Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1904, Page 1

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JAP ARMY IN STRAITS HEAVY FIGHTING RUMORED ON LIAO-TUNG PENINSULA. Persistent Reports of Bloody Battle Near Kin-Chou—Kuroki’s Army in Difficuty. ST. PETERSBURG, May 25—2:25 p.m.— Where are indications that General Kuro- patkin is preparing to make a very import- ant move against the enemy. One of the reasons for this belief is the sudden in- creased restrictions upon the corre- spondents at the front. The pre’ alling be- Nef here ts that General Kuroki’s army is in difficulties. LIAO-YANG, May 25.—There are further rumors of heavy fighting at the advanced positions of General Fock’s forces on the Liao-Tung peninsula, but the correspond- ent of the Associated Press has been un- able to officially confirm the reports MUKDEN, May 25.—11 p.m.—According to the latest information obtainable, the Japanese have resumed their forward movement. Several columns are advanc- ing, though the bulk of the invading army is still near Feng-Wang-Cheng. There are persistent reports of a bloody battle having taken place between the Jap- enese army advancing along the railroad from Pulantien and the Russians, near Kin-Chou, Lia-Tung peninsula, resulting in the defeat of the Japanese with great loss. of Japanese scouts have ast of Mukden, at a con- but no important body been located in this vi- Small parties been seen north siderable distanc of the enemy cinity. . JAPS LAND AT TAKUSHAN. 6,000 Men Put Ashore on May 21— Building Barracks. CHEFOO, May 25, 2 p.m.—Chinese junks arriving from Takushan, a port lying southwest of Antung, report the landing of 6,000 Japanese troops at Takushan on the 2ist instant. Another junk from Pit- sewo reports the Japanese landing a small number of troops there every day and bullding temporary barracks gn Elliott Is- land, where a hundred ships, including men-of-war and transports, have made a rendezvous. Only small skirmishes are reported along the western shore of the Liao-Tung penin- sula up to the 22d instant. Heavy firing s in the direction indicating that a land attack had commenced, as the Jap- anese fleet is not to be seen off Port Arthur, Dalny refugees say that General Stoessel has taken all the cash from the Port Ar- thur and Dalny bank: that the de- positors are unable to cash checks. There are two Takushans on the Liao- Tung peninsula. One lies about forty miles southwest of Antung and the other is situ- ated.midway between Pitsewo and Talien- wan bay. The former is the point at which the Japanese have been landing their troops, and is the one referred to above. MINES OUTSIDE ZONE. Question of Protest Evokes Discussion at St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG, May 25 20 p.m.— The British and American press reports of possible protests against the laying of mines in the waters of the Liao-Tung pen- insula, because of the danger to interna- tional commerce, evoke much interest here and are the subject of the general remark that there was no talk of protests while Russian ships were being blown up, it only beginning after the Japanese ships met with disaster. Government circles are the reports of possible protests by the powers are confined to the press. Neither the British nor the American embassies has received instructions on the subject. The indications are that if the question of laying mines beyond the three-mile lmit becomes the subject of a formal protest it will raise a new question of international law, growing out of the increased range of modern guns. The three-mile limit was established in the days when that distance represented the maximum range, but if ships can now He eight or ten miles away and yet reach the coast with their rojectiles it is argued that the defenders ave a perfect right to take such milltary measures as they choose within the range of the enemy's guns. COSSACKS TOO FLEET. Kioshita’s Column Arrived at Niug-Yeng May 17. SEOUL, May 25, noon. ‘ol. Kioshita’s column arrived at Niug-Yeng May 17 and found the Russians had divided, one party going northwest and the other going east. The latter attacked Ham-Heung. It was impossible for the Japanese infantry to overtake the mobile Cossacks, so the col- umn returned to Anju May 23 The main commissarial base of the Jap- anese, which had been located at Che- mulpo since the outbreak of the was, has been transferred to Seoul. Twenty-five officers and a large staff of non-commis- sioned officers and clerks have arrived here to take part in the work of provis- ioning the Japanese armies. PORT ARTHUR BOMBARDED. inclined to think Col. Portion of Japanese Fleet Fires Many Shots. CHEFOO, May 25, 10 p.m—A portion