The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1906, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1906 BATTLE ON STATEHOOD EXPLAINS ) BRGIN T0-DAY, Majority and Minority Reports Submitted to the House. POLICY OF PRESIDENT Senator Spooner Defends the “INSURGENTS” AID DEMOCRATS| Course of the ~Admin- WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Representa- ve Hamilton of Michigan, chairman of the House Committee on Territories, to- he mejority report on the statehood bill, which pro- sdmission of Oklahoma and ory as the State of Okiahoma oint statebood for New under the name of ich was signed by the s, reviews the bill in & that the capital of Ari- Santa Fe until 1915, and kizhoma is to be at e length of time, when an choose thetr capital sites | arts of the States. The his committee considers the criticism finds fault with New ign po ew Mexico t States of the Union NEW MEXICO WELL GOVERNED. N fexico was & Territory in time the people d their own laws, con- owp local government and revenue to the Federal treas- that the two-fifths of its are native born but of ) desc ave been heretofore er- ously referred t their loyaity. The re- 4 population are as the people of indervaluation of prop- purposes of taxation, discussed in hearings, . &5 £30WD by the report of te Int of § roba.fle that its prope: for taxation compara- perce: age its market —in some nstgiices, as indicated by ve nt reporés, at not over 5 per its actus) wvalue.” TAXES IN NEW MEXICO. taxes in New Mexico the valuation of property ry for the year 1906 was is asserted that for pur- poses of tax property s not returned at muek e than 20 per cent of its market value.” The report ¢ s as follows: “Inase ress intended by the rgamie a the Territory of Oklahoma okt of the original Indian Terri- iory, together with what is now Beaver Cou should become one State, and | prasmuch as the present Territory of Oklahoma has for some time been quall- hood, which has been de- Territory should be joined therewith in state- and, inasmuch as ory imperatively demand form of govermment than there; and, inasmuch as the ndian lands wili be allotted in severalty before the time when statehood can go to effect, this committes reports in vor of the joinder of the Territory of he Indian Territory not, however, before March 4, 197, such State to be known as the State f Oklahoma. ®hat end, and to the end that the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico may be joined in one State, to be known ak the State of Arizona, this committee recommends that the bill do pass.” DEMOCRATIC MINORITY REPORT. e Democratic members of the Com- forces are working hard to gather the absentees. Although the insurgents say they feel sure they will have plenty of votes, more conservative members of the anti-joint statehood force admit that six of these votes may fail them, but that under no condition can they fail to have less than fifty votes against the rule. This num- ber is sufficlent to defeat the Republican organization if it does not gucceed in rallying most of its absentees. ———— OF INTEREST TO PECPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST California Delegation to Confer With Secretary Shaw on the Sweet Wine Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The Califor- nia delegation in Congress will confer with Secretary Shaw to-morrow regard- istration in Moroccan and Santo Domingo Affairs CONGRESS NEED : NOT BE CONSULTED Treaty-Making Power, the Wisconsin Statesman As- serts, Rests With Nation’s Chief Executive Alone WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—For more than three hours to-day Spooner occupied the time of the Senate in ex- ing the proposition of the Commissioner | which many milliens of dollars are in- » a8 foreign, it wouid | & patriotic people | assessed valuation of | nditions in the | |Judicial Proceedings Stopped | in | | | | for a few minutes this morning t6 permit mittee on Territories presented a minor- | ¥y report. After reviewing the resources of the four Territories of Arizona, New | Mexico, klahoma and Indian Territory, and declaring in favor of joint statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the report savs there is no more reason for joining New Mexico gnd Arizona than there would be for jboining Alaska and Porto Rico. The manifest purpose of the majority is to unjustly keep Oklahoma out of the Union unless they can, with greater injustice, force Arizona in. The repart says: “WWe regret the President’s action in rec- ommending, without assigning any reas- on, joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, thus ignoring the last expression the Republican national platform on the question of statehood for the remain- ing Territories.” The report concludes: Should the Republican party pass this wicked as it is in the denial of equal rights in representation and partisan in all of its material detafls, it will but af- ford another Indecent examwle of the suppression of individual, territorial and national rights to subserve party ends.” ko ki NTS” IN CAUCUS. Sixty Republicans Sald to Support Demoerats in Statehood Fight. