The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1906, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1906. CALHOU? ABOUT | 1 [AKES A PROPOSITION 1 T TED A LROAS. o Franci: | ket street. After a wsericy of conferemces with certain citizen © President Calhoun of the United Ratironds has framed & communication by menns of which he reasserts kis opinion that the overhead trolley Iy best for Sam Frameisco and In which, incidentally, he offers condition- ally to give the oity and county the difference in cost of putting an overhead trolley or a conduit system on Mar- The sem Mr. Calhoun estimates at $200,000. about proposed changes in the street-railway system of San WANTS unication addressed to of James D. t E. Law, Ru- ~al- Through & m riain con- to the mmunication and others, compared ws CALHOUN'S COM € rmation f MUNICATION. rnished to a morn- hat I feel g public disbelief that serve a mil- on of any ers the best however, to promote ecure unanim- Teed, as stated m submitted to you, to people of San Fran: question—whether form and efficient tem of street car whether such a s ed everywhere except om the ferries to on Sutter street that the United an overhead system on n interest of the pub- 1 agreed to the suggestion that if the people preferred the overhead trolley to ground conduit on Market street d Ra d pay the dif e D en the cost of constructing nderground and the overhead system ket street toward the improvement n of the park panhandle. In there shou ing between us, 1 submitted to you & a memorandum, as follows: T OF MEMORANDUM. Memorandum in regard to 1 of Messrs. Phelan, , Law and otbers in regard to the all the cisco with the overhead trolley wher- « ticable exc Market street rt of Sutte street, and the street with the underground it system.) . “From the most thorough investiga- | tion and study, the oficials and own- ers of the United Railroads have reached the firm conclusion that the most important single factor in the development of the transportation of Sun Francisco is to render the present means of surface transportation pearly uniform as the topographical conditions of the city will permit. Un- der these circum nces the only really practical and effective solution of the transportation problem is to convert the cable roads as far as possible into the overhead trolley system. This ld be done on Market street by placing the feed wires underground &nd by combining the trolley and lght- ing poles. These poles should be of an attractive design. The overhead trolley poles can be limited in number to those required for brilllantly light- ing the street. Under these conditions the only additional servitude placed | upon the street by the overhead trolley | system would be to small span and wires, or in case of the cent __SCOTT'S FMVLSION. WANT AND NEED. There’s a big difference between what a baby wants and what he needs. Deny him the one, give him the other. Most babies need Scott’s Emulsion—it’s the right thing for a baby. It contains a lot of strength- building qualities that their food may not contain. After a while they get to want it. Why? Because it makes them comfortable. Those dimples and round cheeks mean health and ease. Scott’s Emulsion makes children easy; keeps them so, too. 8COTT & BOWNE, 4og Pearl St., New York, ; pole sco the | | not willing to faithfully e no misunder- | Hale, | streets of San Fran- | of Market street and a part | as | TO KNOW THE PEOPLE'S WILL Offers to Give the City $200,000 If He Is Permitted to Place Overhead Trolley on Market Street to Valencia. — construction the trolley wires only. “Any device short of entire uniform- ity will tend to hamper and render less | effective the city's transportation. | PROMISES FOR RAILROADS. ! “The officials and owners of the| United Railroads, however, recognize that one of the most important ele- ments in the development of San Fran- | cisco is that unanimity of sentiment which will enable all interests and all classes to cordially work together for | the city's development, improvement | and beautification. No interest in the city is more desirous of promoting lhl!i good feeling than the United Rallroads, | and no interest in the city will go fur- | r in aiding San Francisco's devel- | opment. | To secure harmony of action in the advancement of San Francisco the; United Railroads, if the peovle desire, | will consent to equip the Market-street | lines from the ferry to Valencia street ! with an underground conduit system, | with the best appliances for transfer- ring the cars from Market street to the | overhead system to be installed on Hayes, McAllister, Haight and Valencla and on Market street beyond Valencia. This system the officlals and owners of the United Rallroads know will not be as effective or satisfactory in its opera- | tion as a uniform overhead trolley sys- tem, but it will be a great improvement over the cable system. want the system operated with under- ground electric cucrent and the city L9 reserve the rignt to rescind the