of the Japanese fleet bombarded Port Arthur at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. The at- tack was witnessed by a Frenchman, who left Dalny on the night of the 22d, ar- riving here tonight. He says that eight large warships circled before the entrance of Port Arthur harbor for one hour, firing. broadsides at intervals of ten minutes. Up to the time this Frenchman left Dalny everything was quiet there, but an attack on the part of the Japanese was expected hourly. The military and civil officials of Dalny were ready to leave. Only a few civilians remain there. The attempt made about a fortnight ago to destroy the docks and piers at Dalny ‘was not successful, and after the receipt of the news of the loss of the Japanese battle ship Hatsuse, Lieut. Gen. Stoessel, com- mander of the military forces at Port Ar- thur, ordered that the docks and piers be not destroyed. ‘The Japanese are in force at Pitsewo and Kin-Chou, and are ready to march down Republican Managers Taking Stcck for Campaign. WILL BE HARD FIGHT ROOSEVELT’S. POPULARITY THE GREATEST FACTOR IN SUCCESS. Possible Labor Difficulties the Thing Most to Be Feared—Feel- ing of Unrest. The republican managers and politicians of prominence ar2 not being dazzled by any rainbows of promise in the political out- look for this fall, and are not wearing rose-- tinted specs when they view the prospect. They are looking for storms, and in con- versation with each other and their friends are free to admit that a few clouds, no bigger than a man’s hand, can be discerned upon the horizon. All of which figure of speech is by way of }saying that the managers are keenly alive to the fact that the coming campaign is to be a desperate battle between the parties, unless the democratic party makes more than ordinarily grievous blunders. It is the habit of experienced politicians to weigh and estimate their troubles and drawbacks before they count their bless- ings. Assets usually cin be more easily determined than liabilities. The practical politicians first figure up what they will have to meet, and then cast about them to see how they can meet {t. A republican manager, in talking with a Star reporter, not for quotation in the first person, but still with frankness, pointed out a few of the difficulties the republicans see before them. Sagging of Business. In the first place, the most disquieting. fea- ture of the situation is sagging of business. That is always to be expected on the even of a presidential election and usually affects the party in power. This year, the®rail- reads are the tirst to feel it. Reports from the west tell of falling off in traffic and dis- charge of employes. Chicago estimates that 15,000 men have been laid off in that region ard more are to follow. The eastern trunk Imes are cutting expenses. All that means disquietuse and dissatisfaction among the laboring classes and the democrats have al- ready announced their intention to put in their hardest licks with those classes. There ought net to be falling off in pro- duction on account of the election. Ameri- can manufacturers can not possibly be threatened with foreign competition for the next eight years, anyhow. ‘Stand pat” is the promise given by the politicians to the producers, and no landslide next fall can alter it. The curtailment in business is con- sirued to be the natural reaction of the great tidal wave of prosperity which has Swept the country under the republican regime commencing in 1896. Will it be pos- sible to explain this to the unthinging and unreflecting voter, so that he will not wreak his resentment on the party in power? This republican leader went on to say that he and his colleagues were more concerned over untoward business conditions, possible strikes and general disturbances in the la- i than they were over party dissen- Ithough Heaven knows, we have plenty,” he added. But party dis- sensions are susceptible of adjustment at the last moment, especially in the face of grave political peril. No Fundamental Difference. He pointed out that there is no funda- mental difference of opinion among the re- publicans, nothing like the split which afflicted the democrats in 1896 and 1900, and which even now is found between the con- servative and radical factions of that party. The troubles in the republican camp are local and personal, not based upon prin- ciple. At the same time, as an offset, there is no great vital issue, as sound money in 1886 and expansion in 1900, Continuing, this manager said that the republicans would have to appeal this Uime to materialism, and he wasn’t sure but it would be a pretty good appeal after all, as the other fellows had no great principle. He could