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 —Thirty-four Republican statehood *“insurgents” held & caucus to-day in Representative Bab- cock’s committee room and outlined their fight against the Hamilton bill. This the largest number of Republican mem- bers that has been at an anti-Joint state- hood meeting, and Babcock, Mondell and other leaders of the fight against the Hamilton blil say it shows their strength is increasing as the struggle approaches. “Insurgent” leaders now claim sixty Re- publican votes against the proposed rule to prevent amending the Hamilton bill, and say there is no truth in the rumor that Democrats are leaving the city and have been induced to remain away so they cannot vote with the Democratic organigation, which is in harmony with the Republican imsurgents and wants to prevent the admission of New Mexico and Arizona as one State. Democrats who ere out of the city are b ing summoned by Representative Wil- liams, leader of the minority, to return in time to oppose the anti-amendment rule. Although the Democrats had no statehood caucus, thelr position has been plainly outlined by Williams and the Democratic members of the Territories Committee made a minority report so strongly in opposition to the Hamilton bill that no Democratic member is ex- pected to desert his party stand on the issue, providing he is in the House when a wote is taken. Lloyd, the Democratic whip, said to- night that he expected to be able to have at Jeast 126 Democrats in the House to- morrow to vote against the rule prevent- ing mmendments to the Hamilton bill, Van Duser of Nevada '~ at home on ac- count of fliness in his family, ana Hearst and Cockran, both of New York, McDer- mott of New Jersey, and Hiil and Byrd, both of Mississippi, are Democrats who will not be here. Nearly twenty-five Re- publicans are out of the city and both bill “INSURGH ts | in Chileno Valley. Miss Juhl comes of { i 1 | of tweezers was the instrument and sev- | | of Internal Revenue to impose a tax 011 2 cents & gallon on brandy used for the | fortification of sweet wines and a heavy | penalty for again using such brandy for | the same purpose. The delegation wil protest against this proposed tax and | pepalty, as the tax would place a burden | of $2,000.000 a year on the wine industry, | end practically ruin the business, in vested. The proposition of the Internal Revenue Commissioner is in the form of amendments to the sweet wine bill al- ready introduced in the Senate and House. The Secretary of War has forwarded to Congress, through the Secretary of the Treasury, an additional estimate for an eppropriation of $20,000 for a post éx- | change amusement hall at the General Hospital, Presidio, San Francisco. | Becretary Shaw to-day sent to Congress | 2 recommendation that a heat, power and light plant for the new custom house at San Francisco be installed in the ap- | praisers’ stores. No specific appropria- tion is mentioned. The Forestry service has granted per- mission to R. W. Murphy in the S8an Ja- cinto forest reserve, and H. C. Joslin of | S8an Bernardino, to occupy land for apiary purposes. The following Postmasters have been appointed in California: Concowa, Butte Cour Mary 8. Tavlor; Mountain Rar Calaveras County, Jennie Devoto. Patents were issued to-day as follows to Californians: Walter J. Bell, Los Angeles, electro- fluid vressure mechanism for operating | ratlway appliances: John G. Busch, Pot- ter Valley, ax holster and-guard; Wil- liam 8. Cook, Ban Jose, disk plow; John | | M. Cutler, T h, bottle; Stephen A. Fes- ler, Cupertino, pipe wrench; George H. | Gipon, San Francisco, printing apparatus; | George J. Henry Jr., San Francisco, hy- | draulic support for deflecting mnozzles; Matt Merk Kula and A. Rantala, Fort Bragg, free running wheel; John A. Mec- Laughlin, S8an Rafael, T rail coupling; | Franklin O. Moore, Los Angeles, music Frank A. J. Brosenburg, | leat turnmer; ledger. |HATPIN EXTRACTED FROM NEGRO IN COURT While the Operation Is | ' Performed. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Proceedings at the Harlem Police Court were stopped of a slight surgical operation on Charles A. Lewis, a negro, % years old. A pair eral inches of hatpin was removed from Lewis' body. The hatpin came to Lewis because he could not bear to see ome of his race abused. He had been standing in the gallery of a theater last night watching 2 boxing contest on the stage between three Chinese and a negro. When the negro was worsted Lewls toppled over. He fell through the orchestra on the heads of many and the hats of several The hats contzined pins and the pins acted as they usually do when a yielding substance is forced upon them. A free fight followed. Lewis sald at the police station that he bad a hatpin in him somewhere, and one of the women who figured in the case sald she missed one of her pins. Court proceedings were stopped to-day while the ‘hatpin was extracted from Lewis’ body COGSWELL GRADUATE TO BECOME BRIDE Miss Henrietta Juhl of Chi- leno Valley to Wed Buffalo Man. Special Dispatch to The Call. PETALUMA, Jan. 23.—Mr. and Mrs. Harris Juhl of Chileno Valley announce the engagement of their youngest daughter, Miss Henrietta M. Juhl, to H. De Witt Bowen of Buffalo, N, Y. The wedding will be solemnized at the Juhl home on February 21. The young ccuple will make their home on a ranch | a prominent family, whose property | holdings in Marin County are very large. She is a graduate of Cogswell Polytechnic School of San Franecisco. —_—————— Hyde's Demurrer Overruled. SARATOGA, N. Y., Jan. 23.—Justice Henry T. Kellogg of the Néw York State | Supreme Court today handed down & ; decision overruling the demurrer inter- | posed by James H. Hyde to the complaint in the action brought by Mrs. Mary 8. | Young against the Equitable Life Assur- | qucted preceéents to show ance Soelety and Hyde and others, purpose of Mrs. Young’s action {s to com- pel a distribution of the surplus of the Equitable Soclety, of which she is a stock- holder and policy holder. Americans Protected in Ecuador NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Archer president of the Guayaquil and Quito Railway, to-day received a cable dispatch from the new President of Ecuador, Gen- eral Alfero, in which™the latter stated that he : Elkins Rate Bill Discussed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce to- day discussed the Elkins rate bill, fol- lowing the plan adopted for the con- sideration of the several measures & Market street. planation and defense of the course of the administration relative to the Moroccan confergnce at Algeciras, Spain, and in connection with Santo Domingo. The speech was delivered to crowded galleries and to a well filled | Senate and received careful attention | throughout. It was in the main a re- sponse to the speeches of Bacon and Tiliman, and its purpose was to justify the President’s acts in both the mat- ters under discussion. There were frequent Interruptions by Tillman and some sharp exchanges of repartee between him and Spooner. These amused the galleries, but once or twice Spooner showed that he was an- noyed and once he made serious protest against Tillmen's imputation that his appearance in the case was that of a special advocate, for the administra- tion. There also were interruptions by Bacon, Morgan and other Senators. In the Moroccan affair Spooner con- tended that the President had merely followed precedents in appointing dele- gates and said that if he had failed to do so he would have been guilty of dereliction of duty, while in the case of Santo Domingo he asserted that the President had made no effort to carry. the treaty between Santo Domingo and the United States into effect in advance of its ratification by the Senate. Culberson followed Spooner with a bric. speech in which he said the Presi- dent had complete jurisdiction of the subject matter of the Dominican treaty, thus usurping the powers of the Sen- ate. Lodge gave notice of a speech on the Dominican and Moroccan questions to-morrow. NEED NOT CONSULT THE SENATE. In his speech Spooner outlined the powers of the President to negotlate a treaty and said that he could not be compelled to conduct such negotiations under the tutelage of the Senate, nor, for that matter, of the entire Congress. “How can the Senate advise to any advantage after a thing is done?” Till- man asked, and, replying, Spooner