fran- chise if any “dummy” service be at- tempted, and also have the right to buy the system at an equitable price. TUPON NEW COMMANDER Colonel Morris and Staff Pay Respects to General Greely. Colonel Charies Morris and staff, ac- companied by all the officers at the Pre- sidio, called upon General A. W. Greely at division headquarters, Grant building, vesterday afternoon to pay their respects to their new chief. This is the first offi- clal visit of the officers of the post to their new division commander. Captain William T. Littebrant, Twelfth Cavalry, who recently arrived here from | Jefferson Bagracks, Mo., in charge of re- cruits, has réturned to his proper station. Lieutenant James M. Petty, Twentieth Infantry, has been granted a leave of ab- sence for one month to take effect upon his discharge from the General Hospital at the Presidio. Captairn. Daniel W, Ketcham and Lieu- tenant Rollo F. Anderson, Artillery Corps, have been appointed members of the general court-martial now in session 1 i INQUIRY NEW RAILROAD - LRAFT IS FOUND Shippers Mlsrepresent Their Goods in Order to -Get a Lower Freight From Lines IS ORDERED R TR Interstate Commerce Board Will Investigate Methods Used About New York City WASHINGTON, March 21.—The Inter- state Commerce Commission today, gave out for publication the following notice: Upon the reports of the commission that many shippers in and about the city of New York have been persistently underbilling and misrepresenting freight shipped by railroads from that city and other points in Eastern territory, the commission has ordered am in- vestigation and set the matter down for hear- Ing at the United States courtrooms, New York City, on Friday, March 23, at 10: a, m. It T e :c;;oe“cr:fidlszmelmxhly interesting develop- |ARMY OFFICERS CALL part of the shinbers which amount 10 forced rebates from oublished tariff rates. The members of the commission were oth to give any of the details which led to the deeision to conduct the investiga- tion, but the information was imparted that beyond question the underbilling was ntentional and that the shipments were dellberately misclassified in order to se- cure the lower freight rates. At the offices of the commission no one was willing to admit that the railroads were a party to the alleged frauds. Many witnesses have been present at the hearing. subpenaed to be A member of the commission stated that the commission proposes to go to the very bottom of the alleged frauds and false description of property. They will See, he said, what the investigation develops be- fore entering into consideration- of the question of criminal prosecution. “In this instance,” said the member, ‘we will most assuredly apply the correc- tive of publicity. The hearing had refer- ence through underbilling, false description of property and other similar devices. to alleged frauds by shippers The nquiry in New York will have special ref- erence to merchandise traffic shipped from “In order that the wishes of the peo- | .+ po byegidio, that city usually in less than carload ple of San Francisco may be fairly | Nyrges Ellen Fanny Atkmen and Junia | Quantities. ascertained, the United Railroads’ will | yaitie Latimer have been relieved from | "It IS reported to the commission that accept the proposition submitted to It| g,y 4¢ the General Hospital at the Pre- | in numerous instances shippers actually to equip its Market-street lines, from the ferry to Valencia street, as afore- | said, and its Sutter street line. from Market to Powell, with the under- ground conduit system, or, if the people prefer, it will put in a uniform system of overhead trolley, with the latest, | most improved and scientific devices, | the poles used on Market and Sutter | stréets to be of an ornamental char- | designed for both lighting and | ¥ purposes. The United Railroads consents to submit the above proposition to the people of San Francisco in order that the expression of opinion by the peo- ple may be free from any alleged coer- cion on its part through the continued or threatened continued use of the cable system. Its desire is to give to San Francisco the best means of street | transportation. It desires that the | citizens should take the responsibility | of freely determining for thomselves | whether they prefer no wires on Market street and a less efcient means of | transportation, .or whether they pre- fer trolley wires on Market street and a i more efficient means of transportation. | “In order that there may be no mis- | interpretation in regard to the motives of its officers and owners the United Railroads will meet the suggestion of | one of the above named gentlemen and | will give the difference in the cost of | nstruction between the underground | and overhead system on Market street | for the extension and improvement of | the park panhandle if the people de- | termine in favor of the overhead sys- tem. “If all sides to this controversy are and loyally abide by what the people of San Fran- cisco may