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The most miserable of all peoples are those who live under weak gov ernmentej. In the life' of every nation that has endured for many centuries, those periods were the most wretched when the hand of the government was vacillating or paralytic. Mankind has ever deemed tyranny preferable to an archy, and anarchy is the invariable consequence of feebleness on the part of a ruler. It also intrudes upon na tion when the decay of ancient insti tutions proceeds more rapidly than the construction of new ones. This has been our own case in America. ' The inadequacy of the primitive machinery of government which the revolutionary fathers eaeviried has been manifest from almost the beginning of our history. Nothing but the bold additions to the Constitution, which judges like John Marshal and his successors have sel dom hesitated to make, have saved it from utter breakdown; but, though this judicial reconstruction has been rapid, the decay of the original prin ciples and Ideals of the makers of the Constitution has been so much more rapid that for a generation the United States has been drifting toward an archy with disquieting epeed.. The principles of the revolutionary fathers applied only to a somewhat loose federal union among a small number of sovereign states. Their Ideals extended only to the development of a population along the Atlantic Coast. The expansion of the country to the Pacific, the predominant part which the Mieetesippi Valley was to play in our history, were things of which they never dreamed; and natur ally the Constitution, as they made it, was adapted to a course of hititory entirely different from that which the Nation has actually experienced. Mr. Root made this point sufficiently clear in his Speech before the Pennsylvania Society on December 12. "Few of the men of 1787 would have deemed ' it possible," he said,' "that the Union they were forming could be maintained among S5.000.000 people, spread over the vast expanse from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the lakes to the gulf." Still, the Union has been main tained, and Mr. Root assigns three reasons for it, all of them valid, but none of them more important than a fourth, which he omits. The first clause in his list is the growth of national sentiment. This has indeed been astonishing. For many yeans after the Union was es tablished the New Kngland States seemed ready to break it up ,on pre texts which would now seem trifling. The people of the Atlantic Coast looked upon the Westerners in the Valley of the Ohio and along the Mississippi as foreigners for a long time. Their rights were 'slighted; their influence was dreaded. It was a common opin ion in the Senate that the development of the West was a menace to the Na tion. Thomas IL Benton and Andrew Jackson fought some of their hardest battles to secure common justice for their compatriots in Tennessee and Missouri. Webster's famous debate' with Hayne over the respective merits cf Massachusetts and South Carolina was a mere Interlude in a four days', speech of Benton, in which he advo cated the rights and interests of the great West. The National ideal is in. truth Western. It developed among the pioneers, who were free from the narrow prejudices and the predilec tions for state sovereignty which dom inated the East and South. State sov ereignty never troubled the West a great deal. To the men of the prairies and great river basins we have always been a Nation and not a federation. We have a vastly larger Union to ady than the fathers ever conceived. The second cause which has made this possible, according to Mr. Root, is free trade among the states and the third, the development or the means of communication. The reason which he omits is the transformation of the Constitution itself by a long series of Supreme Court decisions. To see how great this transformation lias been, one need only think of the vast body of law which has grown out of the clause in the . Constitution that "Congress shall liave power to regulate commerce among the several states." Of course, this process of amendment has been a centralizing; process. Centralization I is the natural and only safeguard against anarchy; but hitherto it has not kept pace with our National needs. Mr. Roosevelt eees this plainly enough, and he, therefore, demands an exten sion of the powers of the Government and a large and generous interpreta tion of the Constitution by the court." Mr. Root recounts some of the steps of the centralizing process, and in timates -that It has as yet only begun. Of'couree. as the power of the Federal Government expands, that of the states must contract. The states, as a mat ter of fact, have been found, Inade quate to .solve the problems which con front the Nation today. The solution requires a broader outlook and a. more potent energy than they possess. Hence, as Mr. Root Bays, state lines are fading out of our National