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It hasnever beenkvmy practice to publiclv ckampioh anv polities] candidate other than follow-the dutv of every Citizen,*namelvf: to cast mv vote. I fee}. however; that in view oLthe‘ number of candidates in the field for nomi; nation for Congress in the Tenth District. poSs‘ible (he opinion of one who has been a irequent visit- . f____ VII» "Dov --â€"V v , or at Washington in the last few years may be of interest if not val- ue to some yoters. Wb0,haVc no‘ means of knqwing the true facts. Mr. Engelhard and Mr. De Lang are, for all the writer knnws, both excellent men; but it would seem thagthe principal new plank- in their pl'a'tform ‘is that "we need a change”. This is a quite sur- prising point to emphasize, as it is so absolutely contrary to the customs in every other walk in life. ' July- The phase of the question. how- ever. which should be of special interest {0 the voter is the fact mat Congressman George Ed- mund Foss; the present Congress- 7I~ _...‘... muuu l. Una, u“. r. man and canidatc for re- -election, can alwavs be found at Washing- ton during the session carefully watching every bit of legislation which is brought UR He is never too busy to coutt‘eously and thoughtfully considerany matter which is placed before him by -3 .‘v I. § ----- .5, During the sixteen years that he has represented the district, he has acquired a fund‘of informa- tion that is invaluable to the pri- vate citizenxwho goes to Washing- ton on some special mission. and ,who natarallv looks to his Con- gressman for advice. Mr FOSs’ atti- tnde seems to be thesame towards all regareless whether it be the waelthy representative ot a great commercial industry or the humâ€" ble appealof a widoived mother who desires the War Department to release her son and probably only support 'from his enlistment. AL- “ulbu u: l’"' V ,, one bf his constituents, and if such matter seems worthy, gives it not only prompt but intelligent attention. .L ;A Enthfid and is in‘rriarked cunt'rast to the attitude the w’ritc‘r‘has seen many other public, officers . take after they once secure. their election. v The fact that he has been chair. '1!) in of the Naval\\ one of the mqs’t important committees. is an evidence of‘ the esteem m whichi bejs held by his colleagues; and his stand on all progressive legis- lation is a matter of open record as is the effect of his influence clearlv shotvn by the appropria- tions. public buildings, harbor im- provements. etc, running mto the millions of dollars which ‘he has secured for his district; and it would seem to the writer that even “vâ€"-- -V- shooid the other candidates for this nomination have the. most excellent Qualifications. it, would be many years be’fcre either one of them could possibly be 35' cf. It might be asked. than why dog-sum tiniest a rcpresentative of the1dis- ghg [mu-Sm: Commerce Commit,“ tactas is Mr. Foss) even didjhc do n? 1n the name mmmc gamma vdters not consider the fag! that said: . - . , ‘ .. we owe him our Support. _ a 4-111: cxining inter-sum cot-meme A.-A_‘A_‘_; .-.... ...s.u-;.a~. nm mu: :2an writer 0! this. In mater [0 _In lllqmry. Mr. * awn Nfimn-fiflrn w _ id“ at the P05 7R. PTDAVIDSON‘ me“ printed label to the recent action at th Illinoi- Beirood Commie-ion. in determining to mm. the clamps oi txpreoo moo. to the proper rx-rclse oi inn. netted authority. Their action io _, mendobie and important. Pity it in heenootoug dolovedto the injury of he poop“ who require the oervioe. - l m- we}! the public should no" _ organization hove to them to the railroodo. 