determine on this subject the United Railroads prefers to urge, in | the interest of the development of San Francisco, & uniform system of over- head trolley operation. DESIRES PUBLIC VIEWS. “I do not desire to even appear or at- | tempt to coerce the good people of your | | eity into the adoption of & uniform sys- tem of transportation by threatening to continue the cable on Market street, | but I do desire a fair and free expres- sion of opinion from them as to whether they prefer, as stated in my memorandum, an efficient, effective and uniform system with trolley wires on | Market street, or whether they prefer a system which is not uniform and which is inefliclent and no trolley wires on Market street. On behalf of the United Rallroads I am willing to take the full responsibility for the introduction of an eficient and uniform system cl“ transportation. If there is to be a sys- | tem which is not uniform and which | will be inefficient the people of San | Francisco must take the responsibility. | “I am extremely anxious to promote | hearty, cordial, sympathetic and unani- | mous action in the development of your great city, and for this reason I have been willing to submit your proposi- tion to the people for determination, but the United Railroads cannot take the responsibility of the introduction of a system which its officials know to be inferior and which will not give the best and most efficient service.” James D. Phelan said last evening, af- ter he had read the letter from Calhoun, that he did not ‘think it was. suffi- clently definite to show just what might be expected. He also sald that the mat- ter would be taken up by the committee ©of which he is the chairman and that a | response would be sent to Calhoun, There were other developments yester- | day in relation to the United Railroads. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the executive committee of the Sutter Street Improvement Club was held at the office of Houghton Sawyer. There were pfesent: President Frank J. SBullivan, James D. | Phelan, Rudolph Spreckels, Dr. George W. Merritt, Houghton Sawyer, Dr. Julius Rosenstirn, Dr. F. Lane and E. P. E. | Troy. It was decided to ask the United Raliroads’ management to make a def- inite propositlon, as none had then been submitted concerning its plans. Members of the committee spoke against an over- head trolley system on Sutter street. A communication -will be. forwarded today to Patrick Calhoun, making inquiries in accordance with the decision reached yes- terday by the committee. BRI - Property Owners Favor Franchise. Property owners on Green street and parallel streets yesterday petitioned the Board of Supervisors to grant a fran- chise for a street rallway along the following route: Commencing at a point on East street, near the ferry, thence northerly along East street Also_commencing at the intersection B;{ and Polk streets, thence southerly -lono:' Pol street to Vallejo, to Larkin, to Post street, thence easterly a) Post ' street to Hyde, thence along Hyde to McAllister street and OF commentement ' the Mimechotiont e SOt at the inte e rsection of Polk The petition is signed by twenty- four property owners. The petitioners | pital at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, | EDWARD DEADY IS LAID 1 fraud the carriers of revenues to which |of san cidzens, were laid to rest yesterday at | Holy Cross Cemetery. vices were held at Sacred Heart Church | spects. | juries proved fatal. of age at the time of his death, he was a man of wonderful ability and was | the work on April §. Plans for the East | | Potrero sewer, to Bay street, thence along Bay strest t Post street, was lr‘ufi';t"nmn"k;f cml;:.-ncn, o Baker, to M' lw"‘ymvnlulm'lfllnt e . to Frankiin, to ity harging along Bay sireet to the point of heginning, | 1008 Seleasea on $30"cash eli s vice Commission yi visors to allow $10,200 its department sidio and will report to the General Hos- for duty. | A T TO Rust AT LouLY CROSS b Friends Pay Their Lust Respects to a Ploneer Citizen, Who Was Highly Esteemed. The remains of Edward Deady, one Francisco's foremost pioneer | t The funeral ser- and many friends pald their last re- |t He was injured recently by be- ing run down by a buggy and the in- Though 75 years t unusually active. The deceased was born in Ireland and came to this country in the golden days. A man of high ideals, fearless and honest, he gained a high standing in .the community. He embarked in the contracting buslness during his early days in California and for many vears was the chief gardener of the city’s parks. In the last few years he was interested in the insurance business. Deady was a stanch Democrat and took an active part in politics, though he never was an aspirant for a public office. He was an ardent supporter of Thomas Clunie when he was elected from this city to Congress. The only member of the family surviving is a son, John M. Deady. —————— BOARD AWARDS CONTRACT FOR UPPER SUNSET SEWER Instruct Architect to s for Manual