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i" f "MTlrt ft Tt it 'fta ftiwtIM i HiiiiMi i Hitn SM H J n-'r-'r1! ""'Tit-' -r"if " -- - 'i ' t "'j " FIDAY APRIL 10, 1MI THE MORNING ASTOEIAN, ASTORIA; OREGON. Politically Washington Is Still Agitated. CRANE'S OPPOSITION TO TAFT That the Aldrich Bill Will find Slow Traveling in the House Committee on Banking and Currency ia Al ready evident i V. M ,f'.' WASHINGTON, D. C. April P. That the commodity clause of the Hepburn rate law will he suspended until March 1,1910, i confidently ex pected hy both the friend and the enctnie of the law in the Home and Senate, and the meant of the action wilt be through the hill introduced by Senator Elkina for that purpose. Farther, it U believed that oon after May I, a friendly suit will be entered by the Government to take this ques tion through the Supreme Court of the United Stale. Pending this de cision, there cannot, of course, be any further action taken against the rail roads under this action of the law, and they will not be harrad until the courts have handed down a de cision, which will take not less than a year and a half. This commodity clause is that which prevents railroads dealing in other thinu than transportation, and was put into the Hepburn bill at the instigation of Senator Elkins, who is himself a coal operator and had seen the evil effects resulting from the combining of railroad business with mining and lumbering. Rut, because of the time limit given the railroads to get rid of their outside holdings, and the condition of the financial markets, he has now come to the con clusion that the railroads should be given ample time to dispose of their other properties, and it is believed that Congress will take this same view of the question. Politically, Washington, is still agi- tated, as it win ue until alter me re- " tiirnc are nil In on Mnvpmher 3. Taft managers still claim the lend on all the other candidates, and the exten sive and expensive bureau, occupying almost an entire floor in the New Union Trust building, is losing no op portunity to keep the fact blazoned before the world that the big Secre tary of War is supposed to be the heir apparent. Managers for other candidates have their claim also, and those in charge of tthe Fairbanks and Cannon booms are particularly jubi lant now, for the reason that those men have been indorsed by their re spective States Fairbanks without a dissenting voice, and "Uncle Joe" al most unanimously. During the past S week, some few delegates have been instructed for Taft, but the majority oF convention were not so decidedly In favor of the Ohioans, as some in the past. In Tennessee, his support ers, who are mostly Federal office holders, failed to take charge of the State convention, and although the opposition, too, was for Taft, the tactics of the "pie counter brigade" as they are called in Washington, led the Oliver faction to fail to instruct teh delegates. OVERTAXED. Hundreds of Astoria Readers Know What it Means. The kidneys are overworked; ; Have too much to do. ' They tell about it in many aches and pains ; Backache, sidcache, headache, Early symptoms of kidney ills. Urniary troubles, diabetes, Bright's disease follow. D. D. Coffey, general delivery clerk at the Portland postoffice, and living at 423 East Morrison street, Portland, Oregon, says: "When I used Doan's Kidney Pills three year9 ago, it was for a bad condition of my blood and I believed that it would be a good plan to treat the kidneys, for my phy sicians had been unable to irive me any permanent relief. I found that the use of Doan's Kidney Pills prov ed my theory, for within a rnonth. I felt relief and continued their use vntil the trouble disappeared. Since then I have been entirely free from For sale by a,ll dealers. , Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. JBvjffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. . . . " Remember the name Doan's and take no other. In Massachusetts, Senator Crane, who has been leading the opposition to Taft claims he scored a victory, but the other side denies this. As a matter of fact, however, Crane's fight was for the sole purpose of sending uninstructed delegates, and this will be done in twenty-four out of twenty eight cases, Fairbanks ; and Cannon are both pledged to tariff revision, and the letter sent by the Vice-President to Jesse Ovcrstrect, chairman of the In diana State convention, is particularly straightforward, and a clearer expres sion on the question than has been given by any of the other candidates, He brushes aside the necessity for a commission and advises that Con gress be called in special session next fall, take the matter up and have the revision done by March 4, which ha been generally accepted here as a wise provision. If Congress has not been taught a lesson by the Hill-Tower incident, it should have been. No country of our pretensions pays its diplomats o poorly as docs the United States. And it is well to hark back a few years to show that the world