en- larged on his theory that at no stage of the negotiation of a treaty was the President reauired to take the Senate into his confidence. The correspondence in a pending negotiation might be pro- ductive of mischief, and he believed that to be true in the case of Morocco. In reply to an-inquiry of Tillman, Spooner said that the members of the Committee on Foreign Relations were, like other Senators, advisers to the President, “A member of that committee in his relation to the President is only a Sen- ator and is a servant of the Sepate,” he said. “A Senate committee has no rela- tion to the President.” Tillman quoted -2 newspaper article re- ferring to Lodge and Spooner of the For- eign Relations Committee as haying been called upon to pass upon foreign ques- tions, He wanted to know whether, as a mat- ter of common sense, a President would not ordinarily desire to have the advice of such members of the committee, who were also leaders of the Senate. Referring to Tillman's characterization of his own observation as one of coni- mon sense, Spooner said that he felt im- pelled to say that the character of the re- mark was such as to justify that char- acterization. i “For which,” responded Tillman, “I am duly gratefu ' responded Spooner, “I say so only from a sense of politeness.” “Then.” saia Tillman, ‘‘the Senator con- victs himself of insincerity.” The galleries enjoyed the exchange of pleasantries and laughed aloud, so much £0-as to render necessary a rebuke from the Vice President. MORGAN INTERRUPTS SPOONER. Spooner outlined *‘the prerogatives” of the different branches of Congress. “The Senater uses the word ‘preroga- tive' too broadly,” remarked Morgan. “Tlie President has no prerogative like that of royaity.” Replying, Spconer said that in the last analysis he considered the Alabama Sen- ator to be right; “but,” he added, “Mr. Morgan has heard the word used here a thousand times as I have used it.” “*A thousand times too often,” responded Morgan. d Spooner said that Bacon, the author of the resolution calling upon the President for information about the Algeciras confertnee, had deprecated the departure from the doctrine of non-interference in foreign matters laid down in Washing- ‘ton’s farewell address. As for himself, Spooner said he belleved that in appoint- ing delegates to that conference the Presi- dent bad acted entirely “‘within his con- stitutional capacity and in the interest of the country and just obedience of the de- mands of the situation.” He did not be- lieve such action to be in contravention of the declaration of the farewell address or the spirit of the constitution. “The framers of the constitution did not mean to create a baby nation or a hermit nation,” he and he then that this country participated in international econ- ferences to gdvantage, 5 SECRETARY ROOT RE THE CHINESE z '., COMMISSION Envoys From the Orient Also Pay Vis- its to the War and Navy AS BORROWER. Town Topics Editor Further De- scribes Financ Fall Victims NEW YORK, Jan. 28 —Colonel Mann, editor of the Town Topics, was Te- Tcalled to the witness stand to-day when the trial of Norman Hapgood, editor of Cellier's Weekly, on a charge of criminal libel, was resumed. The charge Is brought by Justice Joseph M. Deuel, a stockholder in Town Topics. _ A copy of Town Topics issued in 1899 was shown to the witness, who denied that Abraham H. Hummel, the law- yer, had consulted him about an un- pleasant paragraph in that issue of the Ppaper. Colonel Mann then told of the be- giuning of his connection with Town Topics and how W. K. Vanderbilt came to be a stockholder of the paper. Colonel Mann sajd: “In 187§ I was connected with the Pulbinan Car Company. When thecrisis came in Wall strect—or, I might say, the conspiracy,” said the witness, "1} found myself suddenly changed from being a millionaire to not owning a dollar and being $100,000 in debt. It was at this time that I became inter- ! ested in Town Topics, and I went Lo‘ Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt.- and asked him | for a loan. I think he gave me about §25,000. 