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Show rouauini press liTAS VEATBEI lELEMAPilIC SEiV ICE. FAIR f 02ECASI TODAY AND SUNDAY ....wwwMwmwv VOL. L NO. 338. OGDEN CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY NEW TURN ns i IN CHADWICK HEARING m to-w- lt, Inevitable-Squad- in Harbor Almost Dismantled.. Movement of Armies Below Mukden Puzzling. Mukden, Dee. 2. From 2:30 o'clock this afternoon until midnight tonight wunda of rapid cannonading havo been heard on the Ruaelan southwest front, ,urh aa lia not. been experienced for a long time, but no excitement Laa Increaee In the geii cauaed by the General RennenkAnpfTe caval- ia following the Japanese giving them no time to occupy a position. It in trying to gone that the Japanese, no extended Kite Russian positions, themselves aa lo deplete thir reserve. Mukden, Dec. 2. The exodue of and military aitacliea lieutenant Schuler and CapUnited Sutca tain Eichman of the army and Colonel Watera of tha Brit-jarmy, have left. Only alx foreign remain, some of these wvnp..nrt-t1t- g aontemplatlng going home. The situ-uu- u . ni.i believed that no general battle will occur before next aprlng. fighting contlnuee on both flanke of the army. General Rennen-hampff- 'a command being heavily engaged. There is also brisk artillery firing on the Russian right and renter. con-tinu- ei. di Ru-sl- an Mukden. Dec. 2. via Pekin, Dec. 3. The Russian siege artillery began bombardment at a noon In the region of Bcniatun, a station bombardment wae continuing heavily throughout the afternoon. A large train of alek end wounded, part of whom were wounded the railway below uear Shakhe. The In a recent email flank, went north yesterday that the Ru&ians were Imminent casualties. " Indicating S. The .Daily Telecorrespondent, under due of December 2nd, says: The greater ert of the Manchurian Second army baa already arrived. It g h In splendid condition. General la expected tomorrow enroute London. Dec. graph's Harbin Grlp-pnlier- to (lm front. PORT ARTHUR8QUADRON ATTEMPT MAY SORTIE. ron ' dined to reticence. Gen. RcnnenkampS has hotly pursued a Japanese detachment below Binteintin aa far as the Taitee river and on the right Russian scouts have explored the Hun river below Liao Yang. All the passes fell Into RenneB-kampff'- s hands. The Japanese apparently failed to show tbeir old time form, and official aa well as unofficial dispatches indicate that the edge has been taken off the lighting capabilities by the cold weather. The same report a lay Uie Japanese threw away their rifles, many of which were cap-ured. Other reports say Japanese officers shot five soldiers who refused to face the foe. There was a heavy bombardment today along the Russian center and right which might Indicate that General Kuropatkiu ia preparing to assume the offensive. It ia the general opinion In military circles that the present situation cannot continue much longer, but it ia asserted that a frontal attack against fortified positions along the Bhakhe river la bound lo be successful, it la believed at the war office, muat be accomplished by a wide strategic turning movement as tbe armies are too close for tactical flanking operation!. Among Borne of the best Informed officers a suspicion exists that Field Marshal Oyuma la trying to work Ku-roaround east of Binstlntln with a view to striking tbe Russians above Tie Pass with the object of again trying a decisive coup; but no positive evidence of elicit a move has yet appeared. Reports the last few days indicate that General Rennenkampff Is hotly following up the Japanese retreat, meeting with comparatively little resimence; but some la expressed that he juay he running into a Japsneae trap formed with the hope of cutting off hi a command. It la believed he cannot possibly hold a position as tor south aa the Taitae river. 1 r IjODGE WITH SPANISH GOVERNMENT. COMPLAINT Tokiu, Dec. 3. Noon. It ia the general opinion here that the Port Arthur fleet will attempt to make a sortie when the harbor becomes untenable or when the Russian plana for escape ma- Appointments of postmaster tor the fiscal year numbered 13.512, a decrease of 1.249 as compared with the preceding year, due to there haring been a smaller number of expirations of commissions of president ial hwi masters and to the policy of the department In changes in fourth class discharging . except tor cause. poKimueti-rsMr. Bristow recommends to Congress Institutes Bank- ruptcy Proceedings Contemplated Commerce law be that the Inter-Stat- e Trip to Europe Denied. amended so os to prohibit common carNew York, Dec. 2. Interest