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FIFTEEN MILLION SOVEREIGNS.
Government experts have figured that
the popular vote In the presidential
election this fall will reach 15,000,000
and may be more. The electoral college,
under the new Congress reapportionment,
will have 532 mexfbers and 267
will be a majority. On the basis of
about 90,000,000 population, the number
of voters should be in the neighborhood
of 18,000,000, and so it would be if all
the men in the United States were naturalized
and thus entitled to vote. Owing
to the immigration, which runs from
700,000 to 900,000 a year, there are always
several million persons who are
not naturalized. In order to poll 15,000,000
this year the vote in 1908 would
only have to be increased by 500,000.
There are many persons who believe
that the interest in the campaign this
year will be equr.1 to what it was in
1896 and that as the total vote of that
year showed a gain in round numbers
of 1,500,000 over the vote of 1892, so
the total of this year may run as far
rhead cf that of 19C8, in which event it
would be' near 16,000,000.
A SOUTHERN TRADE CONTENTION.
A convention of the entire South in
Atlanta next fall for the purpose of considering
the possibilities of foreign
trade opened by the completion of the
Panama canal, was projected recently,
says, the Constitution, at a meeting of
the foreign trade committee of the
Chaix.ber of Commerce. It is proposed
to bring together the leaders of the
South in construction and finance to
take up the question of securing for the
United States, which in this case will
mean the South, the trade with Central
and South America, which now goes to
Europe, particularly Germany and
France. After the convention an investigation
of the South American markets
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1s to be made by a personal visit of a
number of Atlanta men who have become
Interested In the question, and
who announced their intention a few
days ago. With the importance of the
South's awakening stressed by facts
and fgures at the convention, it seems
certain that they will be accompanied
by other leaders of the South and thai
the visit will, be an epoch-making
one.
RAVAGES OF THE ELECTORATE.
.In 1888 1.1,381,000 votes were polled
and of that number Cleveland had 5,538,233,
and Harrison 5,140,216. Cleveland
therefore had a popular plurality
of 98,017, but Harrison was elected
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electoral college, to 168 for Cleveland.
In 18D2 the vote polled was 12,044,000,
of which Cleveland had 5,556,918 and
Harrison 5,176,108. Gen. James B.
Weaver, the Populist candidate, had 1,041,028
votes in that year. The electoral
college stood, 277 for Cleveland, 145 for
Harrison and 22 fcr Weaver. There
was a heavy vote In 1896 because of the
general character of the campaign and
Interest tpken In the chief Issue, the
money question. The vote for McKinley
and Bryan was 13,607,704, a big gain
over 1892. McKinley had 7,104,779 votes
and Bryan had 6,502,925. McKinley had
a popular plurality of 601,854 and 271
votes in the electoral college to 167 for
Bryan. In 1900 the vote rose to 13,965,000,
McKinley polling 7,207,923 to 6,?58,133
for Bryan and getting 292 elec
toral votes to 155 for Bryan. In 1904
Mr. Roosevelt ran for President "In his
own rlffht," and polled 7,623,486 votes
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to only 5,079,911 for Judge Parker. The
v cte was 12,703,397, a decrease as compared
with both 1896 and 1900 and indicative
of a falling off of popular interest.
Roosevelt had 336 electoral
votes and Parker had 140. Roosevelt'B
popular plurality was the largest ever
recorded, 2,545,515. And yet, in 1908,
Taft polled 55,422 more votes than
Roosevelt did in 1904?7,678,908. Bryan
received 6,409,104 votes in 1908, leaving
the Taft plurality 1,269,804. Tuft got
321 electoral votes and Bryan got 162.
Bebs, the Socialist, candidate for President,
polled 420,793 votes. The vote of
the three leading candidates, Taft,
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A MILLION FOR FARMERS.
Proposition to employ an agriculturalist
in every county of every state to
study local conditions and recommend
plans for systematic farm management
to obtain a larger yield of better grain
received an impetus with the announcement
of a gift of $1,000,000 from
a Chicago firm to further the plan. The
project is favored by the crop improvement
committee of the council of grain
exchanges, which includes mercantile
bodies in many of the principal cities in
the United States. It is intended to
start with an expenditure cf $1,000 in
each of 100 elected counties. The
president of the council of grain exchanges
is J. C. F. Merrill, of Chicago.
A PEACE PROPOSAL.
Speaking on the topic of universal
arbitration, Prof. Ernest Richards, of
Columbia University and President of
the German Peace Soeietv, erid in a
' ont address that before permanent
peace between nations could be assured,
agreements according protection to comer,erical
vessels in time of war must be
'e. The Professor said that durinc
-ar snips sailing as private property
rae liable to seizure or destruction. As
a concrete case, the great English nation
has long been advocating international
pence, but up to this time the
lack of an agreement insuring the
safety of commercial ships has prevented
it. So long as the condition exsists
Fnehand will continue to insure her
safety with a large navy, for they say
that in time of war their position renders
them subject to starvation unless
there is an adequate measure of protection.
As scon as merchant marine
is declared Immune from the ravages
of war a world-wide peace will be practically
established.
INCREASING LirXURXOUSNESS.
Luxuries imported into the United
States during the fiscal year wll exceed
$200,000,000 in value. Under this term
"luxuries" are included such articles as
diamonds, art works, laces and embroideries,
ostriph feathers, flowers, toys,
perfumeries and cosmetics, jewelry,
manufactures of gold and silver and
numerous others of this general character.