con sciousness. Like all partially useless organs, the state governments tend to become abortive. For what we wteh to accomplish we look more and more to Washington and continually less to the local capitals.. That this process implies a loss of liberty it to nonsense to assert.' Freedom does not mean paralysis. The best and truest freedom consists in. the ability to secure the enactment of the popular will promptly into law and the thoroughgoing en forcement of that law by an adequate power. CONGRESSIONAL SALARIES. ' The proposal to increase the salaries of Senators and Representatives to $7500 per year will excite little eor no displeasure among the people. Like most of our public servants. Congress men are and have always been under paid. Their salary of J5000 is notably insufficient now since the cpst of liv ing is high and increasing. It is no credit to a nation to deal stingily with its servants, nor does it pay. An official whose salary will not support him respectably is driven to shifts and devices to eke it out. He is under continual temptation to lend his influence unworthily. But the worst of the matter is that our public penuriousness deprives the country of the services of high-grade men. This is not always the case, of course; but with our present scale of salaries it is almost invariably a sacrifice for a man of first-rate ability to accept pub lic office. A citizen ought to be ready to sacrifice his financial interests for his country's sake, but the sacrifice should be demanded only when it is necessary. When the people are abun dantly able to pay adequate salaries and fail to do so only in compliance with an indefensible tradition of par simony, we have no right to ask our ablest men to forsake their own inter ests for those of the public. We do not believe that the United States should pay salaries in propor tion to its resources, nor that we should try" to give our officials a splendid or magnificent appearance. The first con sideration is absurd. The second is in congruous with democratic ideas. But we do believe that this country ought to pay ealaries which fairly remuner ate its servants for their time and abil ity. That the pay which Congressmen now receive does nothing of the sort everybody who. has studied the matter at all admits. At present neither a Representative nor a Senator can live on his salary with dignity, and self renpect. Ho must eke it out from pri vate resources, or else forego the so ciety of his equals. Neither of these alternatives is desirable, and neither is desired by the American people. They are both able and willing to deal fairly with their servants. MORE CARS I OR ONE HOCR. For the -next ten days the Portland Railway Company -will be doing the city a great favor If it shall double the car service between 5 and 6 o'clock in the evening. Under ordinary condi tions, homeward-bound travel is at tended with no little discomfort, while in the Chrtetmas shopping season it is a physically distressing burden. The average woman, when she has finished her rounds and there is no way to escape this annual ordeal for the pleasure of others is dead tired. In many cases she can't wait for wag on delivery and has a number of pack ages. . Isn t it inhuman to force her to stand clinging to a strap with one arm while the other "breaks" in cramped position under the strain of bundles? To the answer that she could do her shopping of mornings, it may be said that a very large per centage of women do not employ house hold help. As a matter of policy, the streetcar corporation may be doing itself a big service by responding right now to legitimate demands. Able-bodied men, who vote for members of the Legisla ture and) the City Council, resent hav ing to stand up ail the way home. They are likely to remember the fact on election day. In these times of the initiative and referendum, it is well for all concerns subject to legislative regulation not to face public displeas ure. Husbands sometimes remember so small a matter as discourtesy to their wives. Merely to learn how Portland will accept the innovation, let the experi ment of extra cars be tried until De cember 25, barring the two Sundays. THE INCREASED MINERAL OUTPUT. One of the most prosperous industries of a . year of unexampled prosperity throughout the country has been the mining industry. From every mining section, from Alaska, from Colorado, from Montana and from the mining regions of our own state, the year's record is one of increased activity and augmented output. Since the science of applied electric ity has touched so many of the inter ests of the business and industrial world, copper,, the chief transmitter of the electric current, has come to be reckoned among the precious metals not as a medium of exchange, but as a conductor of energies that represent hundreds of millions' of -dollars in the world of labor and of finance. Under the steady spur of de mand, the output of this metal during the