see where the campaign would come down to a question of the continu- ance of prosperity through protection 19 American industries, as against democratic free trade and abolishment of custom houses. It would also be in large measure the struggle of those in power to keep in power, against a lean and hungry crowd clamoring for place. He could not see where the democrats could present any great vital principle or issue. At the same time, he recognized the desire for change always present in a large portion of the population, and he realized the possibility of. this’ element being swayed by clever and specious argu- ments. Popularity of Roosevelt. Turning from the contemplation of the seamy side of republican prospects, this manager took up the assets of the party Principal among them, for the present, he counted the popularity of Roosevelt. He said his party could travel a long way on that. There was possibility of the Presi- dent's popularity being increased manyfold if the democrats should make a mistake in their nomination. He could see where some selections of the democrats would drive thousands of democratic votes to Roosevelt. He was convinced that the per- sonality of Roosevelt would heal republican dissensions in states where they miht otherwise prove troublesome. This manager went on to say’ that a study of the pluralities of 1900 ought to bring comfort to the republicans. He did not overlook the fact that in those plurali- ties were included many votes that former- ly were democratic, but which were alien- ated on account of the Kansas City plat- form. If those votes should return to the democrats this fall he expected to see a corresponding loss of Bryan-Hearst social- ist votes. After viewing the prospects from every quarter, this republican manager summed up his views as follows: a “Our greatest asset will be stand pat and Roosevelt; our greatest liability, the pos- sibilities of the industrial and labor "situa- tion.” Leaving for This Country. Charge Dawson at Rio, Brazil, reports to the State Department that the station la- borers, who constitute half of the workers on the coffee plantation in San Paulo, are leaving Brazil for the United States be- cause they are not paid their wages, owing to the depressed state of coffee growing in- terests. Secretary Taft Expected This Evening. Secretary Taft, who has been camping in the Adirondacks for the past two weeks for the benefit of his health, ts expeeted to return to this city this evening and re- sume his duties at the War Department tomorrow morning. ae either side of the peninsula toward Port Arthur? ‘The German steamer Chefoo was fired on by a Japanese cruiser in Pechili gulf today. She misunderstood the signals of th (Continued on Sixth Page.) 22 ‘ Movements of Naval Vessels. ‘The Wyoming, Preble and Paul Jones have arrived at Terminal Island, in San Pedro Bay, Cal., the Texas at Hampton Roads, the Lebanon at Guantanamo and the Nanshan at Chemuilpo. A HO T TIME IN THE OLD TOWN. CLOSE UP THE RIVER JAPS STOP MERCANTILE TRAFFIC AT YONGAMPHO. None but Government Craft Allowed to Ascend — Rendezvous of Third Army. SEOUL, May 24, 4:30 p.m. (delayed in transmission)._The Japanese authorities have closed all mercantile traffic at Yon- gampho, and none but government craft are allowed to ascend the river, which, since the occupation of the Manchurian shore by Japan, has been open. The meas- ures taken are similar to those adopted at Chinnampo prior to the landing of the sec- ond Japanese army on the Liao Tung pen- insula. The Yalu river is now presumably the rendezvous of the third army or independ- ent force, part of which has already tanded at Takushan. A body of Cossacks, one thousand strong, is now reported near the port of Song Chon, 350 of whom separated at Kilju, proceeding southwest through the mountains. Would Feed the Cossacks. The Korean governor of the province of Hamyeng, always a Rus‘sophile, but now evidently intimidated by the constant ap- pearance of the Cossacks, has advised the prefect of Kyonn te prepare supplies of wheat, fowl and eggs for 1,600 Cossacks, whose arrival is expected, and other coast magistrates are instructed to follow suit. Thirty engineers have returned from the north, having completed the survey of the Wiju railroad from Seoul to Ping Yang in the space of forty-eight days. The Emperor of Korea is so well pleased at the reported bravery of garrisons lo- cated throughout the north that he desires to send them 200,000 yen worth of military stores. They had been previously ordered to subsist upon the country, and this sud- den outburst of generosity is probably due to the war ministry's desire to effect an enormous squeeze of the public