1 told Mr. Vanderbilt that I wished to get out of debt and want- ed him to help me. He told me that what I owed him I need not worry about. I sent to Mr. Vanderbilt and told him I needed more momey, and asked him to take some Town Topics stock as collateral security. Later he returned my notes and the.stock and said he did not care to loan me any more money, but he said he hoped I would get on.” ¥ GENEROSITY OF J. P. MORGAN. Asked how he came to be sufficiently well acquainted with J. P. Morgan to bor- row 32500 from him without security, Colonel Mann said: “I met and knew his father. I think I know him well enough to ask him.” “Will you tell the jury,” said District Attorney Jerome, “what reason there wa for Thomas F. Ryan to lend you $10,0002" ““Well, that was three or four years ago. As I remember it Mr. Whitney introduced me to Mr. Ryan. He said I was a friend of his. He said, ‘Mr. Mann is a gentle- man and an honest man, and any time you can do anything for him or lend him any money I want you to do it.’ “I did not see Mr. Ryan agaln for some time. When I asked him t8 lend me the money and offered shares as collateral, Mr. Ryan said he would take the matter under * consideration. The next time I called on Mr. Ryan he said: ‘I do mnot want the shares, but I will lend you the $10,000. Give me your note.and 1 will give you the money.’ " < e £ Clarence Jones, the withéss said, loaned him $10,000. Colonel Mann was then questioned by Attorney James -W. Osborne of counsel for Hapgood's defense “Do you remember the scandalous para-~ graphs written about E. C. Jones?” the lawyer asked. 4 “I do not.” ‘“‘After you got-the $10,000 did you write pleasant paragraphs?"’ ‘‘Possibly then and possibly before. Why should I not?” " “‘Why, of eourse, after you got money,” said Osborne. * Colonel Mann left the witness stand at this point. JUSTICE ACTS AS CENSOR. Edwin J. Yorkman, a reporter, was the next witness. He said Justice Deuel told him that he (Deuel) was the censor of Town Topics. The Justice also said that when Colonel Mann was away he (Deuel) was the editor in chief, and that at all times he was consulted by Colonel Mann. ‘Judge Deuel,” continued the witness, ‘“‘gave me to understand that he passed upon the legal aspect of things appearing in Town Topics. He gave me to under- stand that his connection with the ‘Smart Set’ was even closer than that with Town Topics.” the editor of the New Yorker, who is under arrest on a charge of libel brought against him in connection with a story in his own paper. He was questioned by Shepard of counsel for the defense, Irv- ing said that he had been a solicitor for “Fads and Faneies.” He received 15 per cent on all orders secured by him. He gave a list of persons who refused to subscribe, among them Andrew Carnegie, Senator Russell A. Alger, Willlam Rocke- feller, Mrs. Potter Palmer and Cornelius Vanderbilt. He visited Alger in Detroit and called on Grover Cleveland in Prince- ton. At the time he saw Vanderbilt he thought that there was some one near by concealed behind a curtain, although he did not see any one. Irving, in response to questions by District Attorney Jerome, said that he had been told he would not be prosecuted on the charge pending against him if he told the truth in this case. “Did vou ever threaten to ‘roast’ peo- ple?’ asked Jerome. “I had no occasfon to,” replitd_ Irving. “It was all flattery.” LEFHR HAS A GRIEVANCE. Moses Ellis Wooster, who solicited for ‘Fads and Fancies, was the next witness. He sald he gave up the work because he “found the interviews disagreeable.” The witness sald the printer of Fads and. Fancies was to have charged $35,000 for turning out 200 copies. He sald that Harry Lehr subscribed to Fads and Fan- cles and paid $200 on his sudscription. This money was later returned with the contract. “Lebr told me,” said Wooster, “{hat he had been badly treated in Town Topics.” Lehr, the'witness said, called on Colonel Mann, who afterward told the witness that Lehr should not have been treated 80 badly and advised the witness to see Lehr and get him to pay the subseription . to ~Fads and Fancies. Lebr, however, refused. The witness said ‘to Lehr that he (Wooster) was interested in Lehr's subscription to the extent of 3200 and | Lehr gave him a check for that amount. Pleasant stories were then printed about Lehr for a time, but later the unpleasant anes rea ) 55 $ Wooster continued his testimony aft- er recess, stating that Colonel Mann told him he was not to exploit the columns of Town Topics for the purpose of ;.