'l'ho expreoo ponies here no Iineooi‘ transport. a of their own, "They hue no rights on the lines oi rail they IIoe beyond what the roilroodo eon (item then. They ore bornacles on the railrood o; otemo 0| t. e country; Something wane than barn-cite; _ leechesâ€"eh! od-ouelteroâ€" H e‘ the hot freight lines which Io love I k the cream 0! the (night. huoineoe TI he roilroodo to the profit oi inside 0 ganizatiou rother than Ihst ol' the ‘stoclrholden it is oofe to oav that. the “lime relation oi the express companies t the railroadahoe rlwoys been more 'or less tainted by arrangement: under ‘ will ch the rights and intereetoqi railroad “uremia oere ethbordinated to the interests oi directors and other: in cen- 0 oi oi the roads. ‘ The railroad is a semi- public comma- . donâ€"mot only in the sense that it ism I common earner. chartered {or the puhiit r accommodation. but also in the fact t at V i is endowed with the oovereign prom f :atwe of "eminent doramj“ andiuthe 5 I pow" thus granted to take private pro- ‘ perty [or its purpooes. it is d .IIhly bound to a faithful discharge of its public ohli ‘t potions. A-mojonty oi the railroad P mileage in this country shame the en- E’ )oyment of munificent [iits uf puhlic 1' land.'thuo adtiing a moralobligamu ti; i' he legoi one to deal justly by "It peo tile who are tobe served. It is at least queotIonable whether a '- hilroad company has a tight to [arm out the transportation facilities where- ‘g with the public has invested it. It is not 0 6 .Al‘ GLBI‘COEv ‘quesliom'bic that“ it due: mic is re-- sponible for the lessee. who mun submit to all rcgulmion to which the railroad ii “able. Ii is the duty of Ihrrailmad Company Io llu nus hasineas; Its fin duty is t - carrv eIerv Ilc‘vcriptm mi co II merci'II Cummmh «hivh anybody Inn“ to Ship, and ca *ry II at such Ipee'd Ic- cordiugIa-ils chamcler. u we public icwnIIIMuatimI l't quires. Tut-Yum yg-car Mum-cl: i1 anwt‘aer instance u! the 3mm kind {-f drum; 0! which it. «in In- Infilcém 'ogly ,tlul while u e Ianmc'e cmmrutiuné grow so euoxmnu~ly rich they, cannot find way; of Cumédlmg their prnfits. lh': relating! is one nf posiibe lacs 30: 1h} fliiruad kahuldcn. â€" ' L ' ‘ a week of WO- “l th not amused there was my question of the power 0! Conan” to in. - - A 1â€" .k- :nO-DA qqo3uvu v. u“ 7v“ -. -- _, clude exprees compah-ies in me inter- aute commerce kg‘l'atiou and to deal with mam just a ~“imam are dealt]: with." _ This is what en eminent. levyeg’. gho is a number of the Commitiee on Inter-1 Sate Commerce of the ULS. Home 0| Representatives. wrote a yen" ego to the writer of this. In mater to gn inquiry. It might be asked. then why does not, the [met-Sum Commerce Commie-Ion - “The. mining inter-sun hw, whfleitdoco not cover gGULATIONS OF . ‘ EXPRESS tRATES ndthe date dun!“ °“ ILLINOIS‘~ matter. ntlon in the Committee. , ll seems to as the railroad manila lure me We moo- «memos»! w’m the "gaming of mes ton-wen using (mild!!! their rails W lull.“ iv b9 held admissible lot them ”sub- lei their facilities they Ihoifld am he held .mnsible (or the Ieuep. w whom ibuv turn over their mmdon acme. held’nndet puma W n theywm‘muwmd bythc Sum Ind- Ilkewbe by’ I gonna“!!! Ml; mummy -oI W thel' it 'people oi‘xhe United Sutu- you“ come into [belt mail! In «00" treatment. Such regululon is duo-ll on! the country; 3nd it. might 00%!on possible [or an land” at Wam- mn. in or out 01 Semi. at Houlglvh time: put. to (hint legivlauon IO this mmous nscu: N o. more remarkable denim-1 tion of the marvels of the wink” telegragh was ever furnished than n the rescue of thirtVotwo uilon of the British freight steamer West Point which