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the three great departments of gov ernment, the executive, legislative and judicial, and the campaign recently begun to control the rights of the States and increase the powers of the federal government, in the regulation and control, not alone of the rail roads, but of all products entering into interstate commerce. Judge Parker sketched the cause of this demand —the rascality in corpo rate nlanagement uncloaked within the last few years—and the remedy proposed under the idea of centrali zation—“to substantially change the form of government of these United States of America by the creation of judicial commissions to deal with spe cial subjects; by the conferring upon such commissions of legislative func tions through delegation of power from Congress, and by then commit ting to the executive the unrestricted power of appointment and removal of their members. “This,” he continued, “is the act ual substitution of another theory of government. This is annulment of the underlying., doctrines upon which our existing government rests. These powers are to be exercised then by the executive to the exclusion of the legislative and judicial by an ex pansion beyond its terms; by an ex pansion beyond its spirit; by an ex pansion beyond its purpose, of the language of the constitution. “Someone has said, ‘Oh, Liberty! What crimes have been committed in thy name!’ We might say today, ‘Oh, commerce ! What theories are sought to be advanced under thy cloak! ’ “That which has created the pub lic agitation, so adroitly seized upon as a cover for an attack on the con stitution, was an underlying cause in a totally different direction and call ing for an entirel ydifferent cure. The rottenness which offends our nostrils is bred of an unholy alliance of ad ministration and favored interests. Party sucess has been placed above public duty. “In the struggle for mastery in both State and nation money has been sought as well for illegitimate uses as legitimate uses. As the coj ruption of the electorate has widened and deepened, the demand for money has increased, a demand which long ago outgrew any sum that could be raised by patriotic contributors. So corporations having favors to ask were invited to contribute, and thev did so knowing full well that, when legislation was needed or undesirable legislation was threatened, the head of the organization could be relied upon for assistance; that his state ment that this corporation contribut ed ten or *one hundred thousand dol lars to the compaign fund would lock or unlock the door to leg islative or administrative action. This has been true in some cities which are democratic, and in other? which are republican. It has for many years been true in some eStates as well as in the nation.* “In this hour of angry retaliation upon the corporations, an hour in which the innocent suffer with the guilty, we must jiot forget that pub lic officers are themselves most to blame. The money was solicited un der circumstances ofttimes amount ing to a demand. It*? acceptance cre ated an obligation. The alliance which arose has cost the people dear. Wisely did Mi. Bryce advise us that ‘ we should aim to bring as few finan cial interests as possible within the * sphere of governmental activity.’ ” Judge Parker ridiculed the claim that the federal government has been more faithful in the discharge of its duties than have the State govern ments. Contractors in Capital Fraud Under Arrest. The long expected arrests of those held to be responsible for the frauds ’committed in the furnishing and dec orating of Pennsylvania’s $13,000,000 capitol, were made at Harrisburg, the attorney-general causing warrants to be issued for fourteen of the eighteen persons and firms named by the Cap itol Investigation Commission as be ing involved in the scandal. Those for whom warrants were is sued are Joseph M. Huston, architect, and his active assistant, Stanford B. Lewis, both of Philadelphia; John H. Sanderson, Philadelphia, chief contractor for furnishings; Congress man 11. Burd Cassel, Marietta, treas urer and executive officer of the Penn sylvania Construction Company, con tractors for steel filing cases; James H. Shumaker, Johnstown, former su perintendent of public grounds and buildings, who receipted for the fur nishings; George H. Payne and his partner, Charles G. Wetter, both of Philadelphia, builders of the capitol and contractors for the $303,000 at tic ; William P. Snyder, Spring City, former auditor-general, who approved the warrants of the contractor’s; Wil liam L. Mathues, Media, former State treasurer, who paid the bills of the contractors; Charles F. Kinsman, Wallis Boileau, John G. Neiderer and George C. Storm, all of Philadelphia, stockholders in the Pennsylvania Bronze Company, organized by San derson for the manufacture of the $2,000,000 lighting fixtures; Frank Irvine, auditor in the auditor-gener al’s office, who audited the accounts of the contractors. The warrants were sworn out be fore Harrisburg Aidermen, and nearly all the defendants, who had been no tified by the attorney-general of the action he had taken, appeared, waived a hearing and entered bail for their appearance in the Dauphin County Court. Several were unable to ap pear because of illness, and will make their appearance later. Lord Brassey Argues for State Own ership. At a meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce at Liverpool, Lord Brassey advocated State owner ship of railroads. He said there was a growing de mand that the railroads be managed solely in the interests of the public service, and not for the benefit of the shareholders, and declared that if a change of policy was seriously pro posed there could hardly be a doubt that it would receive the support of parliament. “In Continental Europe,” he add ed, “where the railroads are the property of the State, the require ments of the public are fully consid ered and the results to the treasury are satisfactory, while