position of the United States has grown out from under Congress. In 1898, the United States was accredited only ministers from foreign Governments in other words, we were only second raters, and unworthy of ambassadors. Then came the Spanish war, and Europe sat up quickly. Ministers were ele vated, there was a lot of quick shift ing and then other nations than Mex ico were represented here by ambas sadors. Of course, by reason of dip lomatic usage we were compelled to send ambassadors in return, Here is where the difference comes in. Great Britain pays James Bryce, her ambassador to Washington $50,000 a year, and the British Government owns the handsome building which houses him. It is on Connecticut avenue, the fashionable promenade thoroughfare in Washington, and is worth probably $200,000. Nearly all other European nations own their embassies and legations here, and they pay their ambassadors and min isters salaries which make it possible for a poor man to accept such a post. But not so that United States, in the front rank of world powers. It is notorious that none but the richest can accept posts of importance. Poor men are barred, yet none would say that poor men are not capable. Many have a notion that a diplomatic post is only meant for a chance to shine socially, but as a matter of fact, they are of vastly more importance than the layman ever knows. There have been several bills pre sented in Congress to provide for the properties abroad, and it is to be hop ed Congress will see fit to preclude the possibility of a repetition of such an incident as the Hill-Tower affair, which was brought about solely be cause Mr. Hill is not a rich man. Recent compilations show that the Government pays out in salaries to its employes in Washington $1,250,000 every two weeks, or$2,500,000 every month, which is no mean sum for a city of something more than 300,000 inhabitants Albert Burleson, member of the House from Texas, made himself awfully unpopular with spinsters and young persons the other day when he attempted to get the house to adopt an amendment to the agricultural ap propriation bill providing for investi gation looking toward the extermina tion of the "parasite," mistletoe. He said it was destroying the trees in the south and should be eradicated. John Wesley Gaines, of Tennessee, came to the rescue. John Wesley al ways comes to the rescue. He de fended, with tears in his eyes, the em blem of .Yulctide and the favorite plant of young persons interested in kissing games. The House was in the committee of the whole and Hon. Nick Longworth, of Cincinnati, son-in-law of the President, was in the chair, "Perhaps the gentleman from Ohio can tell us his experience under the mistletoe," suggested John Wesley, whereat the House howled and the Hon. Nick blushed. Burleson's bill was killed by a sn.all vote. He swears some day he will get it through. i; That the Aldrich currency bill is going to find slow traveling in the House committee on banking and currency is already evident, and there is a possibility that it will not get through at all. The measure sent over fron. the Senate knocks holes into some cherished ideas on the part of members, of the House com mittee, including Chairman Fowler. Hearing will i be held until April, 15, and then the bill must be reported. It will probably be in such shape that it will have to go to the Senate again so that delay is inevitable. There have been no public hearings on the bill sa far. i Frank llitchhock, manager of the Washington Taft : bureau, took his political lessons from Gearge B. Cor telyou. Hitchcock is a handsome, broad shouldered young man, who made a record as a boxer at Harvard. He is as closemouthed a his former chief, Philander C. Knox, presidential candidate from Pennsylvania, and Hannis Taylor, counsel for the Span ish Treaty claims commission, - have great argument as to whether Pel ctiah Webster or Benjamin Franklin injected the bi-cameral form of gov ernment into tthe constitution. Knox defends the author of Poor Richard. Washington laughed heartily when the Civil Service Commission took a hand in the political activity of gov ernment employes in favor of the Taft boom. Real friends of the Sec retary arc restive for the reason that Jin many places through the south, they have ousted in favor of the "pic counter" contingent organized by Hitchcock for Cortclyou, while he was First Assihtant Postmaster Gen eral. Civil Service rules were appar ently suspended in these cases, until the commission calkd a halt. Vice-President Fairbanks has the record of having traveled more miles and having met more people in the past four years thi.n any other man in the country. Demands for him to make public addresses are almost in cessant, but he generally declines for the reason that he spends more time in the Vice-Presidential chair than any of his predecessors. VALUABLE COLT. NEW YORK April 9.