purse. ——s2oo THE BANCROFT SAILS. Will Join Squadron Cruising in Domi- nican and Haitien Waters. The Navy Department ts informed that the gunboat Bancroft left Pensacola -yes- terday for Guantanamo on her way to join the small squadron cruising in Dominican and Haitien waters for the pfotection of American interests. The cruiser Detroit and the gunboat Newport are now in Doml- nican ports. In addition to the Bancroft, the cruiser Scorpion, now at Pensacola, is under orders to join the squadron, which will be commanded by Commander Dilling- ham, commanding the Detroit, who is the senior officer on the quartet of warships. RELATIONS AGAIN STRAINED. It Was Thought That Peru and Brazil Were on Verge of Agreement. The relations between Peru and Brazil are again strained, after it was supposed that a settlement was on the verge of be- ing reached, and Dr. Calderon, the Peru- vian minister to Washington, has made a long oral presentatin of his country’s dif- ficulties and grievances to Secretary Hay. These relate particularly to the action of the Brazilian government in preventing the ascent of the Amazon by Peruvian vessels carrying arms and munitions of war into the Peruvian headwaters of that great river. It is alleged by Peru that these arms are intended not for the soldiers of Peru, but for the settlers and foresters in the wild rubber country, to whom they are an absolute necessity. Secretary Hay has shown a great deal of interest in the subject, and, impelled by a desire to prevent a possible war between two friendly republics, he has suggested to the Brazilian government, through Minis- ter Thompson, at Petropolis, that the United States government would be very much pleased if Brazil and Peru would confer in a spirit of mutual concession and settle the vexed Acre question between themselves, or, if that {s not possible, then agree to submit the question to arbitra- tion. ooo NAVAL ACADEMY HOSPITAL. Only Two Bids for Construction Re- ceived by the Department. Bids were opened at the Navy Department this afternoon for the ccnstruction of a hos- pital at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, in accordance with plans prepared by the architect, Ernest Flagg of New York. But two bids were received, one from John Gill & Sons of Cleveland, at $320,000, and the other from Henry Shenk & Co. of Hrie, Pa., at $822.411. It had been proposed to locate the hospital on the siie of the Navai Academy cemetery, necessitating the reinterment in another place of the many naval heroes buried there, but there is considerable opposition to this plan and the Secretary of the Navy Is considering the advisability of selecting some more suitable site for the hospital, EARLY IN THE FIELD PROMPT ISSUE OF DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN BOOK PROPOSED. —S The Congressional Committee Would Get It Out Right After the St. Louis Convention. _-_oo The democratic congressional committee proposes to have the demoératic campaign book out promptly after ‘the meeting of the national convention at St. Eouis. It has been customary for the democratic cam- paign committee to prepare«the. handbook of the party, but nothing having been done recently the congressional cemmittee sug- gested to Chairman Jones ‘that it would undertake the work of getting material for the document which would make it possible to place the manustript-for: the book In the hands of the printersya@ soon as the convention adopts its pi¢tfermand the candidates for the pregidem:y have written their letters of, acceptahte, Which, cf course, will be made a part‘of thé yolume. The trend of the materidl put in the cam- paign book is always the’ best possible in- ication of what the committees consider are the important issués @f the campaign, and what the chief lines 6f attack’ should be by political speakers. , For that reason the fact that in the demecratic book an effort will be made to show that prices of living have doubled in the last five years and that wages have not‘ been increased becomes of especial inte Figures will be given in an effort to Sibstantiate: this claim that there is no real prosperity in the country for the working people. An attempt also will be mafe to show that the prosperity which republicans claim should be continued by re-election of Roosevelt does not, in fagt, exist at all. Against this claim of the democrats will be the statistics of the buteau of iabor that show that the cost of living, based on re- tail prices, has increase@ since 1897, the year of low prices, only i8:per cent... It is known that statistics “being prepared for publication by the bureau of labor, showing the trend of wages, indicate that wages have increased ginep 1897 in a