Train- ing Center in Richmond. The Board of Public Works yester- day awarded the contract for the Upper Sunset sewer to Willlam Hanrahan for $32,896. The board adopted plans for a fire- engine house on Sacramento street, near Laurel. and will receive bids for | to cost $80.000, were | adopted and the Supervisors will be asked for authority to do the work. The City Architect was directed to prepare plans for a manual training and cooking department in the Rich- mond School. The City Attorney was asked for an opinion as to the title of Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty- fourth and Twenty-fifth avenues, the land which is claimed by private par- ties. The board ordered a building at 2910 Twenty-fifth street to be torn down as being unsafe, and instructed John Stref to file a formal communication reldtive to his charge that Inspector Fitzsim- mon 18 objecting to his opening a laun- dry at 208 Halght street. The United Railroads was again noti- fied to put Fourth and Kentucky streets in good condition. ———— NOTABLE EXCURSION TO MEXICO. Under Auspices of California Presy As- nociation. A Special Train will leave San Francisco April 10 for Mexico City. Round trip rate $50. Optional return via Grand Canyon. Ths train is your home while you are away. Every convenience, See agents Southern Pacific. Re. serve berths at 613 Market street. lflmllxd party. . BANK CLERKS MAKE MERRY AT THEIR ANNUAL SMOKER Golden Gate Hall Iy Scene of a Jolly Time Indulged in by Coin Handlers. The annual smoker and jinks of the California Chapter of the American Federation of Bank Clerks drew a full house to Golden Gate Hall last night. The gathering was one of the largest and merriest ever known at the Sutter- street building, and all those present ‘weve unanimous In declaring the smoker the most successful ever held by the organization. ‘The fun commenced early and lasted till the small hours. The programme, under the direction of George L. Wool- rich, was an excellent one, and each performer came in for his share of the applause. Among those who contrib- uted to the entertainment of the clerks were Charles Cay, the Rosetti brothers, Prosper P. Rider, Bob Mitchell, the Rollyayres, Ossie Frank and the Olym- pic Club athletes, including boxers, wrestlers and tumblers. —_————— SAYS TAILOR STRUCK HER—L. B, when Tuesday and complained that Wiesz snatched it out of her hand and struck her on the face. WANTS APPROPRIATION.—The Civil Ser. St next year ders: Corps, is relleved at headquarters, De- partment of Columbia, and will proceed to Benlcia Barracks for duty. send articles that belong in one of the higher classes described by a different name which would place them in a lower class and so get the advantage of the ower rate. This operates not only to de- hey are entitled, but also has the effect of a serious:'discrimination against the honest shipper, who must meet his com- petitor in common markets. To what ex- ent practices of this kind will be dis- closed, what concerns in and about New York are implicated, I am unable to state, but it is expected that some interesting disclosures will be the result of the inves- 1gation.” NEW YORK, March_21.—The Federal Grand Jury today resumed its investiga- tion of the alleged rebating between the American Sugar Refining Company and he west-bound trunk lines running out of New York City, as complained of by W. R. Hearst. were examined were R. M. Parker and T. P. Riley, who are sald to_be_ connected with the traffic department of the sugar company, and T. A. Meunch and W. J. ‘Whittaker. ‘were made secretly. Among the witnesses ‘who As usual, the examinations e e ity ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS. WASHINGTON, March 21.—Army or- Captain Hanson B. Black, Signal Navy orders: The following cable has been received from the commander- in-chief of the Asiatic fleet: ant W. S. Whitted, Lieutenant R. W. nadnock; Lieutenant A, E. Watson, de- tached from the Wisconsin, to the Bar- ry; Lieutenant G. W. Steele Jr,, detach- ed from signs R. A. Koch, T. H. Taylor, H. A. Stuart, Assistant Paymaster D. G. Ritchie and Assi Grieve, detached from the Frolic, to the Wilmington; detached from the Wisconsin, Pampana; J. A. Bull, detached from Olongapo sta- tion, to go home; Assistant Paymaster P. J. Willett and Captain H. 8. Snyder, detached home; Assistant Paymaster J. J. Luch- singer Jr., detached from the Wiscon- 4in, to the Elcano.” “Lieuten- to the Rainbow; Vincent, to the Mo- the Barry, to go home; En- Mec- tant Surgeon C. C. Midshipman W. O. Spears, to the Passed Assistant Paymaster from Cavite station, to go ————————— Iilinois Pastor Indicted. PEORIA, 1ll, March 21.—Rev. Louis Kelly,. the Baptist clergyman, who was a partner with the late Rev. George Simmons in the defunct People's Sav- 1 ment by the Grand Jury today. ngs Bank, was indicted for embezzle- The indictment charges that Kelly received deposits on Monday, February &, the day before Dr. Simmons committed sul- cide when he knew that the bank was insolvent. Recent developments in the case have shown that the bank held notes signed by Kelly and Simmons, with a face value of $121,000. —_————— Lynching Case Before Court. WASHINGTON, March 21.