airy period.
Fifty-two geographers blew into
town the other day, after covering
l 5000 miles of the flower spots of the
Now they are on their way to
their homes in Europe-and who is
there who would not like to take up
geography on this plan?
There must have been a stringency
in the copy market when the Penn
reporter put out that Gin
spired story" to the effect that secre-
tary Of State Knox would retire or
March fourth, even though President
Taft should be reelected. Mr.. Knox
denied the yarn in the earliest edi-
ions, and why not? For two years he
has been having about the best old
lime of any living Yankee, travelling
over South America, receiving the
homage of a purple potentate," and
"a IRVING nlnn1 IN hto NC rohn inc hic
and most of their friends. Be
he has just returned from Japan
with ar encourage comfortably tucked
away OF a warship that would make
poor monarchs like those of Europe
lush with envy. OF course Mr.. Knox
loes not always travel, but when he
s here in Washington he has things
so much easier than even the Presi-
lent and his family that the sugges-
ion that he might chuck it all, sounds
ike a joke. Now supposing most any
body was Knox-would they quit?
The state department has sighed
many signs Of relief at the late turn
Of affairs in Mexico. 1t seems to be
that Mexico must have a
revolution on in order to make the
people feel natural, but officials here
are comforted that a man with a pro-
name and brains enough to
carry on a war instead Of a bush
whacking expedition, is the new lead
err. Diaz, the new head of the revolu-
appears to be a responsible
sort of a chap, and is showing such
diplomacy as to excite sympathy for
ment does not expect to find it neces-
sary to keep Uncle Sam sitting up
nights along the border to prevent