greater degree than has the cost of living, and that wages of 1903 will show a slightly higher level than prevailed during the previous year. i When these figures by the bureau of labor have been published and when the handbook of the democrats is Issued they will probably be in confliet on such statis- tical matters. Tariff Ch: The handbook will algo contain tariff suggestions for campaign @peakers in keep- ing with John Sharp Williams’ idea and speeches on the tariff, The democratic leader has advised gradual tariff reduc- tions in order not to interfere with bust- ness interests, Senator Carmack is chairman of the com- mittee on campaign literature, but he is now in Tennessee, wheré Mrs. Carmack is quite ill. Senator Culberson of Texas is now giving personal jon to the prep- aration of the campaign book, being in fre- quent consultation Representative Cowherd, chairmanjof he congressional comittee. PRICES REGA HIGH. Valuation of Land for Sena- torial Office iiding. Senators Cullom and Qockrell of the com- mittee to supervise the preparation of plaus for an office building the Senate and to acquire a site, met maiay afternoon in the room of the seommittee on foreign relations. Senidtot Gallinger, the other member of the tee, was ab- sent in New-York att the hearings of the subeommittee hant marine, of which he is chairma The committee had which property owners Square north of the Capitol groun pesed as a site for the Senate office bu were willing to sell to the gover These prices were far in excess Of t! value of the property. After over the list of prices carefully the coi tee came to the conclusion that they © eall excessive and that it was not torthesadvantage of the government to a: any of the offers. The committee then jeted Mr. Elliott Woods, superintenden: call the matter to the it the prices at acquiring the land. and every effort will le to bring the as possible. a proceedings -within two or Snow Storm HELENA, Mont., May ‘he snow storm that began yesterday morning lasted twelve hours and was general over Mon- tena end the northwest territories. The pera: ranged f one to ie inehes, am = lowest temperature ‘was 27 degrees, Sept PORTS TO REMAIN OPEN RUSSIA’S POLICY CONCERNING SIBERIAN TRADE. Said to Have Been Considered Before Opening of War—Alex- ieff’s Action. ST. PETERSBURG, May 25, 2:20 p.m.— The Associated Press is informed on high governmental authority that the opening of all the ports of the Siberian littoral, al- though precipitated by the necessities of war, had been under consideration for months. and represents a distinct policy inaugurated by Russia, looking to the de- velopment of eastern Siberia. The effect of closing the former free port of Vladivostok had not proved a success and led tothe consideration of. the ad- visability of reopening it. Action in the matter was hagtened by Viceroy Alexieff, who telegraphed to the emperor advising the immediate adoption of the new. policy. . Order to Remain in Force. The Associated Press is further informed that Russia has no intention of rescinding it upon the conclusion of the war, but that the ports will remain open to foreign com- merece for an indefinite period, and in the event of a successful termination the pro- visions of the decree will probably be ex- tended to the territory covered by the Rus- sian lease of the Liao-Tung peninsula. Goods entering without duty can-be shipped westward so far as Baikal, where the European Russian tariff wil be imposed. While the opening of Eastern Siberia to foreign trade will be of great advantage to the United States and Great Britain, the emperor's advisers were moved to adopt the policy strictly on account of its eco- nomic advantages in the devleopment of Russia’s far eastern possessions. ++ —___ GORMAN NON-COMMITTAL. Arrives in Baltimore for Democratic Convention. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, BALTIMORE, Md., May 25.—Senator Gor- man arrived here today and was kept busy by the leaders at the Rennert. “What is in the rumor from St. Louls about your relegating Isidor Rayner out of state politics to the vice presidency?” he was asked. “Oh, pshaw,” he said. ‘There's nothing to that. I have never discussed the ques- tion at all. You see, the newspaper boys— all friends of mine, remember—generally figure out more things about me thar I can do myself.” “Will you preside over the convention to- morrow?” “I can’t say. Really, I don’t know,” he said. ‘You see, this is the first conference we have had, and it is entirely too early to talk about it.” ie Rayner be one of the delegates at Avira “Nothing has been settled yet,” he re- plied. “The personnel of the delegation is yet to be made up.” “What about the presidential situation, senator?” “I haven't had time to bother about that. I have been too busy with the republicans the last six months to think about any- thing else.” ero. DEBATE CHURCH UNION. Dallas Presbyterian Conference Hopes to Dispose of It. DALLAS, Tex., May 25.