—The sub- Ject of the lynching of Ed Johnson, a negro, at Chattanooga, Tenn., while he was under sentence of death, and in whose case the Supreme Court had is- sued a stay of execution, continued to engage the attention of members of the | court today. A conference of the Jus- tices now in the city was held at the home of Chief Justice Fuller to-day re- garding the matter. It was said at the office of the clerk of the court that it was not yet apparent what action, if any, the court would take. ——— LABOR LEADERS GIVEN HEARING BY PRESIDENT Delegation Discuss the Nation’s Chief Executive. Mr. Roosevelt Frankly States His Views on Question WASHINGTON, March 21.—President Roosevelt recelved a large body of rep- resentatives of organized labor this after- noon at the White House and.talked to them. about their urgent request for the enactment of labor measures now pend- ing before Congress. Samuel Gomrers, president, and Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Fed- eration of Labor, headed the delegation, which consisted of about a hundred mem- bers of the executive council of ‘ the American Federation of Labor and offi- clals of the organizations which comprise the federation. Practically all of the im- portant labor organizations' of the coun- try were represented. . Secretary Morrison read to the Presi- dent a memorial of the executive couneil of the American Federation, urging ac- tion on the various demands for legisla- tion being made by the organized labor interests of the country. The memorial dwelt particularly on the eight-hour law and its enforcement in Government works, including the Panama canal and the immigration laws—especially the Chi- nese exclusion law. President Gompers and James Duncan of Quincy, Mass., first vice president of the federation and president of the Gran- ite Cutters’ Union, followed with brief addresses on the lines of the memorial. President Rooseyelt, after listening to the statements, replied in an extended ad- dress. On the subjects of gemeral immi- gration and the exclusion of Chinese’la- bor, the President indicated that he was in ‘practical accord with them, but on some other matters he differed from them radically. PRESIDENT TALKS BLUNTLY. The text of the President's remarks were given out at the White House this evening as follows: Mr.’ Gompers: If your body objects to the passage of the proposed anti-injunction bill I have no question that you can stop It. for there is not a capitalist concerned who, simply as a capitalist, is not against it; though I be- lieve tkat & goodly number, both of capitalists arners. who are concerned primarily favor it. The law was worked ntially whipped into its present shape at a number of conferences betwcen Tepresentatives of the raflroad organizations and the Department of Justice and Bureau of Corporations with me. It goes far as 1, personally, think It should go in limiting the right of injunction: at any rate, no argu- ments have hitherto been advanced which make me think it should go farther. I do mot be- lieve it has any chance of passage because there has been great criticism in both houses of Congress against the attitude of the ad- ministration in going as far as we have gone; and 1f you think it is mot far enough, why, you wili have no difficulty in killing the biil. Personally. I think the proposed law a most admirable one and I very sincerely wish it would be put through. As for the right of iInjunction, it is absot lutely necessary to have this power lodged in the courts; though, of course, any abuse of power is strongly reprobated. During the four and a hal{ years that I haye been President I do not remember an instance where the Gov- ernment has invoked the right of injunction against combinations of rers. We have invoked it certalnly a score of times against capital—I think, possibly, combinations . of cftener. Thus, though we have secured the issuance of injunctions in a number of ecases against capitalistiec combinations, it _has happenmed that we have never tried to secure an injunction against a combination of labor. But, understand me, gentlemen, if I ever thought it nec- essary, if I thought a combination of Ia- borers were doing wrong, I would apply for an Injunction agalnst them just as quick as against so many capitalists. Now, I come to the general subject of your petition. 1 wish In the first place to state my regret that you did not divorce so much of the petition as refers fo the action of the executive from so much as refers to the ac- tion of the legislative branch, because I can- not consider any petition that you make that reflects upon the co-ordinate branch of the Government, or that makes any charges against it whatever. 