in the riers, telegraph anJ express affairs of Mrs. Uassie Chadwick of companies, or any of their employes, Cleveland took a new turn late today from aiding aud a belling in green wbrn a Irorn Cleveland an goods or lottery swindles, nr any other nounced that bankruptcy proceedings scheme carried iu partly by mail ami bad leeu brought against her by partly by common earner and which of the postal lawa. The Jacques Krasaui-r- , a New Yoik mer- is in i lotation that the year chant with an establishment on Fifth reiKirt shows were during mlris-d- ; there were poMtnfflcea avenue. ou railway poet offices, 6u Mr. Krahauer, in an interview to- stardepredations routes, rural free delivery routes, night Mid t hut Mrs. Chadwick bad and screen wagon service. There were bci-a customer iu hia establishment 94 roblieriee of street and rural free defor somo time, but that ha had not in- livery letter boxes. Sixtjvwlx postal to Cleveland attorneys structed the cars were burned and wrecked and 560 take action against her. He said: There were post offices were burned. 1 simply followed my usual auatom 2.3P7 mall pouches lost, damaged or of having my Cleveland attorneys look rifled. - The above figures show a decrease In after my intcreeta. The result of Mra. Chadwick's visit the number of poqt office robbed and a In Wall Street waa not announced, but decrease in the number of postal rare it was said she called on a firm of burned and wrecked aa compared with the previous year, also a decrease In lawyers. There was a story In circulation tliat the number nf robberies relating to Mra. Chadwick coutcn.plated leaving railway poetnfflre service, star routes, rural free delivery routes and screen for Europe tomorrow. Relative to this wagon service, and an increase in the counsel of one her Philip Carpenter, number uf post office hurnd and the not would said tonight that hia client number of letter boxes robbed. leave for Europe and added: In fact, ahe will not leave this country until every dollar of her indebtedness has been paid." Mr. Carpenter also made the statement that Mra. Chadwick ia a "very wealthy woman, and amply able to care for all the claims against her. Mrs. Chadwick was ia consultation this afternoon with tbe firm of Butler, Government Witneu in Land Fraud Notman, Juline and Myndeers, law- Trial gives evidence Which the Defense Could Not 8hak. yers of Wall Street. It waa on good authority tonight said that this firm baa been Mra. Chadwick's counsel In Portland, Ore., Dec. 2. The climax this city for a number of years and in tbe land fraud trial eo far aa the one of her lawyers aald that the fact government la concerned, has been that the firm had done business for reached, and the law has hut one more a prominent millionaire whose name witness to be placed on ihe stand and has appeared in connection with notes then the proeecutto will close Ita raae. in this rase, was simply a coincidence. Throughout the prosecution's case the Pittsburg. Dec. 2. John W. Herron, evidence has been more or less sensadragging as it has the names of president of the Commonwealth Trust tional, company end one of the three true tees men high in the councils of the govof the American estate of Mary Elisa- ernment Into the public eye Into an enbeth Bchenley tonight made a positive viable light, and leaving many pecudenial of Mrs. Bchenley having left any liar transactions to be explained by the defense. notea to Mrs. Caaeie Chadwick. Today's testimony waa exceptionally I never heard of the Chadwick woman. said Mr. Herron. Had there startling. A. W. Heldecke, of Detroit, an aged woodsman, been any such nous I could not hsvs Oregon, his by guilt, confesstolled to become aware of their exist- broken ence. You can ma$e positive denial ed the story of hia relations with the accused men and women and told of the report. a story that could 1 a be shaken under even at the skliirul DEMOLISHING WORLDS of Judge O'Day, chief counsel for FAIR BUILDINGS. hands the deft-neFrom Hel.lerkea testiare expected to mony many things St. Louis, Dec. 2. The German gov- spring. The name of N. Haskell ernment waa tbe first to begin actual Wiihee, the lumber man of La Crosse, work on demolishing its building. Its Wis.. waa connected with the rase toexhibit was one of the first installed. day by the testimony of Ira P. Hower, Dr. Taylor tonight staled that one ol who told of bla having loaned Horace the first exposition buildings to fall O. McKinley money on the George A. before Ihe onslaught of Ibe wreckers Lowe lands, which were transferred to will he the stock building. Wither. The testimony of Heldecke told the story of the alleged conspirROOSEVELT CELBRATES acy, practically from lla Inception up to the time the grand Jury mails Its WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. hia story reinvestigation and tonight Washington. Dec. 2. Today waa the mains uncont reverted.