—When the gen- eral assembly of the Cumberland Presby- terlan Church met today it was with the hope that the question of church union would be disposed of by tonight. In the devotional exercises special pleas were made for divine guidance in the solution of the question. The assembly was called to order by Mod- erator Settle. The space allotted to visitors was jammed and many could not gain eatrance. The debate on the church union immediately began and was marked with great earnestness on the part of the speak- ers. The race feature of the question is being strongly emphasized, many delegates holding it as their belief that the diversity of views of the northern and _ southern churches on this point are too wide for an agreement. +--+. Fired Into Excursion Train. MOBILE, Ala., May 25.—An excursion train on the Mobile and Ohio railway was fired into today near Yellow Pine, Ala. Conductor 8. W. Askew of Birmingham was shot and killed. Joseph Richardson, the flagman, of Merdian and a negro pas- senger were seriously injured. ——+>—__ Overcome by Gas and Died. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 25.—While digging @ well at Springdale today four laborers were overcome by gas. All were uncon- seious when taken out, and three died ue The fourth is in a critical condi- mong his visi Michigan talked. to the dects. AT THE WHITE HOUSE The President Returns From His Brief Trip. GOING TO GETTYSBURG TO MAKE AN ADDRESS ON DECO- RATION DAY. Did Not Receive Many Visitors Today —A Porto Rican Judgeship to Be Settled. President Roosevelt, accompanied by Sec- retary Loeb and the small party that ac- companied him to the prize-day exercises of the preparatory school at Groton, Mass., returned to Washington on a special train over the Pennsylvania road at 10:36 o'clock this morning. Shortly after their arrival the President and Secretary Loeb were both at their desks taking up the work that had accumulated during their short ab- sence from the city. The President en- joyed his visit to Groton, where his sons, Theodore, jr., and Kermit, are students. The two boys will remain at Groton urtil the end of this week, when they will come to Washington. The return trip was without special in- cident. There were crowds of people at Stations in Connecticut, and at Hartford an especially large gathering. A laboring man in the gathering at Hartford amused the crowd by calling out in a loud voice “I declare we need that man as bad‘as we do money.” The President was compelled to smile at this tribute. Next Trip Will Be to Gettysburg. The President’s next trip out of the city will be to the battlefield of Gettysburg. He will leave here Sunday night, reach Gettys- burg Monday morning and remain there until the afternoon, when he will return to Washington. He will make an address dur- ing the Memorial day exercises and will go over the battlefield. After this trip the President will remain in Washington until the last of June, when he will go to Oyster Bay to spend the summer. The date for his departure for his summer home has not been fixed. At Oyster Bay he will be in daily contact and touch with the executive departments in this city and their h2ads. The President did not see many visitors after his return, He had an appointment at noon to receive the members of the Rail- ways Transportation and Car Accountants’ Association and their wives, and he shook the hands of several hundred men and wo- men in this body. 4 A his tors were Secretary Shaw, Senator Hale and Senator Alger. The senator leave this -afternoon for New es there 4 He President on. pol ‘sub- There was also a small fon of Delaware Indians, forming the business committee of that tribe of Indians, pyho wantéd to talk with the President Sor changes in the rules and regulations in re- gard to sales of Indian improvements. A Porto Rican Judgeship. Representative Dalzell and Senator Pen- rose will soon have a conference to decide upon a recess appointment for Charles K. McKenna of Pittsburg as a judge of Porto Rico. Just as the Senate was about to 2a- Journ the name of Mr. McKenna was sent to the Senate, but as Representative Dalzell had not consulted Senator Penrose about the appointment the Pennsylvania senator did not permit the nomination to be con- firmed. The President had supposed that Senator Penrose and Representative Dalzell fully understood each other as to the ap- pointment, otherwise he would not have sent the name