‘mng gubscriptions to “Fads and cles.” A The witness said he had Bishop Potter to subscribe to o TRaseR” meeting him in. B asked “Fads The next witness was Robert Irving, | ial Operations. to His Wiles. - \ Smart Set” was $250 and for an exten- sive write-up $500. Among sixty persons who, he said, paid for being written up in this pub- lication Wooster named Colonel John Jacob Astor and Reginald and Alfred Vanderbilt. Wooster denied, in answer to Je- rome's questions, that he ever said that if a person refused to subscribe to “Fads and Fancie§” unpleasant things would be printed about him in Town Topics, “In your experience as a canvasser, Yyou found the alleged society leaders to be ‘easy marks'?” asked Jerome. “I cannot say that, but society pub- lications like ‘Fads and Fancies’ have all been financial successes.” Shepard, of counsel for the defense, Here questioned Wooster, who said that in' many instances subscribers to “Fads and Fancies” and “America’s Smart Set” were the same. He said that let- ters were sent from Town Topics to prospective subscribers to “America’s Smart Set.” The witness, replying to questions by Osborne, said that he had received a letter from Justice Deuel, stating that business was slow and that he then engaged the services of Robert A. Irving as an agent for "Fads and Fancies.” GERRY REFUSES TO GIVE UP. Wooster then left the witness stand and Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry was sworn. Shepard questioned him. He testified that in 1901, while he was in Newpert, Wooster called on him with a letter of introduction from Justice Deuel. This letter was produced in court, the writer stating in it that the ideas of “Fads and Fancies” were his and that he had complete control of the scheme. Commodore Gerry said that he found. out that Town Topics was Interested in “Fads and Fancies” and that he refused to subscribe to it. James N. Burden Jr. of Troy, N. Y., Wwas the next witness called by the de- fense. He id that he was asked to subscribe to “Fads and Fancies” by Rob- ert A. Irving, ‘‘He showed me several names of sub- scribers, including Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Mackay, and I was surprised to know they had subscribed,” said Burden. “He told me.that Colonel Mann used a very trenchant pen and that I nad better sub- scribe. 1 told him that was all I wanted, of him and that he had beiter get out and he did.” Charles Stokes Wayne, formerly editor of Town Topics, was the next witness. Shepard guestioned him. He sald, that Justice Deuel read the proofs of Town Toples every Tuesday night. Frequently was done Colonel Mann's card index ‘own Topics kept of per= sons about whom it printed paragraphs. The narzes were written on the cards, and those referred to anonymously were in- dexed by the cities or places where they restded. 5 TOWN TOPICS' “IMMUNES." +Had Town Topics a list of immunes?” asked Shepard. “Yes,” replied the witness. “Name some of them.” “Russell A. Alger, James Hazen Hyde, Perpy Belmont, James R. Keene, William XK. Vanderbilt, George Gould, J. Pierpont Morgan, Chauncey Depew, A. J. Cassatt and about fifty others.” “Was not Abe Hummel, the lawyer, an immune?” “He was.” “Was Melviile E. Stone of the Asso- ciated Press?” “Yes.” X “Thomas W. Lawson?" “Yes.” “Harry Lehr?” “‘At one time.” “Stuyvesant Fish?" “Yes.” “Henry Fldgler?” “Yes." “Creighton Webh?"” “Yes, 1 would say he was an immune.” “John E. Mallon?” “Yes.” “Reginald Ward?” “Undoubtedly, for some time.” “August Belmont " “Yes. “Before going to KEurope in 1905, did Colonel Mann have a conversation with you about his funds?”’ asked Shepard. “He did.” “What did he say?”’ “He, said he thought it was advisable to prepare a list of all people who would figure in Town Topics and I told him it would be a good idea.” Here an adjournment was taken until to-morrow. —————— . MissOURI HAS THE RIGHT TO OUST NEW YORK LIFE Federal Court Dismisses Suit Brought by the Imsurance Company Against the State. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Jan. 23.— State Insurance Superintendent Vandi- ver received mnotice to-day that the Federal Court has dismissed the suit filed by the New York Life Insurance Company to prevent him from enforc- ing his order of ouster from /the State of Missouri. Anq action was filed in the Supreme Court to-day by Attorney General Hadley asking that the court consider some briefs in the case pending here to de- termine the right of witnesses to re- fuse to answer questions, Hadley has departed for Cleveland, Ohio, to resums taking testimony in the oil cases. It is stated as probable that officers of Wall Street’s Captains of Industry. g..ui " IMANN A WONDERRALROAD RATE BILL PERFECTED A cans and Demoerats of House Interstate Com- merce Committee Jointly Agree Upon the Terms PRESIDENT BACGKED BY BOTH PARTIES Majority Members Freely In- corporate Changed Word- ing