year,' covered by the reports that have lately been submit ted to the Treasury Department at Washington, has been enormous. In the State of Montana the copper output showed an increase of 16 per cent dur ing the year, this increase being both in the quantity of copper produced and Us relative market value under the goad of increased demand. The min eral production of that state in 1905 aggregated a- value of $70,000,000. in which copper took the lead, with a value of $48,165,276.63. An interesting feature of the report of this great industry in Montana Is that which treats of the labor question in connection therewith.' Events have Shawn that the most reckless and des- perate contingent of the discontented labor host of the country is found In and about the great mining centers of the Rocky Mountain region. It is not necessary to cite the lawless occur ences in the Coeur d'AIene district in Idaho and in the Cripple Creek district in Colorado to prove this. The desper ate tactics of these men, backed by a powerful labor organization, have re sulted in crimes that have left a blot upon Western civilization, ' while in seeking for a penalty in some way ade quate, both as a punitive and restrain ing force, the ingenuity of the local constabulary and the wisdom of the courts have been taxed in an extraor dinary degree.' Remembering this, the public will be glad to learn from this report that a great incentive to the actual output and earnings of the mines of that state was the minimum of danger from labor troubles which, prevailed throughout the year. While Montana has not in the past been the actual scene of miners' strikes and1 their accompanying violence, it has presented a sort of harbor of refuge for lawless men seeking to evade justice after having precipitated violence in neighboring states, and it has at times been felt and feared that serious trouble might ensue between miners and mineowners in Its great copper camps. THE SPOKANE BATE. The first case to come before the In terstate Commerce Commission under the amended! long and short haul sec tion of the law has been set for hear ing at Spokane January 14th. The result of this case will be awaited with Interest; but hardly with apprehension, by the Pacific Coast jobbers, who are accused of securing special favors from the railroad company. It Is need less to again state that the jobbers of Portland,. Tacoma and Seattle re ceive nothing in the way of conces sions from the railroads that are not forced from the latter by conditions over which they have no control. Wherever there is sufficient water to float a common carrier, that craft be comes the dominant factor in establish ment of the rate. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion has always refrained from at tempting jurisdiction over rates which were subject to water . competition. Spokane demands a lower rate from the East than the Portland, Tacoma, or Seattle rate plus the local from these points to Spokane. If the railroads were to grant this rate, it would be impossible for them to haul by rail any freight for Coast ports which could be moved by water. Spokane would re ceive no benefits from the change, even were it made, for the simple reason that Portlandi would again turn to the se"a, with its low rates. The Portland merchant would still reach the territory he now serves, perhaps not with a through rate plus the local, but with an ocean and rail rate that would be as low or lolver than the railroad could give Spokane. It is be yond the power of the Interstate Com merce Commission to give any town or city seaport terminal rates unless that city is located nearer than 400 miles from the sea. The railroads have favored Spokane by the establishment of special rates, which enable that city to do a, jobbing trad in an extensive zone wherein other pretentious inland cities are de nied entrance on a jobb'ing basis. Noth ing which Spokane demands could legitimately be refused Lewiston, Col fax, Walla Walla, Ritzville, Wilbur, or any other enterprising city in the In land Empire; and when all of these points had been given the terminal rates, the Coast cities would still be using the ocean route, or, better still, the new Tehuantcpec - route, which promises a faster service and lower rates than have ever been made by the railroads. SAME OLD TRADE IN NORMALS. The demand of the Monmouth Nor mal School for an appropriation lof $115,000 at the hands of the next Leg islature, in other words, at the hands Of the people, shows that the normal school question is far from settled yet. Of this total, $65,000 is wanted for new buildings and $50,000 for operating ex penses for two years. The authorities of the Monmouth school, suggest the plan of appropriating for one school at a time for new buildings. They would have $65,000 appropriated for Monmouth this session, the same amount for Drain at the session of 1909, as much more for Ashland in 1911 and in 1913 Weston would come in for its