- The defense eighteenth wedding anniversary of will begin to show ite hand at tomorPresident and Mra. Roosevelt.' They row'! session of the court. were tbe recipients of congratulations and letters from all parts of the coun- SENATOR MITCHELL ANSWERS MANY QUERIES. try. The anniversary was quietly celebrated tonight by A family dinner party. Washington, Dec. 2. Regarding the statement that he had refused to go to Portland at the earnest and repeated request of the special prosecutor to testify in the land frauds trial, Senator John H, Mitchell said today: n'I was for four months prior to my leaving for Washington on November loth, continuously in Oregon, and all of the time, with the exception of a few days, In the city of Portland; and furthermore, it waa known to John H. Hall, United 8iatee district attorney, for more then a week before I left Portland, that I Intended to leave for Washington at the time I did. Therefore, if any teatlmony was regarded aa in the land fraud cases there Ac- important was ample time to secure my attendance by subpoena; or, even had it hern Delivery-Recom-me- nd suggested to me without a subpoena that my testimony in the caaes waa desired I certainly should have postponed my starting east and would have gladly gone on the witness stand and given any testimony within my knowledge bearing on the casra. I arrived in Washington late In the even in of November 23rd, and prior to that time I had no intimation whatever that my services were deemed ImThe principal cause of the Increase In portant. discontinuances has been the extenThe Senator said hia reasons for rot sion of the rural free delivery service. replying to tlio dispatch of November The total number of discontinuances 27th from Special Attorney Francis J. was 5,750 post offices, with a saving in Heney. asking the name of the attorney rs salaries of aggregating at Portland who gave Puter the letter At the close of the fiscal of Introduction to him were: $171,121. If I were on the witness stand and year there were 71.131 postofflres in the United States 265 first clasa; 1 the court should rule that it was masecond class; 3,896 third class, and terial and competent for me to give the 65,766 fourth class. name of the prominent and reliable atOperation of rural mail delivery and torney referred to In my dispatch, I the extension by private interests of of Course, would )o so; but I did not and rural telephone service hia created a do not now feel Justified in voluntarily demand from patrons of rural routes mixing up with the land frauds busifor the delivery of email packages of ness tiie name of a prominent citixen, merchandise on an order lo local mer- who, eo far as I am advised, has never chant! by postal card, telephone or been Indicted and whose name baa otherwise Tbe value of such packages never in any wise been mixed np In ia small and tbe present rate of one connection with the alleged frauds. cent per ounce tbe report says, is pracThe affidavit which I tranamltudto Commissioner Hermann, assuming the tically prohibitive. Mr. Bristow that Congress fix a rate of statement a contained in the same to be three cents per pound or any fractional true and I had no reason whatever to part thereof on packages not exceeding believe they were not true presented five pounds, mailed at the distributing very strong reasons why the cases repost-offiof any rural free delivery ferred to in. thro-- affidavits and pendroute. If this special rate were estabing in the land office should be made lished, Mr. Bristow say, it would be special, to the end that the rights of a great convenience to patrons and be- all parties concerns! might be detercome a source of revenue to the demined at aa rarly a date aa possible. If these affidavits handed me by Purer partment. It is estimated that $300 MK) will he were nntrne thrn I waa simply imneeded by the department to continue posed upon by him. tne establishment of rural routes as fast as they are favorably reported for Stanford University, Dee. 2. W. K. the remainder of the current fiscal Sprott of Porterville has been elected year. captain of the Stanford season of 1905. An appropriation of $3,000,000 for the The election was unanimous. For the 'establishment of new routes will be past three years Sprott has played