and Amendments Fa-| vored by Minority Conferees | | A WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—After a con- ference lasting all the afterneon the | House Committee on Interstate and For- | eign Commetce to-day agreed upon a rate | bill to be known as the Hepburn bill and to be reported to the House with the unanimous recommendation of the eigh- teen members of the committee. In ths‘ main the bill is the original Hepburn bill, but a number of concessions were made to the Democrats, and their ideas, as set forth in the Davie bill, were freely incor- porated in the perfected measure. Chair- | man Hepburn was congratulated by all the members of his committee on the drafting ‘of a bill upon which the two parties could agree, and the members of | the committee assert confidence that the | i | successful outcome of their long confer- | ence will have marked effect upon the | attitude of the Senate toward the meas- ure. Hepburn and the other Republicans ‘agreed to accept the wordmg of the| Democratic bill in the provision for the | fixing of the maximum rate. The amend- | ment which was accepted provides that the commission shall fix a “just, reason- able and fairly remunerative rate, which shall be the maximum rate” It was maintained by the Democrats that, under the original Hepburn wording, the com- mission was required to fix the highest of the “just, reasonable and fairly remunera- tive” rates, in case there were several such rates. Chairman Hepburn and the Republicans do not belleve there is any | difference in the two wordings, but were | perfectly willing to accept the language of the Davie bill. The amepded bill also provides' for seven members of the Interstate Com- merce Commission instead of nine, as was provided in the original Hepburn bill. Another amendment incorporated at the request of the Democrats provides that in ‘cases where no damages are assessed the commission may simply state its conclu- sion and need not set forth its findings. A ‘section of the Davie bill, requiring that -the Attorney General in appealed cases shall file the certificate mecessary to expedite the hearing, was incorporated in the amended bill. Another amendment provides that orders or the commission shall continue in force for three years un- less repealed. No e cases are to be affected by the bill and all laws relating to witnesses | the bill had been_ considered. and the conducting of hearings before the commission are to be continued. Hepburn expects to make a favorable report on the bill to the House to-morrow and expresses confidence that the meas- ure will be ‘considered by - the House within a week. ———————— Woman’s Suftrage Bill Introduced. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Atthe be- ginning of to-day's session of the Senate Warren introduced a bill giving to wo- men_the right to vote in all States of the United States for Representatives in Congress. The bill was referred to the Committee on Woman Suffrage. ARMY ORDERS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, —Army or- ders: First Lieutenant James Regan Jr., Fourteenth Infantry, is detailed as recorder of the examining. board at Vancouver barracks, vite First Lieuten- ant Lawrence D, Cabell, Fourteenth In- fantry, who has been relieved. e WILL HOLD -MEMORIAL SERVICES.— Memorial services for the late John S. Maecin- tesh will take place at Calvary Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. EIGHT HOURY WORK A DAY House Decides Law Cannot Be Abrogated by the Pan- ama Canal Commission NO FEES FOR OFFICIALS Must Rest Content With the Salaries They Are Al- lowed by the Government —_— WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The elght hour law cannot be abrogated fo‘r work on the Panama canal and Canal Commis- sloners cannot receive additional compen sation, besides their salaries as com missioners. These two changes in urgent deficlency appropriation bill now under, considerat.on by the House we the net result of to-day's session. numerable amendments seeking to perfe the bill as to canal ground purchases purchases of coal for the navy. ete., ¢ sumed time In discussion, but met det: when a vote was taken. When the session ended, about half of It will be bill is to be brought In and to have :’ right of way until disposed of. ) The two amendments which prevailea in the bill were secured without discus- sion. The eight-bour day provision went out on & point of order as “new legisla- tion” made by Willlams, the minority leader, and was immediately