share. That would cover a period of eight years, .and, if Monmouth 3id not come back for more before that time, the institution to get the first appropriation would be demanding an other appropriation in 1913. The trouble' with this plan, as with the whole normal school system as it has existed in Oregon, is that the appropriation does not stand upon its own merits. , There is too much of a trade in it. If this plan of rotation be adopted, each institution will be in a position to say, at each succeeding session of' the Legislature, that there is a contract existing between the Repre sentatives from the normal school counties to see that each gets its ap propriation in turn. When once this plan has been adopted, there will be no need to make a showing as to the need of an appropriation. The friends of the Monmouth Normal will be estopped from questioning the de mands of Drain, Ashland and Weston. The normal school appropriations have always been made upon a trade basis, and this new plan simply proposes a new form of trade. The truth is that one of the reasons for the strong opposition to normal schools Is that they were not estab' lished or maintained upon their merits. As private institutions they first se cured state recognition by requesting the privilege of giving diplomas recog nized in -a, state examination. Then they issued state diplomas and secured this authority upon the assertion that they were asking for no appropria tions, but merely wanted credit for their diplomas. Next they came back with the argument that the state should be ashamed to maintain state norma! schools without appropriating money to maintain them properly. Then, with four of them fastened upon the state, the friends of each were able to make deals, through the organ ization of the Legislature and other wise, by which they secured appropri ations at each succeeding session. Whether the normals were needed an whether the locations were suitable, were questions that cut no figure in establishment of the institutions. There is no reason now why the state should enter upon a scheme of appro priating for only one school at .a time. The making of feueh an implied con tract is vicious' in its tendency. If Oregon wants four normal schBols, and Intends to maintain them, they should be given all the money they need. If it does not Intend to maintain that number, some of them should be aban doned at once and the remainder de cently supported. But there should be no trading in appropriations. Mayor Lane is in -a. serious contro versy with City Auditor Devlin over the long prevailing system of keeping the city's accounts. The Mayor im putes dishonesty to no one, but he in timates, nevertheless, that the city may have been robbed of thousands of dollars, and faulty, records would, or do, entirely cover up the trans actions. ' City Auditor Devlin says the municipal accounts are in first class shape, and the Mayor's own experts have made the same report. Now we are to have another com mittee, made up of leading citizens, (who are to . determine whetheir the Mayor is right or Mr. Devlin is right. It is to be hoped that the committee will pursue its investigations thor oughly, carefully and without favor. Probably this committee will find it necessary to employ another expert. Such a one should be a person who has the public confidence, and to have the public confidence he must be some well-known accountant of Portland. The result of the investigation means much to the officials who are subject to inquisition, and there should be no doubt in the public mind that the ex pert who makes a finding for or against them knows what he is talking about and Is not afraid to talk. The wrangle has lasted so long and with such inconclusive results that it is de sirable that it be closed by an author itative determination that will leave no question as to the facts. The exclusion from the courtroom of a gaping crowd, of the curious and the vile while the young girl, Mary Murray, was testifying in regard to her downfall through her misguided affection for and foolish trust "sin the young man who met his death at the hands of her incensed brother, was a proceeding ordered, in the name of pub lic decency and common , humanity. While there are doubtless some per sons, both men and women, who attend a trial of this kind out of sympathy for one party or the other, and who sincerely deplore the necessity that compels a young girl to go into the de tails of her betrayal, the majority of those who crowdl the courtroom or would crowd it, if permitted to do so, are urged thither by a low grade cu riosity or by a fiendish spirit that ex ults in human distress and humilia tion, and it Is well, indeed, that . the courthouse doors are closed against the public in such cases. Representatives of the Jewish con gregations of New York City have joined in a protest against the ob servance of Christmas festivities in the public schooler This betrays a narrow ness of