asked by the department for the fiscal table on the Stanford 'Varsity train. year ending June 30, 19,6. , Sprott was a JunJ-- r New York Merchant t War Officials Prepare for the MORNING. Madrid, Dec. 2. Japan has made, official complaint to Spain regarding the attitude of the Spanish government in lar. It la evident that most of the permitting vessels of the Second Paciihipa are badly damaged and unfit for fic squadron to coal and victual at but some have fight Ing power. Vigo. The Japanese minister tonight The Russians continue mine clearing admitted that he had recently made reoperations, manifestly for the purpose presentations on the subject and said of preserving an avenue of escape. he had submitted Spain's reply to o. olllrw it is said that At the 8t Petersburg, Dec. 2. With the Spain's replyforeign the situation explained ronfirmation of the news that the Japaand took np the position that Spain nese have occupied 203 Metre hill and the strictest neutrality. The the report that the Russian unsuccessfJapanese minister says he lias not reully al tempted Its recapture, officials ceived further instructions since forat the war office are beginning to pre-px-re the reply. themselves for .the Inevitable. warding Golden hill and Liaotal hill are still higher and dominate 203 Metre hill, but the officials eay that if the Japanese mcceedud in mounting heavy guns upun ihe latter It will probably be only a question of days or weeks before the lortreM falls. Still there In not the slightest Idea among General SUteaseTs Mends that he will surrender, even If should lie ordered lo do so. It ia Muted that. U la possible that If the M of the fortress la shown to be Inevitable, the emperor may direct Its WTcnder In order to prevent the sacrifice of the remnant of brave defenders; but It ia believed Jr thus who know General Stoesael t lust he will make good his threat J"t lo hold out to the last man and last tun ridge in p0rt Arthur. The ships In in harbor, it. can now be stated on ih authority, are in no condition to ui'Mnpt to break through the Invest lng The guns of the warships jUJlron. landed and the marines "Ju 'itg ago jailors have been participating in Some of the ships uL w Injured by shells. If fortress falls, it Is understood the Pu win be taken outside and aunk water In order to prevent the Washington, D. C., Dec. 2. An Infouuihllliy of their ever being of ser-f- o crease in the defldenry of 92.3 per cent, the enemy. over the previous year is shown by the Y lie advisability of financial statement for the postal serMuforeing Rojeatven- - vice. incorporated in the annual report Ti aquuran wllh the BUlck gga of K. C. Madden, third assistant postBiin being agitated by some of master general, for the fiscal year endWJrs, notably the Nnvoe Vremya ing June 80, 1904. The report shows, points out tliat witli the addt-however, that the Increase in expenfleet there will ditures ia on account of the rural free not for this majority which to Togo's fleet. will insure victory delivery service. Were It the postal extraordinary expenditure 1hs Paper continues, service now would be about wtUi'nV.en ,y' ummI , cons",,lt Ibe Porte there is The total receipts from all 1 prevent the exit sources for the fiscal year were an.l the total expenditures i'?ik,SPa ,leet to l:Ght some $8.-78 ,n 1,0 wiw Involved. It $152,362,116, leaving a deficit of b am,Lb Grel Billaln la the only 492. The deficiency for the previous hwii.i.Wh n,iGbt attempt to make year waa $4,560,444. Mr Madden says: ri'er tbe Innrture of the two It la believed that aa soon as the advoM free delivery sendee is fully esrural warmly Wed offlce, of the Admiralty tablished ihe Increaee ih the expendl-turUfoi L1 on account of that service each Bated ,bl,w?r' but It never was sanc-Admiralty does not ad- - year will not be more than the normal 1 he subject his been revived. in cremes for o'her items of Ihe service, and that within a ahort time after such the postal Persburg, Dec. 8.- -8 a. m normal c nditiona obtain s .7 ' i, ltai,, eu, Suva:Mich received here from nervlce will again be condition which has not existed since it 1bat General Rennea-- . 