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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
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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.
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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.
At the Utah experimeut station, to
determine the effects of beet pulp on the
strength of bone, n lot of three weth
rs was fed teu pouuda of pulp per
head per day. while a similar lot re
ceived no pulp. The strength of a num
ber of the more Important bones was
determined with a testing machine,
and In every case it was found that
there was a difference In favor of the
pulp ration.
The Missouri Pacific system in
Kansas will employ telephones in
stead of the telegraph in its railroad
work.
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