spirit that was hardly expected among the enlightened Hebrews of a great city. Public school authorities throughout the cities of the United States have generally been lenient and connidierate in providing that children of Jewish and Catholic families be ex cused from classes on the feast days. and fust days, and holy days, of these sects. Why should not the Jews acquiesce in the enjoyment in their own way of the children of the Gentiles of this greatest of Christian festivals? They need not and do not participate In the festivities of the Christmas time, but why should they wish to bar others from such partici pation? .. Those who wish to lighten the work of the shop-girls during the holiday rush can do. so, not only by doing their buying early in the season, but also by doing it early in the day. Cir cumstances make it necessary for many to do their shopping in the afternoon. and the big rueh comes at that time of the day. Those who can and will go to the stores early in the forenoon will find more of the clerks at leisure and will have their attention at a time when they are not tired! out and can give more satisfactory service. - Baseball enthusiasts will welcome the suggestion that players be numbered on the score-card arid wear a cor responding number on their sleeves. The more familiarity between the hired men and the crowd, the better for the game. It will be no surprise in the evolution of the sport, when a brilliant play comes off, to hear the bleachers calling for a speech from the star performer. ' You can't make base ball too social. After reading the "private" letter to members of the United States Sen ate, which the whole country has read, the Presldient's reply, the dismissed man's rebuttal and his wife's inter view, the conclusion is irresistible that the ex-Ambassador to Austria was Maria Storer's husband. If the command, "Back your horse out of the way," which started an anti Japanese riot in San Francisco, were always provocative of disorder, the polite force of every American city would have to be doubled in order to preserve peace. The Water board's proposed change in charges for the irrigation of lawns doesn't interest as so much 'this week as it will when the family is at the seashore next August. A new Masonic temple for the East Side is another evidence of the civic spirit pervading a populous section that does not propose to occupy the position of a suburb. Several good boys in the Cabinet and Uncle Sam's diplomatic service have reason to be grateful to Santa Claus Roosevelt for well filled stock ings. Let us all heave a sigh of relief over the decision by the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio that it is not heresy to feel sorry for a man like Dr. Crapsey. When the president of the American j-.ea.gue gets $15,uou a year and an urn pire $5 a day, it may again be asked whether justice is asleep. "Skidoo" got into the Congressional Record yesterday. It can't be kept out of the next " edition of the die tionary. . , If Congress shall pass a reasonable humane child labor law, the country will little care for its authorship. It is to be hoped that Senator Lodge won't have Senator Beveridge arrest ed for larceny. Congress is thoroly thru with simpli fied spelling. LOOKS BAD FOR OLD REGIME Probable Outcome of the Great Life Isinrasre C'ontewt. Brooklyn Eagle, Dec. 5. The great war of the policyholders on the administration of the New York Life Insurance Company and the Mutual Life Insurance Company begins to look very serious for the old administrations. If the enormous vote cast is not false In Its Indications. the International Policy holders' Committee ticket will be elected y a big majority. The vote so far is amazingly heavy. More than 500.000 policyholders of the two companies had voted up to noon to day, and it would not surprise Chairman Richard Olney. of the committee. If an other half million of votes should be cast. A big vote was exactly what the . ad ministration ticket feared. It was the expressed belief in administration circles that if the policyholders should vote at all In large numbers there could be no hope of continuing the administrations in power. The war of the policyholders has cost more than J300.000 up to date. Every cent of this was contributed by policy holders. It came from all parts of the world where the Mutual and the New York Life did business. The big sum was made up of small contributions ranging from 10 cents to. $100. There were no large contributions, but a great many of 25 cents. ' The International Policyholders' Committee limited Its ex penditures to the amount raised. It planned not to exceed the amount on hand and not to get in debt at any time. The policyholders' committee has kept a close check on every vote cast and has been careful to guard against any fraud in the count of the vote, or In handling the ballots. By a thorough check system, the committee has kept in formed of the way . policyholders have voted