1 would not even re- ceive it, save for the fact that, in -part, it affects the executive. Therefore, in what I have to say I shall limit myself solely to What vou assert in refgrence to the acts of the executive, BELIEVES IN EIGHT-HOUR LAW. You speak of the eight-hour law. Your criticism, so far as it relates to the executive, bears upon the signature of the appropriation bill containing the money for expenditure on the Panama canal, with the provision that the eight-hour law shall not there apply. If your statement intended to mean that no op- portunity was given for a hearing then the statement is not in accordance with the facts. There was ample opportunity that any one could be heard, but mot a single request for such a hegring came to me, I received, how- ever, some hundreds of telegrams and letters requesting the veto of the entire appropriation bill because it contained that proviso. Frankly, I found it difficult to belleve that you were writing and telegraphing with any ing of knowledge of conditions in the case. 1 belleve emphatically in the elght-hour law for our own people in our own country. But the conditions of labor such as we have to work with in the tropics are so absolutely different that there is no possible analogy be- tween them, and an eight-hour law for the Pinama canal is an absurdity. Every one of you knows that we cannot get ‘white labor; cannmot get labor of the United States to go to Panama and work. We are driven to extremities in_the effort to get any Kind of labor at all. Just at the moment we are workl chiefly with negro labor from the West Indles. The usual result in the employment of those men is that Mon- day and Tuesday they work falrly well, Wed- nesday and Thursday there {s a marked falling off, and by Friday and Saturday not more than a_ half, sometimes less than a fourth, of_the laborers will be at work. The conditions that make the elght-hour law proper here have mo possible reference to the conditions that make the eight-hour law en- tirely imprcper there. The conditions are so utterly different on the Isthmus, as compared to here, that it is impossible to draw con- clusions affecting the one from what is tru about the other. You hamper me in the effort to get for you ‘what I think you ought to have in connection with the elght-hour law when you @ a re- quest that fs indefensible, and to grant which would mean indefinite delay and injury to the work on the {sthmus. As_to the violations of the elght-hour law, Mr. Morrison, you fe“. no specifications. At your earliest convenience please lay before me in detall any complaints you have of violations of ithe elatit-hour law. ‘Where I have power I | eee that the law is obeyed. All I ask Is that you give me the cases. 1 will take them up and if they prove to be eustained bv the facts I shall see that the law Is enforced. PROPOSED EXCLUSION LAW. Now, about the Chinese excluslon. ~The number of Chinese now in this country is, if T remember aright, some 60,000 to 70,000 far from there being a great influx of Chinese, the fact is that the numver has steadily de- creased. There are fewer Chinese than there Were ten years ago; fewer than there were twenty years ago; fewer than there were thirty years ago. Unquestionably some scores of cases occur each year where Chinese laborers get in, either by being smuggled over the Mexi- can and Canadian borders, or by coming in un- der false certificates, but the that we ‘onsuls that made within the last few years in the effort 1o conduct examina- pa befors the Immigrants are al- I ‘It 1s my deep conviction that we must keep out of thix Chigese So | | es Differences With s in Dispute. professional class, the Chimese travel- ers and students to come here, and I will do all I can to secure their good _treatment when they come, and no la- _boring man has anything whatever to fear from that policy. I have * & to challenge you as good st 1o sapport had policy. ‘and in ‘any event I shall stand unflinchingly for it: and nc man can say with sincerity that | on this or, indeed, on any other point be has | any excuse for misunderstanding my policy. You have spoken of the immigration laws. | 1 Believe merely that rot only all proper steps should. be: taken to prevent the importation of laborers under any form, but I think that this country ought to make a resolute effort from now on to prevent the coming to this couptry of men with a standard of living so low that they tend, by entering into unfair competition Tith, to teduce the standard of living of sur | own le. Not one of you can than plec'-",lll g0 in the effort steadily to raise the status of the American wage worker 5o | long as, while doing it, I can retain a clear | conscience and the certainty that I am doing | what is right. I will do ail in my power for the laboring man except to do what is wron: 82d 1 will not'do that for him or for any one else. We must not let our natural senti- ment for succoring the oppressed and unfortunate of other lands lead us into that warped moral and mental attitude of trying to succor them at the ex- pense of pulling down our own people. | Laws