in Great Brit ain competition is carried to excess, an immense amount of capital is wasted, shippers are dissatisfied with the burdensome rates, and the em- WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. ployes are discontented with their wages and hours of labor.” Inrush of Immigrants. Immigration, according to indica tions, will be heavier this year than ever before. During August* admit ted aliens numbered 98,825, an in crease of 21 per cent over August, 1906, and 56 per cent over August, 1905. During the last six months the total immigration was 819,951, an in crease of 14 per cent over the same period last year. The immigration from Russia is in creasing, and is greater than from any other country. Fight is on Ring, Burton Declares. Congressman Theodore E. Burton, at Cleveland, issued this statement concerning his campaign as candidate for mayor against Tom L. Johnson: “An erroneous impression has gone forth that the mayoralty campaign here is to an exceptional extent com plicated with national politics. Such is not the case. The aim of the cam paign in which I am engaged is to redeem the city of Cleveland from the administration of a ring. “The specious claim has been made that the main desire of the present administration is to give the people of Cleveland cheap street car fare, nder cover of this slogan there has been built up in toe city of Cleveland a tremendous political machine. Every department and agency of the city government has been utilized to per petuate its powers. Favors have been granted and bargains made wherever political support could be obtained. “I should have been extremely re luctant to have turned aside from na tional politics without the approval of President Roosevelt and Sec?’eta ries Taft and Garfield. Fcr this rea son I have communicated with each of them. Their friendly advice has come to me on ny solicitation, and there has been no attempt at inter ference. ’ ’ Aware Bridge Was Weak, But Made His Men work. Messrs. Yenser, McLure and Cud worth, officials of the Phoenix Bridge Company, were witnesses before the Dominion Commission which is inves tigating the Quebec bridge disaster. Superintendent Yenser admitted that, while he had feared the weak ness of chords 9 and 10 might be come serious, he had continued the work because he could not keep the mon idle. May Bar Emma Goldman. Emma Goldman, the anarchist and consort of Alexander Berkman, who served his term for trying to kill Henry C. Frick, may be barred from the United States when she returns from the anarchists’ international meet at Amsterdam. Under the new immigration law, as she is an alien, she can be kept oit of the country as an ex-convict, a person without visible means of sup port, an undesirable citizon. or on all of these counts. New York Labor Will Question Gov ernor Hughes. The State Federation of Working men discussed, at Syracuse, a resolu tion declaring that in the appoint ment of members cf the two public service commissions, Governor Hughes has not givers to organized labor the recognition it was justly entitled tu The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men recommended the appointment of Richard Quick; the railway conduc tors, John J. Morey, Henry N. Rock well or Peter J. Keefe; the trainmen, Cornelius B. Johnson. The governor did not name any of them. It was decided to have the executive com mittee inquire of the governor why the labor unions were not recognized A resolution authorizing the ap pointment of a committee to call up on Governor Hughes and urge the closing of all Sunday theatres in the State "was adopted. Rockefeller’s Income $21.25 Per Minute. 1 rom the examination of W esley H. Tilford, treasurer of the Standard Oil Company, at the hearing before ex-Judge Franklin Ferriss, at New Vork, in the government suit to dis solve the trust, three sensational facts were spread upon the record. 1. The Standard Oil Trust pf Ohio, when ordered by the Supreme Court, in 1592, to W’ind up its affairs and dissolve, continued its monopolistic combination without change in man agement or methods, with the same officers, the same stock owners, and the same control of supply, transpor tation and price of oil for seven years, until 1899. The mandate of the Supreme Court of Texas debarring the Stand ard Oil combination from engaging in business there has been defied by the corporations of the Corsicana Re fining Company, owned by H. C. Fol ger and C. N. Payne, of No. 26 Broad way, and the Security Oil Company, said to be controlled by the Stand ard’s original financial institution, the Seaboard National Bank, of No. 18 Broadway. 3. John D. Rockefeller’s income during the eight years, when, as he and his friends have said so often, he never visited no 26 Broadway, was $21.25 per minute from oil alone. It was further shown from the books of the Standard Oil Company and placed upon the record in the government’s dissolution suit, the fact than in eight years the oil trust’s profits have been $490,315,934.68 from which $308,329,430 were paid out in dividends. The profits in 1899 were over $34,- 000,000, but this did not represent a full twelve months’ business. The next year the profits of the monopoly io«e to $55,000,000, and in 1906 thev were $53,122,251. These statements were furnished to J t ank B. Kellogg, special counsel for government, in response to subpoenas duces tenm, served on Wade Hamp ton, general auditor of the company, and other officers. Valuable as are these hitherto carefully-guarded fig ures of the trust’s fabulous profits, the inside history of the monopoly in its earlier stages is even more im portant, for the purposes of the suit, but the books and records which will show this have not yet been furnished, Mi. Kellogg has respectfully de manded that the books of the Stand ard Oil Trust of Ohio, and those cov ering the period between 1890 and 1889, when the monopoly was contin ued by “trustees in liquidation” be produced, and their production has been promised. . * ? PAGE FIVE