sustained by Sherman, in the chair. The limitation ot the salaries of Commissioners was of- fered by Fitzgerald o,! New York and cepted by the committee. “D:pmo{m of Missouri offered a num- ber of amendments which had as their ob- ject the requiring of Buropean competi- tion in the purchase of canal supplies. Each amendment went out by Repubucan laid asige to-morrow when the stateh | votes on the statement of Tawney, chair- man of the Appropriations Committes, that this competition was secured now and without the expemse of maintaining purchase agents in Europe. Bids of Eu- ropean manufacturers, he sald, were ac- cepted now, and these manufacturers had ir agents iIn American citles and were %l in touch with the demands of the ‘commtssion. —_——— SENATORS FAVOR BUILDING THE CANAL BY CONTRACT Chief Engiueer Stevens Appears Before Committee Investigating Water- way Problem. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Chief Engi- neer John F. Stevens appeared before the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals to-day for examination con cerning the type of canal to be ¢ structed across the Isthmus of P The majority and minority reports of the board of cons ting engineers will furnish: the b ot the testi- mony. Members of the commission agreed that there ought not to be any publio discussion of the reports of the con- sulting board until these have been acted upon by the Isthmian Commission and approved by the President. It was stated, however, that at the morning session the question of the relative cost of the two types of canal had not been considered. From the general discus- sion of the reports it appeared that the committee was almost a.unit in favor of building the canal by contract. —_—————————— OFFERS TO REMUNERATE. WRECKED BANK'S PATRONS DENVER,. Jan. 2.—Leonard Imbeden, the banker and promoter, who was con- victed of conspiracy to wreck the Denver Savings Bank, which went into the hands of a receiver, to-day issued a signed statement to the public in which he charges that-certain former employes of the defunct bank who were discharged for incapacity entered into @ conspiracy to wreck the bank, and not hayng been successful in their efforts fo weaken the bank by bringing about a run they en- deavored to throw the bank into the hands of the court. . The statement mentions Recey Stevicks' recent report that he beliey the assets of the bank would realize about per cent of the deposits. Should this prove true, Imboden says. he will make up the balance through wealthy and fluential friends. This would amount something in the neighborhood of $200.000. VERTISEMENTS. [0 AMA! Don't be frightened —but be warned! Every Mother knows, or should know, that the terrible Mortality among little children is caused the , Republic Oil Company will be| by Stomach and Bowel troubles. Colic, called as witnesses. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 23.—The judi- cial inquisition in which a number of prominent business men of this city are expected to testify in connection with the aetion of the State of Missouri the Standard Oil Company, will be commenced here to-morrow. The list includes Frank Rockefeller, broth- er of Jehn D. Rockefeller; James Cor- rigan, Charles W. Scofield and Daniel Schurmer. 5 S R N VS | WARE POSES AS FRIEND 2 OF CIVIL WAR VETERANS ~Sour Curd, Cholera Infantum, Summer Complaint, Measles, Rashes, Scarlet Fever —even Mumps—have their first cause in constipation. The Delicate Tissues of a Baby's Bowels will not stand rough treatment. Salts are too violent, and Castor Oil will only grease the passages, but will not make and keep them Clean, Healthy and Strong. There is no other medicine as safe for a childas Cascarets, the fragrant little Candy ‘Tablet, that has saved thousands of families from unhappinsss. # ‘The Nursing Mother even in health - & Cascaret at t before going to bed. 'No other medicine has this remarkable OLATE LJ all the Nourishment out of Baby's Natural Food. Larger children cannot always be watched, and will eat unreason- ably. The Ready Remedy should ever be at hand— Cascarets—to take care of the trouble when it comes. No need to Force or Bribe chil- dren to take Cascarets. They are always more than ready to eat the sweet little bit of Candy. Repulsive medicine forced on the little ones does more harm than good. v Home is not complete without the ever ready Box of Cascarets. Ten cents buys a small gne at the Corner Drug Store. 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