1883. Yiairv I fcas PaPtiircd several Japanese r',u-('with f.oo rifles.' but I Extension of the rural free delivery n,l (tat an Imreabe of f 1!W ;. consisting of service has resulted In t . . ""dit ,n , , KMnr nf g g(u) i iB the number erf postofficca niaj5 -g i the fiscal ynr end- -t to tbe an- .. i as-- i, , P J. T . Bris'rw, fo'trti ravie pubt'-- a ste-grwere lic today. During the ywr there e.obi 2.547 postoflii m establish'd and "r are discontinued. There was a war office ia in- - 115 in the number of offices established. To-kl- ed STARTLING TESTIMONY TODAY on e. DECEMBER Democratic Committeemen In Court-Exp-erts Appointed to Examine Ballots. Denver, CoJo., Dec. 2. Hearing In contempt oaara growing out of violations ot Injunction writs leaned previous to the recent election were issued iu the supreme court today. The men charged in the caaes on trial are John Sullivan. Democratic committeeman in precinct 9 of ward 5; S. S. Barker. William Reid. Willis S SpenW. cer, election judged and Charts Branch and John E. Dixon, election clerk The substance of the charge against the men is that they conspired to steal the election In the precinct In which they served by stnfflug the ballot boxes; that the officials refused to appoint a Republican clerk of election and Inierierred with aujtreme court watchers. Chief Justice Gabbart ordered (be ballot-bo- x brought into tbe court and opened. Tbe dark of the court counted 325 ballots in the box. The returns made by the flection officials and certified by the aleel Iona oommliMiun in the official canvass was 372. It ia claimed that a number of tol-lplaced ia tha box were not those of legal voters and the court apiwlnn-e- d two handwriting extierta lo examine Ihe ballots. They will determine which, if any, are fraudulent and will report to Ihe court tomorrow. It was alio developed daring the counting of the ballots that there waa a discrepancy bvtwreen Ihe amount of straight Republican voles rot urn eu by the election officials and the number diachioed when the box wae opened today. The court found 116 of this deaertpliun, whereas the returns showed 79. A number of straight Republican voice were found mixed witli the bunch of straight Democratic ballots' and the inference la made that they were counted as auch. Only one witness waa examined today, Harry W. Ijefevre. a supreme court watcher. He testified lo mistreatment of special wale hern, refusal of defendants to allow Republican election officials to serve and related an Incident which he said, occurred at the opening of I he ballot box iweparaiory to counting the tolbrts after the polls closed. He said that the box waa upturned and the ballots carelessly turned onto a table. Many fell to Ibe floor. Defendant Barker, he aald, stooped to pick up the fallen ballots and Lefevre aald he saw him mix them with others that he had on hia pereonr fjefevre also aald there wae considerable repeating by deaths In this district. ol ROOSEVELT DECIDES ON POSTMASTER AT NEW YORK. Washington, Dec. Yiee-Adml- of $143,-582.6- 24 79 J es CK-ivi- d-- j- :" . V post-maste- ce 3. The question of tbe appointment of a postmaster at New York City to succeed the late postmaster, Cornelius Van Cott, has been settled by Uie president, but be cannot aay anything about the prospective appointment tonight. John A. Merritt, poatmaeter at Washington, will be reappointed to ttot nation. The above statement waa made tonight by Senator Platt of New York, after a conference at the White house, which 1 sated for more than an hour. Mr. Merritt, who has been selected for (he reappointment to the poatmaa-tershl- p of thia city, was heartily by Senator Platt. ed Congress Will Take up Unfinished Business Smoot Likely be no Tariff Revision Case Will tyot be Terminated -Currency and Interstate Commerce Legislation May be Enacted. Washington, Dec, 2. On the stroke of 12, Mooday. Uie second araalon of the 58th Congress will to called to order Frye In the by President Pro-TeSenate and by Siieaker Caunon In tha Huiibc. When the gavala of the presiding officer summon the Senators and Representatives to duty nearly every member will be In hie seat, but only routine business will be transacted. The chaplains will pray, the rolls will be called, ihe regular resolution uf uoilfioalkm will to paaaed, committees to inform the President will ba appointed and adjournment will follow out of respect for ih deceased member. Tlie President's message generally la received and read tha first day, but the Senate la punctilious In certain matters and ia almost aura to adjourn aa a tribute of respect to the late Senator Hoar of MaHMukuaMU, and tbe late Senator Quay of Pennsylvania. Tha manage, therefor, probably will not ha read until Tuesday. But then will be enough to attract the crowds which will fill the galleries. Tbe opening of a session of Congress has become a flower abow. Immense floral pieces designed to typify the man. or the elate, or the district he represent are placed upon members drnks In both chambers, often times totally obscuring