should be enacted to keep out all | immigrants who do mot show that they have the right stuff in them to enter into our life on terms of decent equality with our own citizens. needed, first, in the interests of the man, but, furthermore, in the intes- ests of all of us as American citizens; fo) gentlemen, the bonds that unite all good Ame: ican citizéns ate stronger by far than the dif- ferences which I think you accentuate alto- gether too much between the men who do one kind of Jabor and the men who do another. As for ts, we cannot have too many of the right kind, and we should have none at all of the wrong kind: and they are of the right kind if we can be fairly sure that their children and grandchildren can meet on terms of equality our children and grandchildren, so as to try to be decent citizens together and to work together for the uplifting of the republic. Now, a word as to_ the petitioning of em- | ployes of Congress. That stands in no shape | lor way on a par with the petitioning of men | not employed by the Government. I camnot have and I will not have, when I can prevent it, men who are concerned In the administra- | tion of government affalrs going to Congress and asking for increased pay without the per- miesion of the heads of the departments. Thelr business is to come threugh the heads of the departments. This applies to postmasters, to army and officers, to_clerks in the Gov- ernment departments, to laborers; it applles | to each and all and must apply as a matter | of simple discipline to all. The delegation remained with the Presi- dent about forty-five minutes, and the | subject suggested was considered infor- | mally after the addresses had been de- Hvered, It was agreed that on points of difference the executive council of the federation should appoint a committee of three, which should draft the views of the organization and submit them to the President at a later date. It is likely that President Gompers will be the chair- man of that committee. CALL UPON CANNON AND FRYE. Earlier in the day the delegation called on Speaker Cannon and Senator Frye of Maine, president pro tempore of the Sen- ate, and laid before them the same me- morial which they presented to the Presi- dent. It was In patt as follows: The beneficeht right "3t -injinction “tntendeq to protect property rights has, as used. in labar disputes, been perverted so as to attack and destroy personal freedom and in a man- ner to hold that the employer has some prop- erty rights in the labor of the workingmen. Insteag of obtaining the relief which labor has sought it Is seriously threatened with statutory_authority for existing judicial usur- pation. The committee on labor of the House | of Representatives, which was instituted at the demand of labor to voice its sentiments, to advocate its rights and protect its interests, | has in the past two Congresses been so or- | ganized as to make Ineffectual any attempt | labor has made for redress. This being the | fact in the last Congress labor requested the | Speaker to appoint on the committee af labor | members who from their experience, knowledge | and sympathy would render in this Congress | such service as the committee was originally | designed sto perform. Not only was labor's | request ignored, but the hostile make-up of the committee was accentuated. Recently the President issued an order for- bidding any and all Government employes, upon the pain of instant dismissal from the | Government service, to petition Congress for | any redress of grievance or for any e- | ment in their condition. Thus the constitu- | tional right of citizens to petition must be | surrendered by the Government empioye in order that he may obtaln or retain his em- ployment. Ve present these grievances to your at- tentlon because we have long. patiently and in vain walited for There is ot any matter of which we have complained but for which we have {n an honorable and lawful manner submitted remedies. The remedies for these grievances proposed by labor are in line with fundamental law and with the progress and development made necessary by changed industrial conditions. Labor brings these, its grievances, to your attention because you are the Representative responsible for_legislation and for failure of legislation. The tollers come to you as your fellow-citizens who by reason of thelr position in life have not only with all other, citizens an equal interest in our country, but the further interest of being the burden-bearers, the w of Amer ica. As labor representatives we ask you to redress these grievances, for it is W your nower so to do. we trust | tesy in the matter. Labor now appeals to you and that It may not be In vain. But it perchance you may not heed us, we shall appeal to the conscience and the support of our fellow- citizens. Very respecttully, SA GOMPERS, JAMES DUNCAN, JAMES O'CONNELL. MAX MORRIS, DEN- NIS HAYES, DANIEL J. KEEFE, WILLIAM F. HUBER, JOSEPH F. BALENTINE. JOHN B. LENNON, FRANK MORRISON, Executive