whileen route from Glasgow to Charleston. S. C. was burned to the water’ 9 edge in mid ioeenn last Sunday. ~ Neither the Devonicn northel Maurctacnia has yet reached pomj Both are still far out to sea.1 Aboard eh: h of them is a group‘ of the rescued sailors. both part ics of whom know of the salety of the other. alths ugh ucither ship has touched port. The message announcing the salcly of the sec- ond Vrc=cucd group. that of Capo tain Pmkham. was relayed across nearlv two thirds of the Almtic ibcean and messages have been iflashed several times ovet this enormousdistancc- ‘ ' V The Mauretania jumped its fiat wireless into the steamer Deutch- and tar out to sea. and the Deutschland sent the cheeting words whizzing into the wirele. station at Cape Race. N. F., which in tum, returned the com-1‘ pliment and sent back M101 Captain Pinkham that all was well} witn his other men - * ‘ 11:11.35le 0! uncut, Cabtain Ttant. of the Mad by Ilse m w I mania-ion W ti m dun small boa unveil. “l” m hose United Sme- Iould ff t , 0'" .nd “gt ‘06“ The‘fi‘“ -A- O: niui'oc boat cc-I‘taiaing Captain Pinkhan and 6 rec- men. during‘ which be communicated with a dozen OI’ more‘suamen, put them ou-the lookout h- the shipwmked men and at last mad the satisfac- tion to bear {run the steamer Mauretania the they wete saved. _ L-.A “The men had I very a..- tirue during‘thc five dun in the mallboat." Captain Tract My: of thme resend by his ship ”The first two may: were moder- ate After that they met with tre- mendous an in a heavy gale. ‘mth continual: rain. They were pulling {octet-:1 hours in heavv sea in order t3 keep the boat's head on: Dunn: this time they were all wet through. On Thurs- eny the «am moderated and they got into tffe westward track about 2 on Friday morning. "At this tinif: they were (filing in a verv exéfiruhbtéd coudifioo- Th'ev sighted :tbc! Devonian about among wmgitxen who luve (at. ca up colleogons (or the ship- wrecked mug j ”We haveilaeen in constant} communication. with steamer-s by wireless." Czfibttin Trent contin- ues. "asking them to keep a good lookout for (IL: mining boat. Also passed wold Ifi‘mugh to Cape Race to repon thetxnatter. Recievcd rc- olics by winic u from Kmnprinz. Haverford. 33min. Pretoria. New Amste’tdam. Pallm. Iver- nia. Tuetonic; La Lonnine. a Wil- son liner. Pcthnsylnuia. a“ promi- sing to ueco'fg g'ood lookout. ‘ This Inozring Sept 4. we re- cewed word 1300! the Mauretania via Cape Rae. and Deutchlaml that it had u‘i :ked up the captain' s boat tron uigIe West Point and that ull was icll. m LAWOI’ COMPEN- SATION. ooucohheulunu both-t We. Thcluv “companion in. an you misc-m "a.“ may»: nemltbupfi'ufipeuuu. 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We' ve been robbing; soil as though it held 241.; able anyone: of «um i“ phoris: and and other neon. element:- The average farmer wu§ enough about the fence at“ and by careless method: to keg aGernunot Dwill [004“? i stances. The America 00% wastes enough food to keep I“: ‘Fteuch tamilv well (ed v We once had a vellth of I “cube: with 'which to build, \ - , homes and machinery. It _ ‘ melted unv like the wow . ~ a spring wind. The locket has been a great actor in in: this desolation. Wen! diaicutv bv allowina ._ to put theit hands on out so that 'e cannot “I” wrongs until we pay big a” to their cofi'eu. The Iii-ht; ply and the standing fond! largely in their utchet. 1 fertilize: supplvis «(com by a great {memo M with stool pigeons in our on“ We are forbidden the input” of many of the necessities 0‘ because at hivh tariff: that G mud to fatten the Inlay-s al‘ hasten the destruction of JR supplies.