to the Senate, Representa- tive Dalzell greatly desires the appointment of Mr. McKenna, but the President will not make it until Senator Penrose gives his as- sent. Representative Dalzell was at the White House a few days ago, just after his return from Cuba, but he did not talk with the President about this appointment. CLERICAL CHANGES. Appointments and Promotions in the Navy Department. Changes in the classified service of the Navy Department have been announced as follows: Appointments—E. R. Bouvier, second- class copyist, marine engine and boiler draftsman, at $3.04 per diem, bureau of steam engineering; W. H. A: Lange, as- sistant draftsman, at $1,200 per annum, bu- reau of steam engineering; Albert Butten- dorf, third-class assistant, marine engine and boiler draftsman, at $3.52 per diem, bu- reau of steam engineering. Promotions—J. M. Torbert, from special laborer (messenger boy), at $2 per diem, to special laborer (clerk), at $2.80 per diem, bureau of construction and repair; F. G. Butler, from special laborer (messenger boy), at $1.52 per diem, to special laborer (messenger boy), at $2 per diem, bureau of } construction and repair. Resignations—H. 8. Rohrer, draftsman, at $1,200 per annum, hydrographic office: J. F. Holland, laborer, at $660 per annum, bureau of navigatioi > ———— ee SENATOR FAIRBANKS EXPECTED. Will Talk Over Matters With the President. Senator Fairbanks is expected in town this evening. It is sald he is coming to talk over vice presidential and natipnal commit- tee matters with the President. Senator Fairbanks is still the leading vice presidential possibility, the Hitt boom to the contrary notwithstanding. If he wants the place he can have it, the leaders say. There is some talk of Senator Fairbanks desiring Governor Murphy of New Jersey for national chairman instead of Mr. Cor- telyou. The wise ores say that it will be Cortelyou, however, and that the President will surely convince Senator Fairbanks of the wisdom of the Cortelyou selection. rir Required of Canadian Importers, Importers of consigned goods exported to Canada will in future be required to pro- duce, in addition to the true invoices, con- tracts of sales, installation, and delivery. In reporting this to the State Department, United States Commercial Agent Hamilton, at Cornwall, Canada, says that such in- veices must include the actual price paid for the goods, cartons, coverings, cases and all expenses incident to placing the goods in condition easy for shipment. © Free Entry Decree Repealed. “The republic of Salvador has repealed the decree allowing empty sacks for coffee and sugar, sheets of galvanized iron for roofing, and cement free entry,” says Con- sul General Jenkins, at San Salvador, Sal- vador, “for the reason that they have con- tinued to be sold at the same prices as be- fore granting the co: HARMONY THE SLOGAN Buckeye Democrats Urged to Get Together. CHEERS FOR HEARST CHAIRMAN STARR'S APPEAL FOR UNITY. Columbus Convention Opens—Platform One of Broad Scope on Na- tional Issues. CONVENTION HALL, COLUMBUS, 0., May 2%.—Previous to the assembling of the democratic state convention today the conservatives had won in the preliminary meetings. The committee on credentials last night had compromised the contest from Dayton by giving the Cox and the Dowling delegates one-half vote each, but before daylight this action was reconsider- ed and the Cox delegates were seated, thus giving all the 208 contested seats to the conservatives. The radicals insisted that they would pre- sent minority reports, and if defeated in the convention today they would carry the contest to St. Louis. There was some anx- fety among the conservatives last night be- cause of the decision to make the tem- porary organization permanent, but Chair- man R. L. Starr and the other temporary officers were vouched for by leading con- servatives, so that the convention was or- ganized without opposition. Prayer wus offered by Rev. E. L. Rexford. W. L. Finley, as chairman of the state central committee, introduced Chairman Starr, who said, in part: “We are met here, not to destroy by per- sonal bickering, but to preserve the har- mony of our best judgment.” He arraigned republican rule in Ohio and the nation, and held that it was tolerated by “the spirit of unreconcilable dissension in the democratic party.” “Where is the democrat whose cheek has not burned with anger, or whose head has not hung in shame, as he reads or listens to words of vituperative villification, libel and slander bandied between warring factions, whether they be of Hearst, Parker, Cleve- jand, Bryan and otherwise? Is the mere preference of man a crime? Is it a-greater crime for a democrat to have a