Council American Federation of Labor. CANNON RESENTS ACCUSATION. After President Gompers had read the memorial Speaker Cannon made a speech, in which he resented the charge of unfairness against the House com- mittee on labor. He said: It is impossible for a committes mot to have many men of many ideas in its make-up. I select the committees with all fajrmess. It is impossible for a caucus to select them, as that would consume a whole session. In your annual meetings you doubtless find a great variety of opinion. If you dow't have a Iot of dams, I miss my guess. No two men haye the same ideas. President Gompers replied to this statement by praising Gerdner of New Jersey, the chairman of the House com- mittee on labor, and stated that the other members of the cqmmittee, espe- cially the majority members, have not in the opinion of labor interests shown ordinary intelligence in their treat- ment of affairs affecting labor. . “The general policy of Congress has been to ignore the requests of labor,” President Gompers concluded. Speaker Cannon replied that he did not think such a eriticism justified, and he also enjoined the labor organizations to consider that they have a great re- sponsibility resting upon them, as has Congress. He urged that each member of such an organization should t <& an oath to administer the affairs o. the organization in the iInterest of t greatest number of persons. When the memorial was presented to Senator Frye he made no comment be- yond a mere statement that he would lay the memorial before the Senate. ———— I — Death Claims Mathematician. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 21.—Pro- fessor James Mills Plerce, the oldest member of the Harvard faculty in point of service and one of the best-known mathematicians In the United States, died of pneumonia today. He was 72 “years of age. - ! WOLLD AREND THE ATE BAL Both Senators Bailey and Culberson of Texas Pro- pose Changes in Measure CONTINUED DEBATE IS Tillman, Patterson, Heybupl and Knox Join in Dis- cussion of the Subject WASHINGTON, March 21.—The en- tire day in the Semate was devoted to the consideration of the railroad bill Culberson began the proceedings by presenting an amendment prohibiting corporations coming under the opera- tion of the propesed law from making campaign contributions, and he was immediately followed by his colleague, | Balley, who offered the amendments %o long promised by him, and followed this action with a speech in which he ex- plained that he would not now present the amendments but for the fact that Tolliver had referred to and criticized them in an interview. He indicated some displeasure over the interview, but exonerated Dolliver from discour- The Towa Senator disavowed any intention to reveal a Senate sécret and the incident was closed pleasantly. Both Bailey and Dolliver made speeches reiterating their views on the rate question, and they were followed by more or less extended remarks by Tillman, Patterson, Heyburn and Knox. Bailey was interrupted in the middle of his speech by the announcement of his father’s death and immediately left the Senate chamber. 3 One of Bailey's amendments author- izes the parties aggrived by order of | the Interstate Commerce Commission to take the cases into the United Stat courts, but prohibits the suspension of the commission’s order by interlocutory decrees. Knox interrupted Bailey to ask him to deal with Dolliver’s criticism of Sen- ators who desire to introduce a court review provision, and in doing so called attention to the fact that the House bill recognized the right of the courts to modify decrees of the commission. Knox added the siggestion that the House bill and the position of Senators who would amend it were equally mis- understood. He declared the real lssue | to be between “the Houseé bill, which gives unrestricted power to the courts,” and amendments like his own and Mr. Bailey’s, which provided only for the restricted jurisdiction of the courts. Bailer replied by declaring that he could not add anything to what Knox had said on that point, agreeing with him entirely. He q@pressed the opinion that when a man feared to take his chances in a fair trial he was not sure of the fustice of his case. —_———— Fort Saloon Ousted. MISSOULA, Mont., March 21.—Acting upon the petition cf the officers of the Seventh Infantry, stationed at Fort Missoula, the Board of County Commis- sioners today passed a resolution re- voking the license of the saloon now doing business near the fort. The liquor dealers are given three days in which to settle up their affairs and to quit the busines: Is & form of investment which Partics who have mency fo i e mo: o vest, but who are desirous of taking time to Iinvestizate thoroughly before Investing. CALIFORNIA Safe Deposit & Trust ; Oompan_y California and “8ts. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ASSETS OVER | TEN MILLION DOLLARS | [} 't nl:_l' -fl“*fll ‘Can anything be fairer > have a Cald, :t'lh-o.l...' ey e it Passages, ry