THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Tuesday, November 17, 1903
GENERAL NEWS
Tk& Lcissr Events of Last Wcslc
Pope Pius created five new car
dinals. The General Assembly of Virginia
met in adjourned session.
The French Government has rec
ognized the def acto government in
Panama. "
Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan denied
that he intended to retire from active
business.
A. F. Byrd, prosecutor of the Mar
cum murderers, will leave Breahitt
County, Ken.
The German Imperial family was
reported much alarmed at the Em
peror's malady. o
Democratic Senators will oppose
ratification of a treaty with the new
republic of Panama.
The Montana Legislature has been
called together in extra session to
pass a fair-trial bill.
The Japanese declared that Rus
sia would have to accede to their de
mands -to avoid war.
Hundreds of petitions protesting
against Reed Smooth retaining hi3
ceat in the Senate were filed.
The American Federation of Labor
met in Boston and President Samuel
Gompers made his annual report.
The tenth annual convention of
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy was held in Charleston, S. C.
The State Department decided it
is too late for Colombia to expect
to' renew negotiations for a canal
treaty.
Congressman Crumpacker has re
introduced his bill to reduce repre
sentation in Congress from Southern
States.
Russia and Austria notified the
Porte that no change would be made
in their demans for reform in Ma
cedonia. Massachusetts cotton mills an
nounce a 10 per cent reduction in
wages of employes to go into effect
November 23.
Emperor William, of Germany, had
an operation performed on his throat,
a polypus being removed. Cancer is
feared. -
President Roosevelt urged Senator
Hanna to serve again as Republican
National chairman, but the Senator
pleaded poor health.
How tha State Elections Went end
What They Indicate..
I. EASTESW STATE ELECTIONS
This year, as last, the only Demo
cratic Governor elected in a North
ern State wos ia Rhode Island,
where Dr. Garvin was re-elected af
ter a campaign in which the Repub-
Ex-Secretary Carlisle has been en- or,an;zation made a most
gaged as counsel by those who are strenuou3 effort to recover the State,
opposed to the admission of Senator declaring that the result of "this
Smoot, of Utah, to the Senate. year's State election would have mo-
The Commissioner of Immigra- mentous influence upon the result of
tion in New YSrk is over-run with the National election a year hence,
applications for servant girls from Dr Garvin was bitterly assailed by
Southern and Western houseswives. So: reputable a ' paper as the Provi-
Colombia has lodged a protest with dence Journal as a dangerous man,
the State Department against the the Journal declaring that "if Gov-
action of this Government in con-, ernor Garvin had a Legislature at
nection with the secession of Pana- his back, and passed the laws needed
ma. to confiscate the savings Uf the peo-
William J. Bryan has given his pie, the Central Government would
counsel power of attorney to appeal be powerless to interfere," etc., etc.
Ho the Superior Court of Conneticut This perfervid campaign t produced
from decision in the Bennett will a natural reaction, and, although the
Republican organigation succeeded
in bringing nearly as many voters to
the polls as in the Presidential elec
tion three years ago, the result, in
stead of being a majority of two to
one for their candidate, was his de
feat by nearly 2,000 votes:
In Massachusetts the Democrats
made a vigorous campaign under the
case.
Booker T. Washington was de
nounced at a negro meeting in Bos
ton, and a negro party advocated to
enforce the Reconstruction amend
ments. John Alexander Dawie spent an
hour Wednesday with President
Roosevelt at the executive offices in
what the "Prophet" called a purely leadership of Colonel Gaston, their.
social call.
With the return of Maryland to
the Democratic columns that party
once more claims thej'solid South."
After January 1, all the Southern
States will have Democratic Gover-
nors, ana alter jviarcn i, an tne
United States Senators from the
Southern States will be Democrats.
candidate of a year ago, and, by
platform concessions to the radical
wing of the party in the matter of
direct legislation and public owner
ship of municipal' franchises, suc
ceeded in restoring apparent party
harmony. In the city of Boston they
made great gains, but outside of
Boston Colonel Gaston failed to
command the enthusiasm of the rad-
The Board of Trade of Shreveport icals and the Republican majortiy
was again nearly 40,000.
In New York State the Republi
cans made substantial net gains in
the election of members of the Leg
end the North Louisiana Farmers7
Association have requested Governor
Heard to call a convention of Louisi
ana cotton planters to consider the
danger from the boll weevil and an
extra session of the Louisiana Legis
lature to pass such quarantine and
other regulations as may be neces
sary for protection of Louisiana
from insect invasion by way :f
The new British Ambassador, Sir I Texas.