in a great number of cases. The committee, sent out cards to every pol icyholder and requested that the cards be returned to the committee in cases where the policyholder voted the policy holders' ticket. The cards provided for the signature, address and policy number of each policyholder, and were sent with the assurance that any policyholder re turning the card would be sure of having his ballot properly counted. In addition to this check on the num ber of votes cast, the life insurance com panies have been compelled to make daily- reports of the number of votes received. although the way the votes were cast was not revealed. Before leaving for his home early to day, Richard Olney, chairman of the In ternational Policyholders' Committee, made' a further appeal to the policy holders who have not voted. He called on them to join in the movement to make sure of the prize that the Legislature has placed in their hands. Mr. Olney called attention to the fact that the polls close on December 18 and that all votes must be cast before that time. Mr. Olney's appeal will be sent all over the country to spur on the lagging policyholders and get as many votes as possible. AX IRREI'RKSSIBLK ISSUE. Plain Talk of a New York Financier on Wealth Aggrrnnion. From Remarks of Stuyvesant Fish at an Last Orange (N. J.) Bartquet. The contest is no longer between those who have and those who have not, but between those on the one hand who have moderately, sufficiently and even abun dantly, and on the other those who, through the use -f trust funds and the power incident thereto, seek by ques tionable practices to have excessively. This is the issue which is daily brought into every home in America. Like tax ation without representation, it involves moral and ethical questions, and also strikes at the pocketbook, which has been called the sure road to the Anglo- baxon s heart. It will not down. Great and repeated efforts have been made to quiet and hush the clamor which is rising on this subject. Such efforts may succeed for a time, but not in the "end. It is not for me to say, in the words of Patrick Henry, "Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there Is no peace," nor yet, "Shall we lie sdplnely on our backs until the enemy shall have bound us hand and foot? No. a thou sand times no! I cannot and will not stir your minds up to a sense of wrong. Such is not my purpose, nor is this the forum for an appeal against unjust wealth. You and I have too large a stake in it to risk adding to the dan ger into which it has been brought by the malfeasance of some of our agents. "What I do want Is to bring to your attention the fact that no apparently effective thing has been . done to right the wrongs which are known to exist, and that it rests with us, the great mid die class, to meet this Issue as our fathers met those which confronted them, soberly, advisedly and in fear of God. Let us do and say nothing rash but, relying on past experiences, move forward as people who " 'know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain." Horse -Adapted to the Welgtht. Washington (D. C.) Despatch. Senator Cullom came out of the Cap itol and signaled for his carriage. As the driver came up the Senator looked at his horses critically. "John," he said to the coachman, "we have got to do something for these horses. They are too badly out of con ditlon. They are too thin. They are out of condition. Why, I was noticing Secretary Taft's horses the other day ana they are nice and big and glossy and fat. '"Deed, boss," broke in the coachman, looking at the thin figure of Senator Cullom, "we don't need no such horses to haul us as Mr. Taft does, nohow." Dinner Card of Blark Marble. Chicago Chronicle. Franz Josef, the Emperor of Austria, has a fad for collecting menu cards and as his stock is contributed to bv other monarch's, it is a truly wonderful one. ' His choicest specimen is one used at the dinner given by the Czar to President Faure. This "card'' is a block of the rarest black marble beautifully painted by a famous French artist, the names of the various dishes being let tered in white ivory. ' Foreign Hot- or In the Name "Ohio." Cinclnanti Enquirer. The officers of the Ohio, just home from the Kast. tell of a happening at Cavite when there were courtesies be tween our cruisers and the British. It was while a British cutter was waiting under the stern of the Ohio for an ofir cer, that one sailor was heard la boriously to spell out her name to an other and then remark: "There's a 'ho' and a 'haitch' and a ten. but there ain't no sense to her bloomin' nime." Preaenta Both Sides Fairly. Catholic Sentinel. : The fairness of The Oregonian's ed itorial discussion of the religious crisis in France is in marked contrast to the average dally press comment on the same subject and is to be commended. It'H a Very III Wind, Etc. Washington (D. C.) Post. Now that the corporations are no long er expected to pay the Republican