the man they are Intended to compliment. Besides these huge floral emblems Senators and members are return! be red more modestly by simple btmebra of flowers. Admiring constituents. clerks In the department a. wive and eweethauna alwaya see tliat favorites in both Senate and House are favored with flowers. In fart the custom I has grown to such proportion that I those who are not remembered in the 'annual gorgeous congressional floral I display feel that they tova been un- -' ronsdonely given greater distinction by the omiesaiou . After the opening day, when the message of the President Is read, the regular buelnoM of the semlon will begin and Ihe legislative wheels will grind ateadlly until March 4th, 1905. There la plenty to do. The ralendara of both 1 louses are loaded wllh bills of all klnda; hundreds of new bllla will lie Introduced and committee are ready to report enough to keep Congress busy for 12 nmntha. but In tbe three months Congress probably will do litlle more than pass the regular annual appropriation bllla. There has been some talk of a possible extra eewlnn. The result of the November election wee scarcely known before this talk began. Heretofore extra session rumors have been beld In atoyanra until the holiday re- m . VALUABLE CONCESSIONS DESTROYED BY EIRE World's Fair Grounds Visited by Destructive Conflagration Valuable Pike .Buildings to be of Incendiary Origin Ruined--Believ- ed Small Packages Mailed at Rural Delivery Stations r PRICE FIVE CENTS 1904. HEARING ELECTION FRAUDS MAKE FISCAL REPORT Decrease in Post Office Deficiency on count of Rural Free Special Cheap Rates on 3. St. Louis, Dec. 3. A conflagration which gavo the firemen a Ktublmra fight and which, owing to the high wind threatened the entire ox position grounds, waa discovered In Ancient Koine on the Pike shortly after mid. night. The flamea spread with great rapidity and destroyed part of Fair Japan," all of Quo Vsdla and The Streets of Rome. Flying sparks also caused Incipient blues on tbe roof of the varied industries building, but they were extinguished without material danage. The first alarm wu Immediately followed by a second, third and then a general alarm. Tbe firemen soon had many streams playing on the Maxing buildings and the fire was extinguished before it spread further. While Jefferson guards were in the rear of Hereafter' on the Pike, opposite the buildings that were on fire, they saw a light, and pounded on the door for admission. After considerable delay they were admitted and found a nile of llghtefi newspapers in the middle of the floor. They arrested the man that opened the door, after be had given what they considered unsatisfactory replies to (heir questions. He was taken to the Worlds Fair police station where be gave the name of Arthur V. Dunn and a charge waa placed against him of suspected arson. When he waa searched a hinting case watch and eleven ladies hand-bag- s were found. It Is said by Jefferson Guards that the fire wu of incendiary origin. The guards who first, arrived on the scene declare that they saw a men running away from (he place where the blase originated, but trey lost track of him in the darkness. Persons connected with Ancient Romo, ray that a watchman whom they knew as Scott has been missing since the fire wu discovered and they believe that he wu burned. The fire attracted a large number of people to the vicinity of the World's hair grounds and many wild rumors were started regarding the extent of tbe conflagration. Ia addition lo Ihe loss of the buildings. a collection of oil paints, depicting scenes In the novel Quo Va-dlvalued at $75,000 were burned. They were painted by Jan Stytka, a Polish artist and were brought to ibia country on bond of $50,000. John McAnnar, employed a watchman at the Moorish Palace, visited the police station and identified Dunn as the mar. whom he had seen run out of the 8treeta of Rome Just after the fire waa discovered. McAnnar also stated that the man wu accompanied : ,v a woman who ran In an opposite direction. The man, according to ran toward Hereafter where Dunn wu arrested. u r, or at laut until after the election returns have been digested, but thia year tto discussion began before the President knew how many votes he would have In the electoral college. Tha only reason why such a session should be celled la berause there la n demand In certain quarters for a revision of the tariff, but many of the incoming congressmen during the put two weeks have made it plain that they do not want tariff revision and further that they do not want an extra session. There