H. Mortimer Durand, stated in Lon- President Roosevelt Saturdav f or-
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extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tendance upon the convention of the tentiary of Panama to the United
Daughters of the Confederacy in States. The reception of the minis-
Charleston, S. C. I ter marked the birth of the new re-
"The Illinois Democracy was report- Public of .Panama into the family of
ed to favor Congressman J. S. Wil-1 nations and paved the way for ne-
liams, of Mississippi, for the Presi-1 gotiations between the United States
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a substantial majority and-to elect
Will Columbia Hake War on Panama ? two-thirds of the Legislature, thus
Guayaquil, Ecuador, Nov. 13. insuring a Democratic United States
T7nQ Senator to succeed Senator Mc-
has eabled to President Marroquin,
of Colombia, sympathizing with him
in the recent events on the Isthmus Eastern States except Rhode Island,
of Panama. President Marroquin I the old party organizations recov-
was inaugurated in Chicago there has replied thanking General Plaza ered their old ascendency caused
were -wild scenes of disorder; several and adding- that Generals Reyes, one keen observer to sum up the
cars were wrecked by strike-sympa- Cabelleros, Ospipna and Holguin are whole result on the Atlantic sea-
tnizers and some persons were m- marching on Panama with a large board by the words, "The Dutch
army to subdue .the Isthmians. have taken Holland''
islature, indicating that the State
is quite as strongly Republican on
party issues as it was a year ago.
The important issue decided in the
State election was the expenditure
of $101,000,000 for the construction
of a barge canal. This measure
was indorsed by a majortiy of
216,000. '
In Pennsylvania the Republican
majority reached the stupendous to
tal of 225,000; in other words, was
nearly half again as great as in any
purely State election of recent years.
In Maryland Mr. Gorman's suc
cessful appeal to race prejudice, to
gether with the factional divisions
mingo were reported to have taken two sovereign nations.
. the capital and proclaimed General
Jiminez president.
Lord Hugh Cecil, and Mr. Winston
Churchill spoke against the Cham
berlain prosposals at Birmingham
and came near being mobbed.
A strike of street' car employes
n. WESTERN STATE ELECTION!.
In the West political interest cen
tered in-Ohio, where a Legislature
was to be elected to choose Senator
Hanna's successor, and where Mayor
Johnson's vigorous campaign for the
equal taxation of railroads was for a
while thought to put the result in
doubt. The Republicans, led by Sen
ator Hanna, conducted a campaign
of unusual energy, urging every
where that the supreme issue was
the leadership of Tom Johnson, and
that this leadership meant not only
the personal ascendency of a reck
less radical, but also the indorsement
of the single tax. The single tax
had no indorsement whatever in the
Democratic platform, and Mr. John
son, in his struggle to secure the
equal taxation of railroads, had
even repudiated the favorite entering
wedge for the single tax local
option in taxation. Instead of ask
ing that each city be allowed to tax
the property within its borders as it
thought best, he asked that railroad
property be assessed by the State
Board, and taxed at the average rate
on other real and personal property.
But, in spite of the moderation of
Mayor Johnson's immediate program,
the Republicans succeeded in forc
ing the issue of his ultimate pro
gram, andhad no difficulty in con
vincing the Ohio farmers that over
eighty-five per cent of the value of
their real estate was in land and less
than fifteen per cent in houses and
other improvements thereon. The
Republican gains in rural districts,
however, were not so surprising as
those in the cities. Even Cleveland
gave a heavy majority against Mr.
Johnson. , The total majority against
him was 115,000 or nearly double
the majority against any other Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor since
1895.
In Kentucky the Democrats carried
the State by much the largest ma
jority in recent years, in spite of a
renewed alliance between the Re
publicans and most of the Gold Dem
ocratic leaders.
In Iowa the Republican majority
of 89,000 two years ago was reduced
to 55,000, chiefly because of Gover
nor Cummins' weak abandonment of
his demand for tariff revision.
In Nebraska the Republican ma
jority was a trifle less than two
years ago.
In Colorado it was somewhat
greater, but the increase here was
chiefly due to the fact that the Popu
lists ran a separate ticket.
In the far West it might be said
that each pdrty practically held its
own as compared with two years ago.
New York Outlook, November 14th.
Comas.
The extent to which, in all the
jured.
Ap attack was made on the stock
of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
price was -driven down to 112V4, t e
lowest point that had been reached
in five years.
Very few of us will have the
self-devotion; dui
every day brings the petty, wearing
sacrifice which weighs full weight m
God's scales. Samuel Osgood.
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