-Announce-ment is made here that the famous mare Beldame foaled a bay colt by Imp Rock Sand, at the nursery stud of August Belmont near Lexington, Ky. April 4. The , future of this youngster, Said to be a fine looking colt, is certain to be watched with interest by horsemen in all parts of the country. Rock Sand cost his owner $125,000 in England two years ago, and Bel dame's foal is one of the first sired by the famous English horse since his arrival in this country. Rock Sand's record in England including the winning of the Derby, the St. Legcr and the two thousand guineas. This makes him one of the few win ners of the classic triple crown of the English turf. Beldame was almost invincible as a three-year-old and as a four-year-old she won the suburban handicap, of 1905, beating among others Proper and First Mason. Rheumatic Pains Relieved. Mrs. Thos. Stenton, postmaster of Pontypool, Ont., writes: "For the past eight years I suffered from rheumatic pains, and during that time I uesd many different liniments and remedies for the cure of rheumatism. Last summer I procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and got more relief from it than anything I have ever used, and cheerfully rec ommend this liniment to all sufferers from rheumatic pains." For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. LYLE AND GAGE. Bank Officials Jailed for Receiving Deposits When Bank was Insolent. DOWAGIAC, Mich., April 9. Frank W. Lyle, president of the clos ed City Bank of this city and Ira B. Gage, vice-president of the bank, hoth charged with receiving deposits after they knew the bank was insol ent were yesterday bound over to the circuit court foi trial. Lyle was re turned tr jail under $13,500 bail and Gage under $9,000. Lyli! is under an additional charge of embezzlement and yesterday a further charge of receiving money under . false pretense was lodged against both prisipners by Isaac Har denbrook, treasurer of Wayne Town ship who claims that he deposited a large amount of township funds in the bank upon the representation that it was solvent. For Constipation, Mr. L. H. Farnham, a prominent druggist of Spirit Lake, Iowa, says: "Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are certainly the best thing on the market for constipation." Give these tablets a trial. You are certain to find them agreeable and pleasant in effect. Price 25 cents. Samples free. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Cardiff "Coal 1 Now Weddy -For Deliveriata$500 Per Ton , "AT THE (ilENDES NAVIGATION CO. D0GE1 The Price of Coal Will Not be Advanced, but the Price of btock has been advanced to $3.25 per share, and will be ad vanced 25 cents per share every Monday until it reaches par, $J0.OO per share. This Stock will be sold either for cash or four eqnal monthly pay ments. Before your last payment is due your stock will be selling for $725 per share. Why Do we Sell This Stock? There are are several reasons, but the ( principal one is, We Need The Money to further equip the property. The stock was put in the Treasury tor that purpose. The other reasons will be fur nished on applacation. CARDIFF COIL & COKE GO 517 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PORTLAND OREGON. 1 THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW THE STOCK FROM THE MARKET AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. O i THE SHEPHERD. Your eastern wool buyer la a pretty shrewd and well Informed chap and can tell you with mathematical preci sion Just where the sheep abound and when wool lu ripe. Questioned, he will tell you that during the past twenty yean Missouri was ouly a "whistling atatlou" ou his wool route, but that now his "house" has placed Missouri on his mat', And he is buying a large quantity of choice wool In this state. An American Importer of fine sheep, writing from England a few weeks ago, said that Missouri as a sheep state Is again being discussed over there and a' large number of the best and highest priced breeding sheep that have left England this (1007) year hare been consigned to Missouri's breeders. Missouri bad 907.500 sheep on Jan. 1, 1907. Her 300,000 farms could easily sustain 0,000.000 sheep. M. V. Carroll. Unt: Old Storms Art Past. .., We bun, trlei Urth, May and even February latnbs, but iuve decided o: the first week of April as the proper time to have lambs dropped for gen eral purposes. After lamblug the ewes should bate extra grt.lu ratious, and the latuba bboiiij aooa n creep to feed In. In tlw m-ilug feave the pas ture 8'.te open so they can come in to the barn at night tor feed and shelter until the cold May storms are past, says a Pennsylvania rarr. Not to B Contitd. Unless one is certain that bit lambs will go early to ninrke'. say at tin ago not exceeding three iiuk.'.'w, he had better dock them. Tans o. neces sary appendages to a mJei! eep and are apt: to get fouled. A Oocked lamb has a square look and see-nis fet ter than on.? with a tall. What blood goes to nourish a useless tall would add to the growth of the body no doubt.-J. E. Wing. - Strengthens the Bones. 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