par ty's campaign expenses, they find Uiat they can afford to raise wages. DUBOIS SPEAKS OX SMOOT Denounces Mormon Hierarchy and Roosevelt's Action in 'Idaho. WASHINGTON. Dec 13. The Senate to day listened to the second speech which has ibeen made this session against the continuance of Reed Smoot as Senator from Utah. It was delivered by Dubois of Idaho,, who, after reviewing in detail the workings of the Mormon heriarchy and Smoot's prominent connection there with,' concluded with the charge that President Roosevelt used the weight of his administration to asslt the Republican-Mormon vote in the last election. At the end of his speech Dubois paid a tribute to woman. He read a let ter signed by Mrs. Frederick Schoff and Mrs. Mary Dye Ellis as officers of the National League of Women's Organiza- ions, which, they say, represents a mem bership of 10.000,000 women. The letter criticised the President for participating through Mr. Taft, in the political cam paign in Idaho and other states in behalf of the Republican party, which they de clared, was this year dominated in those states by the Mormon hierarchy. GREATEST MARINE MOXSTER Flans for American DreaduauRht Provide for Fighting Wonder. WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. Congiests to day received from the Secretary of the Nays the plans which the department has had drawn up for the big battleship provided for in the last session. Four plans were submitted by the Bureau ot Construction and six by private firms and individuals. The plan recommended pro vides a ship in many respects superior to any other built or building. It was pre pared by the construction bureau. According to the specifications the broadside fire will be greater than that of any other battleship, the elevation of the guns will be greater with consequent lncreafe of range; the defensive qualities improved over present standards and the total weight of the hull and armor will exceed by over 3000 tons any other similar vessel. The ship, is to be 510 feet long. 85 feet 2-inch beam, 2T-feet draft, 20.0qp tons displacement, 2.100 tons coal capacity and 21 knots speed. A design submitted by G. W. Dickie, late of the Union Iron Works. San Fran cisco, provided for a ship 490 feet long. DOUBTS COOLEY'S COMPETENCE Senate Holds I'p Assistant Attorney- General's Confirmation. WASHINGTON",. Dec. 13. The nomina tion of Alfred W. Cooley. to be Assistant Attorney-General was again held up in the Senate today-. Democratic Senators questioned whether Mr. Cooley had had sufficient experience at the bar and the nomination went over until next week. Among the confirmations today are those of William B. Ridgely of Illinois, re-appolnted Controller of the Currency: J. S. Harlan of Illinois. Kdgar E. Clark of Iowa and Judson C. Clements of Georgia to be Interstate Commerce Commis sioners. Was Pollard's Salary Illegal? WASHINGTON. Dec.' 13. The House today, on the request of Representative Pollard, of Nebraska, adopted a resolu tion directing the judiciary committee to investigate the legal questions involved in the much-critized payment of a sum of money to Mr. Pollard for the 'period between March 4. IfKfi. and July IS. lflo:.. at which time Mr. Pollard was elected to the 50th Congress to .succeed lion. K. J. Burkett, who was elected to the Sen ate. Indian Bill Agreed Upon. WASHINGTON', Dec. 13. The Indian ap propriation bill for 190, carrying about $8,000,000. was agreed upon today by the House committee on Indian affairs. The appropriations for the Indians for 1907 were $9,405,000. The estimates sub mitted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 190S aggregated $7,973,000. or about $30,000 less than the bill as amended by the committee. Cabinet Dinner at While House. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. The annual Cabinet dinner, the first social function of the season at the White House, was given by President and Mrs. Roosevelt tonight. Vice-President and Mrs. Fair banks joined Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt in receiving the guests in the blue room. Make Minimum Pensions $12. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Representa tive Iaeey of Iowa introduced a. bill to day making $12 the minimum monthly pension to be paid veterans of the war of 1SG1. Slletz Pipe Line Bill Passed. WASHINGTON. Dee. 13. The Senate today passed Senator Fulton's bill grant ing the Slletz Power & Development Com pany a right-of-way for pipe lines ascrons the Siletz Indian Reservation. Osborne Declines Appointment. WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. Professor Henry Fairfield Osborne, who a ,few days ago was elected secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, has declined the position. Prevent Collisions at Sea. WASHINGTON". Dec. 13. A bill was passed by the Senate today providing regulations for fishing vessels to prevent collisions at sea. Adjournment was taken at 4 P. M. until Monday. CAN HE PUT TIED