In many of these articles, especially
the more important ones, the imports
of the fiscal year 1912 will exceed
in value those of any earlier year. Art
works, for example, show for the nine
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by 50 per cent, the highest
record of any earlier year and will approximate
$40,000,000 in value for the
full fiscal year, as against $22,500,000 in
1911 and $21,000,000 1n 1910. Diamonds
will also show a large total for the fiscal
year 1912. The nine months* figures
thus far received by the bureau of statistics,
department of commerce and laPresbyterian
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bor, show for diamonds and other precious
stones a total of $30,500,000, indicating
for the full year a total of
about $41,000,000, thus exceeding the
record of any earlieryyeer except 1910,
when the total was nearly $48,000,000,
and 1907, when he total was $42,500,000.
I ncut diamonds will amount to about
one-fourth of the grand total of precious
and semi-precious stones.
REBOUND IN RUBBER TRADE.
With the close of the fiscal year of
United States Rubber on. March 31,
Samuel P. Colt had served as its president
for 11 years, during which time
the net sales of the company had increased
from $20,853,634 to $36,775,947,
without including in the latter figure
thoae of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing
Company. The increase In general
expenses and interest has been only
$1,800,000 against an Increase in other
income of $1,983,654. The manufacturing
profit la now 20 per cent, of net
sales against 7 per cent, in 1901. Manufacturing
profit nearly 10 times with an
increase of nearly four times in other
Income.
EDUCATION IN THE ORIENT.
Carefully compiled statistics Indicate
that education is not wholly unknown
or unappreciated in Asiatic and other
remote lands. The Imperial University
of Japan has 5,000 students and 400
professors, nearly every one of whom
has taken degrees in America and Europe.
The city of Tokio has 100,000
students, over 20,000 women students:
not as many university students as St.
Petersburg, Russia, but counting all
students, the city of Tokio leads the
world. There are in all Japan 200,000
students in the higher institutions of
learning, and little is done to Influence
them in behalf of our religion. India
has 22,000 university students and
thousands of high school-students.
China has thousands of students, and
some day in the near future will have
millions, in the student class. There
are 100,000 in Tientsin, and 17,000 in
Peking. China presents the greatest op
porrunity in the student field of any
country In the world.
KAISER VETOES THE DUEL.
The wisdom of the Kaiser In. putting
his veto on duelling will not be questioned
by any reasonable person. Hie
action has been taken so quietly that
only a few persons know tfhat he is exercising
his prerogative in that direction.
After the "court of honor" has
decided that a duel is to be fought, the
case is laid before the Emperor, with
whom rests the final word. Oeut.-Gen.
von Herringen gave evidence before the
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course of which some interesting light
was thrown on the Kaiser's attitude
towards duelling. He told of many
cases of an extremely delicate character
in which the Emperor William "had
been obliged to adjudicate. In every
instance quoted he had ruled that honor
was satisfied without fighting. Lient.Gen.
von Herringen maintains that the
resolutions of the members of the
Reichstag directed against this foolish
practice are encroaching on the prerogative
of the Kaiser as commander-inchief
of the army.
HELP WORKMEN BUT HOMES.
The London countv council arc con
sldering a scheme by which workmen
will he able to become owners of their
cottages, by the payment of 5 pounds
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cash, and the remainder of the sum by
easy installments spread over a pen'od
of twenty years. If the cottage is
merely rented with no Idea of buying,
the rent would be 12 shillings, 6 pence
a week; but if the workman contemplates
buying his cottage on the twenty
year period, the rent would amount to
10s., 2d. a week beside the usual taxes.
The scheme of the London County council
has so far matured that a site has
been decided upon and ft is reported
that the council is seeking for parlimentary
power to enable them to proceed
at once with the scheme. The advantage
lies in the fact that workmen
with only a little realy money will be
encouraged to become gradual possessors
of their own cottages. The cost
of each cottage will be 364 pounds.
THEIR WORD FOR IT.
Despite the ancient saying of a prophet
of their own concerning Cretan veracity,
the European government will acceDt
the official manifesto of the local administration
of the island at its face
value. In reply to the note from the
powers to the effect that they intended
to maintained the status quo, the administrative
committee have informed
the consuls of the powers that they consider
themselves "obliged to confirm the
necessity for International consent to
the union of Crete with the kingdom of
Greece." The communication goes on
to point out that the good will so often
expressed by the powers entitles them
to expect the prompt realization of their
work for freedom. It is stated also that
they do not look upon the increase in j
the number of ships as an act unfriendly
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The new Mussulman prefect has taken
the oath of fidelity to the King of the
Hellenes. He declares that he was acting
on his own initiative and maintains
that the country would make great
progress under the rule of King
George.
ANTIQUITIES.
In the newly discovered section of the
"Street of .Abundance" at Pompeii some
fresh discoveries have been made. An
excellently preserved temple has teen
excavated with frescoes representing all
the divinities of (Mount Olympus. Besides
this temple another building has
been discovered with frescoes depicting
the goddess Cybele, and figures of other
deities. Cybele was the mythical wife
of Saturn, and mother of Jupiter, Neptune
and Pluto. (It was in her island of
Crete that her child Zeus was brought
up. According to information received
by the Egyptian Gazette, Prof. Flinders
Petrie has discovered during the recent
excavations at Memphis a fine alabaster
sphinx some 26 feet in length, which Is
in almost perfect condition, as well as
four fine statues of Rameses II. and the
god iPtah hand in hand. Though the
feet of these latter are somewhat worn,
the upper parts are In excellent conditon.
Success without principle is dangerous.
Most of all It produces self-exaltation
and self-confidence. It forges
chains for the binding down of the soul.
It introduces elements which will alienate
kind thought and good opinion. I*
breaks down character. It merely
heaps up wrath against the day of
wrath. To such a course and to such
achievements surely 'twere better to
give some other name than success!
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