Much of the time of the state leglislatures in the early part of 1907 was taken up with the consideration of bills reducing passenger rates on the railroads. In most of the states in which the matter was taken up laws were enacted for straight 2-cent or 22-cent fares. Among those establishing the 2-cent rate were Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The 2-cent rate was made compulsory in Alabama, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Iowa fixed a maximum rate of 3 cents with 2cent rates for all roads earning more than $4,000 per mile. New Mexico passed a 3-cent fare bill, New York and Oregon passed sweeping legislation giving commissions full power over rates. Virginia's commission ordered rates on nearly all roads reduced to 2 cents. The Kansas commission will reduce rates to 2 cents if the railroads contest the 2-cent law. North Dakota and Maryland compel railroads to sell 1,000-mile books for $20. In the new state of Oklahoma the constitution

fixes the maximum rate for passengers on steam railroads at 2 cents a mile unless proof is furnished that this rate is unreasonably low.

In New York Gov. Hughes vetoed (June 11) the bill instituting a flat passenger rate of 2 cents a mile on every railroad system in the state more than 150 miles long.

In the course of his veto message the governor pointed out that "the passage of the bill was not preceded by legislative investigation or suitable inquiry under the authority of the state. Nor is the fixing of this rate predicated on reports or statistics officially collated which would permit a fair conclusion as to the justice of its operation with reference to the railroads within its purview."

The governor said also, in part:

"Nothing could be more opposed to the interests of the community as a whole than to cripple the transportation corporations by arbitrary reduction of earnings.

(For the Illinois 2-cent fare law see page 403.)

REPUBLICAN.

Headquarters 718-719 Metropolitan National Bank building, Washington, D. C.

Officers-Rep. James S. Sherman, New York, chairman; Rep. James A. Tawney, Minnesota, vice-chairman; Rep. Henry C. Loudenslager, New Jersey, secretary; Rep. William B. McKinley, Illinois, treasurer.

Executive committee-Senator George S. Nixon, Nevada; Rep. Nicholas Longworth, Ohio; Rep. Sydney E. Mudd, Maryland; Rep. James R. Mann, Illinois; Rep. James H. Davidson, Wisconsin; Rep. James M. Miller, Kansas; Rep. Richard Bartholdt, Missouri; Rep. Joan W. Weeks, Massachusetts; Rep. H. Burd Cassel, Pennsylvania.

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John L. Burnett Marcus A. Smith

.John S. Little .James F. English .John F. Shafroth .Henry F. Mooney William Saulsbury .James L. Norris .Frank Clark .J. M. Griggs Henry T. Rainey William T. Zenor ..C. H. Tulley Walter H. Dewey A. M. Jackson .F. A. Hopkins Robert F. Broussard .Oliver Otis .John Gill, Jr. .John A. Keliher .Frank H. Hosford .E. J. Bowers James T. Lloyd .G. M. Hitchcock .C. D. Van Duzer .A. L. McDermott George L. Danforth O. N. Marron William H. Ryan William W. Kitchen

Willis A. Joy ..H. C. Garber Roy E. Stafford .John E. Lathrop ..M. C. L. Kline .D. L. D. Granger .D. E. Finley C. B. Barrett ..John W. Gaines William R. Smith Henry W. King .Morris F. Atkins .Robert G. Southall Bo Sweeney .Thomas B. Davis Charles H. Weisse .J. E. Osborne

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.

E. J. Bowers, chairman; F. G. Newlands, James T. Lloyd, W. H. Ryan, Henry T. Rainey, D. E. Finley, Charles H. Weisse, John A. Keliher, Frank Clark. Fred T. Dubois, W. R. Smith.

The following statement was issued from the white house in Washington, D. C., Dec. 11, 1907: "On the night after election I made the followannouncement:

ing, alam deeply sensible of the honor done me

by the American people in thus expressing their confidence in what I have done and have tried to do. I appreciate to the full the solemn responsibility this confidence imposes upon me. and I shall do all that in my power lies not to forfeit

it. On the 4th of March next I shall have served three and a half years, and this three and a half years constitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the president to two terms regards the substance and not the form, and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination.'

"I have not changed and shall not change the decision thus announced. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT."

At a meeting held in Washington, D. C., Dec. 7, 1907, the republican national committee decided to hold the national convention of the party in Chicago June 16, 1908. Harry S. New of Indianapolis, Ind.. was chosen chairman.

Denver, Col.. was selected as the place for holding the democratic national convention of 1908 and July 7 was the date fixed upon by the national

committee of the party at a meeting held in Washington. D. C., Dec. 12. 1907.

The populist national nominating convention will be held in St. Louis, Mo.. April 2. 1908.

The prohibition national convention is to be held in Columbus, O., but the date had not been fixed at the time this edition of The Daily News AImanac and Year-Book was issued.