is one feature of tha tariff revision talk (hat hu none snbetaucsu More revenue muat to had or there must be n curtailment of expenditures. With the Increasing annual appropriations, a river and harbor bill, increase of the navy, the Panama canal and other features of extraordinary disbursement, there will be need of more money than present customs and internal revenues provide, Aa Intimation has been made that curtailment will satisfy many rongresetonal leaders, but the majority may determine otherwise. In which event sum revenue legislation may be psoraaery and an extra session for that purpose may be called. Bnt this la said to ba a fin mote contingency and the probabilities, according to the leaders who are here, are that (here will be neither tare iff legislation nor an extra aeestou Coupled with tariff legislation discussion la the subject of reciprocity. A number of proposed reciprocity trestle have been, and still are reposing In the pigeon hales of the Senate. During the miming three months there may be some talk about these treaties, but the Indications are they will not be seriously ronMhJflfwL - Mo strong has been the opposition "to them that It ban never been considered worth while to report them from the committee on Foreign Relations to whirh they were referred. There was considerable talk during the last session of Congress concerning tariff revision and the gestion was made by several prominent. Iradera that any revision that waa necessary could be accomplished during the ahort session of Congress, the idea being that revllnn would be on tbe lines of reduction and would meet with little or no opposition. If more revenue la nestled and It ia found to add soma Internal revenue taxes, opposition may ho more pronounced. Revenue legislation of an kind Is sure lo create cnnsldcrable talk in tbe Benal and that meaim delay. In fai-- t it baa become known tliat under present conditions legislation during the aliort session Is enacted by practically unanimous consent. Any half dozen senators who determine to ilefeat a bill have the power to do ao. with Ihe privilege or unlimited debate. In the House the stringent rule enable the majority to tranaact all business it desires and ao far aa tbat body la concerned there la no difficulty about any legislation that may to attempted, but if the leaders do not want tariff revision or change In tbe revenue laws, nothing will to done. The unfinished bnsiness in tbe Senile la a bill 1 mssed by the House providing for the construction of railrogla in the Philippine Islands by a guarantee of five per cent. Income upon the money Invested In such roads. The bill also provides for issuing Philippine bonds for other internal Improvements in the Islands, and In several other iwrtlciilara amends the Philippine laws passed by Congress. The bill met with a great deal of opposition during the last congress, but S9ialor todge, who has it. in charge, says that he will press it. from the beginning of the session ami hopes lo secure ita passage. The principal opposition was lo the provision which guaranteed an Income lo the railroads, and little objection was made to other feature of Uie bill. Another hill for the Philippines, which has been urge! by Secretary Taft and the President, as well aa nearly every one interested In the Philippine, provides fur a material reduction of the duty on sugar and tobacco as well aa other ItilUppine products. In fact free entry of these products hu been recommended. The engar and tobacco Interests were strong enough in the post to defeat any substantial reduction, and the law now provides for n duty of 75 per cent, nf the Dingier rates. A demand far a reduction to 2$ per cent, has been quite frequently presented to Congress. Another measure which received Ilia auction of the House last session, but which hu never been pushed in tha Senate is Ihe Statehood measure which provides for two states, doubling up the territories of Oklahoma and Indian one ami Arizona aud New Territory Mexico as another. Tills hill, like any other which may encounter oppokitiou in the Berate could to easily defeated and advocates of a separate statehood for all the territories are likely to pursue that course. Should the House of Representatives decide to Impeach Judge Charles Bwayne of the northern district of Florida the business run Jit lone of tho Senate would be complicated. After an Investigation n majority of the House committee on Judiciary In the last session recommended Impeachment. of tbe rsuoltitkm wav postponed until December 13th. the begin- cess ry u (Continued Page 8.) 1 |