OX SHIP SUBSIDY HILIi Grosvcnor Calls Republican Caucus, but Four Members Object. WASHINGTON'. Dec. 13. The House committee on merchant marine failed today to. reach an agreement on a ship subsidy bill. Four of the Republican members of the committee expressed themselves as opposed to reporting any measure, and a caucus of the Repub lican members of the committee will be held tomorrow to consider the ques tion. Chairman Grosvenor presented the Gallinger bill to the committee, with amendments confining Government aid to Oriental and South American shipping, and opposition in the Repub lican ranks developed at once. Four of the Republican members Fordney (Mich.). Wilson (111.). Bird sail (la.), and Hinshaw (Neb.) an nounced that they would not be bound by the action of the caucus to be held tomorrow. Wilson stated lie had no thought of accepting the caucus' ac tion as binding. Grosvenor replied: "Well, It docs not make any differ ence whether you attend or not." , "But I'm going to attend. That's what my constituents send me here for," Wilson replied. "I am opposed to ship subsidy, and my constituents are opposed to it." At present nine members of the com mittee are said to be for an Oriental and South American ship subsidy, while nino are opposed. Appointments and Promotions. WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. The President sent to the Senate today the following nominations: Members Mississippi River Commission Lieutenant-Colonel William T. Russell, Corps of Engineers: Mftjor James G. War ren, Corps of Kngineors. , Colonel, retired, to be Brigadier-General James 13. Macklin. Colonel, active list, to be a Brigadier General on retired list George P. Bor den. Twenty-fourth Infantry. First Judge of the Circuit of the First Circuit, Hawaii John T. Dehilt. Hawaii. Colonel, Marine Corps, to be Brigadier General on retired list Robert L. Meade. Postmasters: Californla-J. W. Magce. Cliico; W. Mundell, Sawtello; S. Morehead, San Ra fael. Washington A. Jolly. Klma. Inquires About Coal I.iiud. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. The House today adopted a resolution calling upon ttie Secretary of the Interior for a com plete description of all public lands which have been withdrawn or reserved from entry since July 1. IMS. together wlih the reason lor such action. The report If desired that Congress may pass upon the President's recommendations for tho withdrawal of coal lands. Let Indians Manage Own Affairs. WASHINGTON. Dee. 13. The commit tee on Indian affairs today ordered a favorable report on a House bill, pro viding that any Indians found capable of managing their affairs may have ap portioned to them any tribal or trust funds in the Treasury of the United Stotes to the credit of the tribes to which they are members. HAS HEARD FROM WASHINGTON liritisli Cabinet Conceals Nature of Roosevelt's Congo Dispatch. LONDON, Dec. 13. Replying to a ques tion in the House of Commons today as to whether the British government pro posed, in conjunction with the United States, to summon an international con ference to discuss the administration of the Congo Independent State, Foreign Secretary Grey declined to announce, what action, if any. the government in tended to take, but lie said that the government always had expressed a de sire to contribute toward the realization of reforms In the Congo. The summoning of an international con ference, however, was not specifically mentioned in the communication from Washington. Mr. Grey added that tho announcement received from the United States was most cordially welcomed by the British government. Pending the de. cision at which the government of Rel gium may soon arrive, it was not nec essary to say any more at present. Made Patriots by Idiocy. NEW YORK. Dec. 13. A London dis patch published here says a correspond ent at Odessa, describing instances of police repression, writes of one man who has just finished a six months' sentence in jail for a political offense. Through out his Imprisonment, night and day, a phonograph fixed in his cell unremitting ly ground out the Russian national an them, "to teach him patriotism." It had the desired effect. He is now a hopeless idiot. Other prisoners have been con fined In cells illuminated by a blinding blue light, with the result that they were made -inbeciles in a few months. Grants Advance to All Employes. SCR ANTON, Pa., Dec. 13. The Dela ware, Lackawanna & 'W estern Railroad today announced a 10 per cent increase in tlie wages or all employes of the trans portation department, effective January 1 next. This includes all station agents, baggagemasters, clerks, operators and other eiuployes. affecting all told about J0u0 persons. The engineers, firemen and switchmen have already been granted a 10-hour day and wage increase, and are not affected by today's order. Negotiations for higher wages are pend ing in behalf of the conductors and train men. THE HALTER ON ? Kroin the WajOunptnn VM.