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/ 1 / THE Weekly Jeefersonian. Vol. I. A Passing Glance at the Nelvs of the Week. Another Special Message. President Roosevelt is to send to the senate another special message relating to his action in dis charging three companies of negro troops from the regular army. This message will accompany a special report of Milton D. Purdy, assistant to the attorney general, who was sent by the president to Browns ville to get evidence that the charges against the discharged negroes were true. The special agent seems to have found an abundance of it. At the same time the president realizes that he went be yond his constitutional authority in declaring that the discharged negroes should not, thereafter, re-enlist in the army or navy, or obtain civil employment un der the federal gove*nment. The latter portion of his order will, therefore, be rescinded. * M H The Bailey Investigation. On Friday the resolution pending in the' Texas house of representatives demanding an investigation of the charges against Senator Bailey, was intro duced in the senate. The friends of Mr. Bailey have been resorting to filibustering tactics. The legisla ture must begin balloting for United States senator on January 22nd, and by delaying the proposed in vestigation until after the election, they hope to evade it altogether. HUM Couldn’t Oust New A little knot of anti-administration Republicans started a movement to insist that acting Chairman Harry New of the national committee call a meet ing of the committee for the purpose of electing a permanent chairman to succeed George B. Cortel you who has resigned. Senator Scott of West Vir ginia, was leader of the movement, and it was ru mored that he either wanted the place himself or wanted to name the man who filled it, all in the interest of Mr. Fairbanks’ candidacy. His petition secured three signatures, and the matter was al lowed to drop. M M M The Frozen Northwest. Fierce snow storms are prevailing in western Minnesota and. North Dakota. Trains are from thir ty-six to forty-eight hours late, and the snow is from four to ten feet deep. Up in Manitoba the blizzard is said to be the worst that the Canadian northwest has ever experienced. n h h No Jap Fleet to Come. The Japanese government has definitely decided not to send the squadron of training ships to San Francisco, which has been under discussion for some time. She fully realizes the kindly sentiments which prevail towards her on the part of our government, but she does not lose sight of the intense feeling which prevails in San Francisco itself. •t M M French Bishops Meet. On Tuesday, in the old French chateau where Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette spent their honey moon, the bishops of France are holding an assembly to discuss the existing relations of Church and state. On Saturday the Pope addressed to them an ency clical, in which he urged them to stand firm. He said that the minimum concessions necessary to the A c ]\[elvspaper ‘Deboted to the Adbocacy of the Jeffersonian Theory of Gobernment. Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, January 17, 1907. 11l II ' 11'' '. ■ ' '' 'lll 111111 l ’ wßi ’ -;v i Wk \ JWH MH ■gfcare? Hi Ip I'wß I J Q %i lMHhhh B National Curse. The Betrayers of the Republic, the Corruptors of Government, and the Enslavers of the People, Boldly Claim to Be the “Safe and Sane” Element. Better Watch Out! acceptance of the separation law were respect for the “Catholic hierarchy, which is an indispensable characteristic of Catholicism,’’ freedom of action and the inviolability of church property. The same note of protest and complaint which has marked the recent attitude of the Vatican runs through the encyclical. 4 HMM Brander Matthews Decorated. Mr. Brander Matthews, one of the most distinguish ed literary men of America, who, with Andrew Carne gie and President RoosevOlt, was largely responsible for the movement in favor of simplified spelling, has been given the decoration of the French legion of honor. It was not for his simplified spelling, how ever, but for his service to French literature. Seven Pensions a Minute. Friday was private pension day in the house of representatives, and during the brief session, man aged to dispose of six hundred and twenty-eight pension bills, which; was at the rate of nearly seven a minute. HMM Boss Murphy Wants a Recount. Boss Murphy, of Tammany Hall, returned to the Wigwam on Saturday after having “rested,” as he expressed it, in Albany. When interviewed by the newspaper men, he expressed himself in favor a recount of the ballots cast in the contest between Hearst and McClellan in 1905. He thinks the bfil providing for opening the ballot boxes, will pass in legislature. No. 12.