preference for Parker, for Hearst, for Cleveland, for Bryan than it is for United States senators to sell the influence of their office for gain? Or the admintstration to suppress the in- vestigation of post office scandals lest it should injure the party, or for the Presi= dent of the United States to disrupt the re- public of Colombia in the interest of the Panama canal grafters? “We want the yeoman service of Park@r—~ and his friends in the coming campaign: we want the energy and dash of Hearst and his friends in the coming battle: we want the oratory of Bryan and Cockran, the po- tne sate eae of Hill and Gorman and ature judgment of Clevi Hepending Ban ors leveland in thea, ‘A common danger and calamity, a com- mon spirit and patriotic duty should make brothers of us all, and here. in Ohio we want the united efforts of Johnson, Me- Lean. Lentz, Kilbourne and the great democratic party to join‘in one Sigantio effort to turn back the flood of republican corruption that threatens erw: the state. phe pra Cease Strife and Contention. “Democrats, cease your envying and.con- tention and stand shoulder to shoulder in our common cause against this fearful, stu- pendous and appalling state of public de bauchery and corruption. “Democrats, let us here highly resolve that by the aid of Cleveland, Bryan, Hil, Gorman, Parker, Hearst, Johnson, McLean, without reference to previous conditions of political belief, financial doctrines or tariff dogma, that republican misrule shall cease, and that the rascals in high and low places shall be turned out and that a government of, for and by the people be restored.” Hearst Causes Demonstration. The first demonstration of the convention was on the mention of Hearst's name. Then followed outbursts as the names of other national and state leaders were mentioned by Mr. Starr. There was a notable demon- stration for McClelland as the speaker eulo- gized the mayor of New York at the close o1 nis speech. R. B. Anderson of Wapakoneta presented the majority report on credentials, seating the 208 conservative contestants, signed by eighteen of the twenty-one members of the committee. V. V. Leas of Delaware presented a mi- nority report, signed by three members of the committee, seating the thirty-five rad- ical delegates from Franklin county in- stead of the thirty-five conservatives. Former Representative John J. Lentz ad- dressed the convention in favor of substi- tuting the minority report for the majority report. Col. W. A. Taylor spoke for the majority report, both making severe charges; while the galleries cheered. Sev- eral altercations occurred, but order was soon restored by the sergeant-at-arms. When Colonel Taylor concluded there was a disturbance on the platform. Mr. Lentz took exceptions to what Colonel Tay- lor had said, and asked to see papers Colonel Taylor held in his band. Lents took them. Taylor grabbed them back, and a personal encounter in words followed until both men were put down. Lentz and Taylor both passed “‘the lie” repeatedly. ‘The minority report covered only the con- test in Franklin county, and the roll waa called on substituting the minority for the majority report. Minority Report Rejected. The ballot resulted: Yeas, 307 20-35; nays, 380 15-35; s@ that the minority report on credentials Was not substituted for the ma~- jority report. The Ross-Taylor delegates kept their seats and the Monnet-Lentz dele- gates retired while the conservatives were cheering. There was great cheering when Mayor Johnzon announced votes “yes” from Cuyahoga county. les P. Salen said the delegation stood 43 yeas; nays, 30, but the chair re: ized the unit rule and the vote was re das cast by Mayor John- son. Other tests had been made in the committees by counties and districts, but this vote was the first test between the con- servatives and radicals with the delegates as a whole. Many on both sides rushed to the stage while the footings were being made. The majority report of the conservatives on credentials was then adopted unanfe mously. The temporary _ organization was made permanent and the rules and order of busi- ness adopted. In the absence of General Adoniram J. Warner of Marietta, chairman of the com= mittee on resolutions, Thomas B. Paxton of Cincinnati presented the following plat~ form, which he announced had been unani- mously adopted by the committee. The Platform. The democratic party of Ohio, while firm- ly adhering to all living demoeratie princi- ples, as time and again declared by demo- eratic conventions, recommends that the formal annunciation of purely national questions be referred to the national con- vention, soon to convene at St. Louis, On state issues the democratic party of